Michelle Obama Wins Best ‘Best Spoken Word Album’ At 62nd Grammy’s For Best Selling Memoir

Jan 27, 2020 by apost team

Michelle Obama has won the ‘Best Spoken Word Album’ for her best-selling memoir, ‘Becoming’ at the 62nd Grammy Awards.

The former First Lady of the United States beat out Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Scott Sherratt and Dan Zitt , Eric Alexandrakis, John Waters and Sekou Andrews & The String Theory to the prestigious award.

‘Becoming’ was released in 2018 and saw Obama tell her story from her childhood to the time she spent in the White House when she served as First Lady. 

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The memoir has been breaking records since its release, selling over 10 million copies in its first six months.

According to the Washington Post, the book sold over 2 million copies in North America in its first week, making it the fastest-selling book of 2018.

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