16 people you didn't know had a Grammy

Actress and former stand-up comic Lily Tomlin took home a Grammy for best comedy recording in 1971 for her album "This Is A Recording." The album features her performance as telephone operator Ernestine, one of the most iconic characters she created.

Tomlin has been nominated a total of five times, according to the official website of the Grammy Awards.

Since 1978, actor and comedian Steve Martin has won a total of five Grammys, according to the award show's official website. In addition to two awards for best comedy album, Martin, who is also a bluegrass musician, has garnered a handful of music awards for his country and roots tunes.

Most recently, Martin's track "Love Has Come For You" won a Grammy for best American roots song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2013. He was also nominated in 2014 and 2016.

Johnson won a spoken-word Grammy at the 35th Annual Awards for "What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS." The basketball legend, who announced in 1991 that he had contracted HIV, has been a vocal advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and education.

"Garden State," Zach Braff's 2004 directorial debut, attracted a cult following. Part of the film's appeal is its indie-driven soundtrack, which earned Braff, who starred in the movie with Natalie Portman, a Grammy at the 47th award show.

Clinton won his first Grammy in 2003 in the category of best spoken-word album for children for his narration of "Peter and the Wolf: Wolf Tracks." He won another Grammy for the audiobook narration of his 2004 memoir, "My Life."

He was nominated twice more for narrating his subsequent books, "Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World" and "Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy," according to the official Grammys website.

Hillary Rodham Clinton won a spoken-word Grammy in 1996 for "It Takes a Village," her non-fiction book about the future of children in America.

She was nominated again in the same category in 2003 for her White House memoir, "Living History," according to the official Grammys website.

For someone whose musical career is predicated on parody, "Weird Al" has made it big. In fact, the singer, who is known for hits like "Eat It" and "eBay," has five Grammys and 17 nominations to his name, according to the official Grammys website.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert has two Grammys from three nominations.

At the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2009, Colbert won best comedy album for "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" Then, at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2013, the recording of his book "America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't" won a spoken-word award.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches made American history, but you might not know that the minister and activist was posthumously awarded a Grammy. In 1970, King was honored with a spoken word award for his anti-war speech "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam."

Two of his more famous addresses ("I Have a Dream" and "We Shall Overcome") were also nominated for Grammys, according to the award show's official website.

Former US President Barack Obama won spoken-word Grammys for narrating the recordings of his books "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream." He was nominated again in 2022 for narrating the audiobook of his presidential memoir, "A Promised Land."

The former first lady's audiobook for her memoir "Becoming" won a spoken-word Grammy award in 2019. She was also nominated for best audiobook in 2020 for "The Light We Carry," according to the Grammys website.

Groundbreaking filmmaker Orson Welles won three spoken-word Grammys, according to the award show's official website. The first was for "Great American Documents," for which he read the Declaration of Independence. He also won the award for his masterpiece "Citizen Kane" and for the sci-fi radio play "Donovan's Brain."

In 1993, American poet Maya Angelou won her first spoken-word Grammy award for "On the Pulse of Morning," which she penned for Bill Clinton's inauguration. Later, she also won the award for her poetry collection "Phenomenal Woman" and for the autobiography "A Song Flung Up to Heaven," according to the official website of the Grammy Awards.

Betty White won a Grammy at the 54th Annual Awards in 2011. The "Golden Girls" actress received a spoken-word award for her autobiography, "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)."

At the 60th Annual Awards in 2017, Carrie Fisher was posthumously awarded a spoken-word Grammy for her memoir "The Princess Diarist."

Joaquin Phoenix starred in the 2005 musical biopic "Walk the Line" as Johnny Cash. Phoenix's portrayal of the country singer earned him a Grammy for best compilation soundtrack for visual media, according to the award show's official website.