Barack Obama was awarded his second Grammy Award for best spoken-word album at this year’s ceremony, for the audio recording of his “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream” bestseller.

Presidential contender Barack Obama added one triumph to his name this Sunday, at the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, where he received his second golden statuette for a spoken word album.

He defeated rivals Bill Clinton and his “Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World;” former Democratic president, Jimmy Carter, with “Sunday Morning in Plains: Bringing Peace to a Changing World.”

Also vying in the category were actor Alan Alda and poet Maya Angelou, a three-time winner.

Former president Bill Clinton has already won two Grammies, while Hillary Rodham Clinton received her won statuette in 1997, while still the First Lady, for her book “It Takes a Village”

Carter won the spoken word Grammy last year.

Obama’s first win in the spoken word category came in 2006, for the audio book “Dreams from My Father;” the memoir was first published in 1995. The presidential candidate did not participate at the awards ceremony.

Another winner notably absent from this year’s Grammy awards was British singer Amy Winehouse, who did not receive her visa in time to attend. She nevertheless garnered five of the six nominations she had. Winehouse did make contact with fans though, via satellite.

While the Brit songstress won Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Pop Vocal Album and Female Pop Vocal Performance, jazz legend Herbie Hancock won Album of the Year, for his “River: The Joni Letters,” a tribute to singer Joni Mitchell.

Kanye West was another big winner, receiving statuettes for Rap Album, Rap Solo Performance, Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (Common’s “Southside,” featuring Kanye West) and Rap Song.