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The Grammys' biggest winner was a 77-year-old Memphis legend, according to Spotify streams

Adele may have won best album at the Grammys, but the biggest winner of the night was William Bell — at least by Spotify streams.

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Spotify said that streams for the singer-songwriter's iconic blues song, "Born Under A Bad Sign" (co-written by Booker T. Jones), jumped a whopping 4,950%. Bell's total Spotify streams as an artist rose 680% in the wake of his Grammys win.

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Here were a few other artists who saw big post-Grammy jumps, according to Spotify:

A note on Spotify's methodology: "The increases were calculated by comparing the number of streams that took place in the hour following the show with the exact same hour the week before."

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