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Justin Bieber is ‘upset’ and ‘disappointed’ by Grammy slaps

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After losing the Grammy Award for best new artist to jazz singer Esperanza Spalding and the award for pop vocal album to Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber was surprisingly candid backstage.

‘I worked really hard these past few years and you know, I’m not going to lie — I was disappointed,’ Bieber told MTV News. ‘But, you know, I’m gonna come back [next year] and we’ll take a few home.’

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The losses have inspired him to ‘work harder than I did last year,’ he added. ‘It’s going to be hard, but I’m going to try.’

He tweeted to his fans, ‘As for the awards ... of course I wanted to win. Its been & still is a dream to win a grammy. Was I upset ... yes. But I was happy for her also. Someone said to me tonight its not your successes that define u but your failures. I lost ... but I don’t plan on this being my last chance.’

Some Bieber fans were so furious over the loss that they attacked Spalding’s Wikipedia page with insults and threats. One poster told her to ‘go die in a hole.’ Later, the page was cleaned up.

Soon after the Grammycast, Awards Tracker asked our readers if Bieber was robbed at the Grammys by losing best new artist to Spalding. As of this writing, there were more than 1,300 responses who voiced their opinions below. There’s still time to add your vote.

-- Tom O’Neil

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