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+ "page_snippet": "Can you guess who won the first Grammy for Best New Artist? It was actually none other than Bobby Darin who claimed the prize at the second Grammy ceremony in 1959. Let\u2019s take a look back at ever w\u2026Click through our photo gallery of all the Grammy winners for Best New Artist, from Alessia Cara, Chance the Rapper and Adele to The Beatles. She had been nominated the previous year for both Record and Song of the Year for \u201cAll About That Bass.\u201d Because her album had not yet been released when the qualifying had ended for the previous year\u2019s awards, she was still eligible to compete for the New Artist award the following year. ... Smith was the big winner at that year\u2019s Grammy ceremony where he took home four awards. Along with New Artist he won Pop Vocal Album for \u201cIn the Lonely Hour\u201d and Record and Song of the Year for \u201cStay with Me.\u201d \u201cLonely Hour\u201d also received a nomination for Album of the Year. Before Chance prevailed the only hip-hop winners were Arrested Development (1993), Lauryn Hill (1999), and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2014). That night Chance won two other awards: Best Rap Album for his breakthrough hit \u201cColoring Book\u201d and Best Rap Performance for \u201cNo Problem\u201d with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz. ... Trainor was no stranger to the Grammys when she won this prize. She had been nominated the previous year for both Record and Song of the Year for \u201cAll About That Bass.\u201d Because her album had not yet been released when the qualifying had ended for the previous year\u2019s awards, she was still eligible to compete for the New Artist award the following year. Among her subsequent wins were two more for Female Country Vocal (\u201cBefore He Cheats\u201d in 2007 and \u201cLast Name\u201d in 2008) and two for the merged category Country Solo Performance (\u201cBlown Away\u201d in 2012 and \u201cSomething in the Water\u201d in 2014). ... Legend scored this award along with two other trophies during his first year at the Grammys: R&B Album for \u201cGet Lifted\u201d and Male R&B Vocal Performance for \u201cOrdinary People\u201d which was also nominated for Song of the Year.",
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Can you guess who won the first Grammy for Best New Artist? It was actually none other than Bobby Darin who claimed the prize at the second Grammy ceremony in 1959. Let\u2019s take a look back at ever winner of this prize, including the year when the award was vacated in 1989, the only time that has happened at the Grammys. Note that no award was given in this category in 1967 and no reason has been given as to why.
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Of all the categories that are currently handed out at the Grammy Awards, the Best New Artist honor is one that truly stands out from all the others. One of the reasons for this is that it\u2019s the only category that is awarded for an artist\u2019s cumulative work and doesn\u2019t cite a specific album, composition, or performance. The other is because, theoretically, an artist should only be eligible in this category once. However, some artists have received nominations after being submitted into the category as members of another group such as Lauryn Hill, who was previously a member of The Fugees, and Sisq\u00f3, previously of Dru Hill.
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Many different kinds of acts have won Best New Artist since it was first awarded during the second Grammy ceremony but the most common winners have been solo female singers, who have claimed the prize 28 times. Groups or collaborative acts have won the honor 18 times over the years and solo male performers have only won 12 times.
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The category is also sometimes thought to be have a bit of a curse on it. Some acts that have won have either not gone on to any more success or have had great difficulty in trying to achieve the same level of success with subsequent work. Acts that have fallen victim to this include Starland Vocal Band, A Taste of Honey and Christopher Cross. At the same time, however, many have gone on to successful careers like The Beatles, Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper, Mariah Carey and Adele.
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Victoria Monet (2024)
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She became the 32nd solo female artist to win this award, but this was a rare achievement for an R&B female artist. The last such winner was Alicia Keys. She also won Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
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2024 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Gracie Abrams \nFred Again \nIce Spice \nJelly Roll \nCoco Jones \nNoah Kahan \nVictoria Monet \nThe War and Treaty
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Samara Joy (2023)
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She became the 31st solo female artist to win this award, but this was a rare achievement for a jazz artist. She also won Best Jazz Vocal Album.
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2023 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Anitta \nOmar Apollo \nDomi and JD Beck \nSamara Joy \nLatto \nMuni Long \nManeskin \nTobe Nwigwe \nMolly Tuttle \nWet Leg
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Olivia Rodrigo (2022)
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She became the 30th solo female artist to win this award and the third youngest to win the award at age 19. LeAnn Rimes won she was 14, and Billie Eilish won at age 18. Rodrigo also won Best Pop Solo Performance (“Drivers License”) and Best Pop Vocal Album (“Sour”).
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2022 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Arooj Aftab \nJimmie Allen \nBaby Keem \nFinneas \nGlass Animals \nJapanese Breakfast \nThe Kid LAROI \nArlo Parks \nOlivia Rodrigo \nSaweetie
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Megan Thee Stallion (2021)
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She became the 29th solo female artist to win this award and the first female rapper (depending on whether you count Lauryn Hill, who was primarily categorized as an R&B artist when she won in 1999). Megan won three total awards on Grammy night, also including Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for “Savage (Remix)” featuring Beyonce. That made her and Beyonce the first women ever to win the gender-neutral Rap Performance category.
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2021 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Ingrid Andress \nPhoebe Bridgers \nChika \nNoah Cyrus \nD Smoke \nDoja Cat \nKaytranada \nMegan Thee Stallion
Eilish became the 28th solo female artist to claim this awards since it was introduced at the second Grammy ceremony in 1959. At age 18, she was also the second youngest winner of all-time after LeAnn Rimes, who was 14 when she prevailed in 1997. She won five awards that night, also including Album, Record and Song of the Year. That made her only the second artist in history to win all four of those awards in one night, following Christopher Cross in 1981.
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2020 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Black Pumas \nBillie Eilish \nLil Nas X \nLizzo \nMaggie Rogers \nRosalia \nTang and the Bangas \nYola
Pop singer Dua Lipa became the 27th solo female artist to claim this awards since it was introduced at the second Grammy ceremony in 1959. She was also the first to win after the recording academy expanded the top four general field categories to eight nominees apiece.
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2019 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Chloe x Halle \nLuke Combs \nGreta Van Fleet \nH.E.R. \nDua Lipa \nMargo Price \nBebe Rexha \nJorja Smith
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Alessia Cara (2018)
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Alessia Cara became the 26th solo female singer to claim this awards since it was introduced at the second Grammy ceremony in 1959.
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2018 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Alessia Cara \nKhalid \nLil Uzi Vert \nJulia Michaels \nSZA
Chance the Rapper’s victory for Best New Artist was no small feat. It’s relatively rare for male solo artists to win the prize, and it’s even rarer for rap artists to win. Before Chance prevailed the only hip-hop winners were Arrested Development (1993), Lauryn Hill (1999), and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2014). That night Chance won two other awards: Best Rap Album for his breakthrough hit “Coloring Book” and Best Rap Performance for “No Problem” with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz.
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Trainor was no stranger to the Grammys when she won this prize. She had been nominated the previous year for both Record and Song of the Year for “All About That Bass.” Because her album had not yet been released when the qualifying had ended for the previous year’s awards, she was still eligible to compete for the New Artist award the following year.
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2016 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Courtney Barnett \nJames Bay \nSam Hunt \nTori Kelly \nMeghan Trainor
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Sam Smith (2015)
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Smith was the big winner at that year’s Grammy ceremony where he took home four awards. Along with New Artist he won Pop Vocal Album for “In the Lonely Hour” and Record and Song of the Year for “Stay with Me.” “Lonely Hour” also received a nomination for Album of the Year. The following year he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for “The Writing’s on the Wall” from the James Bond film “Spectre.”
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2015 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Iggy Azalea \nBastille \nBrandy Clark \nHaim \nSam Smith
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2014)
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The Seattle based rap duo won a total of four trophies during their first trip to the Grammys. Along with New Artist, they also won Rap Album for “The Heist” and Rap Performance and Rap Song for “Thrift Shop.” They scored nominations for Album of the Year for “The Heist” and Song of the Year for “Same Love” along with featured vocalist Mary Lambert.
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2014 Best New Artist Nominees:
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James Blake \nKendrick Lamar \nMacklemore & Ryan Lewis \nKasey Musgraves \nEd Sheeran
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fun. (2013)
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The pop-rock group hit it big with their second album “Some Nights” and also won the Grammy for Song of the Year for their song “We Are Young” which featured Janelle Monáe. The group scored an additional four nominations at their first Grammy ceremony including Album of the Year for “Some Nights” and Record of the Year for “We Are Young.” While each band member is currently working on their own projects, they have not split up.
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2013 Best New Artist Nominees: \nAlabama Shakes \nfun. \nHunter Hayes \nThe Lumineers \nFrank Ocean
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Bon Iver (2012)
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The independent alternative folk group not only claimed this prize but also the one for Alternative Music Album for their self-titled sophomoric album. They also scored surprise nominations for Record and Song of the Year for their single “Holocene.” They have been nominated in the Alternative Music Album for their follow-up effort, “22, A Million.”
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2012 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Band Perry \nBon Iver \nJ. Cole \nNicki Minaj \nSkrillex
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Esperanza Spalding (2011)
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Spalding’s left everyone in shock as she beat out a lineup of chart topping acts. Even though she was only 26 when she won, it was something she had been working for her whole life as she began playing violin professionally at the age of five. The jazz-vocalist and double bass player has had big commercial and critical success since her win and won three more trophies: Jazz Vocal Album for “Radio Music Society” in 2012 and two for Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist for “City of Roses” in 2012 and “Swing Low” in 2013.
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2011 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Justin Bieber \nDrake \nFlorence + the Machine \nMumford & Sons \nEsperanza Spaulding
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Zac Brown Band (2010)
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After forming in 2002, the ensemble country band hit it big with their single, “Chicken Fried.” The band has released several albums since then and picked up an additional two Grammys to their name: Country Collaboration with Vocals for “As She’s Walking By” with Alan Jackson in 2010 and Country Album for “Uncaged” in 2012.
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2010 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Keri Hilson \nMGMT \nSilversun Pickups \nThe Ting Tings \nZac Brown Band
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Adele (2009)
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Adele had a pretty good evening at her first Grammy ceremony as she also picked up Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Chasing Pavements.” In the eight years since then she hasn’t showed any signs of slowing down. Three years later she would tie Beyoncé’s record for most Grammys won by a woman at a single ceremony. Among her wins that evening were Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album for “21” and Record and Song of the Year for “Rolling in the Deep,” making her only the second person (after Christopher Cross) to win all four general field categories. She’s also sold close to 100 million records worldwide and won an Oscar and Golden Globe for her theme to the James Bond film, “Skyfall.”
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Even though she couldn’t be at the ceremony as her visa was not processed in time, Winehouse (pictured with her mother Janis) celebrated her wins from London. After her performance the night culminated with her also taking Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Rehab” and Pop Vocal Album for “Back to Black.” Sadly, Amy died in 2011 from alcohol and would win one last Grammy for Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Body and Soul” with Tony Bennett the following February.
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2008 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Feist \nLedisi \nParamore \nTaylor Swift \nAmy Winehouse
Underwood became the only winner of “American Idol” to take home a Grammy in the general field when she took this honor. She also won Female Country Vocal Performance for “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” In the past decade, she’s sold over 65 million records around the world and collected five more Grammys. Among her subsequent wins were two more for Female Country Vocal (“Before He Cheats” in 2007 and “Last Name” in 2008) and two for the merged category Country Solo Performance (“Blown Away” in 2012 and “Something in the Water” in 2014).
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2007 Best New Artist Nominees:
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James Blunt \nChris Brown \nImogen Heap \nCorinne Bailey Rae \nCarrie Underwood
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John Legend (2006)
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Legend scored this award along with two other trophies during his first year at the Grammys: R&B Album for “Get Lifted” and Male R&B Vocal Performance for “Ordinary People” which was also nominated for Song of the Year. Since then he’s won another seven Grammys including a second R&B Album prize for “Wake Up!” with The Roots in 2010. He also would win an Oscar and a Golden Globe with Common for Best Original Song for “Glory” from the movie “Selma” in 2014.
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2006 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Ciara \nFall Out Boy \nKeane \nJohn Legend \nSugarland
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Maroon 5 (2005)
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Kanye may have threatened to crash the winner’s speech if he didn’t win Best New Artist, but instead he just gave Adam Levine a big hug as he made his way to the stage with his bandmates. The group has since sold over 90 million records and won two other trophies, both for Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: “This Love” (Live – Friday the 13th) in 2005 and “Makes Me Wonder” in 2007.
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2005 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Los Lonely Boys \nMaroon 5 \nJoss Stone \nKanye West \nGretchen Wilson
The rock group (pictured with 50 Cent crashing the stage) got attention with their hit single “Bring Me to Life” featuring Paul McCoy. They also took home the Grammy for Hard Rock Performance for that single. They were nominated for Album of the Year as well for “Fallen” which would sell 17 million copies worldwide. The band’s lineup has changed a bit since their win but they’re still recording and touring all over.
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2004 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Evanescence \n50 Cent \nFountains of Wayne \nHeather Headley \nSean Paul
Like her predecessor, Jones has gone on to have enormous success in the years since her win. The daughter of Ravi Shankar earned four other trophies that evening: Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album for “Come Away with Me” and Record of the Year and Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Don’t Know Why.” That single also won Song of the Year for songwriter Jesse Harris. Since then she has sold over 50 million albums all across the globe and won four more Grammys including repeat trophies for Record of the Year (“Here We Go Again” with Ray Charles in 2004) Album of the Year (featured artist on “River: The Joni Letters” in 2007).
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2003 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Ashanti \nMichelle Branch \nNorah Jones \nAvril Lavigne \nJohn Mayer
Keys is one of the most successful winners ever in this category. She won four other trophies at her first Grammys: Song of the Year, R&B Song and Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Fallin’” and R&B Album for “Songs in A Minor.” Since then she has sold over 65 million records and collected an additional 10 trophies. Her haul has included four for Female R&B Vocal Performance, two for R&B Album and two for R&B Song. She also earned nominations for Album of the Year for “The Diary of Alicia Keys,” Song of the Year for “If I Ain’t Got You” (both in 2004) and Record of the Year for “Empire State of Mind” with Jay-Z in 2010.
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2002 Best New Artist Nominees:
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India.Arie \nNelly Furtado \nDavid Gray \nAlicia Keys \nLinkin Park
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Shelby Lynne (2001)
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Lynne found it odd that she won this particular category. During her speech she remarked that it had only taken “Thirteen years and six albums to get here.” She had also won Top New Female Artist at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 1990. It’s her only Grammy to date but Lynne has continued to tour and record new material.
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2001 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Shelby Lynne \nBrad Paisley \nPapa Roach \nJill Scott \nSisqó
Christina unleashed her thunderous vocals on us with her debut single “Genie in a Bottle” and “What a Girl Wants.” She has gone on to sell over 50 million records all around the world and win four more Grammys. Her additional wins included two wins for Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Beautiful” in 2003 and “Ain’t No Other Man” in 2006.
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2000 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Christina Aguilera \nMacy Gray \nKid Rock \nBritney Spears \nSusan Tedeschi
Hill had already won two Grammys with The Fugees in 1996 for Best Rap Album (“The Score”) and R&B Performance by a Duo or Group (“Killing Me Softly with His Song”) but was allowed to compete in the New Artist category for her solo debut. She won four other trophies that evening, setting a record for female artists that would stand until Beyoncé topped it by winning six trophies at the 2009 ceremony. She also won Album of the Year and R&B Album for “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” and R&B Song and Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Doo Wop (That Thing).” She also took an Album of the Year trophy the following year as a producer of Santana’s “Supernatural.” While she hasn’t released a follow-up album of new material, she has continued to tour but also spent time in jail for tax fraud in 2013.
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1999 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Backstreet Boys \nAndrea Bocelli \nDixie Chicks \nLauryn Hill \nNatalie Imbruglia
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Paula Cole (1998)
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Cole started by being a backup vocalist for Peter Gabriel in 1992. Her second album, “This Fire,” became a huge hit with its debut single “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” along with its follow up “I Don’t Want to Wait.” Best New Artist was her only win though she did score nods for Album of the Year along with Record and Song of the Year for “Cowboys.”
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1998 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Fiona Apple \nErykah Badu \nPaula Cole \nHanson \nPuff Daddy
Rimes is the youngest person to ever win the Best New Artist trophy when she claimed victory at age 14. She also won Female Country Vocal Performance for “Blue,” which also scored a Song of the Year nomination for Bill Mack. Her next single, the smash hit “How Do I Live,” was nominated for Female Country Vocal Performance but, in a Grammy first, she lost to the same song being performed by Trisha Yearwood.
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1997 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Garbage \nJewel \nNo Doubt \nLeAnn Rimes \nThe Tony Rich Project
The rock group broke through in a huge way in 1995 with their debut album “Cracked Rear View.” The album would go on to sell over 16 million copies and spawn several hit singles including “Let Her Cry,” “Only Wanna Be with You” and “Hold My Hand.” In addition to their win for Best New Artist, the group also took home the award for Pop Performance by a Duo or Group for “Let Her Cry.” The group’s lead singer, Darius Rucker, would go on to win his own trophy in 2013 for Country Solo Performance for his song “Wagon Wheel.”
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1996 Best New Artist Nominees: \n \nBrandy \nHootie & the Blowfish \nAlanis Morissette \nJoan Osborne \nShania Twain
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Sheryl Crow (1995)
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This icon of 1990s pop-rock first took the country by storm with her debut album “Tuesday Night Music Club.” Along with this prize, she also won Record of the Year and Female Pop Vocal Performance for “All I Wanna Do.” She has gone on to win six more trophies including two for Rock Album for “Sheryl Crow” in 1996 and “The Globe Sessions” in 1998; and four for Female Rock Vocal Performance: “If it Makes You Happy” in 1996, “Sweet Child O’ Mine” in 1999, “There Goes the Neighborhood” (Live) in 2000 and “Steve McQueen” in 2002. She also scored nods for Record of the Year for “Everyday is a Winding Road” in 1997 and Album of the Year for “The Globe Sessions” in 1998. To date she has sold over 50 million albums.
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1995 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Ace of Base \nCounting Crows \nCrash Test Dummies \nSheryl Crow \nGreen Day
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Toni Braxton (1994)
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The R&B vocal diva claimed this award and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Another Sad Love Song” at her first Grammys in 1993. Since then she has gone on to sell over 67 million records and collected five more Grammys. Three have been in the Female R&B Vocal category: “Breathe Again” in 1994, “You’re Makin’ Me High” in 1996 and “He Wasn’t Man Enough” in 2000. She also won Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1997 for “Un-Break My Heart” and R&B Album in 2014 with Babyface for “Love, Marriage & Divorce.”
The alternative hip hop group from Atlanta became the first rap act to win in the general field. They also took home Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for their hit song, “Tennessee.” The group did disband in 1996 but would partially reunite in 2000 and have since continued to tour and record new music.
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1993 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Arrested Development \nBilly Ray Cyrus \nSophie B. Hawkins \nKris Kross \nJon Secada
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Marc Cohn (1992)
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The folk rock singer hit it big with his breakthrough single, “Walking in Memphis.” In addition to his win in this category, “Memphis” was nominated for Song of the Year and Male Pop Vocal Performance. Even though none of his subsequent material reached the notoriety level of “Walking in Memphis,” Cohn is still recording and touring.
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1992 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Boyz II Men \nC+C Music Factory \nMarc Cohn \nColor Me Badd \nSeal
Carey not only won this prize but also Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Vision of Love.” The song also was nominated for Record and Song of the Year and her eponymous album was nominated for Album of the Year. She would continue scoring Grammy nods including Album of the Year for “Daydream” and Record of the Year for “One Sweet Day” with Boyz II Men, both in 1995. She wouldn’t win another Grammy until 2005 when she won three trophies: Best Contemporary R&B Album for “The Emancipation of Mimi” and Best R&B Song and Female R&B Vocal Performance for “We Belong Together.” The album and song was also nominated for Album, Record and Song of the Year.
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1991 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Black Crowes \nMariah Carey \nThe Kentucky Headhunters \nLisa Stansfield \nWilson Phillips
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Milli Vanilli (1990)
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It may seem silly now but Milli Vanilli (Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus) was one of the biggest acts of 1989. Their debut album, “Girl You Know It’s True,” spent eight weeks on top the Billboard 200 and was the 10th highest selling album of 1989. The album also spawned three number one singles: “Baby Don’t Forget My Number,” “Blame it on the Rain” and “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You.” But everything came crashing down in December of 1990 when it was revealed that the Fab and Rob were not the real voices of the group. The Recording Academy revoked the honor, the only time that has ever been done. After none of the other nominees that year wanted to claim the honor instead, NARAS left the category for that year vacant. The duo tried releasing material with their own vocals but the efforts flopped. Since then, Fab has gone on to have a successful career on his own as a performer and DJ. Rob, unfortunately, struggled with substance abuse problems for years and died of an accidental alcohol and pill overdose in 1998.
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In addition to Best New Artist, at her first Grammys, Chapman took home the trophies for Best Contemporary Folk Album for her self-titled work and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Fast Car.” She also scored nominations for Album, Record and Song of the Year with the latter two also being for “Fast Car.” She scored nominations for Record and Song again in 1996 for “Give Me One Reason” which also won the Grammy for Best Rock Song that year.
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1989 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Rick Astley \nTracy Chapman \nTake 6 \nToni Childs \nVanessa Williams
Watley began her career as a dancer on “Soul Train” and a member of the R&B group Shalamar in 1977. In 1987 she released an eponymous solo debut that would include the hits “Looking for a New Love,” “Don’t You Want Me” and “Some Kind of Lover.” While she continues to have great success she has yet to win another Grammy Award.
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1988 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Breakfast Club \nCutting Crew \nTerence Trent D’Arby \nSwing Out Sister \nJody Watley
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Bruce Hornsby and the Range (1987)
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Bruce Hornsby and the Range entered the music scene with their hit song “The Way It Is” and the album of the same name. Because of the genre limitations that his band provided, Hornsby disbanded the group in the early 1990s. Since then Hornsby has won two more Grammys: Best Bluegrass Recording in 1989 “The Valley Road” with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1993 for “Barcelona Mona” with Branford Marsalis. He also was nominated for Song of the Year in 1989 for co-writing the Don Henley song “The End of Innocence.”
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1987 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Glass Tiger \nBruce Hornsby and the Range \nNu Shooz \nSimply Red \nTimbuk3
The eponymous band fronted by Sade Adu gained fame in the U.S. with their hit single “Smooth Operator.” Though the award was their only of the evening, the band has gone on to continued success both commercially and at the Grammys with four additional trophies including one for Best Pop Vocal Album for “Lovers Rock” in 2001.
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1986 Best New Artist Nominees:
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a-ha \nFreddie Jackson \nKatrina and the Waves \nJulian Lennon \nSade
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Cyndi Lauper (1985)
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Cyndi Lauper broke through with her debut album “She’s So Unusual.” The album was nominated for Album of the Year and she also received nominations for Song of the Year (“Time After Time”), Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (both for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”). She would win her second Grammy in 2013 for Best Musical Theater Album for the soundtrack to “Kinky Boots” which she also won a Tony Award. She also won an Emmy for Comedy Guest Actress for “Mad About You” in 1995.
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1985 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Sheila E. \nFrankie Goes to Hollywood \nCorey Hart \nThe Judds \nCyndi Lauper
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Culture Club (1984)
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The Boy George fronted British pop band first hit it big in 1982 with their debut album “Kissing to be Clever” which had the hit single “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me.” The following year saw their biggest hit, “Karma Chameleon.” The band would break up several years later due to declining sales, George’s drug problems and relationship issues with drummer Jon Moss. The band would go on to do several reunion tours.
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1984 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Big Country \nCulture Club \nEurythmics \nMen Without Hats \nMusical Youth
The Australian rock group hit it big with their smash hit songs “Down Under” and “Who Can it Be Now?” which both hit number one in the U.S. This trophy would be their only Grammy win. The group broke up in 1986 but reformed in 1996 only to disband again in 2002.
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1983 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Asia \nJennifer Holliday \nThe Human League \nMen at Work \nStray Cats
The Scottish singer (pictured with The Pointer Sisters) gained fame in the UK with her singles “Modern Girl” and “9 to 5” before hitting it big internationally for the James Bond theme “For Your Eyes Only.” She won a second Grammy in 1984 in the Best Mexican-American Performance category for “Me Gustas Tal Como Eres” with Luis Miguel. To date she has sold over 20 million albums and singles across the world.
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1982 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Adam and the Ants \nSheena Eason \nThe Go-Go’s \nJames Ingram \nLuther Vandross
Cross made a huge splash at the Grammys when he became the first person to win all four general field categories in the same year. He also won Album of the Year for his self-titled debut and Record and Song of the Year along with Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist for “Sailing.” While those five would be the only Grammys of his career he would go on to win an Oscar and a Golden Globe the following year for “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” from “Arthur.”
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1981 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Irene Cara \nChristopher Cross \nRobbie Dupree \nAmy Holland \nThe Pretenders
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Rickie Lee Jones (1980)
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The singer-songwriter came into the music scene with her hit single, “Chuck E.’s in Love,” which also received a Song of the Year nomination for Jones. She’s gone on to a very successful career and won a second Grammy Award in 1989 for Best Jazz Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for “Makin’ Whoopee” with Dr. John.
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1980 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Blues Brothers \nDire Straits \nRickie Lee Jones \nThe Knack \nRobin Williams
The disco group (named after Herb Alpert’s 1965 Record of the Year winner) took this prize following the success of their single, “Boogie Oogie Oogie.” The band released a couple more albums into the 1980s but eventually went in their separate directions in the middle of the decade.
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1979 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Cars \nElvis Costello \nChris Rea \nA Taste of Honey \nToto
The daughter of singer Pat Boone made a name for herself with the song “You Light Up My Life” from the film of the same name. It became the biggest song of the 1970s, won an Oscar and spent a then-record ten weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100. After this success, Boone (on the left with her father Pat) stuck mainly to country and Christian music and won two more Grammys: Best Inspirational Performance in 1980 for “With My Song I Will Praise Him” and Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group in 1984 for “Keep the Flame Burning” with Phil Driscoll.
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1978 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Stephen Bishop \nDebby Boone \nShaun Cassidy \nForeigner \nAndy Gibb
The band scored one of the biggest singles of the year with “Afternoon Delight,” which finished at #12 on the year-end Billboard charts. The single was also nominated for Record of the Year and won the trophy for Best Arrangement for Voices. The group was never able to recreate their initial success and broke up in the early 1980s. Group member, Taffy Danoff, has said that she believes the Best New Artist win was “the kiss of death and I feel sorry for everyone who’s gotten it since.”
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1977 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Boston \nThe Brothers Johnson \nDr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band \nStarland Vocal Band \nWild Cherry
The same year that saw Cole take this prize she also won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “This Will Be.” She would go on to win another seven Grammys in her career including Record of the Year for “Unforgettable” (with her late father, Nat King Cole) and Album of the Year for “Unforgettable…with Love” in 1991. Her last Grammy win was for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2008 for “Still Unforgettable” before she passed away in 2015.
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1976 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Morris Albert \nAmazing Rhythm Aces \nBrecker Brothers \nNatalie Cole \nKC and the Sunshine Band
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Marvin Hamlisch (1975)
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The future EGOT winner made a big splash at his first Grammy Awards. In addition to his win for New Artist, he won three other trophies: Song of the Year for “The Way We Were,” Best Pop Instrumental Performance for “The Entertainer” and Best Score Written for a Motion Picture for “The Way We Were.” That same year he would win three Oscars: Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Song (both for “The Way We Were”) and Best Original Song Score for Best Picture champ, “The Sting.”
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1975 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Bad Company \nJohnny Bristol \nDavid Essex \nGraham Central Station \nMarvin Hamlisch \nPhoebe Snow
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Bette Midler (1974)
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The same year the entertainment icon got her start, she also scored nominations for Album of the Year (“The Divine Miss M”) and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”). She has since won two other Grammys: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “The Rose” in 1980 (also nominated for Record of the Year) and Record of the Year for “Wind Beneath My Wings” in 1989. She’s also won three Emmys including Individual Variety Performance for her farewell performance on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in 1992 and has been nominated for two Best Actress Oscars for “The Rose” in 1978 and “For the Boys” in 1990.
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1974 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Eumir Deodato \nMaureen McGovern \nBette Midler \nMarie Osmond \nBarry White
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America (1973)
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The group, consisting of Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley, launched with their self-titled album which included their most memorable song, “A Horse with No Name.” They would also score hits with “I Need You” and “Ventura Highway.” This was the only Grammy they received.
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1973 Best New Artist Nominees:
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America \nHarry Chapin \nThe Eagles \nLoggins and Messina \nJohn Prine
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Carly Simon (1972)
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Simon came on to the scene in 1971 with her self-titled album featuring her first hit “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard it Should Be.” She would go on to receive nominations for Record and Song of the Year for “You’re So Vain” in 1973. Her James Bond theme “Nobody Does it Better” was nominated for Song of the Year in 1977 but was for the songwriters Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager. She would win her only other Grammy for Best Song From a Motion Picture for “Let the River Run” from “Working Girl,” which also netted her an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song.
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1972 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Chase \nEmerson, Lake & Palmer \nHamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds \nCarly Simon \nBill Withers
The pop duo consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter became superstars with their breakthrough album “Close to You.” That same ceremony also saw the group win Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the album. They also scored nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “(They Long to Be) Close to You.” They scored an Album of the Year nod the following year for their self-titled album which also won Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
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1971 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Carpenters \nElton John \nMelba Moore \nAnne Murray \nThe Partridge Family
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Crosby, Stills & Nash (1970)
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Prior to forming this group, the three members had had success with other bands. David Crosby was with The Byrds, Stephen Stills was a member of Buffalo Springfield and Graham Nash was in The Hollies. The group still performs together and is sometimes joined by Neil Young. While they did score a nomination for Album of the Year for their self-titled debut and another one the following year with Young in the mix for “Déjà Vu,” it’s the only career Grammy the three men have ever won.
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Feliciano (on the left with that year’s Album of the Year winner, Glen Campbell) gained international attention with his breakthrough album “Feliciano!” In addition to this win he also won Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male for “Light My Fire” and was nominated for Album of the Year. To date he has won another five Grammys: four for Best Latin Pop Performance (“Me Enamore” in 1983, “Le Lo Lai” in 1986, “Cielito Lindo” in 1989 and “Por Que te Tango Que Olvidar?” in 1990) and one for Best Tropical Latin Album (“Señor Bachata” in 2008).
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1969 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Cream \nJosé Feliciano \nGary Pucket & The Union Gap \nJeannie C. Riley \nO.C. Smith
Gentry gained fame for being one of the first women to write and perform her own material in country music. In addition to her win here, she also scored nominations for Album, Record and Song of the Year for “Ode to Billy Joe” and won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance for the same recording. She retired in the late 1970s and has been living outside the public eye ever since.
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Jones has been a force of nature in the music industry since he started and the Grammys noticed it right away with their Best New Artist trophy. Even though he would go on to sell over 100 million records and receive a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, he never won another Grammy Award.
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1966 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Byrds \nHerman’s Hermits \nHorst Jankowski \nTom Jones \nMarilyn Maye \nSonny & Cher \nGlenn Yarbrough
The Beatles are undoubtedly one of, if not the most, successful performers to have ever won Best New Artist. At the same ceremony they won Best Performance by a Vocal Group for “A Hard Day’s Night” which also received a nod for Song of the Year and a nomination for Record of the Year for “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” They would go on to earn five Album of the Year nominations, winning for “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967) an additional two nods for Record of the Year (“Hey Jude” in 1968 and “Let it Be” in 1970) and a win for Song of the Year for “Michelle” (1966).
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1965 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Beatles \nPetula Clark \nAstrud Gilberto \nAntonio Carlos Jobim \nMorgana King
Swingle lead the French vocal group, The Swingle Singers, which did jazz versions of classical compositions and is the only credited winner of the category that year, according to the Grammy database. The Swingle Singers would also win two consecutive awards for Best Performance by a Chorus: “Bach’s Greatest Hits” (1963) and “The Swingle Singers Going Baroque” (1964). Ward Swingle would also win another two trophies in the late 1960s.
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1964 Best New Artist Nominees:
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Vikki Carr \nJohn Gary \nThe J’s with Jamie \nTrini Lopez \nWard Swingle
Goulet initially won hearts for his performance as Sir Lancelot in the Lerner and Loewe musical “Camelot” in 1960 with his signature song, “If Ever I Would Leave You.” The following year he found his way on to the Billboard charts with such singles as “Too Soon,” “Don’t Be Afraid of Romance” and “What Kind of Fool Am I?” While this was his only career Grammy he would also win a Tony Award in 1968 for Best Actor in a Musical for the Kander and Ebb show “The Happy Time.”
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1963 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Four Seasons \nRobert Goulet \nVaughn Meader \nThe New Christy Minstrels \nPeter, Paul and Mary \nAllan Sherman
Nero earned the honor after putting out his first album as a pop pianist. He would win one other career Grammy the following year in the category of Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra – Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing for “The Colorful Peter Nero.”
Several comedians have been nominated for Best New Artist over the years but Bob Newhart is the only one to actually triumph. At the same ceremony Newhart also picked up trophies for Album of the Year for “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” and Best Comedy Performance for “The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!”
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1961 Best New Artist Nominees:
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The Brothers Four \nMiriam Makeba \nBob Newhart \nLeontyne Price \nJoanie Sommers
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The famous crooner (pictured on the right receiving his trophy from host, Meredith Wilson) picked up the first ever prize for Best New Artist at the second Grammy ceremony where he also picked up Record of the Year for “Mack the Knife.” Those would be Darin’s only two wins during his brief career.
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Taylor Swift took home album of the year at the 2024 Grammy Awards for her album \"Midnights,\" giving her four wins in that category over her career, the most for any artist.
Swift also won best pop vocal album and surprised the audience during her acceptance speech by announcing she would be releasing her next album, \"The Tortured Poets Department,\" on April 19.
SZA had earned the most nominations of any artist this year with nine, including nods for album of the year, record of the year and song of the year. Although she had 15 Grammy nominations under her belt prior to this year's selections, her sole win coming into Sunday was for best pop duo/group performance in 2022 for \"Kiss Me More.\" She quickly added more awards this year though, including a win for best R&B song early in the program.
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The Grammy Awards were once again held at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena and aired live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. Comedian and former \"Daily Show\" host Trevor Noahreturned to host the ceremony for the fourth time in a row, and the show featured performances from artists including Joni Mitchell, U2, Billy Joel, and a surprise duet of \"Fast Car\" by Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs.
Here are the 2024 Grammys winners and nominees:
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Best pop solo performance
Miley Cyrus, \"Flowers\" — Winner
Doja Cat, \"Paint the Town Red\"
Billie Eilish,\"What Was I Made For?\"
Taylor Swift, \"Anti-Hero\"
Olivia Rodrigo, \"Vampire\"
Best música urbana album
Karol G, \"Mañana Será Bonito\" — Winner
Rauw Alejandro, \"Saturno\"
Tainy, \"Data\"
Best country album
Lainey Wilson, \"Bell Bottom Country\" — Winner
Kelsea Ballerini, \"Rolling Up the Welcome Mat\"
Brothers Osborne, \"Brothers Osborne\"
Zach Bryan, \"Zach Bryan\"
Tyler Childers, \"Rustin' in the Rain\"
Best R&B song
SZA, \"Snooze\" — Winner
Victoria Monét, \"On My Mama\"
Coco Jones, \"ICU\"
Robert Glasper Featuring SiR & Alex Isley, \"Back to Love\"
Halle, \"Angel\"
Best pop vocal album
Taylor Swift, \"Midnights\" — Winner
Kelly Clarkson, \"chemistry\"
Miley Cyrus, \"Endless Summer Vacation\"
Olivia Rodrigo, \"GUTS\"
Ed Sheeran, \"- (Subtract)\"
Song of the year
\"What Was I Made For?\" (from the motion picture \"Barbie\")– Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) — Winner
\"A&W\"– Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
\"Anti-Hero\" – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
\"Butterfly\" – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
\"Dance the Night\" (from \"Barbie The Album\")– Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
\"Flowers\"– Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
\"Kill Bill\"– Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
\"vampire\" – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)
Best new artist
Victoria Monét — Winner
Gracie Abrams
Fred again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
The War and Treaty
Record of the year
\"Flowers\" – Miley Cyrus — Winner
\"Worship\" – Jon Batiste
\"Not Strong Enough\" – boygenius
\"What Was I Made For?\" [from the motion picture \"Barbie\"] – Billie Eilish
\"On My Mama\" – Victoria Monét
\"vampire\" – Olivia Rodrigo
\"Anti-Hero\" – Taylor Swift
\"Kill Bill\" – SZA
Album of the year
\"Midnights,\" Taylor Swift — Winner
\"World Music Radio,\" Jon Batiste
\"the record,\" boygenius
\"Endless Summer Vacation,\" Miley Cyrus
\"Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd,\" Lana Del Rey
\"The Age of Pleasure,\" Janelle Monáe
\"GUTS,\" Olivia Rodrigo
\"SOS,\" SZA
More Grammy Awards
Several other awards were given out before the start of the show, including the new category, best pop dance recording, which went to Kylie Minogue for her track \"Padam Padam.\" The Beatles won best music video for \"I'm Only Sleeping,\" the group's first Grammy since 1997.
In another first, Tyla won the Grammy for best African music performance in the first year of the category's existence for her song \"Water.\"
SZA got her second career best pop duo/group performance award for \"Ghost in the Machine,\" along with Phoebe Bridgers, who also won best alternative music album with her band boygenius.
Killer Mike won all three awards he was nominated for: best rap song, best rap performance and best rap album. He was later seen in handcuffs being walked out of the ceremony by several police officers. The LAPD said Monday it was in connection with an altercation that happened nearby, and he was charged with a misdemeanor and released on zero bail.
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Folk music legend Joni Mitchell, 80, won her 10th Grammy — best folk album for \"Live at Newport\" — and performed an emotional rendition of \"Both Sides, Now.\" It was her first performance ever at the Grammys and a rare appearance since her recovery from a 2015 brain aneurysm.
And while the Oscars are still a few weeks away, \"Barbie\" and \"Oppenheimer\" both took home awards Sunday for best compilation soundtrack for visual media and best score soundtrack for visual media, respectively. Song of the year and best song written for visual media also went to Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas for their song \"What Was I Made For?\" from \"Barbie.\"
You can find the complete list of awards won earlier in the evening posted here.
Jordan Freiman is an editor and writer for CBSNews.com. He covers breaking news, trending stories, sports and crime. Jordan has previously worked at Spin and Death and Taxes.
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Taylor Swift took home album of the year at the 2024 Grammy Awards for her album \"Midnights,\" giving her four wins in that category over her career, the most for any artist.
Swift also won best pop vocal album and surprised the audience during her acceptance speech by announcing she would be releasing her next album, \"The Tortured Poets Department,\" on April 19.
SZA had earned the most nominations of any artist this year with nine, including nods for album of the year, record of the year and song of the year. Although she had 15 Grammy nominations under her belt prior to this year's selections, her sole win coming into Sunday was for best pop duo/group performance in 2022 for \"Kiss Me More.\" She quickly added more awards this year though, including a win for best R&B song early in the program.
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The Grammy Awards were once again held at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena and aired live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. Comedian and former \"Daily Show\" host Trevor Noahreturned to host the ceremony for the fourth time in a row, and the show featured performances from artists including Joni Mitchell, U2, Billy Joel, and a surprise duet of \"Fast Car\" by Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs.
Here are the 2024 Grammys winners and nominees:
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Best pop solo performance
Miley Cyrus, \"Flowers\" — Winner
Doja Cat, \"Paint the Town Red\"
Billie Eilish,\"What Was I Made For?\"
Taylor Swift, \"Anti-Hero\"
Olivia Rodrigo, \"Vampire\"
Best música urbana album
Karol G, \"Mañana Será Bonito\" — Winner
Rauw Alejandro, \"Saturno\"
Tainy, \"Data\"
Best country album
Lainey Wilson, \"Bell Bottom Country\" — Winner
Kelsea Ballerini, \"Rolling Up the Welcome Mat\"
Brothers Osborne, \"Brothers Osborne\"
Zach Bryan, \"Zach Bryan\"
Tyler Childers, \"Rustin' in the Rain\"
Best R&B song
SZA, \"Snooze\" — Winner
Victoria Monét, \"On My Mama\"
Coco Jones, \"ICU\"
Robert Glasper Featuring SiR & Alex Isley, \"Back to Love\"
Halle, \"Angel\"
Best pop vocal album
Taylor Swift, \"Midnights\" — Winner
Kelly Clarkson, \"chemistry\"
Miley Cyrus, \"Endless Summer Vacation\"
Olivia Rodrigo, \"GUTS\"
Ed Sheeran, \"- (Subtract)\"
Song of the year
\"What Was I Made For?\" (from the motion picture \"Barbie\")– Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) — Winner
\"A&W\"– Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
\"Anti-Hero\" – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
\"Butterfly\" – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
\"Dance the Night\" (from \"Barbie The Album\")– Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
\"Flowers\"– Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
\"Kill Bill\"– Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
\"vampire\" – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)
Best new artist
Victoria Monét — Winner
Gracie Abrams
Fred again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
The War and Treaty
Record of the year
\"Flowers\" – Miley Cyrus — Winner
\"Worship\" – Jon Batiste
\"Not Strong Enough\" – boygenius
\"What Was I Made For?\" [from the motion picture \"Barbie\"] – Billie Eilish
\"On My Mama\" – Victoria Monét
\"vampire\" – Olivia Rodrigo
\"Anti-Hero\" – Taylor Swift
\"Kill Bill\" – SZA
Album of the year
\"Midnights,\" Taylor Swift — Winner
\"World Music Radio,\" Jon Batiste
\"the record,\" boygenius
\"Endless Summer Vacation,\" Miley Cyrus
\"Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd,\" Lana Del Rey
\"The Age of Pleasure,\" Janelle Monáe
\"GUTS,\" Olivia Rodrigo
\"SOS,\" SZA
More Grammy Awards
Several other awards were given out before the start of the show, including the new category, best pop dance recording, which went to Kylie Minogue for her track \"Padam Padam.\" The Beatles won best music video for \"I'm Only Sleeping,\" the group's first Grammy since 1997.
In another first, Tyla won the Grammy for best African music performance in the first year of the category's existence for her song \"Water.\"
SZA got her second career best pop duo/group performance award for \"Ghost in the Machine,\" along with Phoebe Bridgers, who also won best alternative music album with her band boygenius.
Killer Mike won all three awards he was nominated for: best rap song, best rap performance and best rap album. He was later seen in handcuffs being walked out of the ceremony by several police officers. The LAPD said Monday it was in connection with an altercation that happened nearby, and he was charged with a misdemeanor and released on zero bail.
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Folk music legend Joni Mitchell, 80, won her 10th Grammy — best folk album for \"Live at Newport\" — and performed an emotional rendition of \"Both Sides, Now.\" It was her first performance ever at the Grammys and a rare appearance since her recovery from a 2015 brain aneurysm.
And while the Oscars are still a few weeks away, \"Barbie\" and \"Oppenheimer\" both took home awards Sunday for best compilation soundtrack for visual media and best score soundtrack for visual media, respectively. Song of the year and best song written for visual media also went to Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas for their song \"What Was I Made For?\" from \"Barbie.\"
You can find the complete list of awards won earlier in the evening posted here.
Jordan Freiman is an editor and writer for CBSNews.com. He covers breaking news, trending stories, sports and crime. Jordan has previously worked at Spin and Death and Taxes.
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The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry worldwide. They were originally called the Gramophone Awards, as the trophy depicts a gilded gramophone. \n
The Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s.[3][4] As recording executives on the Walk of Fame committee compiled a list of significant recording industry people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, they realized that many leading people in their business would not earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard. They determined to rectify this by creating awards given by their industry similar to the Oscars and the Emmys. After deciding to go forward with such awards, a question remained what to call them. One working title was the 'Eddie', to honor Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph. Eventually, the name was chosen after a mail-in contest whereby approximately 300 contestants submitted the name 'Grammy', with the earliest postmark from contest winner Jay Danna of New Orleans, Louisiana, as an abbreviated reference to Emile Berliner's invention, the gramophone.[5] Grammys were first awarded for achievements in 1958.[6][7][8]\n
The first award ceremony was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York,[9] with 28 Grammys awarded. The number of awards given grew, at one time reaching over 100, and fluctuated over the years with categories added and removed.[10] The second Grammy Awards, also held in 1959, was the first ceremony to be televised,[11] but the ceremony was not aired live until the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971.[12]\n
The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music recorded in Spanish or Portuguese began in 1989,[13][14] as it was deemed too large to fit on the regular Grammys ceremony.[15] The Recording Academy then established the Latin Recording Academy in 1997, and the separate Latin Grammy Awards were first held in 2000. The Latin Grammys honor works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been released either in Ibero-America, the Iberian Peninsula, or the United States.[16]\n
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards were also postponed from its original January 31, 2022, date to April 3, 2022, due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 Deltacron hybrid variant.[19] The ceremony was also moved from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas due to the former having scheduling conflicts with sports games and concerts nearly every night through mid-April.[20]\n
The gold-plated trophies, each depicting a gildedgramophone, are made and assembled by hand by Billings Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado. In 1990, the original Grammy design was reworked, changing the traditional soft lead for a stronger alloy less prone to damage, making the trophy bigger and grander.[21] Billings developed Grammium, a zinc alloy which they trademarked.[22] Trophies engraved with each recipient's name are not available until after the award announcements, so \"stunt\" trophies are re-used each year for the ceremony broadcast.[23][24]\n
By February 2009, some 7,578 Grammy trophies had been awarded.[25]\n
The \"General Field\" are four awards which are not restricted by music genre.\n
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The Album of the Year award is presented to the performer, featured artists, songwriter(s), and/or production team of a full album if other than the performer.
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The Record of the Year award is presented to the performer and/or production team of a single song if other than the performer.
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The Song of the Year award is presented to the songwriter(s) of a single song.
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The Best New Artist award is presented to a promising breakthrough performer (or performers) who in the eligibility year releases the first recording that establishes their public identity (which is not necessarily their first proper release).
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Among three artists who have won all four awards, two won all four at once: Christopher Cross in 1981 and Billie Eilish in 2020, making her at age 18 the youngest artist to do so. Adele won the Best New Artist award in 2009 and her other three awards in 2012 and 2017.\n
As of 2024, an additional two awards were added to the \"General Field\".\n
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The Producer of the Year, Non-Classical award is presented to a producer for a body of work released during the eligibility period. It was first presented in 1974 and was not previously part of any specific field.
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The Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical award is presented to an individual who works primarily as a songwriter for a body of work released during the eligibility period. It was first presented in 2023 and was not previously part of any specific field.
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Other awards are given for performance and production in specific genres and for other contributions such as artwork and video. Special awards are also given for longer-lasting contributions to the music industry.\n
Because of the large number of award categories (78 in 2012, 81 in 2013, and 82 in 2014), and a desire to feature several performances by various artists, only awards with the most popular interest \u2013 typically about 10 to 12, including the four general field categories and one or two categories in the most popular music genres (i.e., pop, rock, country, and rap) \u2013 are presented directly at the televised award ceremony. Most other Grammy trophies are presented in a pre-telecast \"Premiere Ceremony\" in the afternoon before the Grammy Awards telecast.\n
On April 6, 2011, the Recording Academy announced a significant overhaul of many Grammy Award categories for 2012.[43] The number of categories was cut from 109 to 78. The most substantial change was eliminating the distinction between male and female soloists and between collaborations and duo/groups in various genre fields (pop, rock, rhythm and blues [R&B], country, and rap). Additionally, several instrumental soloist categories were discontinued; recordings in these categories now fall under general categories for best solo performances.\n
In the rock field, the hard rock and metal album categories were combined. The Best Rock Instrumental Performance category also was eliminated due to a waning number of entries.\n
In R&B, the distinction between best contemporary R&B album and other R&B albums has been eliminated, consolidated into one Best R&B Album category.[44]\n
In rap, the categories for best rap soloist and best rap duo or group have been merged into the new Best Rap Performance category.\n
The roots category had the most eliminations. Up through 2011, there were separate categories for regional American music forms, such as Hawaiian, Native American, and Zydeco/Cajun music. A consistently low number of entries in these categories led the Recording Academy to combine these music variations into a new Best Regional Roots Music Album, including polka, which had lost its category in 2009.[45][46]\n
In same-genre fields, the traditional and contemporary blues categories and the traditional and contemporary folk categories each were consolidated into one per genre due to the number of entries and the challenges in distinguishing between contemporary and traditional blues and folk songs. In the world music field, the traditional and contemporary categories also were merged.\n
In the classical field, its main category Best Classical Album, was discontinued because most recipients in the category had also won in other classical categories for the same album. Classical recordings are now eligible for the main Album of the Year category.\n
A few minor name changes were also made to better reflect the nature of the separate categories. The Recording Academy determined that the word \"gospel\" in the gospel genre field tends to connote images and sounds of traditional soul gospel to the exclusion of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Therefore, the field and some categories were renamed as Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music.[47]\n
Since 2012, small adjustments have been made to lists of categories and genre fields. The number of categories has risen from 78 in 2012 to 84 since 2017.[48] In 2020, amid the George Floyd protests, several urban, rap, and Latin music categories were renamed.[49]\nIn 2022, the number of awards was increased from 86 to 91.[50] Performance categories were added for the Americana and alternative music genres alongside new categories for video game score and spoken word poetry albums. A songwriter category (non-classical) and a song for social change category were also added and several categories were adjusted slightly.[51][52]\n
In 2023, several key changed were announced for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, set to take place in 2024. Three new categories were announced, bringing the total number to 94, the highest since the peak of 109 in 2010. In addition, both Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical, were moved to the General Field, the first time new categories had been added to this field since the concept of the Big Four was established.[53] The total number of fields was consolidated from 26 to 11 to ensure that all voting members would be able to exercise their allocated ten genre votes, as some members were prevented from doing so previously due to some fields only containing one category.[54]\n
Members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), both media companies and individuals, may nominate recordings for consideration. Entries are made and submitted online. When a work is entered, review sessions are held that involve over 150 recording industry experts, to determine that the work has been entered in the correct category.\n
The resulting lists of eligible entries are then circulated to voting members, each of whom may vote to nominate in the general fields (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) and in up to nine out of 30 other fields on their ballots. The five recordings that earn the most votes in each category become the nominees, while in some categories (craft and specialized categories) review committees determine the final five nominees.[55] There may be over five nominees if a tie occurs in the nomination process.\n
Although members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences generally are invited to screenings or are sent DVDs of films nominated for Oscars, NARAS members do not receive nominated recordings, but instead receive access to a private online listening service.\n
After nominees have been determined, final voting ballots are sent to NARAS voting members, who may then vote in the general field and cast ten votes in various genre categories spread across up to three of the eleven fields. Members are encouraged, but not required, to vote only in their fields of expertise. Ballots are tabulated secretly by the independent accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.[55] After vote tabulation, winners are announced at the Grammy Awards. The recording with the most votes in a category wins, and it is possible to have a tie (in which case the two [or more] nominees who tie are considered winners). Winners are presented with a Grammy Award; those who do not win receive a medal for their nomination.\n
In both voting rounds, academy members are required to vote solely based upon quality, without consideration for sales, chart performance, personal friendships, regional preferences or company loyalty. Gifts may not be accepted. Members are urged to vote in a manner that preserves the integrity of the academy and their member community. Although registered media companies may submit entries, they have no vote in the process.\n
The eligibility period for the upcoming 66th Annual Grammy Awards is October 1, 2022 \u2013 September 15, 2023. The 2024 Grammy Awards, unveiled by Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason Jr., are set to be held on February 4, 2024.\n
In many categories, certificates are presented to those ineligible for a Grammy Award but who did contribute to a winning recording. These certificates are known as Participation Certificates or Winners Certificates. Those eligible for a certificate can apply for one in the weeks after the Grammy ceremony.\n
A special Grammy Award of merit is occasionally awarded to recognize \"ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field\".[56] It has come to be known as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Living Legend Award at different ceremonies. As of 2018,[update] fourteen solo musicians and one band have received this award.\n
Before 1971, Grammy Award ceremonies were held in different locations on the same day. Originally New York City and Los Angeles were the host cities. Chicago joined as a host city in 1962 and Nashville became a fourth location in 1965.\n
The 1971 ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles was the first to take place in one location. In 1972, the ceremony was then moved to Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in New York City, then moved in 1973 to Nashville's Tennessee Theatre. From 1974 to 2003, the Grammys were held in various venues in New York City and Los Angeles, including New York's Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall; and Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, Staples Center and Hollywood Palladium.\n
In 2000, the Crypto.com Arena (known as the Staples Center from 1999 to 2021) became the permanent home of the award ceremonies. The Grammy Museum was built across the street from the Crypto.com Arena in LA Live to preserve the history of the Grammy Awards. Embedded on the sidewalks on the museum streets are bronze disks, similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, to honor each year's top winners, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Since 2000, the Grammy Awards have taken place outside of Los Angeles only three times. New York City's Madison Square Garden hosted the awards in 2003 and in 2018, while the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted in 2022.[60]\n
With 32 Grammy Awards, Beyonc\u00e9 is the artist with the most Grammy wins.[61][62]U2, with 22 Grammy Awards, holds the record for most awards won by a group.[63]\n
When Pearl Jam won a Grammy for the Best Hard Rock Performance in 1996, the band's lead singer Eddie Vedder commented on stage, \"I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.\"[64] In 2008, Glen Hansard, leader of the Irish rock group The Frames, stated that the Grammys represent something outside of the real world of music \"that's fully industry based\". He said he was not particularly interested in attending that year's ceremony, even though he had been nominated for two awards.[65]Maynard James Keenan, lead singer of progressive rock band Tool, did not attend the Grammy Awards ceremony to receive one of the band's awards, explaining that:[66]\n
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The Grammys have also been criticized for generally awarding or nominating more commercially successful albums rather than critically successful ones.[67][68] In 1991, Sin\u00e9ad O'Connor became the first musician to refuse a Grammy, boycotting the ceremony after being nominated for Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. O'Connor would go on to win the latter award.[69] She said her reasoning came from the Grammys' extreme commercialism.[70] In 2024, Rhiannon Giddens described the financial strain of attending the ceremony for middle and working class musicians. She criticized the Recording Academy for introducing a policy of charging nominees $1200 for a plus one, saying the policy \"makes it ever more obvious who is valued, and more specifically what (that would be lots of money, for the folks in the back).\" A Billboard article clarified that the new policy was a tiered system, ranging from $375 to $2000 for a ticket to attend the pre-telecast ceremony.[71]\n
The Grammys also have been criticized for snubbing awards to some nominated artists. The organization's awards journey states that nominees and winners are determined solely by voting members of the Recording Academy and that voting members are active creative professionals involved in the recording process, such as performers, songwriters, producers, and engineers.[72]\n
At the 38th Annual Grammy Awards, artist Mariah Carey was nominated for six awards for her album Daydream, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for her single \"One Sweet Day\". Although critics believed Carey would be \"cleaning up\" that year, Carey ultimately lost in all her nominated categories that night, much to the shock of critics and Carey herself.[76] In 2011, Los Angeles Times journalist Randall Roberts criticized the exclusion of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy from Album of the Year nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards. He described West's album as \"the most critically acclaimed album of the year, a career-defining record\".[77] Roberts went on to criticize the Grammy Awards for being \"mired in the past\" and out of touch with \"new media\" and trends among music listeners such as music sharing, stating:[77]\n
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The major nominations for the 54th annual awards clearly show that the recording academy has been working overtime to be all-inclusive, but more significantly, they also reveal a deep chasm between its goals and the listening habits of the general population...The focus is still on the old music industry model of cash-cow hits, major label investments and commercial radio...
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In an article for Time, journalist Tour\u00e9 also responded to the snub and expressed general displeasure with the awards, stating \"I don't pretend to understand the Grammys. I have never been able to discern a consistent logic around who gets nominated or who gets statues. I comprehend the particular logic of the Oscars, but not the big awards for music. My normal state of confusion around what drives Grammy decisions was exponentialized this week when, to the shock of many, Kanye's masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was not nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year.\"[78] He went on to compare understanding the Grammy Awards to Kremlinology and commented on The Recording Academy's exclusion of more \"mature\" hip hop albums as Album of the Year nominees, noting that it occasionally opts to nominate \"pop-friendly\" hip hop albums instead.[78]\n
You know, I was thinking about that a couple of months ago, someone asked me that, and I was like \"I would go and I would\" \u2013 and I don't think the Bon Iver record is the kind of record that would get nominated for a Grammy \u2013 \"I would get up there and be like, 'This is for my parents, because they supported me,' because I know they would think it would be stupid of me not to go up there. But I kinda felt like going up there and being like: \"Everyone should go home, this is ridiculous. You should not be doing this. We should not be gathering in a big room and looking at each other and pretending that this is important.\" That's what I would say.
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He reaffirmed this sentiment and commented about the Grammys, saying:[79]\n
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[Ninety-eight] percent of the people in that room, their art is compromised by the fact that they're thinking that, and that they're hoping to get that award. And who is that award given by? It's like they think it's literally handed down by the musical-history gods. And I don't know who the voters are. Like, I have a friend who's a voter who was like, \"I had to be a voter because I don't trust the other voters.\" And I was like, \"Me either!\" And it's just not important and people spend too much time thinking about it.
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Bon Iver subsequently received four nominations in November for the 54th Grammy Awards.[79] After winning, Vernon said in his acceptance, \"It's really hard to accept this award. There's so much talent out here [...] and there's a lot of talent that's not here tonight. It's also hard to accept because you know, when I started to make songs I did it for the inherent reward of making songs, so I'm a little bit uncomfortable up here.\"[80]\n
In his article \"Everything Old Is Praised Again\", Jon Caramanica of The New York Times criticized Grammy voters for being \"conservative\" and disregarding more \"forward-looking\" music and wrote in response to the 54th Grammy Awards, \"for the umpteenth time, the Grammys went with familiarity over risk, bestowing album of the year honors (and several more) on an album that reinforced the values of an older generation suspicious of change.\"[81] He cited the Grammy successes of Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Norah Jones' Come Away with Me (2003), and Adele's 21 (2011) as examples of \"the Grammys drop[ping] a boatload of awards on a young female singer-songwriter and her breakthrough album\". Of Kanye West's absence from the ceremony, Caramanica stated, \"He didn't even bother to show up for the broadcast, which was well enough because hip-hop was almost completely marginalized.\"[81]\n
In an article for The Huffington Post, music executive and author Steve Stoute criticized the Recording Academy and the Grammy Awards for having \"lost touch with contemporary popular culture\" and noted \"two key sources\" for it: \"(1) over-zealousness to produce a popular show that is at odds with its own system of voting and (2) fundamental disrespect of cultural shifts as being viable and artistic.\"[82] Stoute accused the academy of snubbing artists with more cultural impact, citing respective losses by the critical and commercial successes in Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and Kanye West's Graduation (2007) in the Album of the Year category. Stoute asserted:[82]\n
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As an institution that celebrates artistic works of musicians, singers, songwriters, producers and technical specialists, we have come to expect that the Grammys upholds all of the values that reflect the very best in music that is born from our culture. Unfortunately, the awards show has become a series of hypocrisies and contradictions, leaving me to question why any contemporary popular artist would even participate. [...] While there is no doubt in my mind of the artistic talents of Steely Dan or Herbie Hancock, we must acknowledge the massive cultural impact of Eminem and Kanye West and how their music is shaping, influencing and defining the voice of a generation. It is this same cultural impact that acknowledged the commercial and critical success of Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984.
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In 2020, Canadian artist Abel Tesfaye, known by his stage name The Weeknd, was shut out from the Grammys when his fourth studio album, After Hours, received no nominations at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. This came as a surprise to critics, fans, and Tesfaye himself, who had a successful run in 2020 with the success of both his album and the single \"Blinding Lights\". Tesfaye responded by social media calling the Grammys \"corrupt\".[83] Speculation arose that the announcement of his then-upcoming Super Bowl performance, as well as the discrepancy of being nominated as pop music versus R&B, contributed to the snubs.[84]Harvey Mason, Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, responded by saying:[85]\n
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We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and can empathize with what he's feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone's admiration. We were thrilled when we found out he would be performing at the upcoming Super Bowl and we would have loved to have him also perform on the Grammy stage the weekend before. Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists. But as the only peer-voted music award, we will continue to recognize and celebrate excellence in music while shining a light on the many amazing artists that make up our global community. To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd's performance at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process. All Grammy nominees are recognized by the voting body for their excellence, and we congratulate them all.
The Grammys' eligibility period runs from October 1 of one year until September 30 of the next year.[86] Records released in the fourth quarter of a given year are not eligible for that year's awards (the submissions and first round ballots are underway at that time). This is despite the quarter falling during the Christmas and holiday season, when many physical albums have been traditionally released and are heavily purchased for holiday gift giving, and when Christmas music is at its natural peak.\n
Fans unfamiliar with the Grammys voting window perennially hold a mistaken notion that a favorite artist has then been snubbed; for example, Adele's album 25 was released in November 2015 and thus was ineligible for nomination for the 2015 awards, despite its massive sales, earning its Grammys (including Album of the Year) instead in 2017.[87] Conversely, the Grammys often recognize work more than a year after it was released. Taylor Swift's 1989 won Album of the Year in 2016, even though the album came out in October 2014.[88]\n
The Grammys have also been accused of a racist bias towards black recording artists. In a 2017 interview Canadian artist Drake accused the awards of seeing him only as a rapper and not as a pop-music artist due to his previous work and heritage. He criticized the snubbing of \"One Dance\" for the Record of the Year award and the nomination of \"Hotline Bling\" for Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance, despite it not being a rap song.[89]The Atlantic's Spencer Kornhaber accused the Grammys of \"sidelining a black visionary work in favor of a white traditionalist one\".[90] Drake did not attend the 2017 awards ceremony where he was nominated. He had a performance in Manchester, England on February 12, 2017, the same night as the ceremony. Frank Ocean was vocal about boycotting the same Grammy Awards and did not submit his album Blonde for award consideration as a protest.[91]\n
The Grammys were also criticized after the 59th Annual Grammy Awards when Adele's 25 (as mentioned above, released in late 2015) won Album of the Year over Beyonc\u00e9's album Lemonade (released in April 2016), which many music publications believed should have won the award. Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone magazine believed that she lost due to the Grammy voters being all white males and for her pro-Black performance during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show.[92]USA Today also criticized Beyonc\u00e9's loss stating that \"Black artists have struggled to win album of the year\". They also felt 25 won only due to the album's record-breaking sales rather than having cultural significance and the large impact that Lemonade had in 2016.[93] Adele also expressed that Lemonade should have won over her for Album of the Year, stating in her acceptance speech:\n
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I can't possibly accept this award. And I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful and gracious. But my artist of my life is Beyonc\u00e9. And this album to me, the Lemonade album, is just so monumental. Beyonc\u00e9, it's so monumental. And so well thought out, and so beautiful and soul-baring and we all got to see another side to you that you don't always let us see. And we appreciate that. And all us artists here adore you. You are our light.[94]
In 2019, for the first time since Outkast won Album of the Year in 2004, rap artists won major award nominations outside the rap categories when Childish Gambino won the first Song and Record of the Year awards ever for a rap song.[95]Hispanic and Latino Americans (the largest minority in America) are also considered to be under-represented at the Grammy Awards, and their music is prone to be shifted to the categories of the Latin Grammy Awards unless they have a mainstream following.[96][97]\n
In April 2022, the late Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar was omitted from the In Memoriam segment, and the nation's domestic media criticized the Grammys and Oscars for their Western-centric view of artists receiving attention over those throughout the rest of the world.[98]\n
The Grammys have also been criticized for their treatment of female artists specifically. Notably at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018, New Zealand singer Lorde made headlines after turning down an offer to perform at the ceremony. She suggested that she was invited to perform alongside several other artists in a tribute to Tom Petty but was refused a solo slot, despite being nominated for the Album of the Year award and stated that each male nominee was allowed a solo performance. Lorde's mother Sonja Yelich also criticized the Grammys, pointing out an article that only nine percent of the nominees at the previous six Grammy ceremonies were women.[99] After the 60th ceremony, several media outlets reported that the ceremony had failed women, specifically pointing to the most nominated female artist SZA who failed to win in any of her five nominated categories, and to the Best Pop Solo Performance category which included four female nominees but was won by Ed Sheeran.[100]Neil Portnow, president of the Recording Academy, sparked controversy after stating in an interview that female artists needed to \"step up\" in order to win awards. Portnow's comments were criticized by many female musicians including Pink, Katy Perry, Vanessa Carlton, Sheryl Crow, Iggy Azalea, Halsey, and Charli XCX.[101] They also caused the hashtag #GrammysSoMale to trend on social media.[102]\n
Before the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, singer Ariana Grande decided not to perform or attend that year's ceremony over a disagreement about the song choices for her performance. An anonymous source told Variety that Grande felt \"insulted\" when producers refused to let the singer perform her latest single \"7 Rings\". They compromised by having her perform the song as part of a medley, but the condition that the producers choose the second song led Grande to withdraw from the show. The source said that the same stipulations were not imposed on other performers.[103] Grande later accused Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich of lying about why she dropped out of the show. Ehrlich had said that Grande \"felt it was too late for her to pull something together\". Grande responded:\n
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I can pull together a performance over night and you know that, Ken; it was when my creativity and self expression was stifled by you, that I decided not to attend. I hope the show is exactly what you want it to be and more.[104]
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Despite the controversy, Grande won for Best Pop Vocal Album and in 2020 performed at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards when nominated for five awards, including Album of the Year, but won none.[105] Despite past controversies, female artists dominated the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, with the big four awards being awarded entirely to women. Several women also broke records at that ceremony.[106]\n
In May 2018, it was revealed that money intended for the Recording Academy charity MusiCares was siphoned off to pay for the cost overruns of hosting the 60th Annual Grammy Awards at New York City's Madison Square Garden.[107] Concerning the controversies of hosting that year's Grammy Awards in New York, Dana Tomarken, the former executive vice president of the MusiCares foundation claimed wrongful termination. She alleges that she was fired for pushing back against the academy's \"boys club\". She claimed that by having the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall, the event had to forgo its traditional VIP dinner and silent auction. She had already been offered a deal to have the event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Barclays Center is owned by AEG, which competes directly with The Madison Square Garden Company which owns Madison Square Garden and Radio City. Irving Azoff who then had a joint venture with the Madison Square Garden Company told Tomarken that the event can not be held at Barclays and had to be held at Radio City. Oak View Group which is associated with Azoff received 300 of the highest price tickets to the MusiCares event at Radio City. Oak View Group was supposed to sell them as a package deal which also included tickets to the Grammy Awards itself. MusiCares was promised to receive $1.5 million from those tickets according to Tomarken. Those 300 tickets were never sold and were then returned to MusiCares, which resulted in a loss.[108]\n
Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan was placed on leave on January 16, 2020, after a complaint of bullying from a member of staff (according to an anonymous New York Times source), ten days before the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[109] Dugan had complained internally, alleging a broken system of voting that was subject to conflicts of interest and unnecessary spending.[109] On the nominations for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, she stated that the voting process was an \"outrageous conflict of interest\" with several nominated artists sitting on the voting boards of their prospective categories. She claimed that \"one artist who initially ranked 18 out of 20 in the 2019 'Song of the Year' category ended up with a nomination\". She also claimed that a few artists like Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande had the votes to be nominated for the category, but were ultimately omitted.[110]\n
In 2020, comedy star Tiffany Haddish turned down the invitation to host the 63rd Grammy pre-telecast premiere ceremony when they said that she would have to pay her own way. In an exclusive interview with Variety, Haddish revealed that she was told to cover the cost of hair, makeup, and wardrobe for the three-hour event, adding, \"I don't know if this might mean I might not get nominated ever again, but I think it's disrespectful\". When contacted, The Recording Academy explained that the premiere Ceremony is not a CBS program and is hosted by the academy, a not-for-profit organization, meaning that artists, hosts and performers have to perform free every year. They also noted that the issue would have no impact in Haddish's future nomination.[111]\n
In 2022, the Grammys were criticized for nominating, and subsequently awarding, Louis C.K. a Best Comedy Album prize for his comedy special Sincerely Louis C.K. The album made light of, and included jokes about, the multiple sexual misconduct revelations he had admitted to years earlier.[112][113] In 2023, the Grammys faced significant backlash for debuting a new award called the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, named in honor of prolific domestic abuser Dr. Dre.[114][115][116]\n
Before the first live Grammys telecast in 1971 on ABC, a series of filmed annual specials in the 1960s called The Best on Record was broadcast on NBC. The first Grammy Award telecast took place on the night of November 29, 1959, as an episode of the NBC anthology series NBC Sunday Showcase, which normally was devoted to plays, original TV dramas, and variety shows. Until 1971, awards ceremonies were held in both New York and Los Angeles, with winners accepting at one of the two venues. Television producer Pierre Cossette bought the rights to broadcast the ceremony from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and organized the first live telecast.[117]CBS bought the rights in 1973 after moving the ceremony to Nashville, Tennessee; the American Music Awards were created for ABC by the late Dick Clark as a result.\n
The Recording Academy announced on June 21, 2011, that it had reached a new deal with CBS to keep the awards show on the network for another 10 years. As part of the new contract, the network would also air a \"nominations concert\" special in the last week of November, where nominations would be released during a special exclusive to CBS, rather than at a traditional early-morning press conference to a multi-network press pool. This was ended after the 2016 concert due to low ratings and criticism about the announcement format, and as of the 2017 nominations, they have been revealed in a roundtable conversation with Recording Academy representatives during CBS Mornings, though since 2020, it has returned to a traditional noontime Eastern press release statement and highlight of in-show award nominees on social media. In 2016, the Grammys became the first awards show to regularly air live annually in all U.S. territories, and for decades, alongside the Academy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards and Tony Awards, the shows have aired live in over 150 countries worldwide.\n
From 2004 to 2019, the Grammys were held on the second Sunday of February (the week after the Super Bowl), with two exceptions: if that day was February 14 (Valentine's Day), it was moved to the following day; if it was a Winter Olympics year, it was held earlier on the last Sunday of January (the week before the Super Bowl). Starting in 2020, the Academy Awards ceremony would move back to the second Sunday of February, forcing the Grammys to move back to the last Sunday of January to avoid conflict with either the Oscars or the Super Bowl.[118] To allow enough time for preparation, the cutoff date for eligible recordings would move from September 30 to August 31. This change reduced the eligibility period for the 2020 awards to eleven months (October 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019), a month shorter than usual.[119]\n
^Michael Paolette; Gail Mitchell; Melinda Newman (February 18, 2006). \"U2's Big Grammy Night\". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.\n
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With a total of 86 categories celebrating the best of pop, rock, R&B, jazz, rap, Latin, classical, Musical Theater, and more, thousands of music creators have been recognized by the GRAMMYs since its inception in 1957.
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The prestige of one GRAMMY win can catapult an artist's career to the next level, but there are some who have amassed more than 10, 20 and even 30 career GRAMMY wins. Ever wonder who these elite GRAMMY winners are? Look no further. We've compiled a list of the top GRAMMY winners of all time.
Not only does the late conductor Georg Solti hold the record for the most GRAMMY Awards won in any genre with 31, he has the most wins in the Classical Field. Solti's last win was for Best Opera Recording for Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg for 1997.
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Quincy Jones, 28
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Quincy Jones' GRAMMY career as an artist/arranger/producer spans more than 10 Fields, from Children's to Jazz, Pop, Rap, R&B, and more, including his recent win for Best Music Film at the 61st GRAMMY Awards. He is also one of only 15 artists to receive the GRAMMY Legend Award.
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Alison Krauss, 27
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Alison Krauss holds the distinction as the female artist with the most awards in the Country Field. Krauss shares 14 of her wins with her backing band of nearly 30 years, Union Station.
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Chick Corea, 27
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Musician/composer Chick Corea is currently the artist with the most jazz GRAMMY wins, counting 27 GRAMMY Awards as a solo artist. Corea's Latin jazz piano stylings, compositions and arrangements have also earned him four Latin GRAMMY Awards.
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Pierre Boulez, 26
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Pierre Boulez earned his GRAMMYs primarily conducting the work of renowned 20th century composers such as Bela Bart\u00f3k, Alban Berg and Claude Debussy. Boulez received The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
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Vladimir Horowitz, 25
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The late virtuoso pianist/composer Vladimir Horowitz earned GRAMMYs in every decade from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was also awarded a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990 and has five recordings in the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame.
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Stevie Wonder, 25
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No stranger to the GRAMMY stage, Stevie Wonder is the only artist in GRAMMY history to win five or more awards on three separate nights. His career and GRAMMY history were celebrated on the television special "Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life \u2014 An All-Star GRAMMY Salute" in 2015.
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John Williams, 25
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John Williams\u00a0has cashed in on cinema soundtrack classics such as\u00a0Jaws,\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0and\u00a0Schindler's List\u00a0for a place among the GRAMMY elite. Of his 24 GRAMMY wins, Williams has earned 12 in the Music For Visual Media Field and six for his work on the\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0franchise. His most recent win came at the 60th GRAMMYs for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella for "Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can."
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Jay-Z, 24
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Tied with Kanye West for the most GRAMMY wins by a rap artist, Jay-Z has wins in each of the four Rap Field categories. Hova's blueprint for GRAMMY success includes collaborations with other artists such as Beyonc\u00e9 ("Drunk In Love"), Rihanna ("Umbrella") and Justin Timberlake ("Holy Grail").
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Kanye West, 24
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Kanye West is neck-and-neck with Jay Z for top GRAMMY-winning rap artist, but he has often competed against himself. For example, he had two nominations (and a win) each for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for 2012, Best Rap Album for 2011, and Best Rap Song and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group for 2007.
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David Frost, 22
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A giant in the Classical Field, renowned producer David Frost has won the coveted Classical Producer Of The Year GRAMMY seven times. He's also won three GRAMMYs each in the Best Classical Engineered Recording and Best Opera Recording categories over the years. Most recently, he took home two GRAMMYs at the 2023 GRAMMYs: Best Classical Solo Vocal Album and Best Opera Recording.
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U2, 22
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Led by frontman Bono, U2 hold the record for most GRAMMY wins by a rock act. Their most recent wins came in 2005, including Album Of The Year for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
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Vince Gill, 22
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Singer/songwriter\u00a0Vince Gill\u00a0has earned 20 of his GRAMMY wins in the Country Field, the most of any artist. He earned his first GRAMMY outside of the Country Field in 2017 for Best American Roots Song for writing the Time Jumpers' "Kid Sister." He also holds the distinction of garnering the most GRAMMYs in the 1990s (14), winning one or more GRAMMYs in every year of the decade.
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Serban Ghenea, 21
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A leading mix engineer, Serban Ghenea is a 21-time GRAMMY winner and three-time Latin GRAMMY winner. Throughout his extensive career, he\u2019s mixed some of the biggest songs from legendary artists across a vast array of genres, including songs by Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyonc\u00e9, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Bjork, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Beck, and many others. As of January 2024, Ghenea has mixed over 225 No. 1 singles and albums, including hits for Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Britney Spears, Black Eyes Peas, and many more.
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Henry Mancini, 20
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The composer behind TV and film themes such as "Peter Gunn" and "The Pink Panther Theme," the late Henry Mancini made early GRAMMY history with a then-record five wins in one night for 1961. Mancini's popular "Moon River" and later "Days Of Wine And Roses" each won both Record and Song Of The Year.
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Pat Metheny, 20
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Pat Metheny is all that jazz. The guitarist earned his first GRAMMY for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental for Offramp for 1982. He has earned GRAMMYs in four consecutive decades since, most recently in 2012 as the Pat Metheny Unity Band for Unity Band for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
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Al Schmitt, 20
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Working on projects by artists Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Chick Corea, and Paul McCartney, among others, Al Schmitt won his 20 GRAMMYs as an engineer/mixer. Schmitt has also earned two Latin GRAMMYs and he received the Recording Academy Trustees Award in 2006.
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Bruce Springsteen, 20
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In addition to GRAMMY wins in every decade from the '80s through '00s, Bruce Springsteen has seen his albums Born To Run and Born In The U.S.A. inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame. In 2013 the quintessential rocker was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year.
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Tony Bennett, 19
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An artist who truly seems to get better with age, Tony Bennett has won nine of his 18 career GRAMMYs since 2002. Including his 2015 win with Bill Charlap for The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern, Bennett has earned Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album honors 13 times, the most in the category's history.
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Aretha Franklin, 18
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Aretha Franklin reigns as the queen of R&B. She has 18 GRAMMY wins to date, five recordings in the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (1994) and a GRAMMY Legend Award (1991).
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Yo-Yo Ma, 19
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has strung together 18 GRAMMY wins, earning his first in 1984 for Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites. Since then he's won GRAMMYs in the Folk and World Music Fields, the latter of which came for 2016 for the Best World Music Album-winning project with his Silk Road Ensemble, Sing Me Home.
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Paul McCartney, 18
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Winning Best New Artist with the Beatles for 1964, Paul McCartney has gone on to earn 18 career GRAMMYs as an artist, composer and arranger. While most of McCartney's GRAMMY history lies in pop and rock, he earned two 58th GRAMMY nominations for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for Kanye West's "All Day" with Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom.
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Jimmy Sturr, 18
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Out of the 25 GRAMMYs ever awarded for polka, Jimmy Sturr earned 18 of them, including 13 wins for Best Polka Album. He will likely remain the highest GRAMMY-winning polka artist in history (given the discontinuation of the category), and was "Born To Polka."
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(Clockwise) Sheryl Crow, Deryck Whibley, Tierra Whack, Justin Timberlake, Schoolboy Q, Kasey Musgraves, Kim Gordon, Tyla, Beyonc\u00e9, Dua Lipa
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From the debuts of Tyla and rapper Tierra Whack, to a new salvo from Kim Gordon, women dominate the list of releases for March. While it may be Women's History Month, there are a few major releases from male artists, including Justin Timberlake.
March is Women\u2019s History Month, and women in music are more powerful than ever.\u00a0
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The month begins with the comeback of several queens, starting with Kim Gordon\u2019s The Collective and Ariana Grande\u2019s Eternal Sunshine. Later, country darling Kacey Musgraves will unveil Deeper Well, and Shakira will drop the empowering Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran. Long-awaited debuts by GRAMMY-winning singer Tyla and singer/bassist Blu DeTiger will also join the lineup, with their respective Tyla and All I Ever Want Is Everything. Wrapping up March on a high note, Beyonc\u00e9 will drop her highly-anticipated Act II on the 29th.
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Men will release music in March as well: Expect new releases by Justin Timberlake, Bleachers, the last record from pop-punk band Sum 41, and (allegedly) Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign\u2019s Vultures 2.
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To make the most of this prolific time, GRAMMY.com compiled all the must-hear albums dropping March 2024.
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Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips
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Release date:March 1
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On Feb. 1, Schoolboy Q\u2019s website was updated with a mysterious countdown and a 37-second video. In it, the rapper finally unveiled the setlist and title of his much-awaited sixth studio album, Blue Lips, as well as its release date \u2014 March 1.
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Blue Lips is Q\u2019s first full record since 2019\u2019s Crash Talk, although he had been teasing the album since 2020. Hopefully, it was worth the wait: Blue Lips holds 18 tracks and participations by Rico Nasty, Freddie Gibbs, and more. Q has also started a new vlog series on social media called "wHy not?," where he takes the viewers behind the scenes of making the album and previews snippets of the songs.
Fronted by 10-time GRAMMY winner and 2024 Producer Of The Year Jack Antonoff, rock band Bleachers will release its eponymous fourth studio album on March 8.
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In a press release, Bleachers is described as Antonoff\u2019s "distinctly New Jersey take on the bizarre sensory contradictions of modern life." The self-titled record will blend sadness and joy into "music for driving on the highway to, for crying to and for dancing to at weddings."
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The band shared four singles so far: lead track "Modern Girl," "Alma Mater" featuring Lana del Rey, "Tiny Moves" and "Me Before You." Through serendipitous melodies and soulful writing, Bleachers commit to "exist in crazy times but remember what counts."\u00a0
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Bleachers will tour the U.K. in March and the U.S. in May and June.
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Kim Gordon - The Collective
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Release date:March 8
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Former Sonic Youth vocalist Kim Gordon will release her sophomore LP, The Collective, on March 8. The album is a follow-up to her 2019 debut No Home Record, and furthers her collaboration with producer Justin Raisen, as well as additional producing from Anthony Paul Lopez.
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"On this record, I wanted to express the absolute craziness I feel around me right now," said Gordon in a press statement. "This is a moment when nobody really knows what truth is, when facts don\u2019t necessarily sway people, when everyone has their own side, creating a general sense of paranoia. To soothe, to dream, escape with drugs, TV shows, shopping, the internet, everything is easy, smooth, convenient, branded. It made me want to disrupt, to follow something unknown, maybe even to fail."
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Back in January, the singer unveiled the album\u2019s moody first single, "Bye Bye," and a music video starring her daughter, Coco Gordon Moore. The second single, "I\u2019m A Man," came out in February. Gordon will play six concerts in support of The Collective, starting March 21 in Burlington, Vermont.
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Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine
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Release date:March 8
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It\u2019s been almost four years since Ariana Grande\u2019s last studio album, 2020\u2019s Positions. The starlet spent the past few years filming Wicked, an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, and declared that she wouldn\u2019t be releasing any new records until it was done.
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The wait is finally over, as Grande announced her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine. The album\u2019s first and only single, "Yes, And?," dropped in January, followed by an Instagram video of the soprano singer explaining the concept of the album to her Republic Records team.\u00a0
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"It\u2019s kind of a concept album \u2019cause it\u2019s all different heightened pieces of the same story, of the same experience," she said. "Some of [the songs] are really vulnerable, some of them are like playing the part of what people kind of expect me to be sometimes and having fun with it."
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"I think this one may be your favorite," Grande wrote of Eternal Sunshine on her Instagram Story. "It is mine." The 13-song collection will reportedly explore house and R&B, and will have only one feature: Grande\u2019s grandmother, who appears on the last track, "Ordinary Things."
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Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign -Vultures 2
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Release date:March 8
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After a series of delays, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign\u2019s first collaborative album, Vultures 1, ultimately dropped on Feb. 10, 2024. Set to be the first installment of a trilogy, the album was released independently through West\u2019s YZY label, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with all of its 16 tracks also charting on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100.
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Billed as \u00a5$, the duo plans to release Vultures 2 on March 8, and follow up with Vultures 3 on April 5. Although any other info about the upcoming volumes is still unclear, Timbaland recently shared on X (formerly Twitter) that Vultures 2 is "OTW." (Timbaland produced Vultures 1\u2019s "Keys to My Life" and "Fuk Sumn" with Playboi Carti and Travis Scott.)
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In the past month, West and $ign held a few listening parties for the album in the U.S. and Europe, but additional schedules are yet to be revealed.
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The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
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Release date:March 8
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To celebrate their 40th anniversary, alt-rock band the Jesus and Mary Chain will release their eighth studio album, Glasgow Eyes, on March 8.
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As it can be seen on lead single "Jamcod," the Scottish group still runs strong on the distorted synths and electrifying guitars that shaped their sound. "People should expect a Jesus and Mary Chain record, and that\u2019s certainly what Glasgow Eyes is," vocalist Jim Reid said in a statement. "Our creative approach is remarkably the same as it was in 1984, just hit the studio and see what happens. We went in with a bunch of songs and let it take its course. There are no rules, you just do whatever it takes."
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Glasgow Eyes also mends a six-year gap since the Jesus and Mary Chain\u2019s latest album, 2017\u2019s Damage and Joy. To further commemorate, the band will also release an autobiography and embark on a European tour throughout March and April.
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Justin Timberlake - Everything I Thought It Was
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Release date:March 15
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Justin Timberlake is back with his first studio album since 2018\u2019s Man of the Woods. The new record, Everything I Thought It Was,\u00a0 is spearheaded by singles "Selfish" and "Drown."
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"I worked for a long time on this album, and I ended up with 100 songs. So, narrowing them down to 18 was a thing," said Timberlake in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. "I\u2019m really excited about this album. I think every artist probably says this, but it is my best work." The Memphis singer also shared that there are "incredibly honest" moments in the album, but also "a lot of f\u2014ng fun."
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To celebrate his return, Timberlake announced his Forget Tomorrow World Tour. Set to kick off on April 29 in Vancouver, the tour will cross through North America and Europe until its final date on Dec. 16 in Indianapolis.
"My Saturn has returned/ When I turned 27/ Everything started to change," she sings in the contemplative title track, exploring how she changed over the last few years. The single sets the tone for the rest of the record, which was co-produced by longtime collaborators Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Tashian.\u00a0
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Featuring 14 tracks, Deeper Well was mostly recorded at the legendary Electric Lady studios in New York City. "I was seeking some different environmental energy, and Electric Lady has the best mojo. Great ghosts," the country star noted in a press release.
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On social media, Musgraves wrote: "it\u2019s a collection of songs I hold very dear to my heart. I hope it makes a home in all of your hearts, too." Deeper Well follows 2021\u2019s star-crossed.\u00a0
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Tierra Whack - World Wide Whack
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Release date:March 15
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When rapper Tierra Whack released her first album, 2018\u2019s Whack World, she quickly garnered the admiration of both critics and fans. Comprising 15 one-minute tracks and music videos for each, the release was a refreshing introduction to a groundbreaking artist.
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In 2024, the Philadelphia-born star is preparing to release World Wide Whack, labeled her official debut album in a press release. The cover artwork, created by Alex Da Corte, was inspired by theater character Pierrot, fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli and Donna Summer, and represents "the first reveal of the World Wide Whack character, an alter ego both untouchable and vulnerable, superhuman and painfully human, whose surprising story will unfold in images and video over the course of the album\u2019s visual rollout."
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The album follows Whack\u2019s 2021 EP trilogy \u2014 Rap?, Pop? and R&B? \u2014 and is foreshadowed by the poignant "27 Club" and the eccentric "Shower Song."
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Tyla - Tyla
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Release date:March 22
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After a glowing 2023 with viral hit "Water," South African newcomer Tyla started 2024 with a blast. Last month, she became the first person to win a GRAMMY for Best African Music Performance, and the youngest-ever African singer to win a GRAMMY Award at 22 years old.
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Next month is poised to be even better: Tyla\u2019s eponymous debut LP drops on March 22, featuring "Water" and other hits like\u00a0 "Truth or Dare,""Butterflies" and "On and On," as well as a guest appearance by labelmate Travis Scott.
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"African music is going global and I\u2019m so blessed to be one of the artists pushing the culture," Tyla shared on Instagram. Her unique blend of amapiano, pop and R&B is making waves around the world, and the star will rightfully celebrate by touring Europe and North America throughout this spring.
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Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
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Release date:March 22
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The title of Shakira\u2019s new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, is a nod to her 2023 hit "Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53" with Argentine DJ Bizarrap. In the lyrics, she states that "las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan" \u2014 "women don\u2019t cry anymore, they make money."
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The single is a diss to Shakira\u2019s ex-partner, footballer Gerard Piqu\u00e9, and, like the rest of the record, served as a healing experience after their separation. "Making this body of work has been an alchemical process," the Colombian star said in a statement. "While writing each song I was rebuilding myself. While singing them, my tears transformed into diamonds, and my vulnerability into strength."
Back in 2018, Sheryl Crow said that the LP Threadswould be her last \u2014 fortunately, she changed her mind. "I said I\u2019d never make another record, though there was no point to it," the singer shared in a statement about her upcoming album, Evolution. "This music comes from my soul. And I hope whoever hears this record can feel that."
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According to the same statement, "Evolution is Sheryl Crow at her most authentically human self," and its music and lyrics "came from sitting in the quiet and writing from a deep soul place."\u00a0
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The entire album was written in a month, starting with the title track, which expresses Crow\u2019s anxieties about artificial intelligence and the future of humans. From then on, Crow and producer Mike Elizondo found bliss. "The songs just kept flowing out of me, four songs turned into nine and it was pretty obvious this was an album," she said.
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In addition to the album's title track, Crow also shared singles "Do It Again" and "Alarm Clock."
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Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell
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Release date:March 29
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After nearly three decades together, punk-metal mavericks Sum 41 are parting ways. Their final release will be a double album. Heaven :x: Hell, set to drop on March 29.
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Heaven is composed of 10 pop-punk tracks reminiscent of the band\u2019s early years, while Hell is 10 tracks of pure heavy metal, reflecting the direction they took more recently. "Once I heard the music, I was confident enough to say, \u2018This is the record I\u2019d like to go out on,'" frontman Deryck Whibley said in a statement. "We\u2019ve made a double album of pop punk and metal, and it makes sense. It took a long time for us to pave this lane for ourselves, but we did, and it\u2019s unique to us."
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The band shared singles "Landmines,""Rise Up" and "Waiting on a Twist of Fate," and proved that they\u2019re leaving on top of their game. "I love Sum 41, what we\u2019ve achieved, endured, and stuck together through, which is why I want to call it quits," Whibley added. "It\u2019s the right time to walk away from it. I\u2019m putting all of my energy into what\u2019s ahead."
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But before embarking on new ventures, Sum 41 will spend the rest of the year touring throughout Asia, North America, and Europe.
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Blu DeTiger - All I Ever Want Is Everything
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Release date:March 29
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At only 26 years old, Blu DeTiger has already toured with Caroline Polachek, played bass for Jack Antonoff\u2019s band Bleachers, partnered with Fender, and appeared on the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30\u2019s music list.
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Now, she prepares to release her debut studio album, All I Ever Want Is Everything. "This album is about growing and becoming, settling into yourself and learning to love where you\u2019re at through it all. It\u2019s about learning how to be your own best friend," the bassist and singer wrote on Instagram.
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"Dangerous Game," the lead single off the album, showcases DeTiger\u2019s effervescent energy and potential for pop stardom. Starting April, she will also headline a U.S. tour across Boston, Washington D.C., New York, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Beyonc\u00e9 - Act II
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Release date:March 29
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What better event to announce a new album than the most-watched TV program ever? That\u2019s what Beyonc\u00e9 did during Super Bowl LVIII, on Feb. 11. At the end of a Verizon commercial, the singer declared "Okay, they ready. Drop the new music," while simultaneously releasing Act II\u2019s lead singles, "16 Carriages" and "Texas Hold 'Em," on social media and streaming platforms.
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Coming out March 29, Act II is the second part of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s ongoing trilogy, which was written and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic. The album is preceded by 2022\u2019s acclaimed Act I: Renaissance, but instead of house and disco, the singer will reportedly take a deep dive into country music.
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This isn\u2019t Queen Bey\u2019s first foray into the genre \u2014 in 2016, she released Lemonade\u2019s "Daddy Lessons," and her 2021 IVY PARK Rodeo collection was inspired by "the overlooked history of the American Black cowboy," as she told Harper\u2019s Bazaar. It was just a question of time for Beyonc\u00e9 to enter her country era, and it is finally upon us.
The most powerful thing for a Black woman to be is free; to embrace freedom of expression, freedom of agency and freedom of autonomy. In all aspects and areas of our lives, Black women strive to be free.\u00a0
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In the Black American consciousness, freedom takes on a political nature. But the ways in which we reach our freedom, individually and collectively, are complex and nuanced. Take Beyonc\u00e9 for example: To the average African American, she is free; her billionaire status frees her from participation in a capitalist state plagued by classism, sexism, and racism.
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Yet an individual actor (regardless of star status or income bracket) cannot free themselves from the system at large. And one of the few spaces where people who live on the margins can find a freedom similar to that of a 32-time GRAMMY winning icon is on the dancefloor.
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Dance has always been a source of liberation for Black people, where "...shakes of the head, bending of the spinal column, throwing of the whole body backward may be deciphered as in an open book the huge effort of a community to exorcise itself, to liberate itself, to explain itself," philosopher Frantz Fanon wrote in The Wretched of the Earth. In a scene from Renaissance: A Film by Beyonc\u00e9, the singer shares a similar sentiment: "This tour\u2026I feel liberated. I have transitioned into a new animal."
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This is not Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s first attempt at liberation, but it may be her most vocal. Her journey first began in 2013 with the release of Beyonc\u00e9, followed by 2016\u2019s Lemonade, and continued on 2022\u2019s Renaissance. Throughout these three albums, she has made declarative statements about her role in 21st century pop culture feminism, reveled in the exploration of Black Southern womanhood identity, and blended these intersecting identities to form a new being.\u00a0
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It\u2019s poetic how Beyonc\u00e9 uses music to define herself. In lieu of speaking directly to the press, she has used the vehicle of pop culture to communicate her needs, desires, as well as her understanding of the world. The strategy has proven successful: Through her groundbreaking and popular works, Beyonc\u00e9 has dominated much media for the past decade. She knows that whoever controls the media, controls the mind.\u00a0
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Her last two albums have consciously explored genres created by Black artists, whose contributions had disappeared from the narrative. In the media frenzy that inevitably follows Bey's releases, the icon put this history \u2014 as well as contemporary artists \u2014 back on the global consciousness.\u00a0
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When Renaissancedropped, the artistry and voices of Big Freedia, Grace Jones, Honey Dijon, Moi Renee, and TS Madison were heard across the world. However, their presence was more than a simple collaboration or feature."This a reminder," Beyonc\u00e9 says on "Cozy," the album\u2019s second track.\u00a0
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The album \u2014 an auditory homage to the house music her late uncle Johnny loved \u2014 introduced audiences to the above artists, all of whom have made their own impacts on dance music. But it also educated listeners about the Black trans and queer underground dance scenes that birthed dance music and culture. In "chocolate cities," such as Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, dance music was liberation music. Renaissanceis and continues to be a call for liberation.
But liberation becomes confusing when it is Southern. Although the South has a long history of Black liberation \u2014 extending as far back as maroon communities to the freedom rides movement to protests against police training facilities in Atlanta \u2014 it still is associated with enslavement in the African American mind.\u00a0
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Country music, a genre with roots in the musical styling and traditions of Black people in Appalachia and the South, becomes whitewashed over time. This erasure, amplified through gender and racial discrimination policies, paints the South and country music as a hostile environment for Black Americans.\u00a0
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As a result, the banjo, "an instrument of innovation and collaboration," an instrument that is of African origin often used in minstrel shows and artists in blackface, becomes associated with the degradation of Black people. It is no coincidence that the banjo takes prominence on "Texas Hold Em"; when Rhiannon Giddens plays the banjo on the track she recontextualizes a fraught relationship between African Americans and country music.
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So what happens when the most powerful entertainer in the world reminds people that she is not only Southern, but country in nature? The world begins to lose its mind.\u00a0
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Prior to the release of "16 Carriages" and "Texas Hold Em," Beyonc\u00e9 had attended two significant events in western wear: The 66th GRAMMY Awards and Super Bowl LVIII. Donning a Stetson hat and a bolo tie (the official state tie of Texas), everything signaled a return to home. A return to the South.\u00a0
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As a little girl, Beyonc\u00e9 spent summers in Alabama with her paternal grandparents; her grandfather would play and sing country music to her. With such foundational experiences, it makes sense why Beyonc\u00e9 would use country music to describe the theft of her girlhood on "16 Carriages."
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Throughout her discography, Beyonc\u00e9 has alluded to her country origins \u2014 from costuming in her early days as the frontwoman of Destiny\u2019s Child to songs like "Creole" and "Formation." And while she may not have held country in a full-on embrace, its spirit has never left her.\u00a0
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Yet, she needed to experience liberation of the Renaissance World Tour to bring this version of herself forward. On tour, she found liberation in the booming voice of ballroom legend and commentator Kevin JZ Prodigy, and through the joy of her daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Beyonc\u00e9 found liberation not only through her dancers, narrator and her daughter, but in the ways in which the stage provided an opportunity for them all to be free.\u00a0
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She needed to be liberated in order to be the most actualized version of herself. A self, unlike the little girl in Alabama, who knows how unwelcoming the country music industry can be.
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One singular action cannot bring forth liberation, and Beyonc\u00e9 cannot take down the country music industry by herself. However, she can work in unison with Black country musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Robert Randolph on "16 Carriages" and "Texas Hold Em" to make a change in the industry.
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Her presence is giving visibility to the artists who have been working in country music long before Bey entered the playing field. Shortly after the release of "16 Carriages" and "Texas Hold Em," Black female country artists such as Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, K. Michelle, Rhiannon Giddens, and Rissi Palmer received a significant increase in streams. Palmer is one of the few Black women in the genre to chart on Billboard, prior to Beyonc\u00e9 breaking the mold as the first Black woman to top the Billboard country chart.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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Although she is one powerful person, Beyonc\u00e9 understands each movement in music, culture, and politics is the byproduct of those who have come before her like Linda Martell, the first Black woman country star.\u00a0
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There is much to be speculated about the lasting impacts act ii,scheduled for release on March 29, will have on the country music industry, Its arrival certainly heralds an important impact on the artist herself.\u00a0
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Beyonc\u00e9 is free, in her career, sound and attitude toward life. And the unintended (or possibly intended) consequence of her freedom and self actualization is that Black people in country music are allowed to be free too.\u00a0
As the world eagerly awaits Rihanna's musical comeback, GRAMMY.com takes a deep dive into the superstar's catalog and celebrates her evolution from teen idol to beloved icon.
The singer was just 15 years old when she met producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing with his wife in Barbados. Rogers recognized Rihanna's potential, and invited her to an audition in his hotel suite.\u00a0
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Shortly after her 16th birthday, Rihanna left her home country for the U.S. to record a demo, which included her breakthrough hit "Pon de Replay." The demo found its way into Jay-Z's hands, and Hov signed the teen artist to Def Jam and the label expedited her 2005 debut album, aptly titled Music of the Sun.
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"When I left Barbados, I didn't look back," Rihanna told Entertainment Weekly in 2007. "I wanted to do what I had to do [to succeed], even if it meant moving to America."\u00a0
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Twenty years later, Rihanna is a renowned entertainer-turned-mogul. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide, garnered over 12 billion Spotify streams, achieved 14 Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers, and won nine GRAMMY Awards. Even her business ventures have been a massive success, as her Fenty Beauty brand is worth $2.8 billion.
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Though it's been close to a decade since Rihanna's last studio album, 2016's ANTI, she reminded the world of her reign with her 2023 Super Bowl halftime show \u2014 which also marked her first time taking the stage in five years. Performing hit after hit while unveiling a baby bump, her 13-minute set became one of the most-watched halftime shows of all time with over 121 million viewers.\u00a0
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In honor of Rihanna's 36th birthday on Feb. 20, GRAMMY.com is revisiting the monstrous hits, ambitious projects, brow-raising visuals, and iconic collabs that propelled her to international stardom \u2014 and why it's all put her in a league of her own.
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A New Island Girl In Town
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True to her Carribean heritage, Rihanna's dancehall-inspired debut single "Pon de Replay" earned the then 17-year-old Barbados native her first entry on the Hot 100 at an impressive No. 2. Her official introduction to the world also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart; she boasts 33 on the tally, second behind only the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna.
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Follow-up single "If It's Lovin' That You Want" stalled at No. 36 on the Hot 100, but still whetted fans' appetite \u2014 as did her debut album, Music of the Sun, which is mostly comprised of dance-pop and dancehall tracks with hints of R&B (like "Willing to Wait"). Plus, her reimagining of Dawn Penn's 1994 reggae classic "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" is still so fun to listen to after all these years.
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A mere eight months later, Rihanna's sophomore effort, 2006's A Girl Like Me, arrived to an eager audience. Defying the sophomore slump, she celebrated her first No. 1 with the ubiquitous lead single "SOS," which famously samples Soft Cell's 1981 hit, "Tainted Love." While A Girl Like Me is filled with high-energy, danceable tracks (including the nostalgic "Break It Off" with Sean Paul), Rihanna's second single was the melodramatic ballad "Unfaithful."\u00a0
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Penned by then-labelmate Ne-Yo, "Unfaithful" peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100. More importantly, it showed a different side to Rihanna, proving that she could channel deep emotion when the performance calls for it. It also marked Rihanna's first time veering away from her "girl next door" image, as the song's subject matter deals with infidelity.
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A Girl Like Mecontains many fan favorites, from the laid-back "We Ride" to standouts "Dem Haters" and "Kisses Don't Lie." The latter is a reggae-rock hybrid that sounds like a catalyst for some of Rihanna's edgier tunes like "Breakin' Dishes" from 2007'sGood Girl Gone Badera. Touching ballads"Final Goodbye" and "A Million Miles Away" showcase her voice beautifully, foreshadowing later big-vocal numbers like "Love on the Brain."
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An Icon In The Making
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Rihanna was a familiar face by 2007, but with the arrival of her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad, she graduated from cookie-cutter pop star to bonafide icon.
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Produced by Tricky Stewart, the LP's juggernaut lead single "Umbrella" featuring Jay-Z skyrocketed to No. 1 in 17 countries. Between striking images of Rihanna's silver-painted silhouette in the accompanying video and the now-iconic "ella-ella, eh, eh, eh" hook, "Umbrella" thrust the then 19-year-old into another stratosphere. Her confident delivery also commanded attention in a way fans and critics hadn't heard before.
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The transformative era also birthed the gritty "Shut Up and Drive," on which Rihanna channels her inner rock star. The next two singles cracked the top 10: an affectionate duet with Ne-Yo,\u00a0 "Hate That I Love You," which showed off Rihanna's softer side, and the party-starting, Michael Jackson-sampling "Don't Stop the Music," which cemented her place in the digital era.\u00a0
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The melancholy "Rehab" is a clever metaphor for lost love, co-written by Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. Despite being Good Girl Gone Bad's lowest-charting single, Timberlake heralded the song as "the bridge for her to be accepted as an adult in the music industry."
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Good Girl Gone Badremains Rihanna's best-selling album and marks her greatest reinvention as she adopted a more rebellious sound. She alsowon her first GRAMMYin 2008 (Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella") and scored four other nominations, including Record Of The Year. The album's reissue spawned two more No. 1s: "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia," the latter of which acts like a prelude toRated R, which saw Rihanna exploring darker themes.
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Nine months before the release of 2009'sRated R, Rihanna was assaulted by then-boyfriendChris Brown. On the deeply personal album, she translated her pain into art. Through lead single "Russian Roulette" and bitingly catchy anthems "Stupid in Love," "Fire Bomb," "Photographs," "Cold Case Love," and "The Last Song," Rihanna explored her angst and confusion.
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But to focus solely on the domestic violence incident undermines Rihanna's artistic vision.\u00a0
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Following three multi-platinum albums in a three-year span, Rihanna's rebranding as a rebel at heart reached its apex. The singer had grown in leaps and bounds while taking musical risks, even penning nine of Rated R's 13 tracks (she had no writing credits on Good Girl Gone Bad).
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The road to Rihanna's most badass anthems \u2014 including "Bitch Better Have My Money" \u2014 can be traced back to Rated R. Case in point: Her bravado is loud and clear on "Hard," "Wait Your Turn," and "G4L." On "Rockstar 101," which features legendary rocker Slash, Rihanna declares her power: "Six inch walker/ Big sh\u2014 talker/ I never play the victim/ I'd rather be a stalker."
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Badgal RiRi returned to her dancehall roots on her fifth No. 1 "Rude Boy," which offsets the album's harrowing motif. Final single "Te Amo" didn't chart, but garnered a great deal of attention as the Latin-infused Stargate production depicts Rihanna being enticed by a female love interest.\u00a0
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Rated Rshowcased Rihanna's undeniable star power, and allowed her to shed her good-girl image once and for all.
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A Partygoer's Dream
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Following the career-pivoting Rated R, 2010's Loud offered a welcome return to the West Indian artist's earlier sound. The album feels like one big celebration of life, as evidenced by Rihanna's fire-engine red hair and No. 1 singles "Only Girl (In the World)" and "What's My Name?" (the latter of which was Rih's first collaboration with Drake).
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Best described as "Don't Stop the Music" 2.0, the effervescent "Only Girl" marked her eminent return to the dance floor and took home a GRAMMY for Best Dance Recording in 2011. While "What's My Name?" may not outshine Rih and Drizzy's other collabs \u2014 including 2011's "Take Care" or 2016's "Work" \u2014 the second she sings, "Hey, boy, I really wanna see if you can go downtown with a girl like me," it's impossible not to whine your waist to the riddim.
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Easily one of Rihanna's most overlooked hits, "Cheers (Drink to That)" is built around an unexpected sample of Avril Lavigne's 2002 hit "I'm With You," but it works surprisingly well as a party anthem. That same carefree spirit can be heard in the feminist track "Raining Men," which features Nicki Minaj \u2014 their first of two collabs, as they joined forces again for "Fly," the final single off the rapper's iconic Pink Friday album.\u00a0
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A playful ode to sadomasochism and bondage, "S&M" contains some of Rihanna's most provocative lyrics: "Sticks and stones may break my bones/ But chains and whips excite me," she declares on the chorus.\u00a0
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Banned in 11 countries upon its release, the accompanying video features Rihanna tied up in pink rope, dancing with a blowup doll, and donning a Playboy bunny-esque costume as damning newsreels about herself flash across the screen. But Rihanna's love of kink made her an even bigger star: "S&M" produced a remix with Britney Spears and earned Rihanna her 10th No. 1 single. With this feat, she became the youngest artist to attain the most chart-toppers in a five-year span.
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On "Man Down," Rihanna's patois is in full effect as she takes listeners through a gripping tale about murdering her abuser. "What started out as a simple altercation/ Turned into a real sticky situation," she laments in the opening verse, amplified by siren noises in the background. There's something so satisfying about Rihanna's Bajan accent as she unfurls "Rum-pum-pum-pum" repeatedly over an intensifying reggae beat that would make Sister Nancy and Bob Marley proud.
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Nominated for Album Of The Year at the 2021 GRAMMYs,Loudis Rihanna's second most commercially successful LP \u2014 and for good reason. It was especially refreshing to see Rihanna emerge from one of the darkest periods of her life as exuberant as ever.
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An Unapologetic Queen
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Sonically and thematically, Talk That Talk doesn't break new ground, but Rih's DGAF attitude is front and center with plenty of sexual innuendos: Songs like "S&M" and "Rude Boy" seem pretty tame next to "Cockiness (Love It)," which features longtime friend-turned-boyfriend A$AP Rocky on its remix. "Suck my cockiness/ Lick my persuasion/ Eat my poison/ And swallow your pride down, down," she commands in the tantalizing chorus.
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At just over a minute long, "Birthday Cake" leaves nothing to the imagination ("It's not even my birthday, but he wanna lick the icing off"). Rihanna controversially released a full-length version in the form of a remix with Chris Brown.
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On an album that mostly sees Rihanna singing about her sexual fantasies, "We All Want Love" pulls back the curtain as it reveals her desire for true love: "And some say love ain't worth the buck/ But I'll give my last dime/ To have what I've only been dreaming about."\u00a0
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Her longing continues in "Where Have You Been," which flaunts Rihanna's versatility, flipping Geoff Mack's 1959 country song "I've Been Everywhere" into an infectious EDM banger. Lead single "We Found Love" is undeniably the biggest hit to stem from the Talk That Talk era, spending 10 consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100.\u00a0
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BoostingCalvin Harris' career, "We Found Love" presents one juxtaposition after the other: dark yet gleaming, euphoric yet sobering, fraught yet hopeful. Rihanna relies on more than just evocative lyrics to tell her story; accompanying synthesizers and alarm bells help to paint a picture as well. Met with controversy, its intense visuals portraying a drug-fueled, toxic relationship \u2014 and featuringwhat many speculated was a Chris Brown look-alike \u2014 earned RiRi a GRAMMY for Best Long Form Music Video in 2013.
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Seven years into an already extraordinary career, 2012'sUnapologeticbecame Rihanna's first album to debut at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. Its lead single "Diamonds" resonated in an equally major way, giving Rih her 12th No. 1 on the Hot 100.
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Written by Sia, the power ballad kicked off another exciting era for the Barbadian singer, who unleashes an impassioned vocal performance. One of Rihanna's most precious offerings to date, "Diamonds" emerged as a self-love mantra due to its uplifting "Shine bright like a diamond" chant.
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Vocally, Rihanna's strength lies in her ability to evoke raw emotion \u00e0 la "Stay." Featuring Mikky Ekko, the stripped-down, slow-burning piano ballad narrowly missed the top spot on the Hot 100 but gave Rihanna her 24th top 10 hit, surpassing Whitney Houston's record of 23 in 2013.
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Her swagger is boisterous in "Phresh Out the Runway," "Jump," and strip club anthem "Pour It Up," but "Nobody's Business" really drives home the album's theme of being unbothered. Her decision to join forces with Chris Brown yet again perplexed fans and critics alike, though the track itself is an irresistible production that features a genius interpolation of Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel."
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Further down the track list, "Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary" is as autobiographical as it gets, and further taps into Rihanna's emotionally vulnerable side. "Mr. Jesus, I'd love to be a queen/ But I'm from the left side of an island/ Never thought this many people would even know my name," she pleads in the seven-minute two-parter.
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Unapologetic spawned fewer hit singles compared to Rihanna's previous efforts. Its win for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 GRAMMYs, however, proved that Rihanna's reign wasn't letting up anytime soon.
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While recording her then-forthcoming album, ANTI, Rihanna delivered what is arguably the single most unapologetic moment of her career: "Bitch Better Have My Money." The backstory is almost inconceivable given Rihanna's awe-inspiring billionaire status, but in 2009, Rihanna faced bankruptcy due to her accountants mishandling her funds\u00a0\u2014 and thus "Bitch" was born six years later in 2015.
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With lyrics like "Your wife in the backseat of my brand new foreign car" over a cryptic-sounding trap beat and an accompanying video depicting kidnapping and torturing her debtors, "Bitch" is not for the faint-hearted. The one-off single is so quintessentially Rihanna that it notably kicked off her Super Bowl halftime show.
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An In-Demand Collaborator
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While bestowing hit after hit on her own, Rihanna generously lent her distinct voice to some of her biggest peers. 2008 marks one of the earliest instances of her Midas touch: She flirts with funk in Maroon 5's underappreciated "If I Never See Your Face Again" before hopping on T.I.'s "Live Your Life," which shot straight to No. 1 on the Hot 100.
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In 2009, Rihanna joined Jay-Z and Kanye West for the militant "Run This Town," sounding defiant as ever in the intro. She was called upon again for West's horn-laden "All of the Lights," flying solo on the hook followed by a star-studded choir that included Alicia Keys, John Legend, Fergie, and Elton John. Both larger-than-life productions won GRAMMYs for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2010 and 2012, respectively.
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In between joining forces with Hov and Ye, Rihanna assisted Eminem in "Love the Way You Lie," which struck a nerve with many for its gut-wrenching lyrics shedding a light on abusive relationships. (Rih recorded an equally moving sequel for her Loud album.) Three years later, the two confronted their inner demons in "The Monster," and their musical chemistry scored a GRAMMY in 2015 for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
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Amid smash collabs, Rihanna and Coldplay's intricate "Princess of China" number gets lost in the shuffle, but it speaks to her charm as it's the band's first album (2011's Mylo Xyloto) to feature another artist. Another overlooked jam, her sultry "Can't Remember to Forget You" duet with Shakira sees both stars trade lines about struggling to let go of an undeserving lover.
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On paper, a collaboration between Rihanna, Kanye West, and SirPaul McCartneymay seem strange, but the unlikely trio is further proof that opposites attract. Their "FourFiveSeconds" is a pop-folk hybrid with a universal message about carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. It's yet another example of Rihanna's willingness to push past her comfort zone to create something unique.
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A year later, Rihanna got listeners on their feet by way of the Taylor Swift-penned "This Is What You Came For" with Calvin Harris. Understated compared to the duo's previous megahits ("We Found Love" and "Where Have You Been"), Harris' signature DJing style and Rih's ethereal vocals are a perfect match.
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In 2017, Rih, DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller dropped the song of the summer with "Wild Thoughts," which heavily borrows from Carlos Santana's 1999 GRAMMY-winning "Maria Maria." It may be DJ Khaled's song, but RiRi owns it from the very moment she utters, "I don't know if you could take it/ Know you wanna see me nakey, nakey, naked." The bop reached No. 2 on the Hot 100.
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She spits bars in Kendrick Lamar's "Loyalty" and "Lemon" with N.E.R.D., the latter of which comes close to rivaling your favorite rappers' verses: "You can catch me, Rih, in the new La Ferrar'/ And the truck behind me got arms/ Yeah, longer than LeBron/ Just waitin' for my thumb like The Fonz."
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No matter what genre Rihanna touches or what artist she links up with, she brings her full self to each session whilst completely immersing herself into the music \u2014 taking on different personas to make the collab well worth it.
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An Artist Fully Realized
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With 13 No. 1s and twice as many top 10 hits under her belt, Rihanna set out to create timeless music instead of chasing a radio-friendly formula with her 2016 magnum opus, ANTI.
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But that shift began with 2015's criminally underrated "American Oxygen." Her most political statement at the time, the goosebump-inducing lyrics detail Rihanna's journey as an immigrant, foreshadowing her then soon-to-be massive Fenty Beauty success. "We sweat for a nickel and a dime/ Turn it into an empire," she sings in the chorus.
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Released four years after Unapologetic \u2014 her longest gap between albums at the time \u2014 ANTI illustrated Rihanna's greater desire for quality over quantity. "I needed the music to match my growth," she told Vogue in 2016 about the making of ANTI. "I didn't want to get caught up with anything the world liked, anything the radio liked, anything that I liked, that I've already heard. I just wanted it to be me."
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The black-and-white, red paint-splattered album cover signals a rebirth, featuring a real-life image of Rihanna as a child. ANTI lives up to its name in its first 40 seconds, via opening track "Consideration." The minute she declares, "I got to do things my own way, darling," it's apparent that ANTI is not your average Rihanna album.
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Lead single "Work" is the closest to pre-ANTI Rihanna on an album that defies expectations. But the dancehall masterpiece is one of a kind for Rih's refusal to water down the Jamaican patois (different from her native language of Bajan Creole) \u2014 proving that she is fully aware of her impact as one of the biggest Caribbean-born artists to make it in the U.S.
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Many non-understanding listeners described it as "gibberish" at the time. Yet, the general public didn't seem to mind: About a month after its release, "Work" became Rihanna's 14th and longest-running chart-topper on the Hot 100. Weeks later, ANTI became her second LP to top the Billboard 200 chart. Subsequently, Rihanna held the No. 1 spots on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously, her second time achieving such an impressive feat.
ANTI is full of pleasant surprises that show off her artistry. Rihanna comes out of left field with the Prince-inspired "Kiss It Better," the album's second single, which sees the superstar falling back on addictive sex that "feels like crack" to justify a destructive relationship. "Same Ol' Mistakes" is a cover of psychedelic rock band Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes" \u2014 her first time remaking another artist's song for her own album since "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" on Music of the Sun. The Western-themed "Desperado" lends itself particularly well to covers by country artists, while the Dido-sampling "Never Ending" conveys the uncertainty she feels about entering a new relationship.
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Elsewhere on ANTI, Rihanna drunk dials an ex ("Higher"), compares smoking weed to her lover ("James Joint"), and chastises a guy for getting emotionally attached after their fling ("Needed Me"). The latter song contains one of Rihanna's most empowering lyrics: "Didn't they tell you that I was a savage?/ F\u2014 ya white horse and ya carriage," she asserts in the pre-chorus.
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Her voice sounds stronger than ever on "Love on the Brain," a doo-wop ballad resembling Etta James. But Rihanna makes it her own thanks to the bluntness of lines like "It beats me black and blue but it f\u2014 me so good."
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The deep cuts on ANTI aren't merely fillers, and even rival some of the album's biggest hits. For instance, "Sex with Me" is featured on the deluxe edition as a bonus track, but managed to crack the Hot 100 at No. 83 and reach No. 8 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Furthermore, the deluxe edition consists of 16 tracks, half of which topped the Dance Club Songs chart \u2014 smashing the record (previously held by Katy Perry's Teenage Dream) for the most No. 1s from a single album.
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Accolades aside, ANTI is proof that magic happens when an artist of Rihanna's caliber follows their own instincts in pursuit of creating a body of work \u2014 one that can outlast them and continue to inspire generations to come.
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Ever sinceANTI, Rihanna's devoted fanbase has beenbeggingfor a new album, with Rih playfully trolling them with responses like "I lost it" andInstagram captionsthat read, "Me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it."
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Her much-awaited return to music came at the tail end of 2022. The hitmaker twice contributed to the GRAMMY-nominated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack: "Born Again" and "Lift Me Up," the latter of which helped Rihanna score her first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations in 2022 and 2023, respectively. With the glorious "Lift Me Up," she found herself in the top 10 for the first time since 2017's "Wild Thoughts."
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While the world is still anticipating her ninth studio album, Rihanna \u2014 now a mom of two boys \u2014 continues to make her own rules and move at her own pace. But as she's proven time and time again, it's always worth the wait.
Over the GRAMMYs' 66-year history, artists from Frank Sinatra to Ed Sheeran have taken home golden gramophones for their heartfelt tunes. Take a look at some of the love songs that have won GRAMMYs.
Editor's Note: This is an update to a story from 2017.
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Without heart-bursting, world-shifting love songs, music wouldn't be the same. There are countless classic and chart-topping hits dedicated to love, and several of them have won GRAMMYs.
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We're not looking at tunes that merely deal with shadesof love or dwell in heartbreak. We're talking out-and-out, no-holds-barred musical expressions of affection \u2014 the kind of love that leaves you wobbly at the knees.
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No matter how you're celebrating Valentine's Day (or not), take a look at 18 odes to that feel-good, mushy-gushy love that have taken home golden gramophones over the years.
Record Of The Year / Best Vocal Performance, Male, 1967
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Ol' Blue Eyes offers but a glimmer of hope for the single crowd on Valentine's Day, gently ruminating about exchanging glances with a stranger and sharing love before the night is through.
In this cover, Nelson sings to the woman in his life, lamenting over those small things he should have said and done, but never took the time. Don't find yourself in the same position this Valentine's Day.
"Truly" embodies true dedication to a loved one, and it's delivered with sincerity from the king of '80s romantic pop \u2014 who gave life to the timeless love-song classics "Endless Love," "Still" and "Three Times A Lady."
Orbison captures the essence of encountering a lovely woman for the first time, and offers helpful one-liners such as "No one could look as good as you" and "I couldn't help but see \u2026 you look as lovely as can be." Single men, take notes.
Record Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, 1994
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Houston passionately delivers a message of love, remembrance and forgiveness on her version of this song, which was written by country sweetheart Dolly Parton and first nominated for a GRAMMY in 1982.
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Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)"\u00a0\u00a0
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Record Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, 1999
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This omnipresent theme song from the 1997 filmTitanicwas propelled to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 as the story of Jack and Rose (played by Leonardo DiCaprio and GRAMMY winner Kate Winslet) swept the country.
Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Song, 1999
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Co-written with producer and then-husband Mutt Lange, Twain speaks of beating the odds with love and perseverance in lyrics such as, "I'm so glad we made it/Look how far we've come my baby," offering a fresh coat of optimism for couples of all ages.
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, 2005
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"There's always that one person that will always have your heart," sings Usher in this duet with Keys, taking the listener back to that special first love. The chemistry between the longtime friends makes this ode to \u201cMy Boo\u201d even more heartfelt, and the love was still palpable even 20 years later when they performed it on theSuper Bowl halftime showstage.
Dating advice from Bruno Mars: If you think someone is beautiful, you should tell them every day. Whether or not it got Mars a date for Valentine's Day, it did get him a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
It's a far cry from his previous GRAMMY-winning song, "F*** You," but "Fool For You" had us yearning for "that deep, that burning/ That amazing unconditional, inseparable love."
Timberlake is so high on the love drug he's "on the ceiling, baby." Timberlake co-wrote the track with James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon and Timbaland, and it's featured on his 2013 albumThe 20/20 Experience, which flew high to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
While "Drunk In Love" wasn't the first love song that won Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z a GRAMMY \u2014 they won two GRAMMYs for "Crazy In Love" in 2004 \u2014 it is certainly the sexiest. This quintessential 2010s bop from one of music's most formidable couples captures why their alliance set the world's hearts aflame (and so did their steamy GRAMMYs performance of it).
Song Of The Year / Best Pop Solo Performance, 2016
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Along with his abundant talent, Sheeran's boy-next-door charm is what rocketed him to the top of the pop ranks. And with swooning lyrics and a waltzing melody, "Thinking Out Loud" is proofthat he's a modern-day monarch of the love song.
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance / Best Song Written For Visual Media, 2019
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A Star is Born's cachet has gone up and down with its various remakes, but the 2018 iteration was a smash hit. Not only is that thanks to moving performances from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, but particularly thanks to their impassioned, belt-along duet "Shallow."
"If life is a movie/ Know you're the best part." Who among us besotted hasn't felt their emotions so widescreen, so thunderous? Clearly, H.E.R. and Daniel Caesar have \u2014 and they poured that feeling into the GRAMMY-winning ballad "Best Part."
As Musgraves' Album Of The Year-winning LPGolden Hourshows, the country-pop star can zoom in or out at will, capturing numberless truths about the human experience. With its starry-eyed lyrics and swirling production, "Butterflies" perfectly encapsulates the flutter in your stomach that love can often spark.
When country hook-meisters Dan + Shay teamed up with pop phenom Justin Bieber, their love song powers were unstoppable. With more than 1 billion Spotify streams alone, "10,000 Hours" has become far more than an ode to just their respective wives; it's an anthem for any lover.
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