What is The Grammy Award for Best New Artist?

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FEMUSINDO.com - The Grammy Award for Best New Artist is a Grammy award for the best new artist that has been given since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967).

This award is given to a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year and the first recording that establishes the artist's public identity.

The best new artist award has a reputation for being given to artists whose success in the music industry is short-lived.

From 1995 to 2021, members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated their choices for best new artist.

The list of the top twenty artists was given to the Nominations Review Committee, a specially selected group of anonymous members, who initially selected the top five artists for nominations in the category in a special ballot.

In 2018, the number of artists nominated increased to eight. The other members then voted for the winner from the final nominations.

In 2021, it was announced that the Nomination Review Committees would be disbanded, and the final nominations for Best New Artist will be decided by a vote of the members.

Starting in 2022, the number of nominees in the category was increased to 10. However, the decision to expand the number of nominees in the category was made 24 hours before the nominations were announced after an initial version of the nominations list had been circulated.

This allowed Baby Keem and Arooj Aftab to be nominated as they were the artists who received the most votes out of the eight other nominees.

For the 2024 ceremony, the number of nominees for Best New Artist has been reduced to eight.

To be eligible for the Best New Artist category, an artist, duo, or group must have released a minimum of five singles/songs or one album (until 2020, the maximum was 30 singles/songs or three albums, but this maximum limit was removed for the 2021 awards season).

Additionally, they must not have been included in the category more than three times, including as a featured member of an established group.

Then, the next requirement must have achieved a breakthrough in public awareness and made an impact on the music landscape during the eligibility period.

The new rule went into effect at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. The category was then expanded to include eight nominees in 2019.

Starting in 2021, a screening committee is tasked with determining whether the artist has achieved a breakthrough or excellence prior to the eligibility year. Such a determination, for those who do not meet the requirements, will result in disqualification. (*)