Grammy Award for Best New Artist 2002-2011

Well, (sigh) between John Legend and Amy Winehouse, I guess...

Oh, I guess Adele still has legs...

this is tough, John Legend's 2nd album is my favorite out of these artists but Alicia and Maroon 5 and Evanescence are pretty good singles artists too.

The Esperanza Spalding win reminds me of the Alicia Keys win. I remember no one really paying attention to Songs in A Minor until after she won the award. I get the feeling that Esperanza will have a longer shelf life than most of the people who participated in the Sunday Grammy's show.

huh, only one artist I outright DISLIKE

I wouldn't have expected that

voted legend

The Esperanza Spalding win reminds me of the Alicia Keys win. I remember no one really paying attention to Songs in A Minor until after she won the award. I get the feeling that Esperanza will have a longer shelf life than most of the people who participated in the Sunday Grammy's show.

― Has No Shame (MintIce), Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:03 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark

that's pretty hilariously wrong. Songs In A Minor was certified platinum in August 2001, before her Grammy nominations, and was certified 5 times platinum in March 2002, a week after her Grammy wins. it was a huge blockbuster album before and completely independent of that award.

It was definitely a blockbuster before her award, but you don't think hitting the 5x platinum mark a week AFTER her win had something to do with it? I mean, you are 100% correct that it was a hit prior to her BNA, but it definitely went to a higher level after that so you can't really say it was "completely independent" of the award. Probably going to vote for Legend.

I don't think any album sold 4 million copies in a week tho...

maroon 5 SLIGHTLY over alicia

I don't think any album sold 4 million copies in a week tho...

Well, yeah, wasn't trying to imply that, but I'm certain it had a huge bump during that week after.

Carrie Underwood, for her first two albums.

legend

It was definitely a blockbuster before her award, but you don't think hitting the 5x platinum mark a week AFTER her win had something to do with it? I mean, you are 100% correct that it was a hit prior to her BNA, but it definitely went to a higher level after that so you can't really say it was "completely independent" of the award. Probably going to vote for Legend.

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:46 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it hit 4x platinum in November, before the Grammy nominations were announced.

i mean there are lots of artists that have gotten a significant bump in sales and/or profile by the Grammys, Alicia Keys is just an amazingly bad example

"Fallin'" was Number One for weeks that summer. Even if you didn't know "Alicia Keys" wrote and sang it, the thing was inescapable.

think i might vote winehouse, though i might like keys' best moments a bit more than winehouse's?

Grammys OTM re Esperanza Spalding
Hadn't heard her before four days ago

huh, only one artist I outright DISLIKE

I wouldn't have expected that

― DJP, Wednesday, February 16, 2011 5:07 PM (3 hours ago)

i want to know if its the same one as me

oh wait i think i strongly dislike 2 of these so your chances just doubled

ha maybe I haven't been as vocal about how much I fucking detest Carrie Underwood as I think I have

because seriously I could just spend days talking about how terrible she is, on every level

^^^ how I feel about Alicia Keys.

i am so blissfully unaware of her that i dont know to dislike her!

uh carrie underwood not alicia keys btw

my dislike is deeply invested in winehouse and evanescence

Carrie Underwood makes Amy Winehouse seem like Diamanda Galas and Evanescence seem like Danielle Dax

thanks a lot, you shit: now I've got Evanescence singing "Tomorrow Never Knows" tormenting me.

maroon 5

xp: a winner is me!

I still love Norah Jones, screw you guys!

evanescence had two classic singles in a row so i will vote for them

which two?

Winehouse > Spalding > Legend > Keys > Maroons > Jones > Underwood > Evanescence > Adele

Don't know Zac Brown Band.

you dislike adele that much?!

All the others have at least one song I like, which is more than I can say for her.

Basically, if you are a young British "soul" singer whose name does not rhyme with "gamy nineblouse", I hate you is how I break it down to an extent.

I've actually never heard of two of them....(Legend and Zac Brown)

Winehouse in a walk

Who are Zac Brown Band?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhMwLN-mfsI

if all of these artists had albums coming out today, alicia keys' is the only one i'd give a shit about

I worked in a record store when the Alicia Keys album came out, and we sold a ton of it on preorder before it was released. I don't know what kind of advanced marketing they did, but it worked.

thank Clive Davis.

Evanescence
Maroon 5
Carrie Underwood
Zac Brown Band

John Legend > Alicia Keys > Esperanza Spalding > Amy Winehouse > Norah Jones > Adele > Evanescence > Carrie Underwood >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maroon 5 > Zac Brown Band

alicia

Man I totally think that Maroon 5 album ios entertaninging.

also it entertains

Not as much as yr prev post!

CARRIE UNDERWOOD OR GTFO

really?

anyone else said lol at giving it to winehouse on her second album yet?

first one wasn't released in the US til later, was it?

Frank wasn't released in the states until after Back to Black took off. This was Spalding's third though.

i don't think anyone's ever gonna beat Shelby Lynne winning BNA for her 6th album, though.

which two?

actually now that i have checked wikipedia i realize that they were apparently not actually in a row. i was thinking "bring me to life" and "my immortal"

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which two?

actually now that i have checked wikipedia i realize that they were apparently not actually in a row. i was thinking "bring me to life" and "my immortal"

― teledyldonix, Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:45 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

yeah i kinda figured that's what you meant (although personally i like the one between them, "Going Under," more, and the later one "Call Me When You're Sober" best of all).

Amy Winehouse for me, "Back in Black" is one of my favorite albums of the decade.

love John Legend's "Once Again", but really am not a huge fan of "Get Lifted".

also "Frank" is a really nice album too

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gross

Okay, who voted for Evanescence? :)

The Grammy voting panel, I guess.

i don't even like evanescence but i'd def take them over adele and maroon 5, at least

someone in the thread actually posted "i will vote for Evanescence," dumbass