Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Jazz musicians who received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist: list of 11 recipients by year.

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The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967) "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist." Since 2022, the award is presented by the previous year's winner during the televised ceremony. The Best New Artist award has a reputation for being given to artists whose music industry success ends up being short-lived; it is sometimes asserted, with varying degrees of sincerity, that the award itself brings a curse. This viewpoint was expressed by Taffy Danoff, a former member of Starland Vocal Band (known for "Afternoon Delight"), in an interview for VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders: "We got two of the five Grammys – one was Best New Artist.

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Recipients

2023Samara Joy American jazz singer
2011Esperanza Spalding American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984)
2008Amy Winehouse English singer-songwriter (1983–2011)
2003Norah Jones American musician (born 1979)
1987Bruce Hornsby American musician
1986Sade Adu British singer
1986Sade British band
1980Rickie Lee Jones American singer (born 1954)
1976Natalie Cole American singer (1950–2015)
1969José Feliciano Puerto Rican musician (born 1945)
1960Bobby Darin American singer and actor (1936–1973)