Grammys CEO Talks About Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Best New Artist’ Nomination After Six Albums

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The Recording Academy CEO, Harvey Mason Jr., recently found himself in the hot seat trying to explain why Sabrina Carpenter โ€“ yes, the same Sabrina with half a dozen albums โ€“ just scored a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.

In an interview that left The Hollywood Reporter and most fans scratching their heads, Harvey made it clear: this wasnโ€™t a decision that anyone arrived at easily. Or quickly. Or, quite possibly, at all.

โ€œLook,โ€ Harvey said, โ€œdeciding who qualifies as a โ€˜newโ€™ artist is, wellโ€ฆ not easy. I was about to say itโ€™s simple, but then I realizedโ€ฆ oh no, no, itโ€™s actually the opposite of simple. In fact, itโ€™s the final boss level of Grammy award categories.โ€

Now, in Grammy-speak, โ€œBest New Artistโ€ apparently isnโ€™t as much about being โ€œnewโ€ as it is about an artist finally reaching โ€œnational or international prominence.โ€ Sabrina may be six albums deep, but in Grammy Land, it’s all about timing โ€“ which sometimes runs, let’s say, fashionably late.

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So how exactly did they decide who was โ€œnewโ€? Harvey provided some insight:

โ€œItโ€™s not like we throw darts at a board or spin a wheelโ€”okay, maybe we tried that once, but it got weird. Really, itโ€™s about when an artist feels new. Itโ€™s an art, not a science. Well, maybe a mystic science.โ€

Apparently, Sabrina’s sixth album, Short N’ Sweet, has triggered the mystical Grammy vibes required to unlock her โ€œnew artistโ€ status. A bit like playing a video game where youโ€™ve already maxed out levels, but suddenly thereโ€™s a secret bonus round!

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Harvey wrapped up his thoughts with a comment that sounds like it was custom-built for legal ambiguity:

โ€œTo me, this feels like a time when our best new artists have broken through and become nationally prominent and are doing amazing work.โ€

In other words, the Grammy judges took one look at Sabrinaโ€™s massive success and thought, โ€œWait, whoโ€™s she?โ€ And now Sabrinaโ€™s officially got her golden ticket into the Grammy New Artist Clubโ€ฆ seven years, six albums, and countless coffee orders later.

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