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

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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