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| Subject | Re: Amy Whinehouse wins BEST NEW ARTIST |
| Date | Mon, 11 Feb 2008 7:07:00 -0500 |
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I always thought it was Starland Vocal Band over Elvis Costello. Or was he a new artist last year?
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From: Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com>
Subj: Re: Amy Whinehouse wins BEST NEW ARTIST
Date: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:59
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To: audities@smoe.org
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Mike Curry wrote:
> It's all well and good, but she's not even a new artist. "Frank" came
> out in 2003, so she should have actually won the award "Best old artist
> who appears to be a new artist as the record company have finally put
> enough money behind her for most of the music buying public to finally
> sit up and take notice". This is why award ceremonies are a load of old
> tosh.
On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, this isn't new..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist
Maroon 5 in 2005 (they'd been together under that name for 4 years
previously and under another name since the mid-90s)....Imogen Heap was
nominated for the 2007 awards even though her first album came out in
1998...Shelby Lynne won in 2001 and she'd been around since the 80s!
Basically the "new" tag has always been BS. Oh, and they gave it to the
Starland Vocal Band in 1977 over Boston.
At least they gave it to the Beatles in '65..
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