{"id":631551,"date":"2026-10-15T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/631551\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:34:09","slug":"2027-grammys-nominees-best-new-artist-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/631551\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Grammys Nominees: Best New Artist Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLeading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 16, \u201cRolling Stone\u201d is breaking down 11 different categories<\/a>. For each, we\u2019re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe key factor to winning Best New Artist at the Grammys? Longevity. \u201cAre you somebody that is just going to have a quick little moment, or are you going to be somebody that pushes music to a more interesting place?\u201d Tom Poleman, the Chief Programming Officer of iHeartMedia, tells Rolling Stone. \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of potential people who are doing that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPoleman is right. There\u2019s a powerhouse group of contenders for Best New Artist this year, and many of them have been working towards this moment for a while. Geese<\/a>, this generation\u2019s most exciting rock band<\/a>, have been cultivating their fanbase for a decade, while Slayyyter<\/a>\u2019s debut album (Troubled Paradise) arrived five years ago. But with albums like Geese\u2019s Getting Killed and Slayyyter\u2019s Wor$t Girl in America<\/a>, the world is finally catching on, and so are the Grammys.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe whole field that we\u2019re talking about, they\u2019re in this category for a reason,\u201d says\u00a0 Alex Tear, SiriusXM\u2019s Vice President of Music Programming. \u201cThey\u2019re not manufactured. It\u2019s a very diverse group, and they\u2019re so very talented, and they\u2019ve done the work. So it\u2019s great to see that they\u2019re being recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tBest New Artist \u2014 Our Predictions\u00a0\t<\/p>\n

\n\tElla Langley<\/a>
Geese
Slayyyter
Bella Kay<\/a>
Audrey Hobert<\/a>
Malcolm Todd<\/a>
Sienna Spiro<\/a>
Ravyn Lenae<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\tWho Will Win?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA country artist hasn\u2019t taken home the Best New Artist award since 2010, after Zac Brown Band. Ella Langley, who broke out<\/a> with the record-shattering <\/a>\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d is likely to win this one. \u201cShe\u2019s a global beast,\u201d Tear says. \u201cI feel like she\u2019s where the future of country is,\u201d Poleman adds. \u201cWhich is really great to see. But then, she also is one of the biggest crossover artists of the year. So she\u2019s not just having a hit, she\u2019s really building a career that goes way beyond just a song that you hear on the radio or streams. It\u2019s somebody that you want to see in concert, somebody that their fan base will engage with on a consistent level. I think you need to underscore the artist part of the category. It\u2019s not just the best new song. It\u2019s somebody who truly connects with a fan base from all angles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tWho Should Win?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAudrey Hobert released her debut Who\u2019s the Clown<\/a> last year, and she recently debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 with her breakout hit \u201cSue Me.\u201d Her whimsical pop has been gravitating with listeners, and it would be a huge achievement for her to take this home. (As she recently told Rolling Stone<\/a>, it\u2019s on her mind, as well: \u201cI\u2019m definitely a dreamer, and I\u2019ve loved award shows since I was a child,\u201d she said. \u201cI watch every single one.) Her brother, Malcolm Todd<\/a>, who released his second album Do That Again<\/a> last summer, is a contender for this category as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n

\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMan, she has a bright future,\u201d Tear says of Hobert. \u201cThere\u2019s so much personality, and you hear the humor and the heart and the observations. Fans are totally connecting with it. Audrey is just so curious and so quirky and so cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forecasting the Field\u00a0\t<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s anybody\u2019s game this year, and that includes Sienna Spiro, who released her smash debut Visitor<\/a> last summer, and recently took home the award <\/a>at the 2026 VMAs. \u201cShe could be the one that may grab that shiny thing,\u201d Tear says. \u201cBut it\u2019s a great category with some super talented people.\u201d Adds Poleman of Spiro: \u201cOne of the best new vocals on the scene, a young talent that is creating a sound that is connecting in a commercial way. She\u2019s an artist that has that combination of both artistry and commercial success, which is not easy to do, but it\u2019s happening. It\u2019s a true career that is developing, and you know she\u2019ll be around for a long time to come.\u201d Other contenders include Geese, Bella Kay, Todd, Slayyyter, and Ravyn Lenae. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d Tear says of the category. \u201cI\u2019m a kid in a candy shop right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 16, \u201cRolling Stone\u201d is breaking down 11 different categories. For…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[294854,207474,12733,156,105987,286848,308366,294855,157,111,139,69,191005,237096,199597],"class_list":["post-631551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-audrey-hobert","tag-bella-kay","tag-ella-langley","tag-entertainment","tag-geese","tag-grammys-2027","tag-grammysfyc2027","tag-malcolm-todd","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-ravyn-lenae","tag-sienna-spiro","tag-slayyyter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}