The nominees for the 2025 Grammy award for best new artist have released dozens of albums between them, and numerous hits When is something old considered new? If you're talking about the Grammy ...

When is something old considered new? If you’re talking about the Grammy Awards, that’s often whoever lands in the best new artist category, easily the weirdest of the races.

That means three past winners for best new artist — 1970’s Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1988’s Jody Watley and 1999 ... in previous groups, as were Watley (in Shalamar) and Hill (the Fugees).

The Grammys have long stretched the meaning of “new” into a pretzel. Cyndi Lauper won best new artist in 1984 despite having released an album with the band Blue Angel four years before. Green Day ...