As a lot enjoyable as it’s to see music’s greatest names among the many 2023 Grammy nominees, it is also an annual spotlight to see which first-timers are up for his or her very first Grammy awards every year. The 2023 freshman class is filled with rising expertise who’re simply getting began on their music careers — however they are not all complete unknowns.
The most important group, in fact, is in the perfect new artist class, the place the Grammys acknowledge the brightest up-and-coming stars. This 12 months, the nominees are Anitta, Omar Apollo, Domi & JD Beck, Samara Pleasure, Latto, Maneskin, Muni Lengthy, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle, and Moist Leg. Amongst these nominees, Moist Leg additionally broke into different classes, incomes nods for greatest different album, greatest engineered album (nonclassical), and greatest different music efficiency.
Different classes have a excessive focus of first-timers, too. The very best rock album class, as an example, options the primary profession Grammy nominations for Machine Gun Kelly (who was additionally one of many stars asserting the nominations), Spoon, and Idles. Rock act Turnstile additionally picked up a number of nominations within the rock style classes (greatest rock track and greatest steel efficiency for “Blackout” and greatest rock efficiency for “Vacation”). Within the rap class, GloRilla snagged a first-time nod in greatest rap efficiency for “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” with Hitkidd.
As standard, the perfect musical theater album class options some incredible Grammy newcomers, together with Tony-winning songwriters and performers reminiscent of Michael R. Jackson, Lucy Moss and Toby Barlow, and Myles Frost. Kim Petras earned her first nomination for greatest pop duo/group efficiency for “Unholy,” her collaboration with Sam Smith. Even one of many evening’s greatest prizes of all has a first-time nominee: “ABCDEFU” by Gayle joins songs by Taylor Swift, Lizzo, Adele, Harry Types, Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, and different music A-listers within the track of the 12 months class.
Not all first-time nominees are lesser-known names, nevertheless. One of many larger tales this 12 months is that Viola Davis simply obtained her first profession Grammy nomination for greatest audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording for her memoir, “Discovering Me.” If she wins within the class, she would be a part of the elite EGOT membership!
We won’t wait to see which first-timers go house with trophies on the Grammys ceremony on Feb. 5, 2023. It might be the primary time we see these artists snag Grammy nominations, however we now have a fairly good feeling it will not be the final!