Meet the 2023 Grammys Best New Artist Nominees

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Trevor Noah's favourite portion of hosting the Grammys?

Sure, rubbing elbows with stars similar Lizzo and Bruno Mars is cool, but what the comedian truly loves is listening to musicians helium doesn't cognize arsenic well.

"Every clip I spell to the Grammys I observe a caller creator that I didn't afloat admit and I didn't emotion for the reasons that I should have," helium said connected a January occurrence of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. "You spell to the Grammys, you cognize the artists you know. You'll cognize Beyoncé. You'll cognize Adele. You'll beryllium like, 'Oh, OK, I cognize these people.' And past you'll observe artists who alteration your life. They execute unrecorded successful ways that you couldn't person imagined."

And if you don't cognize the Best New Artist nominees already, you volition soon. Anitta, Omar Apollo, DOMi & JD Beck, Muni Long, Samara Joy, Latto, Måneskin, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle and Wet Leg are each hoping to instrumentality the signifier astatine Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena Feb. 5 and bring location a trophy, pursuing successful the footsteps of Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish and more.

Of course, existent fans cognize these musicians person already been crushing it. To larn much astir the Best New Artist nominees earlier the large night, support reading.

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Latto

Latto is bringing large vigor to the Grammys.

The two-time nominee, a.k.a Alyssa Michelle Stephens, was raised successful Atlanta and appeared connected The Rap Game successful 2016, winning play one. Three years later, she dropped her EP Big Latto featuring "B*tch From da Souf," which was made into a remix with Saweetie and Trina.

In fact, Latto has collaborated with respective artists, including Megan Thee Stallion for "Budget," Lil Baby for "Sex Lies," Gucci Mane for "Muwop" and Chloe x Halle, Doja Cat and City Girls for "Do It (Remix)."

The 24-year-old released her 2nd workplace medium 777 successful 2022 featuring her 2021 azygous "Big Energy," which secured the no. 3 spot connected the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Omar Apollo

As Omar Apollo recalled to NPR, helium saved up to bargain a laptop and microphone by moving astatine fast-food restaurants, aboriginal teaching himself however to sing by watching YouTube videos.

In 2017, the Indiana-born creator uploaded his opus "Ugotme" to Spotify and aboriginal moved to Los Angeles to absorption connected music. He dropped his debut workplace medium Ivory successful 2022, successful which helium sings successful some English and Spanish.

"The beingness that I unrecorded is bilingual, mostly English," the "Evergreen" star, whose parents moved to the U.S. from Mexico, told the Los Angeles Times in 2020. "But I deliberation music's a reflection of my life."

Through his music, Omar besides expresses his pridefulness arsenic a subordinate of the LGBTQ+ community. "I'd ever constitute astir boys, adjacent erstwhile it was conscionable subtle oregon whatever," the 25-year-old told Out in October. "It felt right. I mean, this is world for me. The information that radical tin subordinate to it and use it to their lives oregon consciousness similar they tin resonate with what I'm saying, that makes maine happy."

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Anitta

While Anitta is simply a first-time Grammy nominee, you whitethorn person already streamed her music. After all, the Brazilian vocalist did break a Guinness World Record by becoming the archetypal solo Latin creator to scope no. 1 connected Spotify with her deed "Envolver," which garnered much than 6 cardinal streams wrong the archetypal 4 months of its release.

Plus, she's collaborated with Cardi B, Myke Towers, Snoop Dogg, Maluma, J Balvin and Madonna. Last year, Anitta released her fifth workplace album, Versions of Me.

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Molly Tuttle

Another creator making history? Molly Tuttle. She's the archetypal bluegrass instrumentalist to beryllium nominated successful the Best New Artist category, and her medium Crooked Tree is besides up for Best Bluegrass Album. 

So however did Molly's emotion for the genre grow? As her bio notes, she inherited it from her father, a euphony teacher and multi-instrumentalist, and her grandfather, a banjo player, and started playing guitar astatine property 8, aboriginal attending the Berklee College of Music successful Boston. Molly was named the International Bluegrass Music Association's Guitar Player of the Year successful some 2017 and 2018, making her the archetypal pistillate to triumph the honor.

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Wet Leg

Settle into your chaise longue and get to cognize this indie stone band.

Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, some 29, formed Wet Leg successful 2019. In 2022, they dropped their debut, self-titled workplace album, which secured the no. 1 spot connected the U.K.'s Official Album Chart. Rhian and Hester soon caught the attraction of Harry Styles, who covered their opus "Wet Dream" and invited them to articulation him connected tour. 

And it's wide wherefore helium loves the duo's music. They're besides up for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance for "Chaise Longue."

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Muni Long

Also known arsenic Priscilla Renea Hamilton, Muni Long has written songs for chap artists similar Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, Madonna and Train.

Now aft much than a decennary successful the biz, Muni Long's absorption is much connected her vocation successful beforehand of the microphone. In 2021, she released her latest medium Public Displays of Affection, which features her two-time Grammy-nominated and Billboard Hot 100 deed "Hrs & Hrs."

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Måneskin

Beggin' for immoderate caller music? Check retired Måneskin. The Italian stone set consists of vocalist Damiano David, 24; bassist Victoria De Angelis, 22; guitarist Thomas Raggi, 22; and drummer Ethan Torchio, 22. After forming successful 2015, they came successful 2nd spot connected Italy's X Factor in 2017 and won the Eurovision Song Contest successful 2021.

Måneskin has released 3 workplace albums—with their astir caller 1 Rush! dropping earlier this year—and respective fashionable singles, including "Supermodel" and "Beggin'" which topped Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart.

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Samara Joy

Samara Joy's Grammys excitement whitethorn linger awhile. Not lone is the 23-year-old up for Best New Artist, but she's besides successful the moving for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her 2022 merchandise Linger Awhile.

Born successful the Bronx, Samara sang successful church, joined the Fordham High School for the Arts jazz set and aboriginal enrolled successful SUNY Purchase's jazz studies program, according to her bio. She released her self-titled debut medium successful 2021.

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Tobe Nwigwe

After suffering injuries portion playing shot astatine the University of Northern Texas, Tobe Nwigwe was forced to rethink his NFL dreams. 

And it seems that travel worked retired successful his favor.

In 2016, helium started the #getTWISTEDsundays YouTube bid and by 2018 helium dropped "I'm Dope," which aboriginal landed connected erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama's workout playlist. Two years later, he released The Pandemic Project featuring "I Need You to (Breonna Taylor)." 

Tobe, whose latest medium is moMINTs, besides acts, appearing successful Netflix's Mo and the upcoming Transformers movie.

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DOMi & JD Beck

Fans are wholly jazzed astir French keyboardist DOMi and American drummer JD Beck.

According to Grammy.com, DOMi began playing drums astatine 2 but switched to piano by 3, enrolling successful the Conservatoire Régional du Grand Nancy by 5. She moved to the United States aft receiving a Presidential Scholarship from Berklee College of Music.

As for JD, the website states the Texas-born creator started taking drum lessons astatine 5 and met DOMi astatine California's National Association of Music Merchants commercialized successful 2018. They grew their pursuing connected YouTube and played backup for Thundercat and Ariana Grande astatine Adult Swim's 2020 festival. Two years later, DOMi & JD Beck signed to Anderson .Paak's statement APESH-T and dropped their debut medium NOT TiGHT.

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