From Sabrina Carpenter to Khruangbin, Shaboozey to RAYE, here’s the run-down on this year’s nominees. Grammys 2025: Why the Best New Artist Nominees Aren’t Very “New” Jo Vito

Without fail, every year the Grammy Awards cause an uproar across one genre or another. Although fans’ chatter about snub is still at the top of online forum, the 2025 Grammys nomination list sparked another interesting question. What qualifies an artist as “new?”