Don Toliver, Megan Moroney & ADÉLA — Who Made the Entry List for Best New Artist at the 2027 Grammys & Who Didn’t?
Categoria: Musica
Don Toliver was ruled eligible, but Megan Moroney was not.
Por Billboard | 12/10/2026
Don Toliver , who has had five consecutive top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 dating back to March 2020, is on the entry list of 331 artists vying for a best new artist nomination at the 2027 Grammy Awards — while Megan Moroney , who won new artist of the year at the CMA Awards in November 2024, is not. Related 2027 Grammy Changes: 5 New Categories, More Lenient Rules on Best New Artist Eligibility and More Harvey Mason jr. on 2,300 New Grammy Voting Members, the Asian Pop Category Uproar & More: ‘We Want To Bring More People Into the Tent’ 6 Artists Who Lost the Best New Artist Grammy Could Be Nominated for Album of the Year at 2027 Awards Toliver notched his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 earlier this year with Octane , which represented a significant breakthrough in his career, even though his prior successes were nothing to sneeze at. The language in the 69th Grammy Awards Rules & Guidelines booklet governing this category states: “While there will be no specified maximum number of previous releases, the screening committees will be charged with determining whether the artist had attained [a] high degree of impact in the music industry prior to the eligibility year. Such a determination would result in disqualification.” Sam Fender , who was nominated for best new artist at the Brit Awards in February 2020, is eligible here, on the grounds that “Rein Me In,” his collab with Olivia Dean , became his first hit on the Billboard Hot 100. (Dean won in the category at the Grammy ceremony in February.) The academy this year upped the number of times an artist can be entered in this category from three to four. That was good news for Ella Langley and Ken Carson , both of whom had been entered three times previously in the category and would have been disqualified under the old rules. They both made the entry list for the upcoming Grammy awards, as did Geese, which had been entered twice in the category, while its lead singer, Cameron Winter, was entered last year following the release of his solo debut album. Those three total entries would likewise have made Geese ineligible under the old rules. Four of the artists who were nominated for best new artist at the MTV VMAs on Sept. 27 – Sienna Spiro (who won at the VMAs), Bella Kay, Malcolm Todd and Stella Lefty – are on the Grammy entry list. The other two VMA nominees, Cortis and Myles Smith, are not. Three of the acts who are nominated for new artist of the year at the CMA Awards on Nov. 18 – Avery Anna, Carter Faith and Stephen Wilson Jr. – are on the Grammy list. The other two CMA nominees, Tucker Wetmore and Emily Ann Roberts, are not. Kwn and Monaleo, who were nominated for best new artist at the BET Awards on June 28, are both on the entry list there. Audrey Hobert, 27, and her younger brother Malcolm Todd, 23, are separately entered in the category. Violet Grohl, daughter of 19-time Grammy winner, Dave Grohl, is also listed, as is North West, daughter of 24-time G