Sabrina Carpenter Still Eligible for Grammy Best New Artist Nod

Conversation on Sabrina Carpenter's eligibility for the Grammy Best New Artist nomination has picked up more volume on social media.

After her successful year opening for Taylor Swift at The Eras Tour, her Billboard Hot 100 hits, and her Coachella and Governor's Ball performance, everybody believes Carpenter is one of today's biggest and newest pop stars.

However, unbeknownst to many, her upcoming album, Short N' Sweet, would actually be her sixth album already, as she has been releasing studio albums since 2015.

To quell social media arguments about whether she is eligible to be nominated for Best New Artist, Billboard sought the Grammy rule book and found that she could still be nominated for the category.

According to the publication, the Recording Academy bases their eligibility on when the artist "achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness," not on the number of studio album releases they have had.

Specifically, the 67th Annual Grammy Awards rule book states, "While there will be no specified maximum number of releases, the Screening Committee will be charged with determining whether the artist had attained a breakthrough or prominence before the eligibility year. Such a determination would result in disqualification."

Another automatic disqualifier is artists who have been nominated for any Grammy Awards in the past. However, in her case, she still hasn't. On the other hand, Tate McRae, another up-and-running pop star who many believe should also be nominated, is no longer eligible.

McRae had reportedly entered herself in the Grammy Best New Artist race in the past three years, and her biggest single to date, "Greedy," was released before the eligibility period for the upcoming Grammy Awards started.

Although Carpenter had released a lot of songs and albums before, it was only through "Espresso" and "Please Please Please" that she attained commercial and public success. Notably, none of her previous albums had been certified Gold by RIAA, only Emails I Can't Send, which was only certified last March 1, 2024, still well within the eligibility period.

Carpenter could be nominated in all the Big Four Categories, including the Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance.

Aside from being recognized as Best New Artist, her new album Short N' Sweet could very well contend in the Album of the Year category and Best Pop Vocal Album category. Carpenter's songs "Espresso" and "Please Please Please" are strong contenders for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance.

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