The Grammy Best New Artist winners of the 2010s
The top 3 according to 573 votes from people: Zac Brown Band · Esperanza Spalding · Bon Iver. (Updated Jul 4, 2021.)
The ten acts that won the Grammy for Best New Artist at the ceremonies from 2010 to 2019.
Top 10
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1
Zac Brown Band
2010. Country-rock from Georgia.
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2
Esperanza Spalding
2011. A jazz bassist who famously beat Justin Bieber.
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3
Bon Iver
2012. Justin Vernon's indie folk.
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4
Fun.
2013. 'We Are Young' and 'Some Nights'.
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5
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2014. Seattle hip-hop with 'Thrift Shop'.
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6
Sam Smith
2015. 'Stay with Me'; four Grammys that night.
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7
Meghan Trainor
2016. 'All About That Bass'.
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8
Chance the Rapper
2017. The first artist to win with streaming-only music.
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9
Dua Lipa
2019. 'New Rules' and the start of a global career.
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10
Alessia Cara
2018. The Canadian singer of 'Scars to Your Beautiful'.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (15)
Macklemore over Kendrick... the Academy was wrong and even Macklemore knew it.
Esperanza Spalding winning was a win for jazz.
Zac Brown Band opening the decade, country had its moment.
Bon Iver deserved it, For Emma is perfect.
Meghan Trainor winning over Sam Hunt and Tove Lo, hmm.
Dua Lipa winning Best New Artist after already being huge in Europe.
Sam Smith's year, Stay With Me everywhere.
Chance proved you can win without a label, huge.
Dua Lipa ended the decade on a high.
Bon Iver's acceptance speech was so awkward and honest.
Alessia Cara deserved it, Here was a great debut.
Esperanza Spalding beating Justin Bieber is still one of the funniest Grammy moments.
fun. ha, We Are Young was on repeat in 2012.
The Best New Artist curse is a myth, most of these are still big.
Chance the Rapper winning without selling a single physical album was historic.