Cyndi Lauper, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame this yr, joins the brief checklist of former Grammy winners for finest new artist who made the Rock Corridor. She’s the sixth artist to take each of those honors.
The Grammys and the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame as soon as appeared to be working in several worlds, with the Grammys, of their early years, favoring conventional pop and jazz, and the Rock Corridor lengthy favoring guitar-based rock. However each organizations have moved to the center lately.
For a few years, simply three artists had achieved each of those feats — a Grammy win for finest new artist and induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame — however within the final 4 years, three extra artists have joined the checklist.
With the Rock Corridor changing into extra open to a wider vary of sounds, it’s not laborious to image a number of extra previous finest new artist Grammy winners at some point being inducted. Mariah Carey has been handed over for induction the final two years working, nevertheless it appears seemingly that she’ll make it at some point. Bette Midler, Natalie Cole, Lauryn Hill and Christina Aguilera would additionally appear to have not less than an affordable likelihood of creating the Rock Corridor.
Artists first turn out to be eligible for the Rock Corridor 25 years after releasing their first report. So over time the artists who gained finest new artist after 2001 can even turn out to be eligible for the Rock Corridor. Over the following 10 years that might herald Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, John Legend, Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse, amongst others.
Whereas we wait to see which ones make it, listed here are the six artists who each gained a Grammy for finest new artist and are within the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame. The Grammy years proven are the years of the ceremonies at which the awards have been offered.
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Bobby Darin
Finest New Artist: 1959
Rock Corridor: 1990
Notes: Darin was simply 23 when he turned the primary Grammy winner for finest new artist. His smooth “Mack the Knife” topped the Billboard Scorching 100 for 9 weeks and gained the Grammy for report of the yr. Darin, whose different hits ranged from the suave “Past the Sea” to the folk-shaded ballad “If I Have been a Carpenter,” died of coronary heart failure in 1973 at age 37.
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The Beatles
Finest New Artist: 1965
Rock Corridor: 1988
Notes: The Grammys have been nonetheless coming to phrases with rock and roll in 1965, however The Beatles had made such an explosive impression there might have been no different selection for finest new artist. The Fab 4 had two different Huge 4 nominations that yr — “I Wish to Maintain Your Hand” for report of the yr and “A Arduous Day’s Night time” for track of the yr. The Beatles, after all, grew with just about each launch. They’re the one act in Grammy historical past to obtain album of the yr nominations in 5 consecutive years. They gained in 1968 for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band, and possibly ought to have gained a pair extra for Revolver and Abbey Street. All 4 Beatles are additionally represented within the Rock Corridor with their solo careers.
The Beatles gained an Oscar for finest authentic track rating in 1971 for Let It Be. The 2 surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, gained Primetime Emmys in 2022 for excellent documentary or nonfiction sequence as producers of The Beatles: Get Again.
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Finest New Artist: 1970
Rock Corridor: 1997
Notes: Along with CSN profitable finest new artist, Crosby, Stills & Nash was up for album of the yr. They have been nominated once more in that class the next yr with Déjà vu, this time joined by Neil Younger. All three members of CSN are double inductees within the Rock Corridor. Crosby can be in with The Byrds, Stills with Buffalo Springfield and Nash with The Hollies.
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Carly Simon
Finest New Artist: 1972
Rock Corridor: 2022
Notes: Simon was the primary girl to obtain each of those honors. Simon gained finest new artist on the energy of her haunting ballad “That’s the Method I’ve At all times Heard It Ought to Be,” a high 10 hit on the Scorching 100 in 1971. She reached her zenith in 1973 when her single “You’re So Useless” topped the Scorching 100 (and obtained report and track of the yr nods) and her album No Secrets and techniques topped the Billboard 200.
Simon gained an Oscar for finest authentic track in 1989 for “Let the River Run” from Working Woman.
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Cyndi Lauper
Finest New Artist: 1985
Rock Corridor: 2025
Notes: Within the yr she gained for finest new artist, Lauper was additionally nominated for album of the yr for She’s So Uncommon, report of the yr for “Ladies Simply Wish to Have Enjoyable” and track of the yr for “Time After Time.”
Lauper gained a Primetime Emmy as a visitor actress on Mad About You in 1995 and a Tony for finest authentic rating for Kinky Boots in 2013. So, she’s three-quarters of the way in which to EGOT standing.
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Sheryl Crow
Finest New Artist: 1995
Rock Corridor: 2023
Notes: Crow is the second girl to obtain each of those honors. Within the yr she gained for finest new artist, she additionally gained report of the yr for her frisky smash “All I Wanna Do.” That track was additionally nominated for track of the yr. Whereas “All I Wanna Do” was poppy, Crow has additionally had hits that confirmed her rock and nation leanings.
