Samara Joy

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Samara Joy Wins Best New Artist at 2023 Grammys (Hollywood Reporter)

Samara Joy, a 23-year-old jazz singer from the Bronx, New York, won best new artist at the 2023 Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

… I’m looking forward to giving back hopefully to my high school — I went to public school my whole life, so I would love to go back to my schools in the Bronx and give a performance, or start a partnership, or invite them to shows … The artist, who started singing jazz roughly six years ago, also spoke about what first drew her to the genre and how she hopes to encourage the younger generation to get excited about it. to be here by just being myself, by just being who I was born as, I’m so thankful.” … Thank you so much for this honor, thank you to everyone who has listened to me and supported me,” Joy said, adding: “To be here because of who I am … “What drew me to jazz was the authenticity of it, I love the fact that people like Sarah Vaughn just stood in who they were, confidently, and sang. … It will always be a shining moment in my life.” There were 10 artists nominated in the category, including Anitta, Omar Apollo, Muni Long and Latto. In a post-win interview in the press room, Joy said: “[Some of] my biggest inspirations were in the room, as far as being confident in who you are and singing your own song, not letting anybody tell you what to do, being your own boss — Beyoncé and Lizzo, to name a few.” [Taylor Swift](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/taylor-swift/) [Grammys: Jay-Z Shut Out as Taylor Swift and Adele Win One Award Each and Bonnie Raitt Surprises](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/2023-grammys-snubs-surprises-taylor-swift-adele-jay-z-1235318571/) [Harry Styles](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/harry-styles/) [Most Memorable Grammys Moments: Beyoncé’s Big Night, Harry Styles’ Big Win and Hip-Hop’s Big Tribute](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/2023-grammys-best-moments-1235318526/) [Taylor Swift](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/taylor-swift/) [Grammys: Harry Styles Wins Album of the Year, Beyoncé Becomes Most Awarded Artist in Show’s History](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/grammys-2023-recap-winners-highlights-major-moments-1235317926/) Upon hearing her name as winner, two-time Grammy nominated Joy was visibly surprised and excited; when accepting the award on stage, she acknowledged the talent in the room, thanking everyone for their contributions to the music industry, saying “all of you are so inspiring to me.” The singer, who was born into a musical family, also thanked her grandparents and her father; her paternal grandparents, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, were founders of Philadelphia gospel group The Savettes. [the award,](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/grammys-2023-winners-list-1235312839/) describing it as “an award that has gone to heroes of mine, from The Beatles to Billie Eilish.

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Samara Joy Wins GRAMMY For Best New Artist At The 2023 ... (grammy.com)

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[Check out the complete list of winners and nominees at the 2023 GRAMMYs](https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list). Blige](https://www.grammy.com/artists/mary-j-blige/779), [Brandi Carlile](https://www.grammy.com/artists/brandi-carlile/18940), [Coldplay](https://www.grammy.com/artists/coldplay/10952), [Kendrick Lamar](https://www.grammy.com/artists/kendrick-lamar/17949), and [Lizzo](https://www.grammy.com/artists/lizzo/251879) were the other nominees in the prestigious category. [Drake](https://www.grammy.com/artists/drake/12370) and [Lil Baby](https://www.grammy.com/artists/lil-baby/251874). [Sam Smith](https://www.grammy.com/artists/sam-smith/18713) and [Kim Petras](https://www.grammy.com/artists/kim-petras/52054) also got the red look, high drama memo. Thundercat’s luxurious waterfall bass solo and Lacy’s [Prince](https://www.grammy.com/artists/prince/5675)-esque sultriness felt just at home on the big stage, the Internet musician retaining his intimate vocal delivery even as the song radiated out through the arena. [Samara Joy](https://www.grammy.com/news/8-jazz-artists-honoring-black-geniuses) won the GRAMMY for Best New Artist at the [2023 GRAMMYs](https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list). [Cardi B](https://www.grammy.com/artists/cardi-b/186981) knows how to drop jaws with her stunning avant-garde looks, and her 2023 GRAMMY red carpet look was no different. [Future](https://www.grammy.com/artists/future/19716) and [SZA](https://www.grammy.com/artists/Solana-Rowe/32514)-assisted album cut off GOD DID. [Vogue ](https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-egonlab-grammys-jumpsuit)accurately declared that charming pop king Harry Styles "remains the king of jumpsuits" after he took to the red carpet in a colorful, sparkling flared one-piece from Paris' Egonlab She also posed with her boyfriend Myke Wright, who joined her at the GRAMMYs together for the [first time](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a42765555/lizzo-red-carpet-grammys-2023-myke-wright/), shortly after their "hard launch" as a couple on Instagram. [Check out the complete list of winners and nominees at the 2023 GRAMMYs.](https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list) Blige](https://www.grammy.com/artists/mary-j-blige/779)'s Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe), which is nominated for Album Of The Year.

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Samara Joy Wins Best New Artist at the 2023 Grammys (Billboard)

Continuing the tradition of former best new artist Grammy winners presenting the award, Olivia Rodrigo took to the stage Sunday (Feb. 5) to speak on the ...

She then spoke again to the artists in the room, saying how inspiring each and every person in the room is to her. The rising jazz singer from the Bronx seemed truly speechless as she made her way to the front of the room. 5) to speak on the honor.

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Samara Joy Wins Best New Artist at 2023 Grammys (Rolling Stone)

Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, jazz singer Samara Joy's 2022 album Linger Awhile won Best Jazz Vocal Album at the pre-Grammy Awards ceremony. With the ...

With the win, Joy becomes the first jazz singer to win Best New Artist since Esperanza Spalding in 2011. You express yourself with exactly who you are authentically. Other previous winners include Sam Smith, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, and Carrie Underwood. She added of her fellow nominees: “All of you are so inspiring because of who you are. [Best New Artist](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/best-new-artist/) at the 2023 [Grammy Awards](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/grammy-awards/), claiming victory in a crowded field of 10 rising acts. Samara Joy Wins Best New Artist at 2023 Grammys

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Samara Joy Wins Best New Artist At The 2023 Grammys (Stereogum)

Last year's winner, Olivia Rodrigo, presented the award. The other nominees for Best New Artist were Anitta, DOMi & JD Beck, Latto, Muni Long, Måneskin, Molly ...

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Who is best new artist Grammy winner Samara Joy? (Los Angeles Times)

Jazz singer Samara Joy, scheduled to perform in L.A. on Saturday, scores an upset Grammys victory over pop, R&B and rap acts.

The last such musician to win best new artist? Yet as a kid Joy also sang in school musicals and absorbed the soul and R&B music of Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan. Among the more recognizable acts Joy beat Sunday were rapper Latto, R&B singer Muni Long, Brazilian singer Anitta and the rock bands Wet Leg and Måneskin.

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Samara Joy Sings the Old Ones, Wins Best New Artist (Vulture)

Jazz Singer Samara Joy Won Best New Artist at the 2023 Grammys. Joy has popped off on TikTok. She beat heavy contenders like Wet Leg, Latto, and Anitta.

“I love the music I grew up on,” Joy said in the Grammy press room. “Some of my biggest inspirations were in the room,” she said at the Grammy press room. Samara Joy won the 2023

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'It means everything': Meet jazz singer Samara Joy, who won best ... (USA TODAY)

Samara Joy, a New York-born jazz singer, clinched the prize for best new artist at the 65th annual Grammy Awards Sunday night.

[the 65th annual Grammy Awards](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/02/05/grammy-awards-2023-live-updates/11170771002/) Sunday night. I really admire her." Whatever dream you have, whatever goal, whatever you're passion about, go after it no matter what.'" "Maybe Anitta, but it could be Muni Long, but it could be Latto. [See the full list, from Beyoncé to Harry Styles](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/02/05/grammy-2023-full-winners-list/11191068002/) [Grammys 2023 full rundown: Harry Styles wins album of the year, Beyoncé breaks all-time record](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/02/05/grammy-awards-2023-live-updates/11170771002/) "All of you are so inspiring to me, so to be here just by being myself, by just being who I was born as, I'm so thankful."

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Samara Joy Wins Best New Artist at 2023 Grammys (Pitchfork)

The jazz singer beat out Wet Leg, Omar Apollo, Måneskin, and more to take home the award.

[Follow along with all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2023 Grammy Awards](https://pitchfork.com/topics/grammys/). [Linger Awhile](https://samarajoy.lnk.to/LingerAwhile/), last year via Verve. [Samara Joy](https://pitchfork.com/artists/samara-joy/) has won Best New Artist at the [2023 Grammy Awards](https://pitchfork.com/topics/grammys/).

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Samara Joy wins two two Grammy awards during the 2023 ... (wbgo.org)

Winners in the jazz categories at the 2023 Grammy Awards included Samara Joy, Terri Lyne Carrington, Arturo O'Farrill, Vince Mendoza and John Beasley.

- “2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Also, Robert Glasper won a Grammy for Black Radio III in the Best R&B Album category. Her amazing win recalled the emergence in 2011 of Esperanza Spalding who took home the same prize, despite being in the same category as artists like Drake and Justin Bieber. Both Joy and the DOMi and JD Beck duo were nominated in the Best New Artist category along with eight other artists and bands from the worlds of pop, rock, hip hop and more. This pre-show and show is also cooler and hipper with a bit more improv by the presenters. However, the economics of prime-time television made the proposed event unfeasible.

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Samara Joy: What to know about the Grammy best new artist winner (CNN)

It was a big enough surprise that a jazz singer won best new artist at Sunday's Grammy Awards, but that it was Samara Joy was a delight for many.

](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J9IeMwrc9w&t=2909s)“When I watch her and listen to her… her name is Samara Joy and it brings me joy.” She [celebrated with a TikTok video in December ](https://www.tiktok.com/@samarajoysings/video/7178580267295067435?lang=en)when she caught the attention of premiere producer Timberland, who then posted about her on hs Instagram account.

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Samara Joy won Best New Artist at the 2023 Grammys. Here's how ... (CBS News)

Joy won two Grammys on Sunday, including Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album.

just being myself, just being who I was born as, it's just, I'm so thankful," she said. "I was singing with them, you know, doing a couple of gigs with them from time to time," said Joy, who was born and raised in the Bronx. But it was her sophomore album, "Linger Awhile," released a year later that got her two Grammy nominations, for Best New Artist and Best Jazz Vocal Album. silently screaming, silently, until I got off the train," she recalled. It was here that she was introduced to an underground world of music that she said she never imagined she would be a part of. Before performing at jazz clubs, Joy had never stepped foot in one, but that doesn't mean she was exposed to jazz music.

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Samara Joy: 5 Things to Know About the Best New Artist Grammy ... (Billboard)

Samara Joy can now call herself a Grammy-winning artist. During the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 5), past winner Olivia Rodrigo presented the ...

[roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J9IeMwrc9w&t=2909s) that she discovered and was an admirer of the then-rising star. During her time in undergrad, she gained knowledge of the genre through her fellow classmates and was named an Samara Joy was born Samara Joy McLendon in 1999, and grew up in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx. But listening to her now, I’m like, ‘Man, what was I missing?’ And Etta Jones. “This girl looks like she’s about 16 years old — this beautiful, precious baby — and all this power and emotion comes out. I guess I didn’t relate to her at first. It’s quite a feat, considering she began singing jazz just a mere [five or six years ago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHVRDmFml7o), according to the singer herself. We had to sing them in class,” she told “So I would listen to Sarah for the different kind of inflections and stuff so that I could show off a little bit — sing it differently or try something different. “The best night of my life. Thank y’all so much for supporting me,” Thank you so much for this honor, thank you to everyone who has listened to me or supported me,” she told the audience in her acceptance speech, as fellow nominees Anitta, Latto, Måneskin and more watched on.

Encore: At age 22, Samara Joy is a classic jazz singer from a new ... (Valley Public Radio)

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with jazz singer Samara Joy, who recently took to the legendary Blues Alley Club stage in Washington, D.C. She and her album, ...

JOY: (Singing) Your doorway, gave you a buzz. And he was like, yep, keep going (laughter). You know, the fact that, in just a month, you know, that many people - and people now are, like, coming up to me, like, I found you on social media. I posted a couple of videos, and a month later, 100,000 people - I was like, I can't (laughter). And I was like, OK, I listened to "Nostalgia" again. So I've been trying to get on TikTok and be more active on social media because that's where my generation is. But I know that when we came up with the arrangement, I wanted it to be, you know, simple and just give the song space to breathe. I'm like, oh, I love the way Ella, you know, sings this phrase, but I can't copy, you know? I can't even believe - I've been watching y'all on TV for, like, so long (laughter), so to be here with you all - born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y. And my grandparents, you know, would preach. And his parents - my grandparents - they had a choir called The Savettes of Philadelphia. SHAPIRO: Blues Alley, here in Washington, D.C., is a place where many greats have played - Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan.

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