Ella Langley Favored for 2027 Grammy Best New Artist — SkimNews
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- Rolling Stone is breaking down 11 Grammy categories ahead of the Nov. 16 nominations, spotlighting a Best New Artist field that spans rock, country, and indie-pop.
- Ella Langley is predicted to win Best New Artist, which would make her the first country artist to take the award since Zac Brown Band in 2010, fueled by her record-breaking single "Choopin' Texas."
- Audrey Hobert, whose debut album "Who's the Clown" dropped last year and who recently debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Sue Me," is Rolling Stone's pick for who should win.
- Geese and Slayyyter are highlighted as long-game contenders — Geese have cultivated their fanbase for a decade, while Slayyyter's debut "Troubled Paradise" arrived five years ago.
- Sienna Spiro, fresh off winning at the 2026 VMAs, is called out by SiriusXM's Alex Tear as a potential dark horse who could "grab that shiny thing."
- iHeartMedia's Tom Poleman and SiriusXM's Alex Tear both stressed longevity as the key category criterion, with Tear noting that none of the contenders are "manufactured."
Why it matters: A country artist hasn't won Best New Artist since 2010, so if Ella Langley takes it, she breaks a 17-year drought while signaling the Recording Academy's recognition of country music's current crossover dominance. The diversity of the field — rock (Geese), pop (Audrey Hobert, Malcolm Todd), R&B (Ravyn Lenae), and country (Langley) — also marks one of the most genre-spanning Best New Artist lineups in recent Grammy history.
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