Nominations will be unveiled on Friday Nov. 8.
The Screening Committee’s oft-stated aim is to be inclusive rather than exclusive, and they demonstrated that this year.
Remarkably, 12 of those 16 artists are women.
The category features eight nominees and no clear frontrunner.
Tuesday night's (Nov. 14) event was hosted by David Bisbal, who won the award for best new artist two decades ago.
With long-running acts like Jelly Roll and Victoria Monét on this year's ballot, we take a look at the prior musical output of the 2023 crop.