not so best new anything.

best new artist grammy.
have you ever thought about who's actually won?
where are they now?
interesting the choices they've made over the last 17 years!
take a look back to 1991...

1991 - mariah carey
[ok ok... music box was her only good album to date]
1992 - marc cohn
[only had one successful song... ever "walking in memphis"]
1993 - arrested development
[the show is much better]
1994 - toni braxton
[doesn't she have her own show in vegas for a reason?]
1995 - sheryl crow
[she won this based soley on "all i wanna do"]
1996 - hootie and the blowfish
[respectable... they also helped jump little children]
1997 - leann rimes
[wasn't she 13 this year?]
1998 - paula cole
[reminder... she sang "where have all the cowboys gone"]
1999 - lauryn hill
[she was nothing close to new in 99]
2000 - christina aguilera
[britney was nominated this same year...]
2001 - shelby lynne
[ironically her album is titled "who is shelby lynne"]
2002 - alicia keys
[deserving... she still has a career]
2003 - norah jones
[have we heard from her since 2003?]
2004 - evanescence
[ehh... they were on the same record label as creed]
2005 - maroon 5
[best pick out of the nominees by far!]
2006 - john legend
[acceptable. john legend has yet to go wrong]
2007 - carrie underwood
[she was on top until taylor swift came around...]
2008 - amy winehouse
[was fabulous for 6 months. disasterous now.]
2009 - adele...

christine and i got into a conversation about it today... just thought i'd share and let you sit on it yourself for a few moments...