How the 2020 Grammys Awards Became the Year of the Newcomer
's record for the most U.S. streams in one week with 143 million streams. By August, it had been streamed over a billion times on Spotify alone.In October, it became the fastest single in RIAA history to receive Diamond certification, which is awarded to singles that attain national combined sales and streams of 10 million units, in the United States.
Not only that, but when he came out publicly at the end of Pride Month in June, he became the only artist ever to have done so while having a No. 1 record. On top of his Best New Artist nomination, he's nominated in the Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video categories for"Old Town Road," Best Rap/Sung Performance for follow-up single"Panini" and Album of the Year forLil Nas X Recalls"Scary" Period of Self-Medicating and Coming Out
While the two newcomers certainly had most impressive years, there's little doubt that the greatest story of 2019 belonged to the woman who's heading into this year's ceremony with the most nominations of any of her peers.
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