ANNOUNCER: Welcome back to the show! Up next, the highly-anticipated Best New Artist category. Here to present the nominees—and honor a very special anniversary—is Neneh Cherry.
NENEH: 25 years ago, the Grammys honored Milli Vanilli as the best new artist of the year—before stripping them of them of the title for lip-synching. I was one of the lucky fellow nominees that lost to those German fakers whose signature song is about blaming the rain for a breakup. But I’m not bitter. No, ma’am. Not when my buffalo stance is still so beloved and my new duet with Robyn was longlisted for an ATRL Grammy this year. So to show how over it I am, I’m here to present this year’s crop of Best New Artist nominees…
