What it means to win the same award as both Milli Vanilli and The Beatles.
Milli Vanilli
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Urban legends never quite disappear, despite mountains of easily found evidence and common sense weighing against them. In the world of music, the Best New Artist Grammy is "cursed." Every publication in America has approached said curse as if it were a hulking Sasquatch: half shock and skepticism, half urgent need to prove its existence to readers.
Legend has it that, after the initial rush of attention, winners of the Best New Artist Grammy face nothing but misery, unrelenting pressure to live up to the lofty Grammy standard, poor record sales, and a stint on Dancing With the Stars. Bummer. But how does a rumored curse surrounding an otherwise desirable award come to exist?
