“The Hollywood Reporter Awards Victoria Monét Best New Artist”
Victoria Monét took home the Grammy for best new artist at the 2024 awards ceremony on Sunday.
After being presented with the honor by Samara Joy (who won best new artist last year), Monét quipped, “Thank you to the champagne service tonight. That’s my first thank you.”
“Thank you to the Recording Academy voting members. This is because of you guys, the singer continued. “You guys pressed that button. You were in your emails. Thank you so much.”
She also showed some love to her single mother for “raising this really bad girl. Thank you so much.”
In her acceptance speech, as she tried to hold back tears, Monét shared some advice for others trying to get their start in the music industry: “I just want to say to everybody who has a dream, I want you to look at this as an example.”
Monét also explained that she has been pursuing a Grammy Award for 15 years, which is another reason the honor is so special for her.
“I moved to L.A. in 2009 and I like to liken myself to a plant who was planted, and you can look at the music industry as soil,” the singer said. “And you can look at it as dirty or it can be looked at as a source of nutrients and water. And my roots have been growing underneath the ground unseen for so long. And I feel like today I’m sprouting finally above ground.”
Monét beat out Gracie Abrams, Fred Again.., Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan and The War and Treaty.
Earlier on Sunday, during the Grammy premiere ceremony before the televised awards show, Monét also won best R&B album for Jaguar II.
The 66th annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Trevor Noah, aired live from Los Angeles. Find the complete list of the night’s winners here.