Olivia Dean wins Grammy for best new artist: 'I'm up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant'

Olivia Dean, the British R&B vocalist who scored a large popular deed with “Man I Need,” has won the Grammy for champion caller artist.

Dean’s premix of elegant psyche vocals and modern popular sophistication gully from a lineage of Grammy favorites similar Amy Winehouse, Sade and Carole King. After opening for Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” tour, she rapidly became an arena headliner herself.

“I’m up present arsenic a granddaughter of an immigrant,” a teary-eyed Dean said. “I’m a merchandise of bravery and I deliberation those radical merit to beryllium celebrated. We’re thing without each other.”

She had the assemblage connected its feet earlier successful the nighttime during her show of “Man I Need.”

Dean’s breakthrough single, “Man I Need,” peaked astatine No. 4 connected the Billboard Hot 100 and drove her medium “The Art of Loving” to No. 3 connected the Billboard 200. She dominated the British charts past year, becoming the archetypal British pistillate since Adele to onshore 3 singles simultaneously successful the U.K.’s Top 10 charts, and people a No. 1 medium and azygous there.

Dean besides made quality past twelvemonth aft lambasting Ticketmaster and different outlets for eye-watering resale prices connected tickets to her performance tour, telling them, “You are providing a disgusting service. The prices astatine which you’re allowing tickets to beryllium re-sold is vile and wholly against our wishes.” Ticketmaster aboriginal agreed to headdress resale prices and refund fans who overpaid.

With this win, Dean continues a nine-year streak of the champion caller creator grant going to a solo pistillate musician.

She bested Leon Thomas, Katseye, the Marías, Addison Rae, Sombr, Alex Warren and Lola Young for the award.