![]() ![]() With their messages of 140 characters or less, most people tweet openly, for better or for worse, allowing the world a glimpse at their thoughts. A big part of that is its public nature, Levinson says. 6, edging out Pakistan.Įven so, Twitter generates more news than Facebook. If Facebook were a country, it would be the world's third-largest behind China and India. Twitter's 200 million global users represent about one-sixth of Facebook's 1.16 billion. Some 17 percent said they used the site several times a day. At the time of Facebook's IPO, an AP-CNBC poll found that 56 percent of Americans said they had pages on Facebook. Only about 15 percent of Americans say they've ever used Twitter, according to an August poll by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. more than Facebook, more than YouTube,'' says Fordham University communications professor Paul Levinson, author of ``New New Media.'' ``It caters to the immediacy, the equality of all users.''Īnd yet, Twitter really isn't that big. ``Twitter epitomizes the revolution of social media. By the next morning, nearly 14,000 of Twitter's 200 million users had retransmitted the message. Besides the Bond song, her next album will be a real test.Twitter quietly slipped out news of its plan to go public in a tweet on Thursday afternoon. Reviews have been good, but not overwhelming. She’s got the advantage of having a massive teen following, more for her style and marketing acumen than for her music. Is the overall standard of this category falling, or is it a reflection of the current state of the music industry? Either way, a huge responsibility rests on Eilish’s young shoulders. Compare all this to past winners, who include the Beatles, Crosby Stills & Nash, Carpenters, Jose Feliciano, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette, Norah Jones and Adele. As such, the only real success has been 2015 winner Sam Smith. Dua Lipa, who won last year, is still far from tasting real stardom. So is the case with the Zac Brown Band, whose audience is restricted to country and Americana.įolk band Bon Iver hasn’t matched the success of its self-titled 2011 album. Being a jazz artiste, Esperanza Spalding, who won best jazz vocal solo this year, has a limited following. Among winners in the past decade, nobody really talks of Fun, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Chance the Rapper, Alessia Cara and Meghan Trainor (whose new album is due) as superstars. Lauryn Hill got disillusioned and quit the industry, whereas Amy Winehouse had a premature death. Some had the potential, but circumstances prevented them. The relevant question, of course, is how many of these winners have actually gone on to become musical sensations in the mould of say Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston or Linkin Park, none of who won Best New Artiste. By that logic, her public identity was established much earlier. ![]() ![]() It needn’t be a debut album, and that is rather funny, as even Eilish first hit headlines on SoundCloud four years ago with her song ‘Ocean Eyes’, besides releasing two EPs, one live album and many singles before her debut album. The award is given to, “a new artiste who released, during the eligibility year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artiste.” Only two men - Sam Smith and Chance The Rapper - have bagged the prize last decade. ![]() From 2010 onwards, five women have won the award, with Eilish being third in a row after Alessia Cara and Dua Lipa. And between 19, not a single male received the award. Interestingly, between 19, all Best New Artiste winners were solo female performers. Only 11 men have received the honour, besides 18 duos or groups. She also becomes the 26th solo female musician to get Best New Artiste in the 55 times the award has been given since its inception. The 18-year-old Eilish becomes only the second artiste after Christopher Cross to grab the major four. No Time To Die, beating contenders Beyonce and Dua Lipa. A few weeks ago, it was announced that she would sing the theme song in the next James Bond film When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? has bagged five Grammy awards, including the major four of Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best New Artiste. Overnight, American singer Billie Eilish is all over the media. ![]()
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