Reflecting on her very first Grammy Award, in an interview with ELLE, Olivia Dean said the win was completely unexpected, adding:
“My heart is extremely full in a way that is kind of hard to even describe.” “I did not think that was going to happen. I can’t lie to you,” Olivia continued. “I’ve never won an award for music before.”
Having experienced a memorable moment at the ceremony with fellow artist Lauryn Hill, who took home the same award in 1999, the year Olivia was born, the British chanteuse added:
“I need to try and explain this properly, so you can truly wrap your head around it.” “There I am standing at the Grammys. I’m looking at Lauryn Hill, and she is doing this amazing D’Angelo tribute. She’s in my eyeline. I believe I’m in hers. I don’t think she was checking for me, but I was checking her.” “She won Best New Artist the year I was born, my middle name is Lauryn after her… It was all the most serendipitous full-circle moment.”
A striking contrast to where she’d been just several weeks earlier, “I was just at home in London a couple of weeks ago on my sofa.” “Then suddenly I’m holding a Grammy, and Queen Latifah’s looking at me,” divulged 27-year old chanteuse.
Having risen to international prominence in 2025, Dean was named Best New Artist ahead of fellow nominees Addison Rae, Lola Young, Alex Warren, Leon Thomas, Katseye, Sombr and The Marías, and has since been on a successful awards streak, winning four BRIT Awards and three MOBOs.
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Author: Saul Goode
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