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Catherine O’Hara has died at 71. See her career in photos.

  • Comedy legend Catherine O’Hara has died at 71.
  • O’Hara was known for her many roles, including Schitt’s Creek,” “Home Alone,” and “Beetlejuice.
  • Her final public appearance was at the Emmys last year.

Catherine O’Hara, two-time Emmy Award winner and beloved movie star, has died at the age of 71.

A representative for O’Hara confirmed the news to Business Insider on Friday afternoon. Her agency said in a statement that her death on Friday came after a “brief illness,” per The Associated Press.

O’Hara has been a fixture of TV and movies since breaking out on the Canadian sketch comedy series “SCTV” in the early ’80s alongside John Candy, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, and Rick Moranis.

Since then, she’s become beloved to audiences for her roles in
“Beetlejuice,” “Home Alone,” “Schitt’s Creek,” “The Studio,” “Best in Show,” “The Last of Us,” and many voiceover roles, including Sally in “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and Susan Frankenstein in “Frankenweenie.”

See her legendary career in photos.

Catherine O’Hara’s breakout was performing with the Canadian comedy troupe Second City in the ’70s and ’80s.

Catherine O’Hara during a taping of “SCTV.”

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“SCTV,” a sketch series about a fictional TV network, ran on Canadian television from 1976 to 1984 and on NBC from 1981 to 1983.

O’Hara was just one of the many Canadian comedians who were introduced to American audiences through “SCTV,” which was something of a cult classic.

She won her first Emmy, for writing on “SCTV,” in 1982.

She met many of her longtime collaborators there, including Eugene Levy.


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John Candy, Catherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin, and Eugene Levy.

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“You’re lucky to work with friends, and I think it’s nice to see friends together. I like knowing when people know each other and have a history; that comes across on screen. I think it’s fun for people to see. It is for me,” O’Hara told BuzzFeed about working with Levy in 2014.

Her first major film role was 1988’s “Beetlejuice,” sparking another long collaboration between O’Hara and director Tim Burton.


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O’Hara in “Beetlejuice.”

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The “Day-O” scene in “Beetlejuice” is perhaps the most iconic in a film filled with iconic scenes, and it all starts with O’Hara’s character.

O’Hara went on to work with Burton in “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Frankenweenie,” and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”

“Beetlejuice” was also important for her personal life — she met her husband, production designer Bo Welch, on the set.


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Welch and O’Hara in 1989.

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They were married from 1992 until her death. They shared two sons.

O’Hara will always be known for playing Kate McAllister in 1990’s “Home Alone” and its 1992 sequel.


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O’Hara in “Home Alone.”

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O’Hara has been a staple in homes around the world every December for 35 years due to her role as Kevin’s mom, Kate, in “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”

She also appeared in multiple mockumentaries written and directed by Christopher Guest in the ’90s and 2000s.


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Levy and O’Hara in “Best in Show.”

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Specifically, she was in “Waiting for Guffman” in 1996, “Best in Show” in 2000, “A Mighty Wind” in 2003, and “For Your Consideration” in 2006.

Starting in 2015, she became known to an entirely new generation as Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek.”


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The cast of “Schitt’s Creek.”

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“Schitt’s Creek” became a full-blown phenomenon across its run from 2015 to 2020, and many of the show’s most memorable moments came from her character, Moira.

She won an Emmy for her performance as the lovably kooky Rose matriarch.


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O’Hara with her Emmy Award.

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She won in 2020 after receiving a nomination for the prior year, as well. It was her second win from eight nominations.

Her last public appearance was the 2025 Emmys, where she was nominated for her performances in “The Last of Us” and “The Studio.”


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Bo Welch and O’Hara at the 2025 Emmys.

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O’Hara was a double nominee at last year’s Emmys: she was nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for “The Studio” and outstanding guest actress in a drama series for “The Last of Us.”




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The Jerome Powell-sized problem standing in the way of Kevin Warsh’s Fed confirmation

President Donald Trump has a Jerome Powell-sized problem with installing Kevin Warsh as the new Fed chair.

A key Republican senator has vowed to oppose the confirmation of any nominee to be the next Federal Reserve chairman until the Department of Justice’s probe into Powell, the current chair, is resolved.

That senator — Thom Tillis of North Carolina — happens to sit on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, which considers Fed chair nominations. If all Democrats join Tillis in opposing Warsh’s confirmation, Warsh’s nomination will effectively be stuck in committee.

In a post on X on Friday, Tillis made clear that he has nothing against Warsh, who has otherwise been lauded as a strong pick by both Republicans and economists.

“Kevin Warsh is a qualified nominee with a deep understanding of monetary policy,” Tillis wrote, later adding: “Protecting the independence of the Federal Reserve from political interference or legal intimidation is non-negotiable.”

Earlier this month, Powell revealed that the DOJ issued grand jury subpoenas to the Federal Reserve related to recent renovations at the building.

Powell called the probe an effort to exert pressure on the central bank’s monetary policy, and central bankers from around the world have rallied to Powell’s defense.

Trump has said that he had no knowledge of the subpoenas before Powell made them public.

In a statement, White House spokesman Kush Desai said that Warsh is “eminently qualified to serve” as the next Fed chair and that the White House “looks forward to working with the Senate to quickly confirm him and get the Federal Reserve back on track.”

Trump appeared unmoved by Tillis’s opposition, telling reporters in the Oval Office later on Friday that it’s “too bad.”

He also suggested that Warsh’s confirmation may have to wait until Tillis is out of office. The North Carolina senator’s term ends in January 2027.

“If he doesn’t approve, we’ll just have to wait until somebody comes in that will approve it,” Trump said.

Why one senator has so much power

Under Senate rules, before the full chamber can vote on a nominee, it must be reported “favorably” by the committee with jurisdiction, which requires a majority vote.

Democrats are expected to broadly oppose Warsh’s confirmation, with many raising concerns about the independence of the Fed.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the committee, said in a statement on Friday that “no Republican purporting to care about Fed independence should agree to move forward with this nomination” under the circumstances.

If Tillis and every Democrat vote against Warsh’s nomination, that leads to a deadlocked 12-12 committee vote.

It would take 60 votes in the Senate to bypass that committee vote and bring his nomination to the floor — an unlikely prospect, given that it requires Democratic support.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has acknowledged the predicament. According to POLITICO, when asked on Thursday whether Warsh could be confirmed without Tillis’s support, Thune said: “Uh, probably not.”

Earlier this year, Tillis opted not to seek reelection, making it far more difficult for Trump to exert pressure on him to change his mind.




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Uber’s new plan to deploy 25,000 robotaxis will come from an autonomous trucking company led by ex-Uber alum

Uber has a new plan to get 25,000 robotaxis on the road — and it will come with the aid of some Uber alums and an autonomous trucking company.

On Wednesday, the ride-hailing giant announced a partnership with Waabi, a Canadian self-driving trucking startup founded by Raquel Urtasun. The partnership will include a $250 million investment from Uber, dependent on a set of milestones Waabi will have to achieve. The companies did not disclose what those were.

There are a few familiar faces here. Urtasun was the chief scientist at Uber’s self-driving car division, Advanced Technologies Group. That division was sold in 2020 to Aurora Innovation, another autonomous trucking company and Waabi’s competitor.

Waabi’s chief operating officer, Lior Ron, is also an Uber alum who founded and led the ride-hailing company’s trucking business, Uber Freight.

“Uber has always been great in building marketplaces, in matching supply and demand, and in pricing,” Ron told Business Insider. “That’s what created Uber, that what’s created Uber Eats, and that’s what I created with Uber Freight.”

Alphabet’s Waymo and Amazon’s Zoox are already on the ground providing unsupervised rides. Even in its core business, that is, autonomous trucking, Waabi has yet to deploy a fully driverless truck without safety drivers on commercial routes.

The startup didn’t disclose a timeline or announce a partnership with an automaker that can deliver that many cars.

However, Ron dismissed the first-mover advantage narrative.

“I think it’s really about: Can the system scale? Can the system be mass-deployed?” he said. “It’s not about getting the first driver out of the car or truck. It’s not about the first lane. It’s not about the first neighborhood.”

How will an autonomous trucking startup cater to robotaxis?

Trucking and ride-hailing are two different beasts. One has set routes and long stretches of highway driving; the other sees dense neighborhoods and unpredictable pedestrians.

Ron told Business Insider that Waabi has been building a generalizable AI “brain” that can be transferred to different vehicle platforms since “day one.”

“Nothing needs to be rebuilt,” Ron said.

In addition, Ron said Waabi has built a sophisticated simulator that allows the AI driver to learn from an infinite number of scenarios that can’t easily be replicated in the real world.

The simulation allows for “mixed reality testing”: An AI driver steering a truck or car is deployed on a closed course but responds to simulated events like a traffic jam or a lane-changing car that isn’t really there.

Video from Waabi shows how a truck driving on a closed-course environment can slow down, reacting to a virtual traffic jam.

“Now we can test anything you can imagine — every permutation of traffic jam under the sun, every millions of different scenarios of construction zone,” Ron said. “A motorbike cutting you off — you can never do that because you’ll be endangering the tester.”




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Medium says employees can join Friday’s strike against ICE

Online publisher Medium has told its employees that they are free to take Friday off to participate in a nationwide immigration strike.

Medium’s CEO, Tony Stubblebine, said in a series of messages in the company’s general Slack channel that he had “started the week in my own head and heart” over the situation in Minneapolis. Protests have broken out in the state after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

“But also it gives me hope to see people across the country stand up and push back,” he said in the messages, which he cross-posted on Threads on Thursday. He added that he wanted to support his employees’ participation in the Friday strike.

Stubblebine did not mandate his staff to attend the strike or take time off from work, saying they were free to take as much time off on Friday as they wished. Medium is a publishing company based in San Francisco.

“Sometimes it feels awkward to navigate being both on-mission and on-money,” he wrote, but added, “our business thrives when the country thrives.”

Stubblebine said that, in addition to letting his employees attend the strike, Medium would publish strike-related content in its newsletter on Friday, such as “Survival Guide To Police Encounters During Protests in Staff Picks.”

Activists, unions, and some celebrities have called for a nationwide strike on Friday to protest the shootings. They are encouraging Americans to have a blackout day on January 30, with no work, no school, and no shopping.

The strike calls for the removal of ICE officers from cities nationwide. Celebrities like Pedro Pascal, Hannah Einbinder, Ariana Grande, and Jamie Lee Curtis have shared information about the strike on their social media accounts.

Other executives have also spoken out against ICE. A group of more than 60 executives of Minnesota-based companies, including Target, Cargill, and General Mills, called for peace and de-escalation in an open letter on Sunday.




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The founder of First Brands, whose bankruptcy rattled Wall Street, charged in multibillion-dollar fraud

The founder of an auto parts company whose bankruptcy rattled Wall Street and prompted a debate about private credit has been charged with fraud.

Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Patrick James and his brother Edward James in a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme that they allege involved years of fake invoices and the double- and even triple-pledging of assets.

Patrick James is the founder and former CEO of auto parts maker First Brands, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September. Its bankruptcy was followed by the collapse of subprime auto-lender Tricolor Holdings, sparking a broader debate about the health of the credit market that drew in JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon.

His brother had been a senior executive at the company.

The two men were charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy, including money laundering conspiracy. Patrick James faces an additional count, stemming from allegations that he ran a continuing financial crimes enterprise. A third former executive, Peter Andrew Brumbergs, has pleaded guilty in the case.

Prosecutors said the men inflated invoices, repeatedly pledged the same assets as collateral for loans, and falsified corporate financial statements in a series of schemes that yielded billions of dollars in financing.

A spokesperson for Patrick James said he denies the charges.

“He built First Brands from nothing,” the spokesperson said, adding, “Mr. James looks forward to presenting his case in court.”

Edward James’s lawyer issued a statement blasting his client’s arrest in Ohio as “needless theater.”

“We look forward to appearing in New York on his behalf, and we have complete confidence in Mr. James,” the lawyer, Seth DuCharme, said.

Jefferies and UBS are among the financial firms that have acknowledged exposure to First Brands.

“The James brothers obtained billions for First Brands — and millions for themselves — by presenting their lenders with the impression of a successful, growing international business,” Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement.




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Microsoft says OpenAI is driving 45% of the backlog for Azure cloud computing

Microsoft is facing capacity constraints, and OpenAI is driving a large portion of the backlog in its cloud computing business.

The company said its backlog in commercial bookings, a metric referred to as remaining performance obligations, ballooned 110% year over year to $625 billion when it reported earnings for the second quarter on Wednesday.

OpenAI accounts for roughly 45% of those commitments, Microsoft revealed. The company did not say how much OpenAI contributed during the previous quarter.

Some Wall Street analysts on the call expressed concerns about Microsoft’s dependency on OpenAI.

CEO Satya Nadella said acquiring more Azure clients is important to the tech giant, but it can’t come at the expense of neglecting its other services.

“If you think about it, acquiring an Azure customer is super important to us, but so is acquiring an M365 or a GitHub or a Dragon Copilot, which are all, by the way, incremental businesses and TAMs for us,” Nadella said during Microsoft’s second-quarter earnings call. “And so we don’t want to maximize just one business of ours.”

Shares of Microsoft fell more than 6% in after-market trading on Wednesday, even as the tech giant posted an overall earnings beat.

Morgan Stanley’s Keith Weiss said during the call that some on Wall Street may be spooked by slower growth in overall Azure revenue and the increase in capex spending. Microsoft’s capital expenditures rose 66% year over year to $37.5 billion in the second quarter, another record for the company and testament to the sheer amount of money tech companies are spending amid the AI race.

CFO Amy Hood said that Microsoft has to look at many different areas when it allocates the GPUs and CPUs that come online as a result of its capex spending, including investing in the growth of first-party apps like Microsoft Copilot, devoting GPUs to research and development, and the talent they’ve acquired.

“You end up with the remainder going towards serving the Azure capacity that continues to grow in terms of demand,” she said.

Microsoft is not alone in facing capacity issues.

Executives at OpenAI, which has pledged to spend $250 billion on Azure services, have repeatedly said the startup is held back by a lack of compute, forcing tough trade-offs between product and research.

Wednesday’s earnings mark the first quarter since OpenAI completed its restructuring, which included a new agreement with Microsoft, the startup’s largest investor. Microsoft owns 27% of the public benefit corporation.

“It’s a great partnership,” Hood said of Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI. It’s allowed us to remain a leader in terms of what we’re building and being on the cutting edge of app innovation.”




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Amazon execs say layoffs are part of turning the company into the ‘world’s largest startup’

Internal memos from Amazon executives explained the company’s decision to lay off 16,000 corporate workers as necessary to become the “world’s largest startup,” according to the messages viewed by Business Insider.

“Our ambition is to be the world’s largest startup,” Amazon executives wrote in two such memos viewed by Business Insider. “That means doubling down on a culture of ownership, speed, and experimentation — which requires us to continue evolving how we’re structured.”

The “world’s largest startup” has become a common refrain under Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who repeatedly referenced the company’s ability to operate like a startup in his latest shareholder letter.

The memos viewed by Business Insider, written by Amazon Web Services vice president Prasad Kalyanaraman and senior vice president Colleen Aubrey, include other similarities, providing insight into how Amazon likely directed its top executives to communicate about the layoffs:

  • Notifications within the teams in the US and Canada have been completed.
  • Identical language stating, “Please take care of yourselves and each other,” and that “the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available 24/7 for free and confidential support.”
  • Acknowledging that changes are difficult and ending with a forward-looking statement about what remaining teams can accomplish.

Greg Pearson, another AWS VP, also addressed layoffs in a memo and urged staff to “use technology to simplify work,” Business Insider previously reported. Amazon also shared more information for laid-off employees in an FAQ and emails from Amazon HR chief Beth Galetti.

Internal Slack messages viewed by Business Insider suggest affected teams include those within the company’s AWS cloud unit, such as the AI cloud service Bedrock, the cloud data warehouse service Redshift, and the ProServe consulting team, as well as retail business teams such as the Prime subscription service and the last-mile Delivery Experience team.

Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Read the memos below:

Prasad Kalyanaraman, VP of AWS Infrastructure:

Team,
I want to provide an update on the organizational changes that Beth Galetti shared in her A to Z post earlier today. As Beth noted, these decisions are part of our ongoing effort to position the organization for the future while staying nimble and focused on delivering for our customers. Our ambition is to be the world’s largest startup. That means doubling down on a culture of ownership, speed, and experimentation—which requires us to continue evolving our structure.
The notifications to impacted colleagues in our organization who are based in the U.S. and Canada, have now been completed. In other regions, we are following local processes, which may include time for consultation with employee representatives and possibly result in longer timelines to communicate with impacted employees.
First and foremost, I want to thank the impacted colleagues who have worked tirelessly for our customers. I want to acknowledge that changes like this can be hard on our entire team. These decisions are difficult and are made thoughtfully as we position our organization for future success. Changes like these are difficult, especially when they affect colleagues we value. These decisions don’t diminish what we’ve built together; rather, they’re about positioning us to sustain and extend that impact as we continue to build the foundation for the future.
I also want to recognize what our team has accomplished this past year as we’ve made tremendous progress on scaling to meet unprecedented customer demand. These results reflect the talent, dedication, and collaboration across the breadth of our very diverse organization that must work together seamlessly — and those are qualities that will remain our foundation as we move forward.
Please take care of yourselves and each other. Remember that the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available 24/7 for free and confidential support.
Thank you for your resilience and continued focus on delivering for our customers. I’m confident in our team’s ability to navigate this transition and emerge stronger.
I’m looking forward to what we’ll accomplish together in the months ahead.
Prasad

Colleen Aubrey, SVP of Applied AI Solutions:

Hi,
I wanted to follow up on Beth Galetti’s post about organizational changes to A to Z earlier today. As Beth noted, this is a continuation of the work we’ve been doing for more than a year to strengthen the company by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy, so that we can move faster for customers. Our ambition is to be the world’s largest startup. That means doubling down on a culture of ownership, speed, and experimentation—which requires us to continue evolving how we’re structured.
Our organization plays a critical role in putting AI to work for our customers, transforming how companies deliver value to their customers, and these changes will help us sharpen our focus. I’ve seen how this team innovates and collaborates to solve real-world business challenges through applied Al. These strengths will be essential as we move forward with focus and clarity.
The notifications to impacted colleagues in our organization who are based in the U.S., Canada, and Costa Rica have now been completed. In other regions, we are following local processes, which may include time for consultation with employee representative bodies and possibly result in longer timelines to communicate with impacted employees. Changes like this are hard on everyone. These decisions are difficult and are made thoughtfully as we position our organization and AWS for future success. Please take care of yourselves and each other. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available 24/7 for free and confidential support.
Thank you for your continued focus on delivering for our customers. I’m confident in our team’s ability to navigate this transition and emerge stronger, and I am positive that we’ll accomplish great things together in the months ahead.
Colleen

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Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and 17 other famous musicians who were nominated for best new artist at the Grammys — but lost

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  • The Grammy Award for best new artist is considered a high honor in the music industry.
  • Marquee names like The Beatles, Adele, and John Legend have all taken home the award.
  • Stars like Taylor Swift, Drake, and Britney Spears were nominated for the award but didn’t win.

Winning the Grammy for best new artist is considered a high honor in the music industry.

With iconic musicians like The Beatles, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, John Legend, and Adele all taking home the award, it’s easy to see why this Grammy is so sought after.

But many of the biggest names in music went on to launch successful careers even though they didn’t win the award.

Here are 19 of the biggest stars who were nominated for — but lost — the Grammy for best new artist.

Elton John lost to The Carpenters.

John was nominated for best new artist in 1971.

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He’s now one of the most famous names in the music industry, but in 1971, John lost the award for best new artist to The Carpenters.

John has since won five Grammys. He’s also one of few stars to reach EGOT status, meaning he’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.

Boyz II Men won their first Grammy the same night they lost the award for best new artist.


Boys II Men on the red carpet of the CMT awards in 2019.

Boyz II Men were nominated for best new artist in 1992.

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In 1992, Boyz II Men lost the award for best new artist to the singer-songwriter Marc Cohn.

The trio didn’t leave empty-handed, as they took home the award for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals that same night.

The group has earned four Grammys and 15 nominations.

Green Day lost to Sheryl Crow.


Green Day posing on the red carpet of the 2016 American Music Awards.

Green Day were nominated for best new artist in 1995.

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At the 1995 ceremony, Green Day was nominated for best new artist alongside Ace of Base, Counting Crows, Crash Test Dummies, and Crow.

Although the award went to Crow, Green Day’s album “Dookie” took home the prize for best alternative music performance that same night.

The band has since won four Grammys.

Shania Twain didn’t win the award for best new artist, but now has five Grammys.


Shania Twain attends the CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas, on April 2, 2023.

Twain was nominated for best new artist in 1996.

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Known for iconic songs like “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” and “You’re Still the One,” Twain’s music has sold millions of copies worldwide.

But when she was up for best new artist at the 1996 Grammys, Hootie & the Blowfish took home the award.

Today, Twain has five Grammys.

Britney Spears lost the award for best new artist to Christina Aguilera.


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Spears was nominated for best new artist in 2000.

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In 2000, Spears was making a name for herself in pop music, coming off the success of her debut single “…Baby One More Time.”

That same year, Spears missed out on the Grammy for best new artist, which went to her “Mickey Mouse Club” costar Aguilera.

Spears won her first and only Grammy in 2005 for her song “Toxic.”

Avril Lavigne has had success despite missing out on the Grammy for best new artist.


Avril Lavigne poses on the red carpet in a leopard-pring hoodie and a leather vest.

Lavigne was nominated for best new artist in 2003.

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Lavigne was nominated for best new artist after the success of her debut album, which included hits like “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” and “I’m With You.”

During the February 2003 ceremony, Norah Jones took home the award.

Although Lavigne has not yet won a Grammy, she’s been nominated eight times.

John Mayer now has multiple Grammys but did not win best new artist in 2003.


John Mayer poses on the red carpet.

Mayer was nominated for best new artist in 2003.

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Like Lavigne, Mayer also lost out on the title of best new artist in 2003.

He has since taken home seven Grammys, including for song of the year.

Ciara lost the award for best new artist to John Legend in 2006.


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Ciara was nominated for best new artist in 2006.

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In 2006, Ciara was nominated for best new artist alongside Fall Out Boy, Legend, Keane, and Sugarland.

Legend left with the award, but Ciara didn’t go home empty-handed. That night, she won the best short-form music video award for her feature on Missy Elliott’s song “Lose Control.”

Taylor Swift never won best new artist, but she’s won many other Grammys.


Taylor Swift wearing a blue floral dress at the premiere of her Eras Tour movie.

Swift was nominated for best new artist in 2008.

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After her hugely successful Eras Tour, it’s hard to imagine a time when Swift didn’t win the title of best new artist at the Grammys.

However, when she was nominated in 2008, the award went to Amy Winehouse.

Since then, Swift has won 14 Grammys. She is the only artist in history to win album of the year four times.

The Jonas Brothers lost to Adele.


The Jonas Brothers pose on the red carpet of the 2020 Grammys.

The Jonas Brothers were nominated for best new artist in 2009.

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In 2009, the Jonas Brothers were in a tight race for best new artist alongside Adele, Duffy, Jazmine Sullivan, and Lady A.

Adele took home the prize, but the Jonas Brothers have gone on to have an extremely successful career.

Although they’ve yet to win a Grammy, they’ve been nominated for two.

Drake lost the title in 2011 but has since won five Grammys.


Drake, wearing a black sports coat and a pearl necklace, poses on the red carpet.

Drake was nominated for best new artist in 2011.

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Although Drake now has five Grammys under his belt, he lost best new artist to jazz musician Esperanza Spalding in 2011.

Justin Bieber lost the award for best new artist to Esperanza Spalding.


Justin Bieber dressed in black on the Grammys red carpet.

Bieber was nominated for best new artist in 2011.

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Like Drake, Bieber also lost the award for best new artist to Esperanza Spalding.

He’s since taken home two Grammys and earned 27 nominations.

Despite being one of the most successful female rappers, Nicki Minaj lost best new artist in 2012.


Nicki Minaj, wearing chunky earrings and a purple crop top, poses on the red carpet of the Barbie premiere.

Minaj was nominated for best new artist in 2012.

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In 2012, Minaj lost out on the title of best new artist to indie-folk group Bon Iver. But Minaj made history that night as the first female rapper to perform solo at the Grammys.

Despite being nominated 12 times, Minaj has yet to win a Grammy.

Kendrick Lamar has won 17 Grammys but lost the award for best new artist in 2014.


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Lamar was nominated for best new artist in 2014.

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Although Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt called Lamar “the greatest rapper alive” in 2017, the musician didn’t take home the award for best new artist in 2014.

The award went to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. But since then, Lamar has earned a whopping 66 Grammy nominations and 22 wins.

Ed Sheeran also lost the title in 2014.


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Sheeran was nominated for best new artist in 2014.

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Like Lamar, Ed Sheeran was up for the award for best new artist in 2014.

He later went on to win two of his four Grammys in 2016.

SZA didn’t win the award in 2018, but has continued to grow her career.


SZA in a sparkly light-pink dress on the Grammys red carpet.

SZA was nominated for best new artist in 2018.

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In 2018, SZA was up against Khalid, Alessia Cara, Lil Uzi Vert, and Julia Michaels for best new artist. The honor went to Cara.

SZA won her first Grammy in 2022 for collaborating with Doja Cat on the hit song “Kiss Me More.” She has since won a total of five Grammys.

Rosalía has won both Grammys and Latin Grammys but missed out on best new artist at both ceremonies.


Rosalia poses in a black off-the-shoulder dress at the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards.

Rosalía was nominated for best new artist at the Latin Grammys in 2017 and the Grammys in 2020.

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In 2020, Rosalía was nominated for best new artist alongside names like Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Lil Nas X, and Maggie Rogers.

Although Eilish walked away with the award, Rosalía made history that night as the first all-Spanish-language singer to be nominated in that category.

She was nominated in the same category at the 2017 Latin Grammys but didn’t win.

She’s since won two Grammys and 11 Latin Grammys.

Doja Cat lost the award for best new artist, but won her first Grammy the following year.


Doja Cat poses on the red carpet of the 2023 MTV VMAs.

Doja Cat was nominated for best new artist in 2021.

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In 2021, Doja Cat was nominated for best new artist. She lost to Megan Thee Stallion.

She didn’t have to wait long for a Grammy win, though. She won her first in 2022 for “Kiss Me More.”

Despite dominating pop charts, Sabrina Carpenter didn’t win the award in 2025.


Sabrina Carpenter poses at the 2025 Grammys.

Sabrina Carpenter was nominated for best new artist in 2025.

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In 2025, Sabrina Carpenter was nominated for the award alongside artists like Chappell Roan, Benson Boone, Doechii, and Raye. However, the honor went to Roan.

Carpenter still went home with two Grammys that night, including best pop vocal album and best pop solo performance.

This story was originally published in February 2024 and most recently updated on January 28, 2026.




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Fed meeting updates: Powell to announce interest rates as DOJ probe looms

It’s the first Fed day of 2026, and Chair Jerome Powell is in the hot seat.

Central bank leaders will announce their January interest rate decision at 2 p.m. ET. The meeting follows weeks of political pressure from the Trump administration and a recently announced Department of Justice probe.

Business Insider will be covering projections from economists, the Fed decision, and market moves all day. Check back here for updates.




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Some Amazon employees get ‘Project Dawn’ calendar invitation discussing upcoming job cuts

Some Amazon employees got a worrying calendar invitation on Tuesday, stoking more concern about job cuts that are expected in coming days.

The invitation addressed impending job cuts and mentioned “Project Dawn,” an initiative to improve efficiency at Amazon, according to a copy obtained by Business Insider.

The invitation had the subject line “Send Project Dawn email” and was written by Colleen Aubrey, senior vice president of AWS Solutions, although it appears to have been sent by an assistant.

The invitation was for a calendar event at 5 a.m. Pacific time on Wednesday, but it was canceled shortly after it was sent. Some employees noticed it and shared the information with Business Insider.

“This is a continuation of the work we’ve been doing for more than a year to strengthen the company by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy, so that we can move faster for customers,” the accompanying message read. “The notifications to impacted colleagues in our organization who are based in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica have now been completed.”

“Changes like this are hard on everyone,” Aubrey’s message continued. “These decisions are difficult and are made thoughtfully as we position our organization and AWS for future success.”

Amazon plans to cut thousands of corporate roles in coming days, Business Insider previously reported. The reductions would mark the company’s second round of mass layoffs since October, when it eliminated roughly 14,000 jobs. An Amazon spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

After the calendar invitation landed, confusion spread across an internal Slack channel with more than 36,000 Amazon employees, according to messages viewed by Business Insider. Staff questioned whether the message had been intended for Aubrey’s entire organization or only for those whose roles were being eliminated.

“Am I impacted or sent by mistake to all?” one employee wrote.

Others saw the email as confirmation that the expected layoffs were imminent.

“Well, if you needed solid proof that tomorrow is legit, the project dawn email is it,” one person wrote. “Looks like they wanted to use AI to send an email tomorrow and instead it sent a calendar invite today.”

It remains unclear which teams will be affected by the cuts. Some Amazon employees who spoke to Business Insider theorized that staff who received the accidental invitation may not be among those getting cut.

“People are speculating you’re safe if invited,” one employee said.

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