If you are the record label who owns Lady Gaga, and you have a new artist coming up, you can say, 'Let's have the artist play just before Gaga.' Now you've exposed the huge Gaga audience to the new artist. It's similar to showing a trailer before a movie. The hit creates a hit.
When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.
Being called a new artist doesn't bother me at all.
It's so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago. Now, it's all about singles, it's really quick, it's online. I came out when people sold records and they still do today but - I don't know what the key is.
The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.
I'm a really new artist here. I would say that my style is an artist who can dance and sing. That's why my album is really upbeat. Maybe we will try slowly to do ballads or middle tempo songs.
I am probably the oldest new artist Sony has ever signed.
The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.
When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.
Shy Carter helped me write 'One Call Away.' He is a brand new artist. I really want to help jumpstart his career because I think he's super-talented.
