Answers revealed in the comments.
AME 1
Of the ten artists or bands who were awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in the decade of the 1980s, six went on to earn another Grammy Award in a later year. Name any one of those six artists or bands.
GAME 2
Name three of the four counties that make up Long Island in New York state.
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Game one answers:
Rickie Lee Jones
Sheena Easton
Cyndi Lauper
Sade
Bruce Hornsby (and the Range)
Tracy Chapman
GAME 2 answers:
Nassau
Suffolk
Kings
Queens