Linda Ronstadt - What's New (Original Video)

What's New is a 1983 jazz album by American singer/songwriter/ producer Linda Ronstadt. It represents the first in a trilogy of 1980s albums Ronstadt recorded with bandleader/arranger Nelson Riddle. John Kosh designed the album covers for all 3 albums. What's New was released in September 1983 and spent 81 weeks on the main Billboard album chart. It held the position for five consecutive weeks while Michael Jackson's Thriller and Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down locked in the 1 and 2 album positions. The album also reached 2 on the Jazz albums chart. It was RIAA certified Triple Platinum for sales of over 3 million copies in the United States alone. The album also earned Linda another Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female alongside Donna Summer, Bonnie Tyler, Irene Cara and Sheena Easton, all of whom performed live on the 1984 Grammy telecast. All tracks also included in the compilation "'Round Midnight", released on Asylum Records in 1986.