Grammy Award for Best New Artist occurred in 1990 after it was revealed winners Milli Vanilli did not contribute their own vocals on their debut album. The award was revoked, but was not handed out to another artist. Of the 54 awards presented in the category since its inception, the honor has been presented to 26 solo female artists, 18 duos or groups, and 11 solo male artists. Between 1997 and 2003, all the winners were solo female artists. Also, from 1993 to 2005, no winner was a solo male artist. In 2006, John Legend broke this trend, which started with Marc Cohn in 1992. Only
Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Vocal Performance, which were created to recognize excellence for singles or album tracks. Starting from the 2nd Latin Grammy Awards those categories were merged, creating Best Female Pop Vocal Album and Male Pop Vocal Album. The nominees for the category, during the only time the award was presented, included "Toma Ketama!" by Spanish band Ketama, "Amarte Es Un Placer" by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, "MTV Unplugged" by Mexican band Maná, "Vengo Naciendo" by Cuban performer Pablo Milanés, and "MTV Unplugged" by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. Regarding their nomination, Ketama's Antonio Carmona declared that he was surprised: "I think it's the first