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26-595: The album was nominated for "Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album" in the 54th Grammy Awards . The two singles from this album are "Radio Capital" and "Danz!". The album was recorded in Caracas in 2009, on fairly independent terms. Guitarist Daniel De Sousa happened to be studying engineering at the time, and took on designing a distortion pedal that was used on the album. The synths were designed/programmed by fellow Venezuelan artist Arca , then known as Nuuro. The song "El Buen Salvaje"

52-431: A curse . This viewpoint was expressed by Taffy Danoff , a former member of Starland Vocal Band (known for " Afternoon Delight "), in an interview for VH1 's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders : "We got two of the five Grammys – one was Best New Artist. So that was basically the kiss of death and I feel sorry for everyone who's gotten it since." The category is also notable for being the only category as of 2024 in which

78-430: A Grammy Award was revoked: this occurred in 1990, when Milli Vanilli originally won the award, but band members Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus later admitted that they did not contribute their own vocals on their album Girl You Know It's True . The award was subsequently vacated. Of the 62 acts who have won the award since its inception, 31 are solo female artists, 19 are duos or groups, and 12 are solo male artists. Of

104-455: A tribute in the form of Jennifer Hudson singing Houston's " I Will Always Love You ". The awards show began with a Bruce Springsteen performance followed by an LL Cool J prayer for Whitney Houston. Adele won all of her six nominations, equalling the record for most wins by a female artist in one night , first held by Beyoncé . Adele became only the second artist in history, following Christopher Cross in 1981 , to have won all four of

130-742: Is included in the video game FIFA 12 , winning the MTV Game Awards 2012 for "Best song in a video game". "Radio Capital" is present in the Rockstar's video game Grand Theft Auto V , in which it is played on the East Los FM station. 54th Annual Grammy Awards#Latin The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS honoring

156-471: The 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967) "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist." The Best New Artist award has a reputation for being given to artists whose music industry success ends up being short-lived; it is sometimes asserted, with varying degrees of sincerity, that the award itself brings

182-540: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated their choices for the best new artist. A list of the top twenty artists was given to the Nominations Review Committee, a specially selected group of anonymous members, who initially selected the top five artists to gain a nomination in the category in a special ballot; the number of nominated artists was increased to eight in 2018. The rest of

208-475: The general field ( Album of the Year , Best New Artist , Record of the Year and Song of the Year ) awards throughout her career. Foo Fighters and Kanye West followed with five and four awards, respectively. With his win for Best Musical Theater Album (for The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording ), producer Scott Rudin became the 11th person to become an EGOT winner. The anticipation for

234-782: The Academy's decision to restructure the Grammy Award categories . Paul McCartney received the MusiCares Person of the Year award on February 10, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center , two nights prior to the Grammy telecast. On February 8, 2012, the Academy announced that the 54th Grammy Pre-Telecast Ceremony would stream live internationally. The ceremony took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and

260-539: The Best New Artist category caused the Recording Academy to change eligibility requirements for the next ceremony. She was ineligible for the nomination because her hit " Just Dance " had been nominated in 2008. The new rule stated that an artist may be nominated as long as that artist has not previously released an entire album and has subsequently not won a Grammy. In June 2016, the Grammy organization amended

286-455: The Best New Artist rules once again, to remove the album barrier "given current trends in how new music and developing artists are released and promoted". To be eligible in the category of Best New Artist, the artist, duo, or group: These new rules were put in effect with the 59th Annual Grammy Awards . The category was then expanded to include eight nominees in 2019 . Starting in 2021, screening committees were charged with determining whether

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312-598: The United Kingdom, and Men Without Hats were from Canada). Eight artists who have been nominated for Best New Artist and have been later awarded with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award : The Beatles (1965, 2014), Chicago (1970, 2020), Cream (1969, 2006), Jefferson Airplane (1968, 2016), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1965, 2012), Led Zeppelin , (1970, 2005), Leontyne Price (1961, 1989), and John Prine (1972, 2020). From 1995 to 2021, members of

338-2445: The Year Album of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Best Pop Solo Performance Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Best Pop Instrumental Album Best Pop Vocal Album Best Dance Recording Best Dance/Electronic Album Aldridge: Elmer Gantry Judith Sherman "Brahms: Symphony No. 4" "Adams: Doctor Atomic" "Light & Gold" "Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide" – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird "Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra" "Diva Divo" " Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry " – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein The following artists received multiple nominations: The following artists received multiple awards: Amy Winehouse , Nick Ashford , Phoebe Snow , Jerry Leiber , Steve Jobs , Heavy D , Sylvia Robinson , Nate Dogg , M-Bone , Jimmy Castor , George Shearing , Roger Williams , Ray Bryant , Gil Cates , Fred Steiner , Dobie Gray , Ferlin Husky , Larry Butler , Wilma Lee Cooper , Harley Allen , Liz Anderson , Charlie Craig , Barbara Orbison , Frank DiLeo , Steve Popovich , Tal Herzberg , Bruce Jackson , Johnny Otis , Benny Spellman , Don DeVito , Roger Nichols , Stan Ross , Joe Arroyo , Facundo Cabral , Marv Tarplin , Esther Gordy Edwards , Carl Gardner , Cornell Dupree , Jerry Ragovoy , Gene McDaniels , Joe Morello , Gil Bernal , Frank Foster , Ralph MacDonald , Leonard Dillon , Clare Fischer , Bert Jansch , Andrew Gold , Bill Morrissey , Warren Hellman , Hazel Dickens , Gary Moore , Gerard Smith , Doyle Bramhall , Pinetop Perkins , Hubert Sumlin , David "Honeyboy" Edwards , Camilla Williams , Milton Babbitt , David Mason , Andy Kazdin , Alex Steinweiss , Bill Johnson , Jessy Dixon , Don Butler , Clarence Clemons and Whitney Houston . Grammy Award for Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since

364-436: The Year and Song of the Year for the same year, with Cross as the sole songwriter, Eilish as co-writer, and Jones lacking songwriting credit, which therefore made her miss out on completing the single year big four Grammy achievement, a feat that only Cross and Eilish attained; while Adele was the only artist to win all General field Grammys from separate occasions. Only two artists have lost Best New Artist yet won Album of

390-438: The Year in the same year: Vaughn Meader in 1963 and Alanis Morissette in 1996. Of all the winners, only three have been country artists. In 1997, LeAnn Rimes became the first country artist and (at age 14) the youngest artist to win the award. She was followed by Carrie Underwood in 2007 and Zac Brown Band in 2010. Additionally, 2017 marked the first time that two country artists were nominated in this category in

416-524: The artist had attained a breakthrough or prominence prior to the eligibility year. Such a determination would result in disqualification. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. The Grammy Award for Best New Artist was not presented during the 9th Grammy Awards. Milli Vanilli were originally presented with

442-462: The best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. LL Cool J hosted the show. It was the first time in seven years that the event had an official host. Nominations were announced on November 30, 2011, on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live . Kanye West received

468-531: The distinction of being the only artists to be nominated twice for this award. Palmer was nominated both times as a member of a supergroup: Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia , while Crosby was nominated as a member of The Byrds and won as a member of the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash . 1984 marked the first time that all of the nominees were from outside the United States (winner Culture Club , Eurythmics , Musical Youth , and Big Country were from

494-473: The latter winning the award. For the award's first several years of existence, comedians and comic acts were regularly nominated, and one, Bob Newhart, won the award. However, this ended abruptly after 1963, and since then, only one comedian has been nominated for the award: Robin Williams in 1980. (That same year, the semi-comic act The Blues Brothers was also nominated.) David Crosby and Carl Palmer hold

520-470: The members then vote on a winner from the final nominees. In 2021, it was announced that the Nomination Review Committees would be disbanded, and the final nominees for best new artist would be decided by votes from members. Starting in 2022, the number of nominees in the category increased to 10. However, the decision to expand the number of nominees in this category was made 24 hours before

546-572: The most nominations with seven. Adele , Foo Fighters , and Bruno Mars each received six nominations. Lil Wayne , Skrillex , and Radiohead all earned five nominations. The nominations were criticised by many music journalists as Kanye West 's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy missed out on a nomination for Album of the Year despite being highly critically acclaimed and topping many end of year charts. West's album went on to win Best Rap Album . A total of 78 awards were presented following

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572-453: The nominees were announced after an early version of the nominations list had already been circulated. This allowed Baby Keem and Arooj Aftab to be nominated as they were the artists that received the most votes besides the other eight nominees. As of the 2024 ceremony , the number of nominees has been reduced to eight. Over the years, the eligibility rules for this category have changed several times. In 2010, Lady Gaga 's exclusion from

598-463: The same year, in which Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini were both nominated. In 2018, Alessia Cara became the first Canadian artist to ever win the award, and the only woman to win a major category that year. In 2020, Rosalía became the first all Spanish-language artist to be nominated. 2021 marked the first time that multiple female rappers were nominated in the same year, when Chika , Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion were all nominated, with

624-464: The show's tributes to the late Whitney Houston greatly helped increased the ratings for the 54th Grammy Awards, which became the second highest in its history with 39.9 million viewers (trailing only behind the 1984 Grammys with 51.67 million viewers). The rating was 50% higher than in 2011 . This remains the highest-rated Grammy telecast on 21st-century U.S. television. The following performed: The winners per category were: Record of

650-599: The solo male artists, half were given the award in its first decade; since 1970, only six solo male artists have won the award, the most recent being Chance the Rapper in 2017. From 1997 to 2003, and again from 2018 to 2024, all the winners were solo female artists. Only five artists have won both Best New Artist and Album of the Year in the same year: Bob Newhart in 1961, Christopher Cross in 1981, Lauryn Hill in 1999, Norah Jones in 2003, and Billie Eilish in 2020. Of these, Cross, Jones, and Eilish had songs winning Record of

676-511: Was streamed live in its entirety internationally at Grammy's official website and CBS Television Network. The ceremony was co-hosted by Dave Koz and MC Lyte . A total of 68 awards were presented in the Pre-Telecast ceremony. The official poster was designed by Architect Frank Gehry . The day before the ceremony, Whitney Houston died in Los Angeles, and the show's producers quickly planned

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