<P> The category is also notable for being the only one of its kind in which a Grammy Award was vacated . This 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 The award was revoked, but was not handed out to another artist . </P> <P> Of the 54 awards presented in the category since its inception, the honor has been presented to 25 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 four 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 and Norah Jones in 2003 . </P> <P> Of all the winners, only three have been country artists . In 1997, LeAnn Rimes became the first country 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 the same year . </P> <P> 1984 marked the first time that all of the nominees were from outside the United States (Winner Culture Club, Eurythmics, and Musical Youth were from England, Big Country was from Scotland, and Men Without Hats were from Canada). </P>

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