The Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist is an honor presented annually at the

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, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists, nationally and internationally. The award is given to solo artists or groups that first establish an identity to the public as a performer and release a

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recording during the period of eligibility. In 2012, the Academy announced the category (in addition to Album of the Year,

Record of the Year The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without reg ...

and Song of the Year) would include ten nominees to reflect changes within the music industry. The award for Best New Artist was first presented to the Cuban performer

Ibrahim Ferrer Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a Cuban singer who played with Los Bocucos for nearly forty years. He also performed with Conjunto Sorpresa, Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental and Mario Patterson. After his retirement in ...

in 2000. Benefiting from the release of the documentary ''

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'', which launched him to stardom, Ferrer received the award at age seventy-three after being a performer for sixty years. The next three award recipients were

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Jorge Moreno Jorge Moreno is a Cuban-American musician and entrepreneur whose career has ranged from winner of the 2002 Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist,David Bisbal David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''. He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...

. In 2004, Brazilian singer

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became the first female winner. Spanish singer-songwriter

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announced her retirement one year after receiving the 2005 award; however, she returned to the

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five years later with the release of her second album, '' Y.'' The bands Calle 13 and

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won the next two awards, followed by singers

Kany García Encarnita "Kany" García de Jesús (born September 25, 1982) is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on ''Objetivo Fama''. She is widely considered the m ...

Alexander Acha Raúl Alexander Acha Alemán (born January 25, 1985) is a Mexican singer-songwriter. Life The son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel, Alexander Acha is also a pianist and a Berklee College of Music alum and born to a american mother Madison Anne J ...

Alex Cuba Alexis Puentes (born 1974), better known by his stage name Alex Cuba, is a Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter who sings in Spanish and English. He has won two Juno Awards for World Music Album of the Year: in 2006 for '' Humo de Tabaco'', and in ...

Sie7e David Rodríguez Labault (born July 7, 1977) is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Siete (usually stylized as Sie7e). Career David Rodríguez Labault, known as Sie7e by his birth dat ...

, Mexican DJs 3Ball MTY,

Gaby Moreno Gaby Moreno is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter, producer, film composer and guitarist. Singing in both English and Spanish, Moreno's music covers many genres including Latin, Alternative, Blues, Folk and Americana. Biography Moreno was born i ...

Mariana Vega Mariana Vega (born 11 February 1985) is a Venezuelan singer-songwriter, successful in her native country and Mexico, and the winner of the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist in 2014. Biography Mariana Vega was born in Caracas, the youngest of four s ...

Manuel Medrano Manuel Alejandro Medrano López (October 29, 1987, Cartagena, Colombia), known as Manuel Medrano, is a Colombian pop singer and a winner of two Latin Grammy Awards. Start His singing and songwriting are a way of saying thanks for supporting ...

, Vicente García,

Karol G Carolina Giraldo Navarro (born 14 February 1991), known professionally as Karol G (stylized in all caps), is a Colombians, Colombian singer and songwriter. She is predominantly described as a reggaeton and Latin trap artist, but has experimente ...

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and

Mike Bahía Michael Egred Mejía (born 27 June 1987 in Cali, Colombia) artistically known as Mike Bahía, is a Colombian singer and business administration, enterprise administrator. He is best known for his songs "Estar Contigo", "Buscándote", "La Muñeca" ...

. Spanish singer

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became the first artist to be nominated for the award, in 2017, and also the

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in 2020. The award has been presented to ten male and ten female artists; 3Ball MTY, Calle 13,

and

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are the only ensembles to earn the award. Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or groups originating from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Spain and Venezuela.

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Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

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