Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Awarded for	recordings of the pop genre by a female performer
Country	United States
Presented by	Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2001
Last awarded	2011
Official website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album was an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards from 2001 to 2011 The award was given to a female performer for albums containing at least 51% of new recordings of the pop genre.^[1] Since its inception, the award category has had several name changes. In 2000 was known as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, being awarded for singles or tracks. The following year onwards the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album was presented.^[2]

The award has been presented to singers originating from Canada, Colombia, Italy, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States. The award for Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards was earned by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for the song "Ojos Así".^[3] Shakira was also awarded Female Pop Vocal Album in 2006 for Fijación Oral Vol. 1 (which also received the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year) and in 2011 for her album Sale el Sol.^[4] In 2001, the award winners were announced at a press conference, since the 2nd Latin Grammy Awards were scheduled to take place on September 11, 2001. Christina Aguilera received the award for her first Spanish language album Mi Reflejo.^[5]

Recipients

Three-time winner Laura Pausini

American singer Christina Aguilera, winner in 2001

Three-time winner Shakira

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Shakira	Colombia	"Ojos Así"	Christina Aguilera – "Genio Atrapado" Zizi Possi – "Meu Erro" Mercedes Sosa – "Al Despertar" Jaci Velasquez – "Llegar A Ti"	[6]
2001	Aguilera, ChristinaChristina Aguilera	United States	Mi Reflejo	Natalia Oreiro – Tu Veneno Laura Pausini – Entre Tú y Mil Mares Paulina Rubio – Paulina Thalía – Arrasando	[7]
2002	Flores, RosarioRosario Flores	Spain	Muchas Flores	Ana Belén – Peces de Ciudad Cecilia Echenique – Secreta Intimidad Mónica Molina – Vuela Nicole – Viaje Infinito	[8]
2003	Tañón, OlgaOlga Tañón	Puerto Rico	Sobrevivir	Gisselle – En Alma, Cuerpo y Corazón Ednita Nazario – Acústico Thalía – Thalía Ana Torroja – Frágil	[9]
2004	Flores, RosarioRosario Flores	Spain	De Mil Colores	Rocío Dúrcal – Caramelito Ednita Nazario – Por Tí Paulina Rubio – Pau-Latina Jaci Velasquez – Milagro	[10]
2005	Pausini, LauraLaura Pausini	Italy	Escucha	Bebe – Pafuera Telarañas Andrea Echeverri – Andrea Echeverri Fey – La Fuerza del Destino Soraya – El Otro Lado de Mí	[11]
2006	Shakira	Colombia	Fijación Oral Vol. 1	Anaís – Así Soy Yo Rosario Flores – Contigo Me Voy Ines Gaviria – A Mi Manera Niña Pastori – Joyas Prestadas Thalía – El Sexto Sentido (Re+Loaded)	[12]
2007	Pausini, LauraLaura Pausini	Italy	Yo Canto	Ana Belén – Anatomía Belinda – Utopía Shaila Dúrcal – Recordando... Ilona – Allá en el Sur	[13]
2008	García, KanyKany García	Puerto Rico	Cualquier Día	Ana Gabriel – Arpegios de Amor: Requiem por Tres almas Alejandra Guzmán – Fuerza Rosario Flores – Parte de Mí Ednita Nazario – Real	[14]
2009	Pausini, LauraLaura Pausini	Italy	Primavera Anticipada	Jimena Ángel – Día Azul Natalia Lafourcade – Hu Hu Hu Amaia Montero – Amaia Montero Luz Ríos – Aire	[15]
2010	Furtado, NellyNelly Furtado	Canada	Mi Plan	Bebe – Y. Estrella – Black Flamenco Rosario Flores – Cuéntame Kany García – Boleto de Entrada	[16]
2011	Shakira	Colombia	Sale el Sol	Claudia Brant – Manuscrito Myriam Hernández – Seducción Malú – Guerra Fría Merche – Acordes de Mi Diario

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Duo or Group
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

References

General

• "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 11, 2011. Note: User must select the "Pop Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. "Manual de Categorías: Area Pop" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
2. "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
3. "Santana, Shakira Win Big At Latin Grammys". Internet Broadcasting. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
4. "Shakira wins four awards at Latin Grammys". Associated Press. MSNBC. November 6, 2006. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
5. Moss, Corey (October 3, 2001). "Latin Grammys Honor Christina's Spanish, Ricky's Moves". MTV. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
6. "List of Nominees / Lista de nominados". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). September 12, 2000. p. 2. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
7. "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). July 18, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
8. "Selected Nominees For The Third Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. August 3, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
9. "The nominees are ...". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). July 23, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
10. "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
11. "Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations". USA Today (Gannett Company). November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
12. Faber, Judy (September 26, 2006). "Shakira Leads Latin Grammy Nominations". CBS News. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
13. "Nominados al Latin Grammy: secciones general y pop". Associated Press (in Spanish). El Universo. August 30, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
14. "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). September 10, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
15. "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
16. "Latin Grammy nominees announced: Alejandro Sanz and Camila among top contenders". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards