Lauryn Hill won the first Hip Hop GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year. At the 41st Annual GRAMMY Awards, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill earned 10 nominations and won five awards – Best New Artist, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Album, and Album of the Year. Hill became the first female artist to earn that many nominations and awards in a single night. Her sound shifted the whole game.