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The Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album (until 2020: Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for releasing albums in the Latin rock and/or alternative genres. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually 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 regard to album sales or chart position”.[2]

The category was introduced in 1998 and has gone through a number of name changes:

  • 1998-2008: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
  • 2009-2011: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album (for which this category merged with the Latin Urban Album category)
  • 2012: No Grammy was awarded (Grammy category was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. That year, recordings in this category were shifted to the newly formed Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album category.[3] )
  • 2013-2020: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
  • 2021 onwards: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

In June 2020, the Recording Academy announced a renaming and redefining of this category. Latin urban albums were moved to the newly named Best Latin Pop or Urban Album category, as the Academy stated that “the Latin urban genre, both aesthetically and musically, is much more closely related to the current state of Latin pop.”[4]

Recipients

Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs was the first recipient of the award.
In the left a black man with sunglasses and a green jacket holding performing to a microphone beside him another man playing the saxophone, in the center blonde haired man playing the trombone and in the back a man with sunglasses and a yellow hat playing the percussion with his head down, and in the right a man with curly hair with sunglasses playing the trumpet beside him a bald man playing the guitar.
Two-time winners Ozomatli.
A man in the right with a hat in a black outfit with his arms extended singing to a microphone and another man on the left with a black sweater over a white shirt playing the guitar.
2004 winners, Mexican band Café Tacuba.
Three-time winner, Mexican band Maná.
A blonde woman smiling.
2006 winner, Colombian singer Shakira.
A black and white image with a white male, shaved, shirtless, holding a microphone with his right hand while lifting his left hand. On his neck hangs a necklace.
Residente from the two-time award winning band Calle 13.
Two time winner, Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade in 2016 and 2024.
Spanish singer Rosalía is the first solo artist to win this award twice in 2020 and 2023.

1990s

Year Work Artist
1998
[5]
Fabulosos Calavera Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Avalancha de Éxitos Café Tacuba
Cuando Tú No Estás El Tri
¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas? Molotov
La Pipa de la Paz Aterciopelados
1999
[6]
Sueños Líquidos Maná
Caribe Atómico Aterciopelados
Dónde Están los Ladrones? Shakira
Fin de Siglo El Tri
Tracción Acústica Enanitos Verdes

2000s

Year Work Artist
2000
[7]
Resurrection Chris Pérez Band
Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio Jaguares
La Marcha del Golazo Solitario Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Néctar Enanitos Verdes
Revés/Yo Soy Café Tacuba
2001
[8]
Uno La Ley
Abre Fito Páez
Arepa 3000 Los Amigos Invisibles
La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano Café Quijano
No Podemos Volar El Tri
2002
[9]
Embrace the Chaos Ozomatli
Cuando la Sangre Galopa Jaguares
Fíjate Bien Juanes
Gozo Poderoso Aterciopelados
Próxima Estación: Esperanza Manu Chao
2003
[10]
Revolución de Amor Maná
Un Día Normal Juanes
Emigrante Orishas
Kinky Kinky
Un Paso a la Eternidad Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop
2004
[11]
Cuatro Caminos Café Tacuba
Dance and Dense Denso Molotov
President Alien Yerba Buena
Proyecto Akwid Akwid
Siempre Es Hoy Gustavo Cerati
2005
[12]
Street Signs Ozomatli
Komp 104.9 Radio Compa Akwid
Lipstick Alejandra Guzmán
Mi Sangre Juanes
Julieta Venegas
2006
[13]
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 Shakira
Con Todo Respeto Molotov
Consejo La Secta AllStar
Desahogo Vico C
El Kilo Orishas
2007
[14]
Amar es Combatir Maná
Calle 13 Calle 13
Lo Demás es Plástico Black Guayaba
Super Pop Venezuela Los Amigos Invisibles
The Underdog/El Subestimado Tego Calderón
2008
[15]
No Hay Espacio Black Guayaba
Adelantando Jarabe de Palo
Amantes Sunt Amentes Panda
Kamikaze Los Rabanes
Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea Zoé
2009
[16]
45 Jaguares
Mediocre Ximena Sariñana
Sonidos Gold Grupo Fantasma
Tijuana Sound Machine Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible
La Verdad Locos Por Juana

2010s

Year Work Artist
2010
[17]
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo Calle 13
La Luz del Ritmo Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
La Revolución Wisin & Yandel
Río Aterciopelados
Y. Bebe
2011
[18]
El Existential Grupo Fantasma
1977 Ana Tijoux
Amor Vincit Omnia Draco
Bulevard 2000 Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible
Oro ChocQuibTown
2013
[19]
Imaginaries Quetzal
La Bala Ana Tijoux
Campo Campo
Déjenme Llorar Carla Morrison
Electro-Jarocho Sistema Bomb
2014
[20]
Treinta Días La Santa Cecilia
Chances Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco Café Tacuba
Ojo Por Ojo El Tri
Repeat After Me Los Amigos Invisibles
2015
[21]
Multi Viral Calle 13
Agua Maldita Molotov
Bailar en la Cueva Jorge Drexler
Behind the Machine (Detrás de la Máquina) ChocQuibTown
Vengo Ana Tijoux
2016
[22]
Dale (TIE) Pitbull
Hasta la Raíz (TIE) Natalia Lafourcade
Amanecer Bomba Estéreo
Caja de Musica Monsieur Periné
Mondongo La Cuneta Son Machín
2017
[23]
iLevitable iLe
Amor Supremo Carla Morrison
Buenaventura La Santa Cecilia
L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad o Nosotros) Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
Los Rakas Los Rakas
2018
[24]
Residente Residente
Ayo Bomba Estéreo
Pa’ Fuera C4 Trío and Desorden Público
El Paradise Los Amigos Invisibles
Salvavidas de Hielo Jorge Drexler
2019
[25]
Aztlán Zoé
Claroscura Aterciopelados
Coastcity Coastcity
Encanto Tropical Monsieur Periné
Gourmet Orishas

2020s

Year Work Artist
2020
[26]
El Mal Querer Rosalía
Almadura iLe
Indestructible Flor de Toloache
Oasis J Balvin and Bad Bunny
X 100Pre Bad Bunny
2021
[27]
La Conquista del Espacio Fito Páez
Aura Bajofondo
Miss Colombia Lido Pimienta
MONSTRUO Cami
Sobrevolando Cultura Profética
2022
[28]
Origen Juanes
Calambre Nathy Peluso
Deja Bomba Estéreo
El Madrileño C. Tangana
Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition) Diamante Eléctrico
Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia Zoé
2023
[29]
Motomami Rosalía
1940 Carmen Mon Laferte
Alegoría Gaby Moreno
El Alimento Cimafunk
Los Años Salvajes Fito Páez
Tinta y Tiempo Jorge Drexler
2024
De Todas las Flores (TIE) Natalia Lafourcade
Vida Cotidiana (TIE) Juanes
EADDA9223 Fito Páez
Leche de Tigre Diamante Eléctrico
Martínez Cabra
2025
[30]
¿Quién Trae las Cornetas? Rawayana
Autopoiética Mon Laferte
Compita del Destino El David Aguilar
Grasa Nathy Peluso
Pa’Tu Cuerpa Cimafunk
2026
[31]
Papota Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
Algorhythm Los Wizzards
Astropical Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana (Astropical)
Genes Rebeldes Aterciopelados
Novela Fito Páez
  • ^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nomination

See also

References

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  21. ^ List of Nominees 2015
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