Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Awarded for	quality vocal or instrumental latin rock, urban or alternative albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1998
Last awarded	2014
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for 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, to recording artists for releasing albums in the Latin rock, alternative or urban 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".

The category was originally known as the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance, and was first presented in 1998 to the Argentinian group Los Fabulosos Cadillacs for the album Fabulosos Calavera. In 2009, this category joined the Latin Urban Album category to become known as Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album.

The award was temporarily discontinued for the 2012 Grammy season due to 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. However in June 2012 the Recording Academy announced that the category was to be brought back for the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013 under the (slightly revised) name of Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.

Mexican group Maná are the biggest winners in this category having won the award three times. Ozomatli and Calle 13 are the other multiple award winners having won twice. Colombian duo Aterciopelados hold the record for most nominations without a win, with four.

Recipients

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Two-time winners Ozomatli.

2004 winners Café Tacvba.

2006 winner Shakira.

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Calle 13 won the award in 2010.

Year	Performing artist	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1998	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Argentina	Fabulosos Calavera	Aterciopelados – La Pipa de la Paz Café Tacvba – Avalancha de Éxitos El Tri – Cuando Tú No Estás Molotov – ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas?
1999	Maná	Mexico	Sueños Líquidos	Aterciopelados – Caribe Atómico El Tri – Fin de Siglo Enanitos Verdes – Tracción Acústica Shakira – ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
2000	Chris Pérez Band	United States	Resurrection	Revés/Yo Soy – Café Tacvba Néctar – Enanitos Verdes La Marcha del Golazo Solitario – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio – Jaguares
2001	La Ley	Chile	Uno	La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano – Café Quijano No Podemos Volar – El Tri Abre – Fito Páez Arepa 3000 – Los Amigos Invisibles
2002	Ozomatli	United States	Embrace the Chaos	Gozo Poderoso – Aterciopelados Cuando la Sangre Galopa – Jaguares Fíjate Bien – Juanes Próxima Estación: Esperanza – Manu Chao
2003	Maná	Mexico	Revolución de Amor	Un Día Normal – Juanes Kinky – Kinky Emigrante – Orishas Un Paso a la Eternidad – Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop
2004	Café Tacvba	Mexico	Cuatro Caminos	Proyecto Akwid – Akwid Siempre Es Hoy – Gustavo Cerati Dance and Dense Denso – Molotov President Alien – Yerba Buena
2005	Ozomatli	United States	Street Signs	Komp 104.9 Radio Compa – Akwid Lipstick – Alejandra Guzmán Mi Sangre – Juanes Sí – Julieta Venegas
2006	Shakira	Colombia	Fijación Oral Vol. 1	Consejo – La Secta AllStar Con Todo Respeto – Molotov El Kilo – Orishas Desahogo – Vico C
2007	Maná	Mexico	Amar Es Combatir	The Underdog/El Subestimado – Tego Calderón Calle 13 – Calle 13 Super Pop Venezuela – Los Amigos Invisibles Lo Demás es Plástico – Black Guayaba
2008	Black Guayaba	Puerto Rico	No Hay Espacio	Adelantando – Jarabe de Palo Amantes Sunt Amentes – Panda Kamikaze – Los Rabanes Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea – Zoé
2009	Jaguares	Mexico	45	Sonidos Gold – Grupo Fantasma La Verdad – Locos Por Juana Tijuana Sound Machine – Nortec Collective presents: Bostich & Fussible Mediocre – Ximena Sariñana
2010	Calle 13	Puerto Rico	Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo	Rio – Aterciopelados Y. – Bebe La Luz del Ritmo – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs La Revolución – Wisin & Yandel
2011	Grupo Fantasma	United States	El Existential	Oro – ChocQuibTown Amor Vincit Omnia – Draco Bulevard 2000 – Nortec Collective Presents Bostich+Fussible 1977 – Ana Tijoux
2013	Quetzal	United States	Imaginaries	Campo – Campo Carla Morrison – Déjenme Llorar Sistema Bomb – Electro-Jarocho Ana Tijoux – La Bala
2014	La Santa Cecilia	Mexico	Treinta Días	Café Tacvba – El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco El Tri – Ojo Por Ojo Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Chances Los Amigos Invisibles – Repeat After Me
2015	Calle 13	Puerto Rico	Multi_Viral	ChocQuibTown – Behind the Machine (Detrás de la Máquina) Jorge Drexler – Bailar En La Cueva Molotov – Agua Maldita Ana Tijoux – Vengo
2016	—	—	—	Bomba Estéreo – Amanecer La Cuneta Son Machin – Mondongo Natalia Lafourcade – Hasta la Raíz Monsieur Periné – Caja de Musica Pitbull – Dale

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

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
• Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

External links

• Official Site of the Grammy Awards