Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album
Awarded for	quality albums of the traditional tropical music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2000
Last awarded	2011
Official website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award goes to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings in the traditional tropical music category which includes genres such as son, danzón, guaracha and bomba interpreted in a traditional style.

Musicians originating from Cuba have dominated the category though the award has also been presented to artists from Puerto Rico, Spain and the United States. It was first earned by Tito Puente with Mambo Birdland at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held in 2000.

Cachao is the only artist to have won this category three times, the last one posthumously (the first one to be awarded in this fashion). Cachao also leads in number of nominations with four, followed by Ibrahim Ferrer and Eliades Ochoa with three nominations each. It is worth mentioning that Buena Vista Social Club members have been nominated ten times combined, excluding the two nominations by Juan de Marcos González (with Afro-Cuban All Stars and Sierra Maestra, respectively). →

Recipients

Tito Puente was the first winner of this category in 2000.

Bebo Valdés won this award twice, in 2002 and 2004.

2003 winner Ibrahim Ferrer holds the record for most nominations.

Diego El Cigala was the first European to receive this award in 2006.

Deceased Cachao López received the award posthumously in 2011, having also won in 2002 and 2005.

Year	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Tito Puente	United States	Mambo Birdland	Joe Arroyo — En Sol Mayor Cachao — Cuba Linda Ibrahim Ferrer — Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer Carlos Vives — El Amor De Mi Tierra
2001	Celia Cruz	Cuba	Siempre Viviré	Celina González and Reutilio — 50 Años...Como Una Reina Los Super Seven — Canto Plena Libre — Mas Libre Omara Portuondo — Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo
2002	Bebo Valdés Trio with Israel López "Cachao" and Carlos "Patato" Valdés	Cuba	El Arte del Sabor	Nelson González — Pa' Los Treseros Totó la Momposina — Pacantó Various Artists — Cuban Masters – Los Originales Charlie Zaa — De Un Solo Sentimiento
2003	Ibrahim Ferrer	Cuba	Buenos Hermanos	The Mambo All Stars Orchestra — 50 Years of Mambo Polo Montañez — Guitarra Mía Eliades Ochoa — Estoy Como Nunca Plena Libre — Mi Ritmo
2004	Bebo Valdés and Diego El Cigala	Cuba Spain	Lágrimas Negras	Las Hermanas Márquez — Paquito D’Rivera Presents las Hermanas Márquez Manny Manuel — Serenata Danny Rivera and “El Topo” Antonio Cabán Vale — Amigos del Alma Tropicana All Stars — Tropicana All Stars Recuerda A Benny Moré
2005	Cachao	Cuba	¡Ahora Sí!	Manny Manuel — Nostalgia Manuel "El Guajiro" Mirabal — Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Manuel Guajiro Mirabal Omara Portuondo — Flor De Amor Tropicana All Stars — Tradición
2006	Andy Montañez and Pablo Milanés	Puerto Rico Cuba	AM/PM Líneas Paralelas	Chucho Avellanet — Esta Noche Está Para Boleros Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars — Step Forward – The Next Generation Compay Segundo — Siempre Compay Melina León and Los Tri-O — Serenata En San Juan Plena Libre — Evolución
2007	Bobby Cruz	Puerto Rico	Románticos De Ayer, Hoy y Siempre	Francisco Cespedes — Con El Permiso De Bola Ibrahim Ferrer — Mi Sueño La Charanga Cubana — A Comer Chicharrón Alfredo Valdés Jr. — De La Habana A Nueva York
2008	Gloria Estefan	United States	90 Millas	Albita, Rey Ruiz and Donato Poveda — Cuba: Un Viaje Musical Chucho Avellanet with Trío Los Andinos — Bohemio Edwin Colón Zayas — El Cuarto Puertorriqueño... Reafirmación Victor Manuelle — Una Navidad A Mi Estilo
2009	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Puerto Rico	Una Navidad Con Gilberto	Orquesta América — Siempre A Punto María Dolores Pradera y Los Sabandeños — Te Canto Un Bolero Totó La Momposina — La Bodega Orestes Vilató — It's About Time
2010	Concha Buika	Spain	El Último Trago	Pedro Jesus — Tributo a Orlando Contreras "El Jefe del Despecho" Septeto Habanero — 90 Años, Orgullos de los Soneros Sierra Maestra — Sonando Ya Various Artists — 100 Sones Cubanos	.
2011	Cachao López	Cuba	The Last Mambo	Albita — Toda Una Vida (Cuban Masterworks) Adalberto Álvarez — El Son de Altura Esencia — Con La Fuerza de un Tren Septeto Santiaguero — Oye Mi Son Santiaguero
2012	Eliades Ochoa	Cuba	Un Bolero Para Tí	Miguel García — Guarachando Plenealo — Soy Yo Quinteto Criollo — La Trova de Siempre Son de Tikiza — Bolero
2013	Arturo Sandoval	Cuba	Un Siglo De Pasión	Lucy Fabery and Humberto Ramírez — Sentimentales Miriam Ramos with Barbarito Torres, Ernán Lopez-Nussa and Rolando Luna — La Canción Cubana Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro — La Habana Tiene Su Son Septeto Santiaguero — Vamos Pa' la Fiesta
2014	Sonora Santanera	Mexico	Grandes Éxitos de las Sonoras: Con la Más Grande, La Sonora Santanera	Alquimia La Sonora del XXI — Sentimiento Anacobero Eliades Ochoa y El Cuarteto Patria — El Eliades Que Soy Pijuan and Los Baby Boomer Boys — Solo Pa' los Jóvenes... de Corazón Viento de Agua — Opus IV

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

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song

References

General

• Note: User must select the "Tropical Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards