Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

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, 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".

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. )
• 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."

Recipients

right|upright|thumb|Argentine band [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs was the first recipient of the award.]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=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.]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=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.|[[44th Grammy Awards|2004 winners, Mexican band Café Tacuba.]]

right|upright|thumb|Three-time winner, Mexican band [[Maná.]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=A blonde woman smiling.|[[48th Grammy Awards|2006 winner, Colombian singer Shakira.]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=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.]]

right|upright|thumb|Two time winner, Mexican singer [[Natalia Lafourcade in 2016 and 2024.]]

thumb|Spanish singer [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía is the first solo artist to win this award twice in 2020 and 2023.|210x210px]]

1990s

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1998<br>

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| Fabulosos Calavera

| Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

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| Avalancha de Éxitos

| Café Tacuba

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| Cuando Tú No Estás

| El Tri

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| ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas?

| Molotov

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| La Pipa de la Paz

| Aterciopelados

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1999<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Sueños Líquidos

| Maná

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| Caribe Atómico

| Aterciopelados

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| Dónde Están los Ladrones?

| Shakira

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| Fin de Siglo

| El Tri

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| Tracción Acústica

| Enanitos Verdes

|-

|}

2000s

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2000<br>

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| Resurrection

| Chris Pérez Band

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| Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio

| Jaguares

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| La Marcha del Golazo Solitario

| Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

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| Néctar

| Enanitos Verdes

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| Revés/Yo Soy

| Café Tacuba

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2001<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Uno

| La Ley

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| Abre

| Fito Páez

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| Arepa 3000

| Los Amigos Invisibles

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| La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano

| Café Quijano

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| No Podemos Volar

| El Tri

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2002<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Embrace the Chaos

| Ozomatli

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| Cuando la Sangre Galopa

| Jaguares

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| Fíjate Bien

| Juanes

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| Gozo Poderoso

| Aterciopelados

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| Próxima Estación: Esperanza

| Manu Chao

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2003<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Revolución de Amor

| Maná

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| Un Día Normal

| Juanes

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| Emigrante

| Orishas

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| Kinky

| Kinky

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| Un Paso a la Eternidad

| Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2004<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Cuatro Caminos

| Café Tacuba

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| Dance and Dense Denso

| Molotov

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| President Alien

| Yerba Buena

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| Proyecto Akwid

| Akwid

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| Siempre Es Hoy

| Gustavo Cerati

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2005<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Street Signs

| Ozomatli

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| Komp 104.9 Radio Compa

| Akwid

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| Lipstick

| Alejandra Guzmán

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| Mi Sangre

| Juanes

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| Sí

| Julieta Venegas

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2006<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Fijación Oral, Vol. 1

| Shakira

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| Con Todo Respeto

| Molotov

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| Consejo

| La Secta AllStar

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| Desahogo

| Vico C

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| El Kilo

| Orishas

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2007<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Amar es Combatir

| Maná

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| Calle 13

| Calle 13

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| Lo Demás es Plástico

| Black Guayaba

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| Super Pop Venezuela

| Los Amigos Invisibles

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| The Underdog/El Subestimado

| Tego Calderón

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2008<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| No Hay Espacio

| Black Guayaba

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| Adelantando

| Jarabe de Palo

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| Amantes Sunt Amentes

| Panda

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| Kamikaze

| Los Rabanes

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| Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea

| Zoé

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2009<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| 45

| Jaguares

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| Mediocre

| Ximena Sariñana

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| Sonidos Gold

| Grupo Fantasma

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| Tijuana Sound Machine

| Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible

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| La Verdad

| Locos Por Juana

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2010s

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2010<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo

| Calle 13

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| La Luz del Ritmo

| Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

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| La Revolución

| Wisin & Yandel

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| Río

| Aterciopelados

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| Y.

| Bebe

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2011<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| El Existential

| Grupo Fantasma

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| 1977

| Ana Tijoux

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| Amor Vincit Omnia

| Draco

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| Bulevard 2000

| Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible

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| Oro

| ChocQuibTown

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2013<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Imaginaries

| Quetzal

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| La Bala

| Ana Tijoux

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| Campo

| Campo

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| Déjenme Llorar

| Carla Morrison

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| Electro-Jarocho

| Sistema Bomb

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2014<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Treinta Días

| La Santa Cecilia

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| Chances

| Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas

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| El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco

| Café Tacuba

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| Ojo Por Ojo

| El Tri

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| Repeat After Me

| Los Amigos Invisibles

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2015<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Multi Viral

| Calle 13

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| Agua Maldita

| Molotov

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| Bailar en la Cueva

| Jorge Drexler

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| Behind the Machine (Detrás de la Máquina)

| ChocQuibTown

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| Vengo

| Ana Tijoux

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2016<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Dale <small>(TIE)</small>

| Pitbull

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Hasta la Raíz <small>(TIE)</small>

| Natalia Lafourcade

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| Amanecer

| Bomba Estéreo

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| Caja de Musica

| Monsieur Periné

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| Mondongo

| La Cuneta Son Machín

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2017<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| iLevitable

| iLe

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| Amor Supremo

| Carla Morrison

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| Buenaventura

| La Santa Cecilia

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| L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad o Nosotros)

| Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas

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| Los Rakas

| Los Rakas

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2018<br>

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| Residente

| Residente

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| Ayo

| Bomba Estéreo

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| Pa' Fuera

| C4 Trío and Desorden Público

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| El Paradise

| Los Amigos Invisibles

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| Salvavidas de Hielo

| Jorge Drexler

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2019<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Aztlán

| Zoé

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| Claroscura

| Aterciopelados

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| Coastcity

| Coastcity

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| Encanto Tropical

| Monsieur Periné

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| Gourmet

| Orishas

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2020s

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2020<br>

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| El Mal Querer

| Rosalía

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| Almadura

| iLe

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| Indestructible

| Flor de Toloache

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| Oasis

| J Balvin and Bad Bunny

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| X 100Pre

| Bad Bunny

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2021<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| La Conquista del Espacio

| Fito Páez

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| Aura

| Bajofondo

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| Miss Colombia

| Lido Pimienta

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| MONSTRUO

| Cami

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| Sobrevolando

| Cultura Profética

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| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2022<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Origen

| Juanes

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| Calambre

| Nathy Peluso

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| Deja

| Bomba Estéreo

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| El Madrileño

| C. Tangana

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| Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition)

| Diamante Eléctrico

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| Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia

| Zoé

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| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2023<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Motomami

| Rosalía

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| 1940 Carmen

| Mon Laferte

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| Alegoría

| Gaby Moreno

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| El Alimento

| Cimafunk

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| Los Años Salvajes

| Fito Páez

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| Tinta y Tiempo

| Jorge Drexler

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2024

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| De Todas las Flores <small>(TIE)</small>

| Natalia Lafourcade

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Vida Cotidiana <small>(TIE)</small>

| Juanes

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| EADDA9223

| Fito Páez

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| Leche de Tigre

| Diamante Eléctrico

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| Martínez

| Cabra

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2025<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| ¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?

| Rawayana

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| Autopoiética

| Mon Laferte

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| Compita del Destino

| El David Aguilar

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| Grasa

| Nathy Peluso

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| Pa'Tu Cuerpa

| Cimafunk

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2026<br>

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| Papota

| Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso

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| Algorhythm

| Los Wizzards

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| Astropical

| Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana (Astropical)

|-

| Genes Rebeldes

| Aterciopelados

|-

| Novela

| Fito Páez

|-

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•  Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins

;3 wins

• Maná

;2 wins

• Calle 13
• Juanes
• Natalia Lafourcade
• Ozomatli
• Rosalía

Artists with multiple nomination

;6 nominations

• Aterciopelados

;5 nominations

• Juanes
• Fito Páez

;4 nominations

• Los Amigos Invisibles
• Bomba Estéreo
• Café Tacuba
• Molotov
• El Tri

;3 nominations

• Calle 13
• Jorge Drexler
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
• Jaguares
• Maná
• Orishas
• Ana Tijoux
• Zoé

;2 nominations

• Akwid
• Bad Bunny
• Black Guayaba
• ChocQuibTown
• Cimafunk
• Diamante Eléctrico
• Enanitos Verdes
• Grupo Fantasma
• iLe
• Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
• Natalia Lafourcade
• Mon Laferte
• Monsieur Periné
• Carla Morrison
• Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible
• Ozomatli
• Nathy Peluso
• Rawayana
• Rosalía
• La Santa Cecilia
• Shakira

See also

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

References