The Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album was an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Mexican American music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. 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".
Since its inception, the award category has had several name changes. From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Mexican-American Performance.
Mexican-American artist Flaco Jiménez is the most-awarded performer in the category with four wins, twice as a solo performer and twice as member of Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven. He is followed by fellow Mexican-American performer Pepe Aguilar with three winning albums and by American singers Vikki Carr and Linda Ronstadt, Mexican singers Luis Miguel and Joan Sebastian, and bands La Mafia and Los Lobos, with two wins each. Mexican ranchera performer Vicente Fernández was the most nominated artist without a win with ten unsuccessful nominations.
Recipients
thumb|right|alt=|Two-time award winner [[Linda Ronstadt performing in 1976]]
thumb|right|alt=|Members of the two-time award-winning band [[Los Lobos performing at the White House in 2009]]
thumb|right|alt=|Jorge Hernández of the [[30th Grammy Awards|1988 award-winning group Los Tigres del Norte, performing in 2008]]
thumb|right|alt=|[[Oscar De La Rosa|Oscar de la Rosa of the two-time award-winning band La Mafia]]
thumb|right|alt=|Three-time award winner [[Pepe Aguilar performing in 2010]]
thumb|alt=|Two-time award winner [[Joan Sebastian performing in 2009]]
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| Los Lobos
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| and Luis Miguel
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| align="center"|1987
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| Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio y Más!
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| Los Lobos
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| Texas Tornados
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| Little Joe
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| Selena
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| y sus Bravos del Norte
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| Intocable
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| Luis Miguel
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See also
- Grammy Award for Best Banda Album
- Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
- Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album
- List of Grammy Award categories
- Regional styles of Mexican music