Grammy Award for Best Banda Album

Not to be confused with Latin Grammy Award for Best Banda Album.

The Grammy Award for Best Banda Album was 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 quality albums in the banda music genre. 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]

Grammy Award for Best Banda Album
Awarded for	quality banda music albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2007
Last awarded	2011
Website	grammy.com

The award was first presented to Joan Sebastian in 2007 for the album Más Allá del Sol. Two posthumous nominations were announced for the 50th Grammy Awards (2008) following the deaths of three banda musicians in Mexico within one week.^[3] Shortly following the murders of Sergio Gómez, a singer with the group K-Paz de la Sierra, and Zayda Peña of the band Zayda Y Los Culpables, Los Conde trumpet player Jose Luis Aquino was found dead. In December 2007, Grammy organizers announced that Gomez along with singer Valentín Elizalde, who was killed in November 2006, were nominated for awards.^[3] Categorized under the Latin field, the award is presented for vocal or instrumental banda albums.^[4] As of 2011, Sebastian is the only artist to win the award more than once. The award has been presented to artists or groups originating from Mexico each year to date.

The award was discontinued in 2012 due to a major overhaul of Grammy categories. The Best Banda Album category merged with the Best Norteño Album category to form the new Best Banda or Norteño Album category.

Recipients

Year[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2007	Joan Sebastian	Más Allá del Sol	Banda Machos – 20 Mil Heridas Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga – Mas Fuerte Que Nunca Cuisillos – Amor Gitano Ezequiel Peña – A Mucha Honra	[4] [5]
2008	El Chapo	Te Va a Gustar	Corridos (El Potro de Sinaloa) – Los Mejores Valentín Elizalde – Lobo Domesticado K-Paz de la Sierra – Conquistando Corazones Lupillo Rivera – Entre Copas y Botellas	[6]
2009	Joan Sebastian	No es de Madera	Alacranes Musical – Tu Inspiración Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga – Que Bonito... ¡Es Lo Bonito! Cuisillos – Vive y Dejame Vivir Lupillo Rivera – El Tiro de Gracia	[7]
2010	Lupillo Rivera	Tu Esclavo y Amo	El Güero y Su Banda Centenario – Se Nos Murio El Amor La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de Rene Camacho – Más Adelante La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga – Derecho de Antiguedad	[8]
2011	El Güero y Su Banda Centenario	Enamórate De Mí	Banda Los Recoditos – ¡Ando Bien Pedo! Cuisillos – Caricias Compradas El Chapo – Con la Fuerza del Corrido La Arrolladora Banda El Limón – Todo Depende de Tí	[9]

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

See also

• Latin music portal

• Latin Grammy Award for Best Banda Album
• List of Grammy Award categories

References

General

• "Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010. Note: User must select the "Latin" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
2. "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
3. "Murdered Mexican trumpeter 3rd musician killed in a week". CBC News. December 7, 2007. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
4. "49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
5. "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 8, 2006. p. 7. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
6. "Grammy nominees – albums". Iowa State Daily. The Iowa State Daily Publication Board. February 8, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
7. "51st annual Grammy nominations". Variety. Reed Business Information. December 3, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
8. "Complete List of Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards". E!. December 2, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
9. "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2010.