Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album

Not to be confused with Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album.

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano 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.^[1] The award goes to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings in the tejano music genre.^[2]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album
Awarded for	quality albums of the tejano music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First award	2000
Currently held by	El Plan for Imperfecto (2024)
Website	latingrammy.com

Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz are the biggest winners in this category with five awards, including four years in a row from 2001 to 2004, and they are followed by Los Palominos, with two, who were also the first winners of this category in 2000 for the album Por Eso Te Amo.^[3] In 2008, Emilio Navaira became the first solo singer to earn this award for the album De Nuevo.^[4]

To date the award has only been presented to artists originating from the United States, most of them chicanos. This is the only category that features no winners or nominees from a Latin American country.

Winners and nominees

Armando Lichtenberger Jr. (top) and Oscar De La Rosa (bottom), members of the two-time winner band La Mafia

American singer Elida Reyna has won twice alongside her band Elida y Avante.

2016 winner Michael Salgado.

2022 winner Bobby Pulido.

Year[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Los Palominos	Por Eso Te Amo	David Lee Garza & Los Musicales – Nadie Como Yo Stefani Montiel – Dulce Sensación Bobby Pulido – El Cazador A.B. Quintanilla & Los Kumbia Kings – Amor, Familia Y Respeto	[3]
2001	Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz	Quien Iba a Pensar	Emilio – El Rey del Rodeo David Lee Garza & Los Musicales – 20/20 Los Palominos – Obsesión A.B. Quintanilla & Los Kumbia Kings – Shhh!	[5]
2002	Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz	Siempre Humilde	David Lee Garza & Los Musicales – Estamos Unidos Ram Herrera – Ingrata La Mafia – Inconfundible Los Desperadoz – Desde El Corazón	[6]
2003	Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz	Si Me Faltas Tu	Jaime y Los Chamacos – Conjunto Power Emilio Navaira – Acuérdate Jay Perez – Hombre En La Luna Ruben Ramos & The Revolution – El Gato Negro On The Prowl	[7]
2004	Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz	Live en el Valle	La Tropa F – Un Nuevo Capítulo Little Joe & La Familia – Celebration Of Life – Volume Two Live Bobby Pulido – Móntame Sólido – Vuelve	[8]
2005	David Lee Garza, Joel Guzmán and Sunny Sauceda	Polkas, Gritos y Acordeónes	David Lee Garza & Los Musicales – Solo Contigo Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz – Para Mi Gente La Tropa F – Milagro Bobby Pulido – Vive	[9]
2006	La Mafia	Nuevamente	Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz – Mejor Que Nunca Las 3 Divas – Las 3 Divas Little Joe & La Familia – Chicanisimo Joe Posada – Amor y Fuego	[10]
2007	Los Palominos	Evoluciones	La Tropa F – Exitos De Combate The Legends – Otra Vez Raices Joe Lopez and Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz – Mazz Live Reunion – The Last Dance David Marez – Corazón de Oro Joe Posada – Despacito	[11]
2008	Emilio Navaira	De Nuevo	Chente Barrera & Taconazo – Music Lessons Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz – Incomparable Freddie Martínez – The Legend Returns Elida Reyna – Domingo	[4]
2009	Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz	The Legend Continues...La Continuation	Avizo – Recordando Josefa Grupo Vida – Generations Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox – Conjuntazzo Jaime & Los Chamacos – Freedom Tour 2008 Jay Perez – All The Way Live!	[12]
2010	Elida Reyna & Avante	Fantasia	Little Joe & La Familia – A Night Of Classics In El Chuco Joe Posada – Point of View Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution – Revolutionized Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso – Homenaje A Mi Padre	[13]
2011	Little Joe & La Familia	Recuerdos	Chente Barrera – El Número Siete Joe Posada – In The Pocket Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso – Camaleón Tortilla Factory – Cookin'	[14]
2012	Joe Posada	Algo Esta Pasando	Avizo – Mas Amigos Los Desperadoz – Sunset Run Los Hermanos Farías – Back On Track Jay Perez – The Voice of Authority	[15]
2013	David Lee Garza	Just Friends	Shaggy García and Grupo Recuerdo – Solo Tencha Los Texmaniacs – Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds Jay Perez – New Horizons Siggno – El Mundo Se Acabó	[16]
2014	Jimmy González & Grupo Mazz	Forever Mazz	Chente Barrera – ¡Viva Tejano! Grupo Alamo – Seguimos Soñando Shelly Lares – De Mi Corazón Jay Perez – Anthology Back In The Day
2015	Sólido	Sentimientos	Alazzan – Tributo Al Amor y Dolor La Fiebre – Nueva Era Los Gallitos – Dueña de Mi Amor Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution – El Ídolo de Tejas Elisa Reyna and Avante – Al Fin Completa
2016	Michael Salgado	Por Cielo y Tierra	Ram Herrera – Mucho Mas Que Amor The Legends – La Historia de La Musica Tejana Marian y Mariel – Vulnerable a Ti Jay Perez – Un Amigo Tendras
2017	Not awarded
2018	Roger Velásquez & The Latin Legendz	Tex Mex Funk	Jimmy Gonzalez y Grupo Mazz – Porque Todavía Te Quiero Grupo Alamo – Próximo Nivel Proyecto Insomnio – Dolce Inferno: Dolce Michael Salgado – Otras Historias	[17]
2019	Elida Reyna and Avante	Colores	El Plan – Siete Lucky Joe – Tu Príncipe David Lee Rodriquez – Así Me Enseñaron Vidal – Nunca Te Rindas	[18]
2020	La Mafia	Live in México	El Plan – Pa'La Pista y Pa'l Pisto, Vol. 1 Jay Perez and The Band – 25th Anniversary Contigo Siggno – Película, Vol. 1 South Tx Homies – It's Time	[19]
2021	El Plan	Pa' la Pista y Pa'l Pisto, Vol. 2	Ram Herrera – Back on Track La Fiebre – Histórico Solido – Incomparable Vilax – Un Beso es Suficiente	[20]
2022	Bobby Pulido	Para Que Baile Mi Pueblo	El Plan – Despreciado Grupo Álamo – Camino al Progreso Isabel Marie – Una Ilusión Destiny Navaira – Dime Cómo se Siente	[21]
2023	Juan Treviño	Para Empezar a Amar	Gary Hobbs – Sin Fin Jay Perez – El Patrón Proyecto Insomnio – Super Heroes de Blanco Vilax – Ganas	[22]
2024	El Plan	Imperfecto	Gabriella – Siempre Gabriella Vilax – Ganas (Deluxe)	[23]

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

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album
• Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Song

References

General

• "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 31, 2011. Note: User must select the "Regional Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

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External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards