Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Album of the Year

The Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Album of the Year is an honor presented annually by American television network Univision at the Lo Nuestro Awards. The accolade was established to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music.^[1] The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on Billboard Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte.^[1][2] However, since 2004, the winners are selected through an online survey.^[3] The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef.^[1]

Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Album of the Year
Awarded for	Best Tropical Album
Country	United States
Presented by	Univision
First awarded	1989
Currently held by	Marc Anthony (2014)
Most awards	Olga Tañón (4)
Most nominations	Gilberto Santa Rosa (10)
Website	univision.com/premiolonuestro

The award was first presented to Un Nuevo Despertar by Puerto Rican singer Lalo Rodríguez in 1989. Puerto Rican singer Jerry Rivera won for the album Cuenta Conmigo (1993), which exceeded the sales of Siembra by Willie Colón and Rubén Blades, the highest-selling salsa album at the time.^[4][5] Fellow Puerto Rican artist Olga Tañón holds the record for the most wins with four, for the albums Siente el Amor... (1995), Yo Por Ti (2002), A Puro Fuego (2004), and Una Nueva Mujer (2006). Cuban singer Gloria Estefan won in 1994 for Mi Tierra and in 1996 for Abriendo Puertas; both albums also earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album.^[6] American band Aventura, Venezuelan duo Chino & Nacho, Dominican duo Monchy & Alexandra, and Puerto Rican group Son by Four are the only musical ensembles to receive the accolade. In 2014, 3.0 by American singer Marc Anthony became the most recent recipient of the award. Puerto Rican singer Gilberto Santa Rosa is the most nominated artist without a win, with ten unsuccessful nominations.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning album

Puerto Rican American singer Olga Tañón (pictured in 2012), the most awarded performer, winning four times

Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan (pictured in 2009), a two-time winner

American singer Marc Anthony (pictured in 2009), a three-time winner

Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra (pictured in 2005), six-time nominee and one-time winner

Nicaraguan performer Luis Enrique (pictured in 2010), five-time nominee and 1991 winner

American singer Prince Royce (pictured in 2012), two-time winner

Year	Song	Performer(s)	Ref
1989 (1st)	Un Nuevo Despertar‡	Lalo Rodríguez	[7][8]
	Amor y Alegria	Luis Enrique
	El Original y Unico	Willie González
	Romántico y Sabroso	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
	Sigo Atrevido	Eddie Santiago
1990 (2nd)	Mi Mundo‡	Luis Enrique	[7][9]
	Amame	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
	Es de Verdad	David Pabon
	Invasión de la Privacidad	Eddie Santiago
	Top Secret	Willie Colón
1991 (3rd)	Los Principes de la Salsa‡	Luis Enrique and Eddie Santiago	[10][11]
	Con la Música por Dentro	Nino Segarra
	El Primero	Juan Manuel Lebrón
	Punto de Vista	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Salsa Caliente del Japón	Orquesta de la Luz
1992 (4th)	Bachata Rosa‡	Juan Luis Guerra y 440	[12][13]
	Abriendo Puertas	Jerry Rivera
	Fiesta Tropical	Banda Blanca
	Luces del Alma	Luis Enrique
	Soy el Mismo	Eddie Santiago
1993 (5th)	Cuenta Conmigo‡	Jerry Rivera	[7][14]
	El Rey de los Soneros	Oscar D'León
	Perspectiva	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Tito Rojas	Tito Rojas
	Sola	Olga Tañón
1994 (6th)	Mi Tierra‡	Gloria Estefan	[7]
	Areito	Juan Luis Guerra y 440
	Cara de Niño	Jerry Rivera
	Mujer de Fuego	Olga Tañón
	Nace Aquí	Gilberto Santa Rosa
1995 (7th)	Siente el Amor...‡	Olga Tañón	[7]
	Dicen Que Soy	La India
	Fogaraté	Juan Luis Guerra y 440
	Lo Nuevo y Lo Mejor	Jerry Rivera
	Mi Media Mitad	Rey Ruiz
1996 (8th)	Abriendo Puertas‡	Gloria Estefan	[7][15]
	Éxitos y Más	Olga Tañón
	La Tierra del Olvido	Carlos Vives
	Los Dueños del Swing	Los Hermanos Rosario
	Todo a Su Tiempo	Marc Anthony
1997 (9th)	Todo a Su Tiempo‡	Marc Anthony	[7][16]
	Auténtico	Manny Manuel
	Esencia	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Fresco	Jerry Rivera
	La Makina	La Makina
1998 (10th)	Sentimientos‡	Charlie Zaa	[7][17]
	Contra la Corriente	Marc Anthony
	De Corazón	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Llévame Contigo	Olga Tañón
	Sobre el Fuego	La India
1999 (11th)	Suavemente‡	Elvis Crespo	[7][18]
	De Otra Manera	Jerry Rivera
	Juntos	Gisselle and Sergio Vargas
	Leyenda 2	Alquimia
	Un Segundo Sentimiento	Charlie Zaa
2000 (12th)	Píntame‡	Elvis Crespo	[7]
	El Amor de Mi Tierra	Carlos Vives
	Entrega	George Lamond
	Expresión	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Inconfundible	Víctor Manuelle
	Masters of the Stage	Grupo Manía
2001 (13th)	Son by Four‡	Son By Four	[19][20]
	Así Mismo Fue	Tito Nieves
	Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa	Celia Cruz
	Fruta Prohibida	Sonora Tropicana
	Perdóname...Éxitos!	Gilberto Santa Rosa
2002 (14th)	Yo Por Ti‡	Olga Tañón	[21][22]
	Intenso	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Romántico	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Wow! Flash	Elvis Crespo
	Yo Si Me Enamoré	Huey Dunbar
2003 (15th)	La Negra Tiene Tumbao‡	Celia Cruz	[23][24]
	A Bailar Cumbia	Celso Piña y su Ronda Bogotá
	Bailando Bailando	Fito Olivares
	Confesiones	Monchy & Alexandra
	Déjame Entrar	Carlos Vives
	Libre	Marc Anthony
2004 (16th)	A Puro Fuego‡	Olga Tañón	[3][25]
	Escuchame	Joseph Fonseca
	Estilo Propio	Son de Calí
	Le Preguntaba a la Luna	Víctor Manuelle
	Latin Songbird: Mi Alma y Corazón	La India
2005 (17th)	Valió la Pena‡	Marc Anthony	[26][27]
	Indetenibles	Los Toros Band
	Love & Hate	Aventura
	Mi Tentación	Rey Ruiz
	Travesía	Víctor Manuelle
2006 (18th)	Una Nueva Mujer‡	Olga Tañón	[28][29]
	Amanecer Contigo	Frankie Negrón
	Aquí Estamos y De Verdad	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
	Hasta El Fin	Monchy & Alexandra
	Ironía	Andy Andy
2007 (19th)	Éxitos y Algo Más‡	Monchy & Alexandra	[30][31]
	Decisión Unánime	Víctor Manuelle
	I Love Salsa! (Edición Especial)	N'Klabe
	Sigo Siendo Yo	Marc Anthony
	Soy Diferente	La India
2008 (20th)	K.O.B. Live‡	Aventura	[32][33]
	Arroz Con Habichuela	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
	Haciendo Historia	Xtreme
	La Llave de Mi Corazón	Juan Luis Guerra
	Soy Como Tú	Olga Tañón
2009 (21st)	Kings of Bachata: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden‡	Aventura	[34][35]
	Contraste	Gilberto Santa Rosa
	Con Todas Las de Ganar	NG2
	La Nueva Escuela Nu School	N'Klabe
	Soy	Víctor Manuelle
2010 (22nd)	The Last‡	Aventura	[36][37]
	15 Años de Corazón	Grupo Manía
	Ciclos	Luis Enrique
	El Mensaje	Rey Ruiz
	La Introduccion	Carlos & Alejandra
2011 (23rd)	Mi Niña Bonita‡	Chino & Nacho	[38][39]
	A Son de Guerra	Juan Luis Guerra
	Huey Dunbar IV	Huey Dunbar
	Prince Royce	Prince Royce
	Sin Salsa No Hay Paraíso	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
2012 (24th)	Invencible‡	Tito El Bambino	[40][41]
	Indestructible	Elvis Crespo
	Oblígame	Héctor Acosta
	Sigo Aquí	Charlie Cruz
	Soy y Seré	Luis Enrique
2013 (25th)	Phase II‡	Prince Royce	[42][43]
	Busco un Pueblo	Víctor Manuelle
	Formula, Vol. 1	Romeo Santos
	Los Monsters	Elvis Crespo
	Supremo	Chino & Nacho
2014 (26th)	3.0	Marc Anthony	[44]
	Amor Total	Toby Love
	Corazón Profundo	Carlos Vives
	Leslie Grace	Leslie Grace
	Me Llamaré Tuyo	Víctor Manuelle
2015 (27th)	Formula, Vol. 2	Romeo Santos	[45]
	Party & Dance	Limi-T 21
	Único	Joey Montana
	Soy el Mismo	Prince Royce
	Más Corazón Profundo	Carlos Vives
2016 (28th)	Soy el Mismo (Deluxe Edition)	Prince Royce	[46]
	Radio Universo	Chino & Nacho
	Todo Tiene Su Hora	Juan Luis Guerra
	Géminis	Karlos Rosé
	Que Suenen los Tambores	Víctor Manuelle
2017 (29th)	Visualízate	Gente de Zona	[47]
	Tiempo	24 Horas
	Conexión	Fonseca
	35 Aniversario	Grupo Niche
	Mi Mejor Regalo	Charlie Zaa

Multiple wins/nominations

Number	Performer(s)
Wins
4	Olga Tañón
3	Marc Anthony
	Aventura
2	Elvis Crespo
	Gloria Estefan
	Luis Enrique
	Prince Royce
Nominations
10	Gilberto Santa Rosa
9	Olga Tañón
8	Víctor Manuelle
7	Marc Anthony
6	Juan Luis Guerra
	Jerry Rivera
5	Carlos Vives
	Elvis Crespo
	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
	Luis Enrique
4	Aventura
	La India
	Eddie Santiago
	Prince Royce
3	Charlie Zaa
	Chino & Nacho
	Monchy & Alexandra
	Rey Ruiz
2	Celia Cruz
	Huey Dunbar
	Gloria Estefan
	Grupo Manía
	N'Klabe
	Romeo Santos

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Merengue Album
• Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
• Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album
• Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album

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