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,^[1] 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".^[2]

Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Awarded for	Best Latin rock or Latin alternative albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1998
Currently held by	Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores Juanes – Vida Cotidiana (2024)
Website	grammy.com

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.^[3] )
• 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."^[4]

Recipients

Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs was the first recipient of the award.

Two-time winners Ozomatli.

2004 winners, Mexican band Café Tacvba.

Three-time winner, Mexican band Maná.

2006 winner, Colombian singer Shakira.

Residente from the two-time award winning band Calle 13.

Two time winner, Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade in 2016 and 2024.

Spanish singer Rosalía is the first solo artist to win this award twice in 2020 and 2023.

Year[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1998	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Fabulosos Calavera	Aterciopelados – La Pipa de la Paz Café Tacvba – Avalancha de Éxitos El Tri – Cuando Tú No Estás Molotov – ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas?	[5]
1999	Maná	Sueños Líquidos	Aterciopelados – Caribe Atómico El Tri – Fin de Siglo Enanitos Verdes – Tracción Acústica Shakira – Dónde Están los Ladrones?	[6]
2000	Chris Pérez Band	Resurrection	Revés/Yo Soy – Café Tacvba Néctar – Enanitos Verdes La Marcha del Golazo Solitario – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio – Jaguares	[7]
2001	La Ley	Uno	La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano – Café Quijano No Podemos Volar – El Tri Abre – Fito Páez Arepa 3000 – Los Amigos Invisibles	[8]
2002	Ozomatli	Embrace the Chaos	Gozo Poderoso – Aterciopelados Cuando la Sangre Galopa – Jaguares Fíjate Bien – Juanes Próxima Estación: Esperanza – Manu Chao	[9]
2003	Maná	Revolución de Amor	Un Día Normal – Juanes Kinky – Kinky Emigrante – Orishas Un Paso a la Eternidad – Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop	[10]
2004	Café Tacvba	Cuatro Caminos	Proyecto Akwid – Akwid Siempre Es Hoy – Gustavo Cerati Dance and Dense Denso – Molotov President Alien – Yerba Buena	[11]
2005	Ozomatli	Street Signs	Komp 104.9 Radio Compa – Akwid Lipstick – Alejandra Guzmán Mi Sangre – Juanes Sí – Julieta Venegas	[12]
2006	Shakira	Fijación Oral, Vol. 1	Consejo – La Secta AllStar Con Todo Respeto – Molotov El Kilo – Orishas Desahogo – Vico C	[13]
2007	Maná	Amar es Combatir	The Underdog/El Subestimado – Tego Calderón Calle 13 – Calle 13 Super Pop Venezuela – Los Amigos Invisibles Lo Demás es Plástico – Black Guayaba	[14]
2008	Black Guayaba	No Hay Espacio	Adelantando – Jarabe de Palo Amantes Sunt Amentes – Panda Kamikaze – Los Rabanes Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea – Zoé	[15]
2009	Jaguares	45	Sonidos Gold – Grupo Fantasma La Verdad – Locos Por Juana Tijuana Sound Machine – Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible Mediocre – Ximena Sariñana	[16]
2010	Calle 13	Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo	Río – Aterciopelados Y. – Bebe La Luz del Ritmo – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs La Revolución – Wisin & Yandel	[17]
2011	Grupo Fantasma	El Existential	Oro – ChocQuibTown Amor Vincit Omnia – Draco Bulevard 2000 – Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible 1977 – Ana Tijoux	[18]
2012[II]	Not awarded			[19]
2013	Quetzal	Imaginaries	Campo – Campo Carla Morrison – Déjenme Llorar Sistema Bomb] – Electro-Jarocho Ana Tijoux – La Bala	[20]
2014	La Santa Cecilia	Treinta Días	Café Tacvba – El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco El Tri – Ojo Por Ojo Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Chances Los Amigos Invisibles – Repeat After Me	[21]
2015	Calle 13	Multi Viral	ChocQuibTown – Behind the Machine (Detrás de la Máquina) Jorge Drexler – Bailar en la Cueva Molotov – Agua Maldita Ana Tijoux – Vengo	[22]
2016[*]	Natalia Lafourcade	Hasta la Raíz	Bomba Estéreo – Amanecer La Cuneta Son Machin – Mondongo Monsieur Periné – Caja de Musica	[23]
	Pitbull	Dale
2017	iLe	iLevitable	Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad o Nosotros) La Santa Cecilia – Buenaventura Los Rakas – Los Rakas Carla Morrison – Amor Supremo	[24]
2018	Residente	Residente	Bomba Estéreo – Ayo C4 Trío & Desorden Público – Pa' Fuera Jorge Drexler – Salvavidas de Hielo Los Amigos Invisibles – El Paradise	[25]
2019	Zoé	Aztlán	Aterciopelados – Claroscura COASTCITY – COASTCITY Monsieur Periné – Encanto Tropical Orishas – Gourmet	[26]
2020	Rosalía	El Mal Querer	Bad Bunny – X 100Pre J Balvin & Bad Bunny – Oasis Flor de Toloache – Indestructible iLe – Almadura	[27]
2021	Fito Páez	La Conquista del Espacio	Bajofondo – Aura Cami – MONSTRUO Cultura Profética – Sobrevolando Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia	[28]
2022	Juanes	Origen	Bomba Estéreo – Deja Diamante Électrico – Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition) Nathy Peluso – Calambre C. Tangana – El Madrileño Zoé – Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia	[29]
2023	Rosalía	Motomami	Cimafunk – El Alimento Jorge Drexler – Tinta y Tiempo Mon Laferte – 1940 Carmen Gaby Moreno – Alegoría Fito Páez – Los Años Salvajes	[30]
2024[*]	Juanes	Vida Cotidiana	Cabra - Martínez Diamante Eléctrico - Leche de Tigre Fito Paez - EADDA9223
	Natalia Lafourcade	De Todas las Flores
2025	TBA	TBA	El David Aguilar – Compita del Destino Cimafunk – Pa'Tu Cuerpa Mon Laferte – Autopoiética Nathy Peluso – Grasa Rawayana – ¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?	[31]

• ^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
• ^{^[*]} In 2016 and 2024, there were ties for the award. Both artists were deemed winners individually in those years.

See also

• Latin music portal

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

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