Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is an honor presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.^[1] According to the category description guide for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental rock albums containing at least 51 percent of newly recorded material. It is awarded to solo artists, duos or groups.^[2]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
Awarded for	rock albums containing at least 51% of newly recorded material
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First award	2000
Currently held by	Aterciopelados for El Dorado (En Vivo) (2024)
Website	latingrammy.com

The accolade for Best Rock Album was first presented to the Mexican band Café Tacuba at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards in 2000 for their fourth studio album Revés/Yo Soy (1999). From 2001 until 2009, the category was not awarded and was instead split between Best Rock Solo Vocal Album and Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Best Rock Album was reintroduced in 2010 at the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

Mexican group Molotov and Colombian band Diamante Eléctrico are the only acts to win this award more than once, with four and two wins, respectively. Uruguayan band NoTeVaGustar are the most nominated artist without a win, with four.

Winners and nominees

Mexican group Café Tacvba were the first winners of the award

2010 winner Gustavo Cerati

Four-time winners Molotov

2013 winners La Vida Bohème

2016 winners Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

2018 winner Bunbury

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Café Tacvba	Revés/Yo Soy	Jaguares – Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Leche Fito Páez – Abre La Ley – Uno	[3]
2010	Gustavo Cerati	Fuerza Natural	Bohemia Suburbana – Bohemia Suburbana Andrés Calamaro – On the Rock Chetes – Hipnosis Viniloversus – Si No Nos Mata	[4]
2011	Maná	Drama y Luz	Don Tetto – Mienteme – Prometeme Saúl Hernández – Remando Jarabe de Palo – ¿Y Ahora Qué Hacemos? La Vida Bohème – Nuestra No Te Va Gustar – Por Lo Menos Hoy	[5]
2012	Molotov	Desde Rusia con Amor	Los Mesoneros – Indeleble No Te Va Gustar – Público San Pascualito Rey – Valiente Viniloversus – Cambié de Nombre	[6]
2013	La Vida Bohème	Será	Eruca Sativa – Blanco Los Bunkers – La Velocidad de la Luz NoTeVaGustar – El Calor del Pleno Invierno Ska-P – 99% (Declined)	[7]
2014	Molotov	Agua Maldita	Enrique Bunbury – Palosanto Doctor Krápula – Ama-Zonas Don Tetto – Don Tetto Luz Verde – El Final Del Mundo Vol. II: Nada Es Imposible	[8]
2015	Diamante Eléctrico	B	Charliepapa – Y/O Cuca – La Venganza De Cucamonga La Gusana Ciega – Monarca No Te Va Gustar – El Tiempo Otra Vez Avanza	[9]
2016	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	La Salvación de Solo y Juan	Andrea Álvarez – Y Lo Dejamos Venir Marilina Bertoldi – Sexo Con Modelos Massacre – Biblia Ovni Spinetta – Los Amigo	[10]
2017	Diamante Eléctrico	La Gran Oscilación	Daniel Cadena – Mutante De La Tierra – II Eruca Sativa – Barro y Fauna Utopians – Todos Nuestros Átomos	[11]
2018	Bunbury	Expectativas	Richard Coleman – F-A-C-I-L Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado – La Síntesis O'Konor Los Pixel – Ahora Lo Sabes Todo No Te Va Gustar – Suenan Las Alarmas	[12]
2019	Draco Rosa	Monte Sagrado	A.N.I.M.A.L – Una Razon Para Seguir Arawato – Arawato Carajo – Basado en hechos reales Molotov – MTV Unplugged: El Desconecte	[13]
2020	Molotov	¿Dónde Jugaran lxs Niñxs? (Desde el Palacio de los Deportes)	El Cuarteto de Nos – Jueves Eruca Sativa – Seremos Primavera Miguel Mateos – Uncotrecua Vetamadre – Incomunicación	[14]
2021	Vicentico	El Pozo Brillante	Bunbury – Curso de Levitación Intensivo Caramelos de Cianuro – Control Los Mesoneros – Los Mesoneros Live desde Pangea No Te Va Gustar – Luz	[15]
2022	Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado	Unas Vacaciones Raras	Marilina Bertoldi – Mojigata Fito & Fitipaldis – Cada Vez Cadáver La Gusana Ciega – 1021 Whiplash – RPDF	[16]
2023	Molotov	Solo D' Lira	A.N.I.M.A.L. – Íntimo Extremo - 30 Años Arde Bogotá – Cowboys de la A3 De La Tierra – De La Tierra III Eruca Sativa – Dopelganga	[17]
2024	Aterciopelados	El Dorado (En Vivo)	La Vida Bohème – Diáspora Live Vol.1 David Lebón – Herencia Lebón Mägo de Oz – Alicia en el Metalverso Viniloversus – Mi Mejor Enemigo	[18]

Notes

• Latin music portal
• Rock music portal

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year
^{^[II]} Showing only the nationality(ies) of the performing artist(s)
^{^[III]} Showing the name of the performer and the nominated album