Lo Nuestro Award for Rock/Alternative Album of the Year

The Lo Nuestro Award for Rock/Alternative Album of the Year was an honor presented annually by American network Univision. The Lo Nuestro Awards have been held annually since 1989. 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 Arthur Andersen.^[1][2] At the present time, the winners are selected by the audience through an online survey.^[3] The trophy is shaped in the form of a treble clef.^[1] The categories awarded were for the Pop, Tropical/Salsa, Regional Mexican and Music Video fields before the 2000 awards, and from the following year onwards categories were expanded and included a Rock field for Album and Performer of the Year.^[4]

Lo Nuestro Awards for Rock/Alternative Album of the Year
Awarded for	Rock/Alternative Album of the Year
Country	United States
Presented by	Univision
First awarded	2001
Last awarded	2013
Most awards	Maná (5)
Website	univision.com/premiolonuestro

The award was first presented to MTV Unplugged by Colombian singer Shakira. Mexican band Maná were the most nominated and biggest winners in the category, with five wins out of six nominations. Chilean band La Ley won the award twice. Colombian performer Juanes won in 2009 for La Vida... Es Un Ratico, which also received the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.^[5][6] Mexican ensemble Zoé was the most nominated act without a win, with four unsuccessful nominations. In 2013, all the categories in the Rock Field (Artist, Album and Song of the Year) were merged into the Pop Field.^[7]

Winners and nominees

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

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning album

Colombian performer Shakira (pictured in 2009), winner in 2001.

Chilean band La Ley (pictured in 2005), winners in 2002 and 2004.

Mexican band Maná (pictured in 2012), the biggest winners in the category, with five wins.

Mexican band Molotov (pictured in 2006), winners in 2006.

Colombian performer Juanes (pictured in 2012), winner in 2009.

Year	Album	Performer(s)	Ref
2001 (13th)	MTV Unplugged‡	Shakira	[8][9]
	La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano	Café Quijano
	89–99	Aleks Syntek
	No Podemos Volar	El Tri
	Uno	La Ley
2002 (14th)	MTV Unplugged‡	La Ley	[10][11]
	Chuntaros Radio Poder	El Gran Silencio
	Cuando la Sangre Galopa	Jaguares
	Gozo Poderoso	Aterciopelados
	Le Modulor	Mœnia
2003 (15th)	Revolución de Amor‡	Maná	[12][13]
	Buenos Muchachos	La Mosca Tsé Tsé
	Cabas	Cabas
	Money Pa' Qué	Los Rabanes
	Un Día Normal	Juanes
2004 (16th)	Libertad‡	La Ley	[3][14]
	Alma en Fuego	Inspector
	Dance and Dense Denso	Molotov
	El Primer Instinto	Jaguares
	Super Riddim Internacional, Vol. 1	El Gran Silencio
2005 (17th)	Esenciales: Luna‡	Maná	[15][16]
	Atlas	Kinky
	Rocanlover	Zoé
	Sí	Julieta Venegas
	Trippin Tropicana	Superlitio
2006 (18th)	Con Todo Respeto‡	Molotov	[17][18]
	Andrea Echeverri	Andrea Echeverri
	Consejo	La Secta AllStar
	Consuelo en Domingo	Enjambre
	El Cielo de Tu Boca	Circo
2007 (19th)	Amar es Combatir‡	Maná	[19][20]
	Anoche	Babasónicos
	Indeleble	Alejandra Guzmán
	Pescado Original	Enanitos Verdes
	Vida de Perros	Los Bunkers
2008 (20th)	Oye‡	Aterciopelados	[21][22]
	Amantes Sunt Amentes	Panda
	Grrr!	Moderatto
	Masa con Masa	Millo Torres and El Tercer Planeta
	Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea	Zoé
2009 (21st)	La Vida... Es Un Ratico‡	Juanes	[23][24]
	17	Motel
	Arde El Cielo	Maná
	Mucho	Babasónicos
	Sino	Café Tacuba
2010 (22nd)	Fuego‡	La Secta AllStar	[25][26]
	La Luz del Ritmo	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
	Queremos Rock	Moderatto
	Reptilectric	Zoé
2011 (23rd)	Amor Vincit Omnia‡	Draco	[27][28]
	Evidencia	Vivanativa
	Las Consecuencias	Bunbury
	Radio Lacolifata presenta: El Canto del Loco	El Canto del Loco
2012 (24th)	Drama y Luz‡	Maná	[29][30]
	20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto	Alejandra Guzmán and Moderatto
	El Juidero	Rita Indiana and Los Misterios
	MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo	Zoé
	P.A.R.C.E.	Juanes
2013 (25th)	Exiliados en la Bahía: Lo Mejor de Maná‡	Maná	[31][32]
	MTV Unplugged	Juanes
	La Conexión	Black Guayaba
	Transformación	Beto Cuevas

See also

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

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