Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album was 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 went to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings in the ranchero music genre.^[2]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album
Awarded for	quality albums of the ranchero genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded	2000
Currently held by	Christian Nodal – Forajido EP2 (2023)
Most awards	Vicente Fernández (9)
Most nominations	Vicente Fernández & Pepe Aguilar (12)
Website	latingrammy.com

Vicente Fernández is the most awarded performer in this category having won eight times including once for three consecutive years from 2002 to 2004 and once for four consecutive years from 2008 to 2011. He is also the most nominated artist in the category with fifteen nominations Pepe Aguilar is the second most-awarded performer with four wins.

The award has been presented mostly by artists originating from Mexico on all but three occasions. In 2005 when it was awarded to Puerto Rican singer Luis Miguel, who happens to reside in Mexico, 2005 for the album México En La Piel^[3] and the following two years to an American singer of Mexican origin Pepe Aguilar.

In 2016, the award was not awarded due to a lack of entries.^[4] All-female band Flor de Toloache won the award in 2017, becoming the first female recipient of the award as well as the first band to win.

Winners and nominees

Alejandro Fernández was the first recipient of the award. He has won the award three times, including one with his father Vicente Fernández.

Vicente Fernández the most awarded performer in this category with nine wins, including a win with his son Alejandro Fernández. Vicente is also the most nominated artists with fifteen nominations.

Two-time winner Luis Miguel. His second win was for ¡México Por Siempre!, which also won Album of the Year.

Mexican-American singer Pepe Aguilar winner in 2006, 2007, 2012, and 2014.

Pedro Fernández winner in 2001 and 2015.

2017 winners Flor de Toloache, the first female recipients of the award as well as the first band to win.

Three-time winner, Christian Nodal in 2019, 2022 & 2023.

Year[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees[II]	Ref.
2000	Alejandro Fernández	Mi Verdad	Antonio Aguilar – Consentida Pepe Aguilar – Por Mujeres Como Tú Vicente Fernández – Vicente Fernández y Los Más Grandes Éxitos de Los Dandy's Nydia Rojas – Si Me Conocieras	[5]
2001	Pedro Fernández	Yo No Fuí	Paquita la del Barrio – Piérdeme El Respeto Mariachi Sol de México – Tequila con Limón con El Mariachi Myrza – Homenaje a Fernando Z. Maldonado Manuel Vargas – Por Amor	[6]
2002	Vicente Fernández	Más Con El Número Uno	Pepe Aguilar – Lo Mejor de Nosotros Ana Bárbara – Te Regalo La Lluvia Aida Cuevas – Enhorabuena Alejandro Fernández – Orígenes	[7]
2003	Vicente Fernández	35 Aniversario – Lo Mejor de Lara	Pepe Aguilar – Y Tenerte Otra Vez Rocío Dúrcal – Rocío Dúrcal... En Concierto Inólvidable Alejandro Fernández – Niña Amada Mía Pedro Fernández – De Corazón	[8]
2004	Vicente Fernández and Alejandro Fernández	En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez	Pepe Aguilar – Con Orgullo Por Herencia Vicente Fernández – Se Me Hizo Tarde la Vida Pablo Montero – Gracias… Homenaje A Javier Solis Marco Antonio Solís – Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio	[9]
2005	Luis Miguel	México En La Piel	Pepe Aguilar – No Soy de Nadie Rocío Dúrcal – Alma Ranchera Vicente Fernández – Vicente Fernández y Sus Corridos Consentidos Ana Gabriel – Tradicional	[3]
2006	Pepe Aguilar	Historias de Mi Tierra	Ana Gabriel – Dos amores un amante Pablo Montero – A Toda Ley Lupillo Rivera – El Rey de las Cantinas Alicia Villarreal – Orgullo de Mujer	[10]
2007	Pepe Aguilar	Enamorado	Cristian Castro – El Indomable Pedro Fernández – Escúchame Vicente Fernández – La Tragedia del Vaquero Pablo Montero – Qué Bonita es Mi Tierra... y sus Canciones	[11]
2008	Vicente Fernández	Para Siempre	Pepe Aguilar – 100% Mexicano Pedro Fernández – Dime Mi Amor Los Temerarios – Recuerdos del Alma Jenni Rivera – ¡La Diva En Vivo!	[12]
2009	Vicente Fernández	Primera Fila	Shaila Dúrcal – Corazón Ranchero José Feliciano – Con México En El Corazón Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles – Compañeras Diego Verdaguer – Mexicano Hasta Las Pampas	[13]
2010	Vicente Fernández	Necesito de tí	Alejandro Fernández – Dos Mundos Pedro Fernández – Amarte a la Antigua Juan Gabriel – Juan Gabriel Jenni Rivera – La Gran Señora	[14]
2011	Vicente Fernández	El Hombre Que Mas Te Amó	Pepe Aguilar – Bicentenario 1810 / 1910 / 2010 Lucía Méndez – Canta Un Homenaje A Juan Gabriel Paquita la del Barrio – Eres Un Farsante Joan Sebastián – Huevos Rancheros	[15]
2012	Pepe Aguilar	Más de Un Camino	Shaila Dúrcal – Así Pedro Fernández – No Que No Miguel y Miguel – Aquí en el Rancho Trio Ellas – Trio Ellas
2013	Vicente Fernández	Hoy	Vikki Carr – Viva la Vida Aida Cuevas – Totalmente Juan Gabriel Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández con La Sinfónica de Las Américas – La Música Sheyla – Amémonos: Homenaje a Lucha Villa
2014	Pepe Aguilar	Lástima Que Sean Ajenas	Oscar Cruz – ¿Quien Dice Que No? Vicente Fernández – Mano a Mano: Tangos a La Manera de Vicente Fernández Olivia Gorra – Bésame Mucho España Juan Montalvo – Mujeres Divinas	[16]
2015	Pedro Fernández	Acaríciame El Corazón	Aida Cuevas – Pa' Que Sientas Lo Que Siento Mariachi Flor de Toloache – Mariachi Flor de Toloache Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle – Alegría Del Mariachi Diego Verdaguer – Mexicano Hasta Las Pampas 2	[17][18]
2016	Not awarded
2017	Mariachi Flor de Toloache	Las Caras Lindas	Majida Issa – Pero No Llorando - Nocturna Mariachi Herencia De México – Nuestra Herencia Mariachi Imperial Azteca – Aún Estoy De Pie Mariachi Oro De América – 36 Aniversario Mariachi Oro De América	[19]
2018	Luis Miguel	¡México Por Siempre!	Ángela Aguilar – Primero Soy Mexicana Tania Libertad – Jose Alfredo y Yo Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández - Leyendas de Mi Pueblo Christian Nodal – Me Dejé Llevar	[20]
2019	Christian Nodal	Ahora	El Bebeto – Mi Persona Preferida Alex Fernández – Sigue La Dinastía... Vicente Fernández - Más Romántico Que Nunca Flor de Toloache – Indestructible	[21][22]
2020	Alejandro Fernández	Hecho en México	Aida Cuevas – Antología de la Música Ranchera Eugenia León - A Los 4 Vientos Vol. 1 "Ranchero" Mariachi Sol De Mexico De José Hernández – Bailando Sones y Huanpangos con el Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández Christian Nodal – AYAYAY!	[23]
2021	Vicente Fernández	A Mis 80's	El Bebeto – Cuanto te Enamores Nora González – #CHARRAMILLENNIAL - LADY Christian Nodal – AYAYAY! (SÚPER DELUXE) Pike Romero – Soy México	[24]
2022	Christian Nodal	EP #1 Forajido	Ángela Aguilar – Mexicana Enamorada Majo Aguilar – Mi Herencia, Mi Sangre Mariachi Sol de Mexico de José Hernández – Mariachi Sol de Mexico de José Hernández Marco Antonio Solís – Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe)	[25]
2023	Christian Nodal	Forajido EP2	Majo Aguilar – Se Canta con el Corazón (Deluxe) Ana Bárbara – Bordado a Mano Adriel Favela – Sólo Muere Si Se Olvida Mariachi Herencia de México – Herederos	[26]
2024	TBA	TBA	Majo Aguilar – Mariachi y Tequila (Deluxe) Pepe Aguilar – Que Llueva Tequila Alejandro Fernández – Te Llevo en la Sangre Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández – Romances Eternos	[27]

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

See also

• Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Song

References

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External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards