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 award	1998
Currently held by	Rawayana – ¿Quién Trae las Cornetas? (2025)
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	Café Tacvba – Revés/Yo Soy Enanitos Verdes – Néctar Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – La Marcha del Golazo Solitario Jaguares – Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio	[7]
2001	La Ley	Uno	Café Quijano – La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano El Tri – No Podemos Volar Fito Páez – Abre Los Amigos Invisibles – Arepa 3000	[8]
2002	Ozomatli	Embrace the Chaos	Aterciopelados – Gozo Poderoso Jaguares – Cuando la Sangre Galopa Juanes – Fíjate Bien Manu Chao – Próxima Estación: Esperanza	[9]
2003	Maná	Revolución de Amor	Juanes – Un Día Normal Kinky – Kinky Orishas – Emigrante Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop – Un Paso a la Eternidad	[10]
2004	Café Tacvba	Cuatro Caminos	Akwid – Proyecto Akwid Gustavo Cerati – Siempre Es Hoy Molotov – Dance and Dense Denso Yerba Buena – President Alien	[11]
2005	Ozomatli	Street Signs	Akwid – Komp 104.9 Radio Compa Alejandra Guzmán – Lipstick Juanes – Mi Sangre Julieta Venegas – Sí	[12]
2006	Shakira	Fijación Oral, Vol. 1	La Secta AllStar – Consejo Molotov – Con Todo Respeto Orishas – El Kilo Vico C – Desahogo	[13]
2007	Maná	Amar es Combatir	Tego Calderón – The Underdog/El Subestimado Calle 13 – Calle 13 Los Amigos Invisibles – Super Pop Venezuela Black Guayaba – Lo Demás es Plástico	[14]
2008	Black Guayaba	No Hay Espacio	Jarabe de Palo – Adelantando Panda – Amantes Sunt Amentes Los Rabanes – Kamikaze Zoé – Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea	[15]
2009	Jaguares	45	Grupo Fantasma – Sonidos Gold Locos Por Juana – La Verdad Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible – Tijuana Sound Machine Ximena Sariñana – Mediocre	[16]
2010	Calle 13	Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo	Aterciopelados – Río Bebe – Y. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – La Luz del Ritmo Wisin & Yandel – La Revolución	[17]
2011	Grupo Fantasma	El Existential	ChocQuibTown – Oro Draco – Amor Vincit Omnia Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible – Bulevard 2000 Ana Tijoux – 1977	[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	Rawayana	¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?	El David Aguilar – Compita del Destino Cimafunk – Pa'Tu Cuerpa Mon Laferte – Autopoiética Nathy Peluso – Grasa	[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