Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist

The Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist is 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, nationally and internationally.^[1] The award is given to solo artists or groups that first establish an identity to the public as a performer and release a Spanish or Portuguese language recording during the period of eligibility.^[2] In 2012, the Academy announced the category (in addition to Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year) would include ten nominees to reflect changes within the music industry.^[3]

Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Awarded for	Artists who establish their identity with the public
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First award	2000
Currently held by	Ela Taubert (2024)
Website	latingrammy.com

The award for Best New Artist was first presented to the Cuban performer Ibrahim Ferrer in 2000. Benefiting from the release of the documentary Buena Vista Social Club, which launched him to stardom, Ferrer received the award at age seventy-three after being a performer for sixty years.^[4][5] The next three award recipients were Juanes, Jorge Moreno, and David Bisbal. In 2004, Brazilian singer Maria Rita became the first female winner.^[6] Spanish singer-songwriter Bebe announced her retirement one year after receiving the 2005 award; however, she returned to the music business five years later with the release of her second album, Y.^[7] The bands Calle 13 and Jesse & Joy won the next two awards, followed by singers Kany García, Alexander Acha, Alex Cuba, Sie7e, Mexican DJs 3Ball MTY, Gaby Moreno, Mariana Vega, Manuel Medrano, Vicente García, Karol G, Nella and Mike Bahía. Spanish singer Rosalía became the first artist to be nominated for the award, in 2017, and also the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2020.

The award has been presented to ten male and ten female artists; 3Ball MTY, Calle 13, Jesse & Joy and Monsieur Periné are the only ensembles to earn the award.^[8][9] Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians or groups originating from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Spain and Venezuela.

Recipients

Ibrahim Ferrer, the first award recipient in 2000, performing in The Netherlands in 2004

2001 award winner Juanes, performing in 2012

Maria Rita became the first female award recipient in 2004

2005 award winner Bebe, performing in 2005

Members of the 2006 award-winning group Calle 13, performing in 2009

Kany García, awarded in 2008.

Alex Cuba, awarded in 2010.

Gaby Moreno, awarded in 2013.

Manuel Medrano, awarded in 2016.

Vicente García, awarded in 2017.

Karol G, awarded in 2018.

Nella, awarded in 2019.

Year	Recipient(s)	Nationality	Nominees [III]	Ref.
2000	Ibrahim Ferrer	Cuba	Café Quijano Amaury Gutiérrez Fernando Osorio Ivete Sangalo	[10]
2001	Juanes	Colombia	Bacilos Bebel Gilberto Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop Manuel Vargas	[11]
2002	Jorge Moreno	Cuba United States	Cabas Circo Gian Marco Sin Bandera	[12]
2003	David Bisbal	Spain	Tiziano Ferro Natalia Lafourcade Fernanda Porto Álex Ubago	[13]
2004	Maria Rita	Brazil	Akwid Obie Bermúdez Mauricio & Palodeagua Superlitio	[6]
2005	Bebe	Spain	Ilona JD Natasha Diana Navarro Reik	[14]
2006	Calle 13	Puerto Rico	Céu Inés Gaviria Lena Pamela Rodriguez	[8]
2007	Jesse & Joy	Mexico	Alejandra Alberti Dafnis Prieto Tulsa Ricky Vallen	[9]
2008	Kany García	Puerto Rico	Mónica Giraldo Diogo Nogueira Roberta Sá Ximena Sariñana	[15]
2009	Alexander Acha	Mexico	Chocquibtown Claudio Corsi India Martínez Luz Rios	[16]
2010	Alex Cuba	Cuba Canada	Estrella Maria Gadú Jotdog Koko Stambuk	[17]
2011	Sie7e	Puerto Rico	Pablo Alborán Max Capote Paula Fernandes Il Volo	[18]
2012	3Ball MTY	Mexico	Gaby Amarantos Ana Victoria Deborah De Corral Elain Ulises Hadjis Juan Magan Los Mesoneros Rosario Ortega Piso 21	[19]
2013	Gaby Moreno	Guatemala	A Band of Bitches Leslie Cartaya EliaCim Clarice Falcão Jesús Hidalgo Maluma Mojito Lite Quattro Miltón Salcedo	[20]
2014	Mariana Vega	Venezuela	Aneeka Linda Briceño Caloncho Julio César Pablo López Miranda Periko & Jessi León Daniela Spalla Juan Pablo Vega	[21]
2015	Monsieur Periné	Colombia	Kaay Iván "Melón" Lewis Manu Manzo Matisse Julieta Rada Tulipa Ruiz Raquel Sofía Vazquez Sounds Vitrola Sintética	[22]
2016	Manuel Medrano	Colombia	Sophia Abrahão Álex Anwandter The Chamanas Esteman Joss Favela ILE Mon Laferte Morat Ian Ramil	[23]
2017	Vicente García	Dominican Republic	Paula Arenas CNCO Martina La Peligrosa Mau y Ricky Rawayana Sofía Reyes Rosalía Danay Suárez Sebastián Yatra	[24]
2018	Karol G	Colombia	Ángela Aguilar Anaadi El David Aguilar Alex Ferreira Los Petitfellas Nana Mendoza Christian Nodal Claudia Prieto Benjamín Walker	[25]
2019	Nella	Venezuela	Aitana Burning Caravan Cami Fer Casillas Chipi Chacón Elsa y Elmar Greeicy Juan Ingaramo Paulo Londra
2020	Mike Bahía	Colombia	Anuel AA Rauw Alejandro Cazzu Conociendo Rusia Soy Emilia Kurt Nicki Nicole Nathy Peluso Pitizion WOS	[26]
2021	Juliana Velásquez	Colombia	Giulia Be María Becerra Bizarrap Boza Zoe Gotusso Humbe Rita Indiana Lasso Paloma Mami Marco Mares	[27]
2022	Angela Alvarez Silvana Estrada	Cuba Mexico	Sofía Campos Cande y Paulo Clarissa Pol Granch Nabález Tiare Vale Yahritza y Su Esencia Nicole Zignago	[28]
2023	Joaquina	Venezuela	Borja Conexión Divina Ana Del Castillo Natascha Falcão Gale Paola Guanche Leon Leiden Maréh Timø	[29]
2024	Ela Taubert	Colombia	Agris Kevin Aguilar Darumas Nicolle Horbath Latin Mafia Cacá Magalhães Os Garotin Íñigo Quintero Sofi Saar	[30]

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

See also

• Grammy Award for Best New Artist
• Lo Nuestro Award for New Artist of the Year