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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Latin Grammy Award For Best Alternative Music Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music 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. According to the category description guide for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental alternative albums containing at least 51 percent newly recorded material. It is awarded to solo artists, duos or groups.

Mexican artists have received this award more than any other nationality, though it has also been presented to artists originating from Colombia, the United States, and Venezuela. The award was first given to Mexican group Café Tacuba for the album Cuatro Caminos at the 5th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held in 2004. The category is shared as the most wins with Café Tacuba, Natalia Lafourcade, Julieta Venegas and Aterciopelados with two wins each. The Mexican band Kinky with four nominations is the band with most nominations without a win.

Winners and nominees

A man in the right with a hat in a black outfit with his arms extended singing to a microphone and another man on the left with a black sweater over a white shirt playing the guitar.
Café Tacuba, the first winners in this category.
In the left a black man with sunglasses and a green jacket holding performing to a microphone beside him another man playing the saxophone, in the center blonde haired man playing the trombone and in the back a man with sunglasses and a yellow hat playing the percussion with his head down, and in the right a man with curly hair with sunglasses playing the trumpet beside him a bald man playing the guitar.
Ozomatli, the first and so far only American ensemble to win this category.
Two-time winners Aterciopelados.
A woman in a purple dress singing to a microphone and playing the guitar.
Two-time winner Julieta Venegas
2010 winner Ely Guerra.
Two-time winner Natalia Lafourcade
Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2004 Café Tacuba Cuatro Caminos
2005 Ozomatli Street Signs
2006 Julieta Venegas Limón y Sal
2007 Aterciopelados Oye
2008 Julieta Venegas MTV Unplugged
2009 Los Amigos Invisibles Comercial
2010 Ely Guerra Hombre Invisible
  • Banda de Turistas – Magical Radiophonic Heart
  • Bengala – Oro
  • El Cuarteto de Nos – Bipolar
  • Perrozompopo – CPC (Canciones Populares Contestatarias)
2011 Zoé MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo
  • Doctor Krápula – Corazón Bombea/Vivo
  • Fidel Nadal – Forever Together
  • Carla Morrison – Mientras Tu Dormias
  • Mr. Pauer – Soundtrack
2012 Carla Morrison Déjenme Llorar
2013 Natalia Lafourcade Mujer Divina – Homenaje a Agustín Lara
2014 Babasónicos Romantisísmico
2015 Natalia Lafourcade Hasta la Raíz
2016 Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas L.H.O.N.
2017 Café Tacuba Jei Beibi
2018 Aterciopelados Claroscura
2019 Mon Laferte Norma
2020 Cultura Profética Sobrevolando
2021 Nathy Peluso Calambre
2022 Rosalía Motomami (Digital Album)
2023 Monsieur Periné Bolero Apocalíptico