Latin Grammy Award For Best Salsa Album
According to the category description guide for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental salsa albums containing at least 51 percent of newly recorded material. It is awarded to solo artists, duos or groups.
The accolade for Best Salsa Album was first presented to Cuban singer Celia Cruz at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000 for her album Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa (1999). American singer Marc Anthony and Panamanian singer Rubén Blades hold the record of most wins in the category with four each, followed by Celia Cruz and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta with three wins each. Gilberto Santa Rosa holds the record for most nominations, with nine.
At the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2017, Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta won both this awards and Album of the Year for their collaborative album Salsa Big Band.
Winners and nominees
![A woman in a white feathers' dress holding a microphone up her neck.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Celia_Cruz_1.jpg/170px-Celia_Cruz_1.jpg)
![Three aged men dressed with a yellow stripes shirt singing to a microphone.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/El_Gran_Combo_de_Puerto_Rico.jpg/170px-El_Gran_Combo_de_Puerto_Rico.jpg)
![Close-up of a man in front of a microphone.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Marc_Anthony_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Marc_Anthony_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![A man wearing glasses and a grey shirt holding a microphone.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Concierto_de_Gilberto_Santa_Rosa_en_Pi%C3%B1as.jpg/170px-Concierto_de_Gilberto_Santa_Rosa_en_Pi%C3%B1as.jpg)
![A man holding a microphone to his mouth with his right hand and pointing at the frotn with his left hand.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Luis_Enrique_adjusted.jpg/170px-Luis_Enrique_adjusted.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Ruben_Blades_%2848403756251%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Ruben_Blades_%2848403756251%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Festival_de_Salsa_CH.jpg/170px-Festival_de_Salsa_CH.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Victor_Manuelle.jpg/170px-Victor_Manuelle.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/GN_foto_plataformas.png/170px-GN_foto_plataformas.png)
Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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2000 | ![]() |
Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa |
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2001 | ![]() |
Obra Maestra |
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2002 | ![]() |
La Negra Tiene Tumbao |
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2003 | ![]() |
40 Aniversario En Vivo |
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2004 | ![]() |
Regalo del Alma |
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2005 | ![]() |
Valió la Pena |
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2006 | ![]() |
Directo Al Corazón |
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2007 | ![]() |
Arroz Con Habichuela |
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2008 | ![]() |
El Cantante |
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2009 | ![]() |
Ciclos |
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2010 | ![]() |
Irrepetible |
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2011 | ![]() |
Todos Vuelven Live |
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2012 | ![]() |
Soy y Seré |
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2013 | ![]()
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Sergio George Presents: Salsa Giants |
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2014 | ![]() |
3.0 |
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2015 | ![]() |
Son De Panamá |
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2016 | ![]() |
Intensamente India Con Canciones De Juan Gabriel |
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2017 | ![]() |
Salsa Big Band |
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2018 | ![]() |
25/7 |
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2019 | ![]() ![]() |
Mas De Mi |
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2020 | ![]() |
40 |
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2021 | ![]() |
SALSA PLUS! |
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2022 | ![]() |
Pa'llá Voy |
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2023 | ![]() |
Niche Sinfónico |
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