The Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is an honor presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend performers "who have made contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music". Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas just prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony.

Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians originating from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

The awards were first presented to Mercedes Sosa, José José, Roberto Carlos, Willie Colón, and Antonio Aguilar in 2004. José and Carlos were later honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award in 2005 and 2015. Armando Manzanero, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez have also been recipients of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Colombian musician Joe Arroyo is the only recipient to have posthumously received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Award in 2011 following his death four months earlier. Upon receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, Carlos do Carmo became the first artist from Portugal to win a Latin Grammy Award. Like the Person of the Year and the Trustees awards, the accolade was not presented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recipients

Recipients of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Year	Image	Recipient	Occupation(s)	Nationality	Ref.
2004		Antonio Aguilar	Singer songwriter actor film producer	Mexico
		Roberto Carlos	Singer songwriter	Brazil
		Willie Colón	Singer trombonist songwriter producer	United States
		José José	Singer	Mexico
		Mercedes Sosa	Singer	Argentina
2005		Rocío Dúrcal	Singer actress	Spain
	—	Generoso Jiménez	Trombonist arranger	Cuba
		Jorge Ben Jor	Singer songwriter	Brazil
		Sérgio Mendes	Pianist composer arranger producer	Brazil
		Johnny Pacheco	Composer multi-instrumentalist producer	Dominican Republic
		Sandro	Singer actor	Argentina
2006		León Gieco	Singer songwriter	Argentina
		Graciela	Singer	Cuba
		César Camargo Mariano	Pianist songwriter producer	Brazil
	—	Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz	Pianist singer (respectively) songwriters	Puerto Rico United States
		Paloma San Basilio	Singer	Spain
	—	Alberto Vázquez	Singer actor	Mexico
		Johnny Ventura	Singer songwriter	Dominican Republic
2007		Alberto Cortez	Singer songwriter	Argentina
		Lucho Gatica	Singer	Chile
		Olga Guillot	Singer actress	Cuba
		Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Rock, reggae, ska, pop trio	Brazil
		Los Tigres del Norte	Norteño music quintet	Mexico
		Chavela Vargas	Singer	Mexico
2008		Vikki Carr	Singer	United States
		Cheo Feliciano	Singer songwriter	Puerto Rico
		Astrud Gilberto	Singer	Brazil
		Angélica María	Singer actress	Mexico United States
		María Dolores Pradera	Singer actress	Spain
		Estela Raval	Singer	Argentina
2009		Candido Camero	Conguero	Cuba
		Beth Carvalho	Singer	Brazil
		Charly García	Pianist singer songwriter	Argentina
		Tania Libertad	Singer	Peru Mexico
	—	Marco Antonio Muñiz	Singer	Mexico
	—	Juan Romero	Songwriter	Mexico
2010		João Donato	Singer-songwriter pianist	Brazil
	—	Las Hermanas Márquez	Singers	Cuba
		Armando Manzanero	Composer	Mexico
		Joseíto Mateo	Singer	Dominican Republic
	—	Jorge Oñate	Singer	Colombia
		Susana Rinaldi	Singer	Argentina
2011		Joe Arroyo	Singer songwriter	Colombia
		Gal Costa	Singer	Brazil
		José Feliciano	Singer songwriter	Puerto Rico
		Álex Lora	Singer songwriter	Mexico
		Les Luthiers	Humorous group musicians	Argentina
		Rubén Rada	Singer songwriter percussionist	Uruguay
		Linda Ronstadt	Singer	United States
2012		Luz Casal	Singer	Spain
		Leo Dan	Singer songwriter	Argentina
		Rita Moreno	Singer actress	Puerto Rico United States
		Milton Nascimento	Singer songwriter	Brazil
		Daniela Romo	Singer	Mexico
		Poncho Sanchez	Percussionist	United States
		Toquinho	Songwriter guitar player	Brazil
2013		Oscar D'León	Singer musician	Venezuela
		Juan Formell	Musician Arranger Songwriter	Cuba
		Roberto Menescal	Musician songwriter producer	Brazil
		Totó la Momposina	Singer interpreter	Colombia
		Palito Ortega	Singer actor producer	Argentina
		Eddie Palmieri	Pianist music director musician	United States
		Miguel Ríos	Singer songwriter actor producer	Spain
2014		Willy Chirino	Singer songwriter musician producer	Cuba United States
		César Costa	Singer actor producer radio host author mentor	Mexico
		Carlos do Carmo	Singer	Portugal
		Dúo Dinámico	Singers composers producers actors	Spain
		Los Lobos	Musical group	United States
		Valeria Lynch	Singer actress	Argentina
		Ney Matogrosso	Singer	Brazil
2015		Gato Barbieri	Saxophonist	Argentina
		Ana Belén	Singer	Spain
	—	Ángela Carrasco	Singer	Dominican Republic
		Djavan	Singer songwriter guitarist	Brazil
		El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico	Salsa music orchestra	Puerto Rico
		Víctor Manuel	Singer	Spain
		Pablo Milanés	Singer songwriter guitarist	Cuba
2016		El Consorcio	Vocal group	Spain
		Eugenia León	Singer	Mexico
		Ricardo Montaner	Singer songwriter	Argentina Venezuela
		Ednita Nazario	Singer	Puerto Rico
		Piero	Singer songwriter	Argentina
2017		Lucecita Benítez	Singer	Puerto Rico
		João Bosco	Singer musician	Brazil
		Ilan Chester	Singer songwriter	Venezuela
		Víctor Heredia	Singer	Argentina
		Los del Río	Music duo	Spain
		Guadalupe Pineda	Singer	Mexico
		Cuco Valoy	Singer	Dominican Republic
2018		Erasmo Carlos	Singer-songwriter	Brazil
		Dyango	Singer musician	Spain
		Andy Montañez	Singer	Puerto Rico
		José María Napoleón	Singer-songwriter	Mexico
		Chucho Valdés	Pianist bandleader composer arranger	Cuba
		Wilfrido Vargas	Bandleader singer	Dominican Republic
		Yuri	Singer	Mexico
2019		Eva Ayllón	Singer	Peru
		Joan Baez	Singer songwriter	United States
		José Cid	Singer songwriter	Portugal
	—	Lupita D'Alessio	Singer actress	Mexico
		Hugo Fattoruso	Keyboardist singer composer	Uruguay
		Pimpinela	Music duo	Argentina
		Omara Portuondo	Singer dancer	Cuba
		José Luis Rodríguez	Singer	Venezuela
2020	No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Martinho da Vila	Singer	Brazil
		Emmanuel	Singer songwriter	Mexico
		Pete Escovedo	Musician	United States
		Sheila E.	Musician	United States
		Fito Páez	Singer songwriter musician	Argentina
		Milly Quezada	Singer	Dominican Republic
		Joaquín Sabina	Singer songwriter	Spain
		Gilberto Santa Rosa	Singer	Puerto Rico
2022		Rosario Flores	Singer	Spain
		Myriam Hernández	Singer Songwriter	Chile
		Rita Lee	Singer Songwriter	Brazil
		Amanda Miguel	Singer	Argentina
		Yordano	Singer Songwriter	Venezuela Italy
2023		Carmen Linares	Singer	Spain
		Manuel Mijares	Singer Songwriter	Mexico
		Arturo Sandoval	musician	Cuba United States
		Simone	Singer	Brazil
		Soda Stereo	Rock musical group	Argentina
		Ana Torroja	Singer songwriter	Spain

Each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.

The artists occupation(s) are listed on the Special Awards page on the Latin Grammy Award website.

See also