:Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
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{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
| awarded_for = quality vocal or instrumental tropical latin albums
| image =
| imagesize = 100px
| alt = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
| caption = Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
| country = United States
| year = 1984
| holder = Tony Succar & Mimy Succar, Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) (2025)
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
}}
The Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010}} to recording artists for releasing albums in the tropical latin music 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".{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/|title=Overview|access-date=November 11, 2010|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027163924/http://www.grammy.com/recording_academy/|archive-date=October 27, 2009|df=mdy-all}}
According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide the award is intended "for albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental tropical Latin recordings". This category includes all forms of traditional tropical music, salsa and merengue.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper|title=Category Mapper|access-date=November 25, 2011|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}
This award has been handed out since 1984 and has had several name changes:
- From 1984 to 1991, and then again from 1995 to 1999 the award was known as Best Tropical Latin Performance
- From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Tropical Latin Album
- In 2000 it was awarded as Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance
- From 2001 to 2010 it was awarded as Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album. From 2000 to 2003 two separate awards, the Best Salsa Album and Best Merengue Album, existed for salsa and merengue recordings respectively. Then from 2004 to 2006 the award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album existed.
- In 2011 the name Best Tropical Latin Album returned.
Salsa Queen Celia Cruz has the record for most nominations in this category with nine. Rubén Blades has the record for most wins in this category with seven accolades. He is followed by Israel López "Cachao" (one of which was a posthumous one, in 2012) and Celia Cruz with four wins. Gloria Estefan, Eddie Palmieri, and Tito Puente all have three wins. Two-time winners include Juan Luis Guerra and Bebo Valdés. Blades holds the record for most nominations with thirteen (up to the 2022 Grammy Awards). Willie Colón holds the record for most nominations without a win, with eight.
Recipients
File:Tito Puentes.jpg was the first recipient of the award.]]
File:Ruben Blades (48403756251) (cropped).jpg holds the records of most wins with five and most nominations with thirteen.]]
File:Celia Cruz 1.jpg won the award in 1990 with Ray Barretto.]]
File:Gloria Estefan in 2017.jpg.]]
File:Eddie Palmieri mit Bassist Luques Curtis.jpg.]]
File:Carlos Vives - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010.jpg.]]
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1984
| {{sortname|Tito|Puente}} and his Latin Ensemble | On Broadway | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1985
| {{sortname|Eddie|Palmieri}} | Palo Pa' Rumba | {{smalldiv|
| align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dVosAAAAIBAJ&pg=6572,2455666&dq|title=David Foster Leading Grammy Nominations|date=January 12, 1985|access-date=April 24, 2010|work=Spartanburg Herald-Journal|publisher=The New York Times Company}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1986
| {{sortname|Eddie|Palmieri}} | Solito | {{smalldiv|
| align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k6QkAAAAIBAJ&pg=1071,2798016&dq|title=Best new artist category causes Grammys' only stir|date=February 26, 1986|access-date=April 24, 2010|work=The Gazette|publisher=Canwest}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1987
| {{sortname|Rubén|Blades}} | Escenas | {{smalldiv|
| align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cywtAAAAIBAJ&pg=1379,1280086&dq|title=Veterans top Grammy nominations|date=January 8, 1987|access-date=April 24, 2010|work=The Herald|publisher=The McClatchy Company|archive-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204180046/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cywtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cb0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1379,1280086&dq|url-status=dead}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1988
| {{sortname|Eddie|Palmieri}} | La Verdad – The Truth | {{smalldiv|
| align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CeslAAAAIBAJ&pg=6885,4044707&dq|title=Irish rockers among Grammy nominees|date=January 15, 1988|access-date=April 24, 2010|first=Larry|last=McShane|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Publishing Company}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1989
| {{sortname|Rubén|Blades}} and Son del Solar | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1990
| {{sortname|Celia|Cruz}} and Ray Barretto | Ritmo en el Corazón | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1991
| {{sortname|Tito|Puente}} | "Lambada Timbales" | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1992
| {{sortname|Juan Luis|Guerra}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1993
| {{sortname|Linda|Ronstadt}} | Frenesí | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1994
| {{sortname|Gloria|Estefan}} | {{smalldiv|
| align="center"|{{cite news|title=General Categories|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-07-ca-9459-story.html |date=January 7, 1994 |access-date=August 6, 2020 |page=3 |work=Los Angeles Times }} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1995
| {{sort|Cachao|Israel López "Cachao"}} | Master Sessions Vol. 1 | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1996
| {{sortname|Gloria|Estefan}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1997
| {{sortname|Rubén|Blades}} | La Rosa de los Vientos | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1998
| {{sortname|Ry|Cooder}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1999
| {{sort|Marc Anthony}} | {{smalldiv|
| align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zn0VAAAAIBAJ&pg=5909,1317889&dq|title=Top Grammy nominations|date=January 6, 1999|access-date=April 24, 2010|work=The Register-Guard|publisher=Guard Publishing}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2000
| {{sortname|Tito|Puente}} | Mambo Birdland | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2001
| {{sortname|Gloria|Estefan}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2002
| {{sortname|Carlos|Vives}} | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/|title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees|date=January 4, 2002|access-date=July 12, 2010|publisher=CBS News}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2003
| {{sortname|Bebo|Valdés}} with Israel López "Cachao" and Carlos "Patato" Valdes | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2004
| {{sortname|Ibrahim|Ferrer}} | Buenos Hermanos | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html|title=They're All Contenders|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=July 12, 2010|work=The New York Times}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2005
| {{sort|Cachao|Israel López "Cachao"}} | Ahora Si! | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories|date=February 7, 2005|access-date=July 12, 2010|publisher=Gannett Company|work=USA Today}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2006
| {{sortname|Bebo|Valdés}} | Bebo de Cuba | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html?pagewanted=3|title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominations|access-date=July 12, 2010|date=December 8, 2005|page=3|work=The New York Times}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2007
| {{sortname|Gilberto|Santa Rosa}} | Directo al Corazón | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2008
| {{sortname|Juan Luis|Guerra}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2009
| {{sortname|José|Feliciano}} | Señor Bachata | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/complete_list_of_nominees_51st_annual/71618|title=Complete List of Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards|date=December 8, 2008|publisher=E! Online|access-date=December 26, 2011}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2010
| {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2009&genre=17|title=52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Latin Field|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=December 10, 2011}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2011
|Viva La Tradición | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2010&genre=17|title=53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Latin Field|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=December 10, 2011}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2012
|The Last Mambo | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=17|title=54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Latin Field|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=December 10, 2011}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2013
| Marlow Rosado and La Riqueña | Retro | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.grammy.com/nominees List of 2013 nominees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201120225/http://www.grammy.com/nominees |date=February 1, 2012 }} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2014
| Pacific Mambo Orchestra | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2015
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2016
| Rubén Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta | Son de Panamá | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2017
| Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo | Donde Están? | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2018
| Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta | {{smalldiv|
| align="center"|[https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/60thpresslist11272017_0.pdf Grammy.com, 28 November 2017] |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2019
| Anniversary | {{smalldiv|
}} | align="center"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards Grammy.com, 7 December 2018] |
rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2020
| A Journey Through Cuban Music | rowspan="2"|{{smalldiv|
}} | rowspan="2" align="center"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list] |
Marc Anthony
| Opus |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2021
| 40 | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2022
|Rubén Blades & Roberto Delgado & Orquesta |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2023
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2024
|Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta |Siembra: 45º Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022) |{{smalldiv|
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2025
|Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) |{{smalldiv|
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- {{note|1|[I]}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
See also
References
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 4, 2011}} Note: User must select the "Latin" category as the genre under the search feature.
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