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. 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. 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.
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. The next three award recipients were Juanes, Jorge Moreno, and David Bisbal. In 2004, Brazilian singer Maria Rita became the first female winner. 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. 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. 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
Year Recipient(s) Nationality Nominees Ref. 2000 Cuba Café Quijano Amaury Gutiérrez Fernando Osorio Ivete Sangalo 2001 Juanes Colombia Bacilos Bebel Gilberto Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop Manuel Vargas 2002 CubaUnited StatesCabas Circo Gian Marco Sin Bandera 2003 Spain Tiziano Ferro Natalia Lafourcade Fernanda Porto Álex Ubago 2004 Brazil Akwid Obie Bermúdez Mauricio & Palodeagua Superlitio 2005 Spain Ilona JD Natasha Diana Navarro Reik 2006 Puerto Rico Céu Inés Gaviria Lena Pamela Rodriguez 2007 Jesse & Joy Mexico Alejandra Alberti Dafnis Prieto Tulsa Ricky Vallen 2008 Puerto Rico Mónica Giraldo Diogo Nogueira Roberta Sá Ximena Sariñana 2009 Mexico Chocquibtown Claudio Corsi India Martínez Luz Rios 2010 CubaCanada Estrella Maria Gadú Jotdog Koko Stambuk 2011 Sie7e Puerto Rico Pablo Alborán Max Capote Paula Fernandes Il Volo 2012 3Ball MTY Mexico Gaby Amarantos Ana Victoria Deborah De Corral Elain Ulises Hadjis Juan Magan Los Mesoneros Rosario Ortega Piso 21 2013 Guatemala A Band of Bitches Leslie Cartaya EliaCim Clarice Falcão Jesús Hidalgo Maluma Mojito Lite Quattro Miltón Salcedo 2014 Venezuela Aneeka Linda Briceño Caloncho Julio César Pablo López Miranda Periko & Jessi León Daniela Spalla Juan Pablo Vega 2015 ColombiaKaay Iván "Melón" Lewis Manu Manzo Matisse Julieta Rada Tulipa Ruiz Raquel Sofía Vazquez Sounds Vitrola Sintética 2016 Manuel Medrano Colombia Sophia Abrahão Álex Anwandter The Chamanas Esteman Joss Favela ILE Mon Laferte Morat Ian Ramil 2017 Vicente GarcíaDominican RepublicPaula Arenas CNCO Martina La Peligrosa Mau y Ricky Rawayana Sofía Reyes Rosalía Danay Suárez Sebastián Yatra 2018 Karol G Colombia Ángela Aguilar Anaadi El David Aguilar Alex Ferreira Los Petitfellas Nana Mendoza Christian Nodal Claudia Prieto Benjamín Walker 2019 Nella Venezuela Aitana Burning Caravan Cami Fer Casillas Chipi Chacón Elsa y Elmar Greeicy Juan Ingaramo Paulo Londra 2020 ColombiaAnuel AA Rauw Alejandro Cazzu Conociendo Rusia Soy Emilia Kurt Nicki Nicole Nathy Peluso Pitizion WOS 2021 Juliana Velásquez Colombia Giulia Be María Becerra Bizarrap Boza Zoe Gotusso Humbe Rita Indiana Lasso Paloma Mami Marco Mares 2022 Angela Alvarez
Silvana Estrada Cuba
Mexico Sofía Campos Cande y Paulo Clarissa Pol Granch Nabález Tiare Vale Yahritza y Su Esencia Nicole Zignago 2023 Joaquina Venezuela Borja Conexión Divina Ana del Castillo Natascha Falcão Gale Paola Guanche Leon Leiden Maréh Timø 2024 Ela Taubert Colombia Agris Kevin Aguilar Darumas Nicolle Horbath Latin Mafia Cacá Magalhães Os Garotin Íñigo Quintero Sofi Saar 2025 Paloma Morphy Mexico Alleh Annasofia Yerai Cortés Juliane Gamboa Camila Guevara Isadora Alex Luna Sued Nunes Ruzzi 2026Nominees Delilah FABIAN Loulu Gilberto Arath Herce Macario Martínez maye Sofia Monroy Kendall Peña Dora Sanches ARIA VEGA Zeca Veloso 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
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Specific
External links Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards