The Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album is an honor presented annually 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 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental contemporary tropical albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of newly recorded material. It is awarded to solo artists or groups; if the work is a tribute album or collection of live performances, the award is presented only to the directors or producers.
The category included cumbia and vallenato recordings until the introduction of Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album at the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2006. In January 2008, the award for Best Merengue Album was discontinued due to a shortage of submissions, resulting in merengue recordings becoming eligible in the Best Contemporary Tropical Album category. The accolade for Best Contemporary Tropical Album was first presented to Colombia singer Carlos Vives at the 3rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2002 for his album Déjame Entrar (2001). Vives holds the record for the most victories, with six.
Winners and nominees
Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.2002 Carlos Vives2003 Rubén Blades2004 Albita2005 Carlos Vives 2006 Olga Tañón2007 Oscar D'León2008 José Feliciano2009 Omara Portuondo 2010 Juan Luis Guerra 2011 Tito El Bambino2012 Milly QuezadaAqui Estoy Yo2013 Juan Luis Guerra 2014 Carlos VivesMás Corazón Profundo2015 Juan Luis Guerra 4.40Todo Tiene Su Hora 2016 Guaco Guaco Histórico 2 2017 Guaco Bidimensional 2018 Carlos Vives Vives 2019 Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 Literal 2020 Carlos Vives Cumbiana 2021 Gloria Estefan Brazil305 2022 Carlos Vives Cumbiana II 2023 Luis Fernando Borjas 5:10 AM 2024 Fonseca Tropicalia 2025 Vicente García Puñito de Yocahú
Notes Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year. Showing the name of the performer and the nominated album
See also Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
References
General Note: User must select the "Tropical Field" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
External links
Official website of the Latin Grammy Awards