The Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album 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 in the United States and internationally. The award goes to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings in the traditional tropical music category which includes genres such as son, danzón, guaracha and bomba interpreted in a traditional style.
Musicians originating from Cuba have dominated the category though the award has also been presented to artists from Puerto Rico, Spain and the United States. It was first earned by Tito Puente with Mambo Birdland at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held in 2000.
Cachao is the only artist to have won this category three times, the last one posthumously (the first one to be awarded in this fashion). Cachao also leads in number of nominations with four, followed by Ibrahim Ferrer and Eliades Ochoa with three nominations each. Buena Vista Social Club members have been nominated ten times combined, excluding the two nominations by Juan de Marcos González (with Afro-Cuban All Stars and Sierra Maestra, respectively).
Winners and nominees
Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.2000 Tito Puente 2001 Celia Cruz 2002 Bebo Valdés Trio with Israel López "Cachao" and Carlos "Patato" Valdés 2003 Ibrahim Ferrer 2004 Bebo Valdés and Diego El Cigala 2005 Cachao 2006 Andy Montañez and Pablo Milanés 2007 Bobby Cruz 2008 Gloria Estefan 2009 Gilberto Santa Rosa 2010 Concha Buika . 2011 Cachao 2012 Eliades Ochoa 2013 Arturo Sandoval 2014 Sonora Santanera 2015 José Alberto "El Canario" and Septeto Santiaguero 2016 Sonora Santanera 2017 Jon Secada featuring The Charlie Sepúlveda Big Band 2018 José Alberto El Canario & El Septeto Santiaguero A Mi Qué - Tributo a los Clásicos Cubanos 2019 Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda Big Band (Live) 2020 Orquesta Aragón Ícono 2021 Alain Pérez, Issac Delgado and Orquesta Aragón Cha Cha Chá: Homenaje a lo Tradicional 2022 Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola Gonzalo Rubalcaba y Aymée Nuviola Live in Marciac 2023 Omara Portuondo Vida 2024 José Alberto "El Canario" Rodando por el Mundo 2025 Gloria Estefan Raíces
Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
See also Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song
References
General Note: User must select the "Tropical Field" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
External links Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards