The Latin Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Song 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 is reserved to the songwriters of a new song containing at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish. Instrumental recordings or cover songs are not eligible. Since its inception, the award category has had one name change. From 2000 to 2012 the award was known as Best Regional Mexican Song. In 2013, the category name was changed to Best Regional Song. In 2016, the award was changed back to Best Regional Mexican Song.
The award was first presented to Colombian songwriter Kike Santander for the track "Mi Verdad", performed by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís is the most awarded songwriter with four wins; in 2011 Solís' song "¿A Dónde Vamos a Parar?" became the first regional song to be nominated for Song of the Year. American Tejano group Jimmy González y Grupo Mazz is the most nominated without a win, with two unsuccessful nominations.
The award has only been presented to songwriters originating from Colombia, Mexico and the United States. Mexican songwriters have won a total of eleven times, and American songwriters have received the award on four occasions.
Winners and nominees
Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.2000 Alejandro Fernández 2001 José Vaca Flores Vicente Fernández 2002 Freddie Martínez Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte 2003 Joan Sebastian Joan Sebastian 2004 Marco Antonio Solís Marco Antonio Solís 2005 Josué Contreras & Johnny Lee Rosas Intocable 2006 Edgar Cortazar, Ernesto Cortazar & Tony Melendez Conjunto Primavera 2007 Freddie Martinez Joe Lopez and Jimmy González y Grupo Mazz .2008 Joan Sebastian Vicente Fernández 2009 Marco Antonio Solís Marco Antonio Solís 2010 Yoel Henriquez & Paco Lugo Pedro Fernández 2011 Marco Antonio Solís Marco Antonio Solís 2012 Luis Carlos Monroy & Adrián Pieragostino La Original Banda El Limón De Salvador Lizárraga2013 Pedro Fernández Pedro Fernández2014 Marco Antonio Solís Marco Antonio Solís2015 Mauricio Arriaga, Edgar Barrera & Eduardo Murguía "Todo Tuyo" Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga 2016Erika Ender, Manu Moreno & Mónica Vélez "Ataúd"Los Tigres Del Norte 2017Juan Treviño"Siempre Es Así"Juan Treviño feat. AJ Castillo2018Christian Nodal"Probablemente"Christian Nodal2019Edgar Barrera, Gussy Lau & Christian Nodal"No Te Contaron Mal" Christian Nodal2020Natalia Lafourcade"Mi Religión"Natalia Lafourcade2021 Edgar Barrera, René Humberto Lau Ibarra & Christian Nodal "Aquí Abajo" Christian Nodal 2022 Édgar Barrera, Carín León & Matisse "Como lo Hice Yo" Matisse & Carin León 2023 Bad Bunny, Edgar Barrera, Andrés Jael Correa Rios & Mag "Un x100to" Grupo Frontera featuring Bad Bunny 2024 Édgar Barrera & Kevyn Mauricio Cruz "El Amor de Su Vida" Grupo Frontera & Grupo Firme 2025 Luciano Luna "La Lotería" Los Tigres del Norte
Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year. The performing artist is only listed but does not receive the award. Showing the name of the songwriter(s), the nominated song and in parentheses the performer's name(s).
See also Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year Lo Nuestro Award for Regional Mexican Song of the Year
References
General Note: User must select the "Regional Mexican Field" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
External links Official website of the Latin Grammy Awards