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The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the
Latin pop Latin pop (in Spanish and in Portuguese: Pop latino) is a pop music subgenre that is a fusion of US–style music production with Latin music genres from anywhere in Latin America and Spain. Originating in Spanish-speaking musicians, Latin po ...
genre. 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". Throughout its history, this award has had minor name changes: * "Best Latin Pop Performance" (1984—1991, 1995—2000) * "Best Latin Pop or Urban Album" (1992—1994, 2021) * "Best Latin Pop Album" since 2022. In 2012 the award was not presented due to a major overhaul of Grammy categories. That year recordings in this category were shifted to the newly formed "
Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the latin pop, ...
". However, later that year, the Board of Trustees announced that it would be bringing back the category for the
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in 2013 with the following description: "for albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of new vocal or instrumental Latin pop recordings". In June 2020, the Recording Academy decided to move the Latin urban genre from the Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album category to this category, as "the Latin urban genre, both aesthetically and musically, is much more closely related to the current state of Latin pop." However, from
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, Latin urban music has been honored with its own separate category:
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. From 1984 to 1991, the category allowed single tracks or albums, and as of 1992 only includes albums. Beginning in 1998, members of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS) are eligible to vote in the Latin field of the Grammy Award categories. Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano was the first awarded in the category for his album '' Me Enamoré'' (1984). Feliciano and Spanish singer
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are the biggest winners with four accolades each. The most nominated performer is Mexican singer
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with twelve nominations that resulted in three wins, including his consecutive awards for '' Aries'' (1994) and ''
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'' (1995). In 1998, Spanish artists
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and Julio Iglesias, father and son, where nominated against each other for their albums '' Vivir'' and '' Tango'', respectively, losing both to Miguel's ''
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''. Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona and Mexican musician
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tied in 2007 for their albums '' Adentro'' and '' Limón y Sal'', respectively. Panamanian artist Rubén Blades has received the award twice, in 2000 and 2015, and also has been recognized in other fields, with winning albums for Tropical Latin Album and World Music Album.
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became the first Italian female artist to win a Grammy Award with the album '' Escucha'' in 2006. '' No Es lo Mismo'' by Sanz, '' La Vida... Es un Ratico'' and '' MTV Unplugged'' by Colombian artist
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, and '' Vida'' by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Draco Rosa won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album and also received the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Shakira became the first female performer to receive the honor twice, with her winning albums '' MTV Unplugged'' (2001) and ''
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'' (2018). As of 2020, Mexican singer José José is the most nominated performer without a win with six unsuccessful nominations.


Winners and nominees

*Notes: ** Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. ** Award was merged with the Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album into the newly created Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album. *Also awarded: **A: Adam Blackburn, Eric Schilling, Marcelo Añez and Sebastián Krys, engineers; Tim Mitchell, producer. **B: Joe Reyes,
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and Ronald Morales, engineers and producers. **C: Bob St. John, Eric Schilling, Gonzalo Vasquez, Gustavo Afont, Iker Gastraminsa, Jaime Lagueruela and Jon Fausty, engineers/mixers; Gonzalo Vasquez and Luis Fernando Ochoa, producers. **D: Pepo Sherman and Rafa Sardina, engineers;
Mick Guzauski Nathan "Mick" Guzauski is an American multi-platinum mixing engineer and sound engineer. His work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, easy listening, funk and hip hop. He won a 2002 Latin Grammy for Thalía's ...
, engineer/mixer; Lulo Pérez, producer. **E: Gustavo "Pichon" Dal Pont and Sebastián Krys, engineers/mixers; Estéfano, producer. **F: Jon Jacobs, engineer; Dado Parisini, producer. **G: Ben Wisch, engineer/mixer. **H: Cesar Sogbe, Coti Sorokin, Demian Nava, Juan Blas Caballero, Matías Sorokin and Sebastián Schon, engineers/mixers; Cachorro López, producer. **I: Carlos Alvarez, Lulo Perez, Pepo Sherman, Rafa Sardina and
Thom Russo Thomas "Thom" Russo is an American record producer, composer, engineer, mixer and songwriter.Gustavo Santaolalla, producer. **K: Armando Avila, Juan Carlos Moguel and Pepe Ortega, engineers/mixers; Armando Avila, producer. **L: Bob Clearmountain, engineer/mixer; Tomás Torres, producer. **M: Gustavo Borner, engineer/mixer; Juan Luis Guerra, producer. **N: Seth Horan Atkins,
Benny Faccone Benny Faccone is a recording engineer, mixing engineer, and record producer known for his work with Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Miguel, Maná and Marco Antonio Solís. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and 12 Lat