The Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year is an honor presented annually by American television network

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at the

Lo Nuestro Awards The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish for "Our Thing") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by Univision, a Spanish-language television network based in the United States. The awards began in ...

. The accolade was established to recognize the most talented performers of

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. The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on ''

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'' Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm

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. However, since 2004, the winners are selected through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a

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. The award was first presented in 2003 to ''Is Back'' by Panamanian performer

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, who also won the following year. Puerto-Rican American

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is the most nominated act, with seven nominations, and also are the most awarded, with four wins. Their winning albums '' Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres'' (2009), '' Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra'' (with DJ Nesty) (2010), '' La Revolucion: Evolucion'' (2011), and ''

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'' (2013), also reached number-one at the ''Billboard'' Latin Albums chart. ''Los Extraterrestres'' also received the

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and

Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album The Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music 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 Americans, Latin re ...

. ''

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'' by Puerto-Rican American rapper

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was awarded the Lo Nuestro for Urban Album of the Year in 2005; with the album Daddy Yankee was the first reggaeton act to debut at the top of the ''Billboard'' Latin Albums chart and became the best-selling Latin album of the decade (2000-2010) in the United States. Puerto Rican performer

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is the only female artist to win the award, receiving it in 2008 for her album ''

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'' (2007). Puerto-Rican American reggaeton performer

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is the most nominated artist without a win, with five unsuccessful nominations. In 2017, '' Pretty Boy / Dirty Boy'' by Colombian artist

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became the last award recipient, as in the nominations for the 2019 awards, the category for Urban Album of the Year was not included.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees. DaddyYankee

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Multiple wins and nominations

References

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Winners and nominees

Multiple wins and nominations

See also

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