The Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album is an honor presented annually at the

Latin Grammy Award The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been ...

s, 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. To date, the award has only been presented to artists originating from Colombia. It was first awarded to Los Hermanos Zuleta for the album ''Cien Días De Bohemia'' in 2006. Both Peter Manjarrés and

Emiliano Zuleta Emiliano Zuleta Baquero was a Colombian vallenato composer, accordion player and singer, popularly known as ''El viejo Mile'' (The Old Mile). Zuleta was born on January 11, 1912, in La Jagua del Pilar, a small town of la Guajira; He died on Octobe ...

are the biggest winners in this category with two awards out of three nominations each. The ensemble Binomio de Oro de América holds the record for most nominations without a win with four.

Winners and nominees

Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

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External links

Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards
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Winners and nominees

See also

References

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