Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
Latin Grammy Awards of 2015
Awarded for	alternative albums containing at least 51% of newly recorded material
Country	United States
Presented by	Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2004
Official website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an honor presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental alternative albums containing at least 51 percent newly recorded material. It is awarded to solo artists, duos or groups.

Mexican artists have received this award more than any other nationality, though it has also been presented to artists originating from Colombia, the United States, and Venezuela. The award was first given to Mexican group Café Tacuba for the album Cuatro Caminos at the 5th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held in 2004. Mexican performers Natalia Lafourcade and Julieta Venegas are the only artists to have won in this category more than once. The Mexican band Kinky with four nominations is the band with most nominations without a win.

Recipients

Café Tacuba, the first winners in this category.

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Ozomatli, the first and so far only American ensemble to win this category.

Two-time winner Julieta Venegas

Year	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2004	Café Tacuba	Mexico	Cuatro Caminos	Babasónicos — Infame Kinky — Atlas Ozomatli — Coming Up Plastilina Mosh — Hola Chicuelos
2005	Ozomatli	United States	Street Signs	Circo — En El Cielo De Tu Boca Ely Guerra — Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy Los Amigos Invisibles — The Venezuelan Zinga Son, Vol. 1 Los Rabanes — Ecolecua
2006	Julieta Venegas	Mexico	Limón y Sal	Babasónicos — Anoche Café Tacuba — Un Viaje Nortec Collective — Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 Pastora — La Vida Moderna
2007	Aterciopelados	Colombia	Oye	Kevin Johansen — Logo Kinky — Reina Vicentico — Los Pájaros Zoé — Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea
2008	Julieta Venegas	Mexico	MTV Unplugged	Babasónicos — Mucho Café Tacuba — Si No Circo — Cursi Manu Chao — La Radiolina
2009	Los Amigos Invisibles	Venezuela	Comercial	Babasónicos — Mucho + Kinky — Barracuda Novalima — Coba Coba Zoé — Reptilectric
2010	Ely Guerra	Mexico	Hombre Invisible	Banda de Turistas — Magical Radiophonic Heart Bengala — Oro El Cuarteto de Nos — Bipolar Perrozompopo — CPC (Canciones Populares Contestatarias)
2011	Zoé	Mexico	MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo	Doctor Krápula — Corazón Bombea/Vivo Fidel Nadal — Forever Together Carla Morrison — Mientras Tu Dormias Mr. Pauer — Soundtrack
2012	Carla Morrison	Mexico	Déjenme Llorar	Lisandro Aristimuño — Mundo Anfibio ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay Ulises Hadjis — Cosas Perdidas Kinky — Sueño de la Máquina
2013	Natalia Lafourcade	Mexico	Mujer Divina: Homenaje a Agustín Lara	Bomba Estéreo — Elegancia Tropical Café Tacuba — El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas — Chances León Larregui — Solstis
2014	Babasónicos	Argentina	Romantisísmico	Caloncho — Fruta Los Cafres — Los Cafres - 25 Años De Música! Siddhartha — El Vuelo Del Pez Sig Ragga — Aquelarre
2015	Natalia Lafourcade	Mexico	Hasta la Raíz	Bomba Estéreo — Amanecer Centavrvs — Sombras de Oro Los Auténticos Decadentes — Y La Banda Sigue Porter — Moctezuma

Notes

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
^{^[II]} The nationality of the performing artist(s)
^{^[III]} The name of the performer and the nominated album

References

General

Specific

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards