Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album


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 Café Tacuba, Natalia Lafourcade, Julieta Venegas and the Colombian duo Aterciopelados 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

YearPerforming artistWorkNomineesRef.
2004Café Tacuba
  • Babasónicos — Infame
  • Kinky — Atlas
  • Ozomatli — Coming Up
  • Plastilina Mosh — Hola Chicuelos
2005Ozomatli
  • 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
    • 2006Julieta Venegas
  • Babasónicos — Anoche
  • Café Tacuba — Un Viaje
  • Nortec Collective — Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3
  • Pastora — La Vida Moderna
    • 2007Aterciopelados
  • Kevin Johansen — Logo
  • Kinky — Reina
  • Vicentico — Los Pájaros
  • Zoé — Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea
    • 2008Julieta Venegas
  • Babasónicos — Mucho
  • Café Tacuba — Si No
  • Circo — Cursi
  • Manu Chao — La Radiolina
    • 2009Los Amigos Invisibles
  • Babasónicos — Mucho +
  • Kinky — Barracuda
  • Novalima — Coba Coba
  • Zoé — Reptilectric
    • 2010Ely Guerra
  • Banda de Turistas — Magical Radiophonic Heart
  • Bengala — Oro
  • El Cuarteto de Nos — Bipolar
  • Perrozompopo — CPC
    • 2011Zoé
  • Doctor Krápula — Corazón Bombea/Vivo
  • Fidel Nadal — Forever Together
  • Carla Morrison — Mientras Tu Dormias
  • Mr. Pauer — Soundtrack
    • 2012Carla Morrison
  • Lisandro Aristimuño — Mundo Anfibio
  • ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay
  • Ulises Hadjis — Cosas Perdidas
  • Kinky — Sueño de la Máquina
    • 2013Natalia Lafourcade
  • Bomba Estéreo — Elegancia Tropical
  • Café Tacuba — El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco
  • Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas — Chances
  • León Larregui — Solstis
    • 2014Babasónicos
  • Caloncho — Fruta
  • Los Cafres — Los Cafres - 25 Años De Música!
  • Siddhartha — El Vuelo Del Pez
  • Sig Ragga — Aquelarre
    • 2015Natalia LafourcadeHasta la Raíz
  • Bomba Estéreo — Amanecer
  • Centavrvs — Sombras de Oro
  • Los Auténticos Decadentes — Y La Banda Sigue
  • Porter — Moctezuma
    • 2016Illya Kuryaki & The ValderramasL.H.O.N.
  • Bebe — Cambio de Piel
  • Esteman — Caótica Belleza
  • Mon Laferte — Mon Laferte - Vol. 1
  • Carla Morrison — Amor Supremo
    • 2017Café TacubaJei Beibi
  • El Cuarteto de Nos – Apocalipsis Zombi
  • Mon Laferte – La Trenza
  • Sig Ragga – La Promesa de Thamar
  • Danay Suárez – Palabras Manuales
    • 2018Aterciopelados
  • Dante Spinetta — Puñal
  • Telmary — Fuerza Arará
  • Vetusta Morla — Mismo Sitio, Distinto Lugar
  • Zoé — Aztlan