Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album | |
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Awarded for | quality albums of latin instrumental music |
Country | United States |
Presented by | The Latin Recording Academy |
First awarded | 2001 |
Currently held by | Camilo Valencia & Richard Bravo for Made in Miami (2023) |
Website | latingrammy.com |
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, 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.[1] The award goes to solo artists, duos or groups, producer(s), recording engineer(s) and mixing engineer(s) of 51% or more of the total playing time of the album.[2]
The award was first presented in 2001 in the pop field under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Album when it was handed out to Nestor Torres for the album This Side Of Paradise.[3] However it wasn't until the Latin Grammy Awards of 2004 when the instrumental field was created and the award received its current denomination Best Instrumental Album which was awarded to Yo-Yo Ma for Obrigado Brazil.[4]
Chick Corea is the biggest winner in this category with two awards. Furthermore, musicians from the United States have received this award on four occasions. The rest of the winners come from Argentina, Cuba, Colombia and Puerto Rico. In 2013, the album Presente by Bajofondo became the first instrumental album to be nominated for Album of the Year.
History
[edit]![A man wearing a grey hat and a green sweater playing the electric guitar.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Carlos_Santana_2.jpg/170px-Carlos_Santana_2.jpg)
At the first Latin Grammy Awards ceremony a category intended for instrumental recordings was presented in the pop field under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Performance for singles and tracks only. The winner was Mexican guitarist Santana for the song "El Farol", which also happened to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance that same year, who competed against; Raul di Blasio for "El Despertar Escandalo", Ivan Lins for "Dois Córregos", Frankie Marcos featuring Arturo Sandoval for "Oh Havana, When I Think Of You" and Nestor Torres for "Luna Latina".[5] The following year a category was created under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Album now intended for full albums. In 2004 the category was renamed Best Instrumental Album and moved to the newly created instrumental field which now includes all forms of Latin instrumental music.
Winners and nominees
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![A black man in the front wearing a light orange shirt and playing the saxophone with his eyes closed and in the back a white man with his eyes closed playing the cello.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/David_Sanchez.jpg/170px-David_Sanchez.jpg)
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Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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2001 | ![]() |
This Side Of Paradise |
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[3] |
2002 | ![]() |
Canciones Inéditas |
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[6] |
2003 | ![]()
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Bajofondo Tango Club |
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[7] |
2004 | ![]() |
Obrigado Brazil Live in Concert |
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[4] |
2005 | ![]() |
Coral |
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[8] |
2006 | ![]() |
Bebo |
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[9] |
2007 | ![]() |
The Enchantment |
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[10] |
2008 | ![]() |
Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá – 40 Años |
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[11] |
2009 | ![]() ![]() |
Duets |
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[12] |
2010 | ![]() |
A Time for Love |
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[13] |
2011 | ![]() |
Forever |
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[14] |
2012 | ![]() ![]() |
Further Explorations |
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2013 | ![]() ![]() |
Presente |
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2014 | ![]() |
Final Night at Birdland |
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Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue |
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Samba de Chico |
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Spain Forever |
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Identidad |
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[15] | |
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Balance |
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[16] | |
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Terra |
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[17] | |
2021 | ![]() |
Toquinho e Yamandu Costa - Bachianinha (Live at Rio Montreaux Jazz Festival) |
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[18] |
2022 | ![]() |
Maxixe Samba Groove |
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s [19] |
2023 | ![]() |
Made in Miami |
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[20] |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
References
[edit]- General
- "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 31, 2011. Note: User must select the "Instrumental Field" category as the genre under the search feature.
- Specific
- ^ "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- ^ "Latin Grammy Award definitions for Category 32 Instrumental Field".
- ^ a b "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ a b "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. July 29, 2000. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Selected Nominees For The Third Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. August 3, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "The nominees are ..." Los Angeles Times. July 23, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations". USA Today. Gannett Company. November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Faber, Judy (September 26, 2006). "Shakira Leads Latin Grammy Nominations". CBS News. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Lista de nominados al Grammy Latino 2007" (in Spanish). Mujer Activa. August 31, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2007. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Latin Grammy nominees announced: Alejandro Sanz and Camila among top contenders". Los Angeles Times. September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "2011 Latin Grammys: Nominations (FULL LIST) Revealed". manila-paper.net. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ^ "19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations" (PDF). latingrammy.com. September 21, 2018.
- ^ Ryan, Patrick. "Latin Grammys: Camila Cabello, Alejandro Sanz, Rosalía, Luis Fonsi score 2019 nominations". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ Huston, Marysabel (September 29, 2020). "Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (November 17, 2022). "Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating)". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Ratner-Arias, Sigal (September 19, 2023). "Edgar Barrera Tops 2023 Latin Grammys Nominees: Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2023.