Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album

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 the artists for releasing albums containing at least 51% or more of instrumental tracks of Latin instrumental recordings.[2]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album
Awarded forquality albums of latin instrumental music
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2001
Last awarded2018
Websitelatingrammy.com

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
Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana won the peer category Best Pop Instrumental Performance for this award in 2000.

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.

Recipients
Yo-Yo Ma, 2004 winner, the first recipient of this award under its current denomination.
Puerto Rican saxophonist David Sánchez won the award in 2005.
Bebo Valdés winner in 2006.
2010 winner Arturo Sandoval.
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Nationality Work Nominees Ref.
2001 Nestor Torres Puerto Rico This Side Of Paradise
[3]
2002 Chucho Valdés Cuba Canciones Inéditas
[6]
2003 Bajofondo Tango Club Argentina Bajofondo Tango Club
  • Tango di Blasio — Gardel
  • Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya — Historia Sinfonica Del Pop Español
  • Spam Allstars — ¡Fuacata! Live
  • Nestor Torres — Mi Alma Latina
[7]
2004 Yo-Yo Ma United States Obrigado Brazil Live In Concert
[4]
2005 David Sánchez Puerto Rico Coral
[8]
2006 Bebo Valdés Cuba Bebo
  • Banda Mantiqueira — Terra Amantiquira
  • Paquito D'Rivera — The Jazz Chamber Trio
  • Luis Salinas — Luis Salinas Y Amigos En España
  • Mario Adnet & Zé Nogueira — Moacir Santos: Choros y Alegría
 [9]
2007 Chick Corea and Béla Fleck United States Bebo
[10]
2008 Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá Colombia Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá – 40 Años
[11]
2009 Carlos Franzetti and Eddie Gómez Argentina
Puerto Rico		 Duets
[12]
2010 Arturo Sandoval United States A Time for Love
[13]
2011 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White United States Forever
  • Al Di Meloa — Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody
  • Escalandrum — Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla
  • Luis Salinas — Sin Tiempo
  • Omar Sosa — Calma
 [14]
2012 Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian United States
Puerto Rico		 Further Explorations
2013 Bajofondo Argentina
Uruguay		 Presente
2014 Arturo O'Farrill and the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Mexico Final Night at Birdland
2015
 Ed Calle and Mamblue Venezuela Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue
2016
 Hamilton de Holanda Brazil Samba de Chico
2017
 Michel Camilo and Tomatito Dominican Republic
Spain		 Spain Forever
  • Cesar Camargo Mariano featuring Rudiger Liebermann, Walter Seyfarth & Benoit Fromanger — Joined
  • Gustavo Casenave — Conversations with Vladimir Stowe
  • Daniel Minimalia — Origen
  • Luis Salinas — El Tren
2018
 Miguel Siso Venezuela Identidad

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

References
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
  1. "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.
  2. "Category Guide: Instrumental Field". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  3. "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 18, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  4. "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  5. "Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. July 29, 2000. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  6. "Selected Nominees For The Third Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. August 3, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  7. "The nominees are ..." Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 23, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  8. "Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations". USA Today. Gannett Company. November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  9. Faber, Judy (September 26, 2006). "Shakira Leads Latin Grammy Nominations". CBS News. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  10. "Lista de nominados al Grammy Latino 2007" (in Spanish). Mujer Activa. August 31, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  11. "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 10, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  12. "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  13. "Latin Grammy nominees announced: Alejandro Sanz and Camila among top contenders". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  14. "2011 Latin Grammys: Nominations (FULL LIST) Revealed". manila-paper.net. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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