Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Recipients
Each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year. The artists occupation(s) are listed on the Special Awards page on the Latin Grammy Award website.

Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Section Title: Recipients
Table Section Text: Each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year. The artists occupation(s) are listed on the Special Awards page on the Latin Grammy Award website.

Year	Image	Recipient	Occupation(s)	Nationality	Ref.

2004	A man wearing a military uniform.	Antonio Aguilar	Singer songwriter actor film producer	Mexico

A man wearing a light blue shirt.	Roberto Carlos	Singer songwriter	Brazil

—	Willie Colón	Singer trombonist songwriter producer	United States

A man wearing a white tuxedo.	José José	Singer	Mexico

A woman with long hair is facing left.	Mercedes Sosa	Singer	Argentina

2005	—	Rocío Dúrcal	Singer actress	Spain

—	Generoso Jiménez	Trombonist arranger	Cuba

A man wearing a white shirt and sunglasses is holding a microphone.	Jorge Ben Jor	Singer songwriter	Brazil

A man is playing a piano	Sérgio Mendes	Pianist composer arranger producer	Brazil

—	Johnny Pacheco	Composer multi-instrumentalist producer	Dominican Republic

A man is facing the camera	Sandro	Singer actor	Argentina

2006	A man wearing a black shirt and glasses is holding a microphone	León Gieco	Singer songwriter	Argentina

A woman in a white dress is performing on stage	Graciela	Singer	Cuba

Two men are standing next to each other	César Camargo Mariano	Pianist songwriter producer	Brazil

—	Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz	Pianist singer (respectively) songwriters	Puerto Rico United States

Paloma San Basilio	Paloma San Basilio	Singer	Spain

—	Alberto Vázquez	Singer actor	Mexico

A man wearing a tuxedo is holding a microphone	Johnny Ventura	Singer songwriter	Dominican Republic

2007	A man is smiling at the camera	Alberto Cortez	Singer songwriter	Argentina

A man wearing a tuxedo is looking towards the right	Lucho Gatica	Singer	Chile

A woman wearing a yellow shirt is facing left	Olga Guillot	Singer actress	Cuba

Three men performing on stage	Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Rock, reggae, ska, pop trio	Brazil

A group of men performinn at a concert	Los Tigres del Norte	Norteño music quintet	Mexico

A women wearing a dress is singing	Chavela Vargas	Singer	Mexico

2008	A women wearing a white dress is holding a microphone	Vikki Carr	Singer	United States

A man wearing a tuxedo is holding a microphone on his left hand and raising his right hand	Cheo Feliciano	Singer songwriter	Puerto Rico

A woman is performing on a stage and is facing right	Astrud Gilberto	Singer	Brazil

A woman wearing a black suit has her hands on her hips	Angélica María	Singer actress	Mexico United States

A woman wearing a blue dress is smiling at the camera	María Dolores Pradera	Singer actress	Spain

A woman in a dress is facing the camera	Estela Raval	Singer	Argentina

2009	A man wearing a tuxedo is playing the congas	Candido Camero	Conguero	Cuba

A woman with red hair is smiling	Beth Carvalho	Singer	Brazil

A man wearing a blue suit is holding a microphone	Charly García	Pianist singer songwriter	Argentina

A woman wearing a black dress is holding a microphone	Tania Libertad	Singer	Peru Mexico

—	Marco Antonio Muñiz	Singer	Mexico

—	Juan Romero	Songwriter	Mexico

2010	A man wearing a cap is sitting on a bench	João Donato	Singer-songwriter pianist	Brazil

—	Las Hermanas Márquez	Singers	Cuba

A man is sitting on a seat inside a theater	Armando Manzanero	Composer	Mexico

A man is on a platform and holding a microphone	Joseíto Mateo	Singer	Dominican Republic

—	Jorge Oñate	Singer	Colombia

A woman with curly hair is looking at the camera.	Susana Rinaldi	Singer	Argentina

2011	A man wearing a suit is looking at the camera.	Joe Arroyo	Singer songwriter	Colombia

A woman in a white dress is holding a microphone.	Gal Costa	Singer	Brazil

A man is sitting on a stool playing a guitar.	José Feliciano	Singer songwriter	Puerto Rico

A man is wearing a black suit and sunglasses and is playing an electric guitar.	Álex Lora	Singer songwriter	Mexico

—	Les Luthiers	Humorous group musicians	Argentina

A man is wearing a black suit and sunglasses and is playing an electric guitar.	Rubén Rada	Singer songwriter percussionist	Uruguay

A woman wearing a white sleeveless shirt and pink pants is singing.	Linda Ronstadt	Singer	United States

2012	A woman with black hair is wearing a black dress and is facing the camera.	Luz Casal	Singer	Spain

A man wearing a black scarf is sitting in a recording studio.	Leo Dan	Singer songwriter	Argentina

A woman is wearing glasses, a white dress, and earring is facing the camera.	Rita Moreno	Singer actress	Puerto Rico United States

alt=A man with hair braids is wearing sunglasses and playing a guitar. Milton Nascimento	Milton Nascimento	Singer songwriter	Brazil

—	Daniela Romo	Singer	Mexico

A man wearing a fedora is playing the congas	Poncho Sanchez	Percussionist	United States

A man in a black shirt is playing a guitar next to a table	Toquinho	Songwriter guitar player	Brazil

2013	A man with a thick mustache is wearing light blue shirt.	Oscar D'León	Singer musician	Venezuela

A man in a black shirt is holding an award on his left	Juan Formell	Musician Arranger Songwriter	Cuba

A bearded man is wearing a black shirt	Roberto Menescal	Musician songwriter producer	Brazil

A woman wearing a traditional dress is holding a microphone	Totó la Momposina	Singer interpreter	Colombia

A man in a white tuxedo is facing right	Palito Ortega	Singer actor producer	Argentina

—	Eddie Palmieri	Pianist music director musician	United States

A man in a black suit has a medallion on his necklace	Miguel Ríos	Singer songwriter actor producer	Spain

2014	A man is looking towards the right	Willy Chirino	Singer songwriter musician producer	Cuba United States

A man wearing a turtleneck shirt is holding a cellphone	César Costa	Singer actor producer radio host author mentor	Mexico

A man in a black tuxedo is holding a microphone and is facing right	Carlos do Carmo	Singer	Portugal

Two men in tuxedos are climbing down the stairs from an airplane	Dúo Dinámico	Singers composers producers actors	Spain

A band is performing at a stage in front of the White House	Los Lobos	Musical group	United States

A woman with blond hair is wearing a white dress and is singing on a stage	Valeria Lynch	Singer actress	Argentina

A man is wearing a black jacket and is facing left	Ney Matogrosso	Singer	Brazil

2015	A man with long hair is wearing a cowboy	Gato Barbieri	Saxophonist	Argentina

A woman is wearing a white dress and holding a microphone, her eyes are closed	Ana Belén	Singer	Spain

—	Ángela Carrasco	Singer	Dominican Republic

A man is wearing a violet shirt and is performing in front a microphone	Djavan	Singer songwriter guitarist	Brazil

A three men are singing with a musicians playing in the background	El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico	Salsa music orchestra	Puerto Rico

A man is wearing black and is facing someone on the left	Víctor Manuel	Singer	Spain

A man is wearing a black jacket and glasses and is holding a microphone	Pablo Milanés	Singer songwriter guitarist	Cuba

2016	-	El Consorcio	Vocal group	Spain

-	Eugenia León	Singer	Mexico

-	Ricardo Montaner	Singer songwriter	Argentina Venezuela

Concert de Ednita..!! 123.JPG	Ednita Nazario	Singer	Puerto Rico

-	Piero	Singer songwriter	Argentina

2017	-	Lucecita Benítez	Singer	Puerto Rico

-	João Bosco	Singer musician	Brazil

Ilan Chester.JPG	Ilan Chester	Singer songwriter	Venezuela

-	Víctor Heredia	Singer	Argentina

-	Los del Río	Music duo	Spain

-	Guadalupe Pineda	Singer	Mexico

-	Cuco Valoy	Singer	Dominican Republic

2018	-	Erasmo Carlos	Singer-songwriter	Brazil

—	Dyango	Singer musician	Spain

-	Andy Montañez	Singer	Puerto Rico

—	José María Napoleón	Singer-songwriter	Mexico

-	Chucho Valdés	Pianist bandleader composer arranger	Cuba

-	Wilfrido Vargas	Bandleader singer	Dominican Republic

-	Yuri	Singer	Mexico

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In 2014, Carlos do Carmo became the first artist from Portugal to win a Latin Grammy Award.

final_sentence: In 2014, Carlos do Carmo became the first artist from Portugal to win a Latin Grammy Award.