# Billboard Latin Music Award for Top Latin Album of the Year

The Billboard Latin Music Award for Top Latin Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, a ceremony which honors "the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, online streaming and social data that informs Billboard's weekly charts." The award is given to the best performing albums on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, which measures the most popular Spanish-language recordings in the United States based on a multi-metric system that blends sales and album-equivalent units. The list was established by the magazine on July 10, 1993 and was originally based on album sales until February 11, 2017. From 1994 to 2007, each music genre's field (pop, tropical, Regional Mexican, jazz, rap, and reggaeton) had their own Album of the Year category, separated between male, female, and duo or group categories.
Bad Bunny is the most awarded act in the category with three wins. Bad Bunny is also the most nominated artist, with six. Jenni Rivera, Juan Gabriel, Ozuna, and Bad Bunny are the only acts with two nominated albums in the same year, a milestone achieved twice by Rivera. Bad Bunny is the only act to also have a total of three albums nominated in the same year (2021). Bad Bunny has won Top Latin Album of the Year three times in a row, with Juan Gabriel winning twice in a row. In 2023 Karol G became the first female artist to win this award. As of 2024, the holder is Bad Bunny for the album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana.

## Recipients

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
| 2008 | Daddy Yankee | El Cartel: The Big Boss | Camila – Todo Cambió Jennifer Lopez – Como Ama Una Mujer Wisin & Yandel – Los Extraterrestres | [5] [6] |
| 2009 | Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias: 95/08 Éxitos | Aventura – Kings of Bachata: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden Flex – Te Quiero: Romantic Style in da World Maná – Arde El Cielo | [7] [8] |
| 2010 | Aventura | The Last | El Trono de México – Almas Gemelas Tito El Bambino – El Patrón Wisin & Yandel – La Revolución | |
| 2011 | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria | Camila – Dejarte de Amar Marc Anthony – Íconos Shakira – Sale El Sol | [10] [11] |
| 2012 | Prince Royce | Prince Royce | Cristian Castro – Viva El Príncipe Maná – Drama y Luz Romeo Santos – Fórmula, Vol. 1 | [12] [13] |
| 2013 | Romeo Santos | Fórmula, Vol. 1 | Jenni Rivera – Joyas Prestadas Jenni Rivera – La Misma Gran Señora Prince Royce – Phase II | |
| 2014 | Marc Anthony | 3.0 | Alejandro Fernández – Confidencias Jenni Rivera – Joyas Prestadas Jenni Rivera – La Misma Gran Señora" | [15] [16] |
| 2015 | Romeo Santos | Fórmula, Vol. 2 | Enrique Iglesias – Sex and Love Santana – Corazón Various – Las Bandas Románticas de América 2014 | [17] [18] |
| 2016 | Juan Gabriel | Los Dúo | Gerardo Ortíz – Hoy Más Fuerte Maná – Cama Incendiada Ricky Martin – A Quien Quiera Escuchar | |
| 2017 | Juan Gabriel | Los Dúo 2 | Banda Sinaloense MS – Qué Bendición Juan Gabriel – Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes Los Plebes del Rancho – Recuerden Mi Estilo | |
| 2018 | Nicky Jam | Fénix | J Balvin – Energía Ozuna – Odisea Shakira – El Dorado | |
| 2019 | Ozuna | Odisea | Anuel AA – Real Hasta La Muerte J Balvin – Vibras Ozuna – Aura | |
| 2020 | Bad Bunny | X 100pre | J Balvin & Bad Bunny - Oasis Luis Fonsi - Vida Sech - Sueños | |
| 2021 | Bad Bunny | YHLQMDLG | Anuel AA - Emmanuel Bad Bunny - El Último Tour Del Mundo Bad Bunny - Las que no iban a salir Maluma - Papi Juancho | |
| 2022 | Bad Bunny | Un Verano Sin Ti | Farruko - La 167 J Balvin - Jose Karol G - KG0516 Rauw Alejandro - Vice Versa | |
| 2023 | Karol G | Mañana Será Bonito | Fuerza Regida - Pa Que Hablen Iván Cornejo - Dañado Peso Pluma - Génesis Rauw Alejandro - Saturno | |
| 2024 | Bad Bunny | Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana | Karol G - Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season) Junior H - $ad Boyz 4 Life II Grupo Frontera - El Comienzo Fuerza Regida - Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada | [27] [28] |

## Records
### Most nominations

| Nominations | Act |
| 7 | Bad Bunny |
| 4 | Jenni Rivera |
| 4 | J Balvin |
| 3 | Enrique Iglesias |
| 3 | Juan Gabriel |
| 3 | Karol G |
| 3 | Maná |
| 3 | Ozuna |
| 3 | Romeo Santos |
| 2 | Aventura |
| 2 | Camila |
| 2 | Marc Anthony |
| 2 | Prince Royce |
| 2 | Shakira |
| 2 | Wisin & Yandel |
| 2 | Anuel AA |
| 2 | Fuerza Regida |
| 2 | Rauw Alejandro |

### Most awards

| Awards | Act |
| 4 | Bad Bunny |
| 2 | Enrique Iglesias |
| 2 | Juan Gabriel |
| 2 | Romeo Santos |