# Latin Grammy Trustees Award

The Latin Grammy Trustees Award is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to individuals "who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to Latin music during their careers". Recipients can include producers, songwriters, composers, record label executives, and journalists. Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. Since its inception, the award has been presented to recipients originating from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The award was first presented to Mexican composer and musician Manuel Esperón. Since 2005, the Trustees Awards have been presented to more than one recipient. Pierre Cossette is the only recipient of the Latin Grammy Trustees Award to also receive the Grammy Trustees Award in 1995. The accolade, along with the Person of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement awards, were not presented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Recipients

| Year | Image | Recipient | Occupation(s) | Nationality |
| 2004 | — | Manuel Esperón | Composer pianist | Mexico |
| 2005 | | Eduardo Magallanes | Producer arranger | Mexico |
| 2005 | — | Rafael Pérez Botija | Songwriter | Spain |
| 2005 | | Pierre Cossette | Television producer | Canada |
| 2006 | — | Alejandro Quintero | Publisher record label executive | Mexico |
| 2006 | | Rafael Escalona | Songwriter poet | Colombia |
| 2007 | — | João Araujo | Record company executive | Brazil |
| 2007 | | Leopoldo Federico | Bandoneón player songwriter bandleader | Argentina |
| 2007 | — | Fernando Hernández | Record company executive | Mexico |
| 2008 | | Simón Díaz | Singer songwriter | Venezuela |
| 2008 | — | Larry Harlow | Pianist composer arranger producer | United States |
| 2008 | — | Juanito Márquez | Guitarist songwriter arranger | Cuba |
| 2009 | | José Antonio Abreu | Music educator | Venezuela |
| 2009 | — | Roberto Cantoral García | Songwriter | Mexico |
| 2010 | — | Manuel Bonilla | Singer songwriter | Mexico |
| 2010 | | Juan Carlos Calderón | Producer composer arranger | Spain |
| 2010 | | Hebe Camargo | Television host singer | Brazil |
| 2011 | | Manuel Alejandro | Songwriter | Spain |
| 2011 | | Jesus "Chucho" Ferrer | Interpreter orchestrator | Mexico |
| 2011 | — | Ray Santos | Composer orchestrator musician | United States |
| 2012 | | Juan Carmona Habichuela | Flamenco guitar performer | Spain |
| 2012 | | Yomo Toro | Cuatro performer | Puerto Rico |
| 2013 | | Mario Kreutzberger "Don Francisco" | Entertainer TV Personality | Chile |
| 2013 | — | Pedro Ramírez Velazquez | Musician songwriter arranger music director | Mexico |
| 2014 | | André Midani | Record executive | Brazil |
| 2014 | | Juan Vicente Torrealba | Composer | Venezuela |
| 2015 | — | Federico Britos | Violinist | Uruguay |
| 2015 | | Humberto Gatica | Record producer | Chile United States |
| 2015 | — | Chelique Sarabia | Composer | Venezuela |
| 2016 | | Carlos Mejía Godoy | Journalist singer | Nicaragua |
| 2016 | | Nelson Motta | Record producer journalist performer | Brazil |
| 2016 | — | Rafael Solano | Songwriter | Dominican Republic |
| 2017 | | Jon Fausty | Record engineer | United States |
| 2017 | | Lalo Schifrin | Pianist arranger orchestra conductor composer | Argentina |
| 2018 | — | Horacio Malvicino | record label executive jazz and tango guitarist composer arranger | Argentina |
| 2018 | — | Tomás Muñoz | record label executive | Spain |
| 2019 | — | Mario Kaminsky | record label executive | Argentina |
| 2020 | No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | — | Guillermo "Memo" Acosta | producer songwriter | Mexico |
| 2021 | | Egidio Cuadrado | vallenato accordionist | Colombia |
| 2022 | | Manolo Díaz | singer songwriter producer | Spain |
| 2022 | | Paquito D'Rivera | saxophonist composer | Cuba United States |
| 2022 | | Abraham Laboriel | bassist | Mexico United States |
| 2023 | | Alex Acuña | drummer percussionist | Peru |
| 2023 | | Gustavo Santaolalla | composer singer/songwriter producer | Argentina |
| 2023 | — | Wisón Torres | musical director | Puerto Rico United States |
| 2024 | — | Ángel Peña | trumpet player, record producer | Puerto Rico |
| 2024 | — | Chucho Rincón | guitarist | Mexico |
Each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.
The artists's occupation(s) are listed on the Special Awards page on the Latin Grammy Award website.