# Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album (until 2020: Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the Latin rock and/or alternative genres. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
The category was introduced in 1998 and has gone through a number of name changes:
* 1998-2008: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
* 2009-2011: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album (for which this category merged with the Latin Urban Album category)
* 2012: No Grammy was awarded (Grammy category was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. That year, recordings in this category were shifted to the newly formed Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album category. )
* 2013-2020: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
* 2021 onwards: Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
In June 2020, the Recording Academy announced a renaming and redefining of this category. Latin urban albums were moved to the newly named Best Latin Pop or Urban Album category, as the Academy stated that "the Latin urban genre, both aesthetically and musically, is much more closely related to the current state of Latin pop."

## Recipients

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees |
| 1998 | Los Fabulosos Cadillacs | Fabulosos Calavera | Aterciopelados – La Pipa de la Paz Café Tacvba – Avalancha de Éxitos El Tri – Cuando Tú No Estás Molotov – ¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas? |
| 1999 | Maná | Sueños Líquidos | Aterciopelados – Caribe Atómico El Tri – Fin de Siglo Enanitos Verdes – Tracción Acústica Shakira – Dónde Están los Ladrones? |
| 2000 | Chris Pérez Band | Resurrection | Café Tacvba – Revés/Yo Soy Enanitos Verdes – Néctar Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – La Marcha del Golazo Solitario Jaguares – Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio |
| 2001 | La Ley | Uno | Café Quijano – La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano El Tri – No Podemos Volar Fito Páez – Abre Los Amigos Invisibles – Arepa 3000 |
| 2002 | Ozomatli | Embrace the Chaos | Aterciopelados – Gozo Poderoso Jaguares – Cuando la Sangre Galopa Juanes – Fíjate Bien Manu Chao – Próxima Estación: Esperanza |
| 2003 | Maná | Revolución de Amor | Juanes – Un Día Normal Kinky – Kinky Orishas – Emigrante Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop – Un Paso a la Eternidad |
| 2004 | Café Tacvba | Cuatro Caminos | Akwid – Proyecto Akwid Gustavo Cerati – Siempre Es Hoy Molotov – Dance and Dense Denso Yerba Buena – President Alien |
| 2005 | Ozomatli | Street Signs | Akwid – Komp 104.9 Radio Compa Alejandra Guzmán – Lipstick Juanes – Mi Sangre Julieta Venegas – Sí |
| 2006 | Shakira | Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 | La Secta AllStar – Consejo Molotov – Con Todo Respeto Orishas – El Kilo Vico C – Desahogo |
| 2007 | Maná | Amar es Combatir | Tego Calderón – The Underdog/El Subestimado Calle 13 – Calle 13 Los Amigos Invisibles – Super Pop Venezuela Black Guayaba – Lo Demás es Plástico |
| 2008 | Black Guayaba | No Hay Espacio | Jarabe de Palo – Adelantando Panda – Amantes Sunt Amentes Los Rabanes – Kamikaze Zoé – Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea |
| 2009 | Jaguares | 45 | Grupo Fantasma – Sonidos Gold Locos Por Juana – La Verdad Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible – Tijuana Sound Machine Ximena Sariñana – Mediocre |
| 2010 | Calle 13 | Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo | Aterciopelados – Río Bebe – Y. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – La Luz del Ritmo Wisin & Yandel – La Revolución |
| 2011 | Grupo Fantasma | El Existential | ChocQuibTown – Oro Draco – Amor Vincit Omnia Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible – Bulevard 2000 Ana Tijoux – 1977 |
| 2012 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2013 | Quetzal | Imaginaries | Campo – Campo Carla Morrison – Déjenme Llorar Sistema Bomb] – Electro-Jarocho Ana Tijoux – La Bala |
| 2014 | La Santa Cecilia | Treinta Días | Café Tacvba – El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco El Tri – Ojo Por Ojo Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Chances Los Amigos Invisibles – Repeat After Me |
| 2015 | Calle 13 | Multi Viral | ChocQuibTown – Behind the Machine (Detrás de la Máquina) Jorge Drexler – Bailar en la Cueva Molotov – Agua Maldita Ana Tijoux – Vengo |
| 2016 | Natalia Lafourcade | Hasta la Raíz | Bomba Estéreo – Amanecer La Cuneta Son Machin – Mondongo Monsieur Periné – Caja de Musica |
| 2016 | Pitbull | Dale | Bomba Estéreo – Amanecer La Cuneta Son Machin – Mondongo Monsieur Periné – Caja de Musica |
| 2017 | iLe | iLevitable | Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad o Nosotros) La Santa Cecilia – Buenaventura Los Rakas – Los Rakas Carla Morrison – Amor Supremo |
| 2018 | Residente | Residente | Bomba Estéreo – Ayo C4 Trío & Desorden Público – Pa' Fuera Jorge Drexler – Salvavidas de Hielo Los Amigos Invisibles – El Paradise |
| 2019 | Zoé | Aztlán | Aterciopelados – Claroscura COASTCITY – COASTCITY Monsieur Periné – Encanto Tropical Orishas – Gourmet |
| 2020 | Rosalía | El Mal Querer | Bad Bunny – X 100Pre J Balvin & Bad Bunny – Oasis Flor de Toloache – Indestructible iLe – Almadura |
| 2021 | Fito Páez | La Conquista del Espacio | Bajofondo – Aura Cami – MONSTRUO Cultura Profética – Sobrevolando Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia |
| 2022 | Juanes | Origen | Bomba Estéreo – Deja Diamante Électrico – Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition) Nathy Peluso – Calambre C. Tangana – El Madrileño Zoé – Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia |
| 2023 | Rosalía | Motomami | Cimafunk – El Alimento Jorge Drexler – Tinta y Tiempo Mon Laferte – 1940 Carmen Gaby Moreno – Alegoría Fito Páez – Los Años Salvajes |
| 2024 | Juanes | Vida Cotidiana | Cabra – Martínez Diamante Eléctrico – Leche de Tigre Fito Paez – EADDA9223 |
| 2024 | Natalia Lafourcade | De Todas las Flores | Cabra – Martínez Diamante Eléctrico – Leche de Tigre Fito Paez – EADDA9223 |
| 2025 | Rawayana | ¿Quién Trae las Cornetas? | El David Aguilar – Compita del Destino Cimafunk – Pa'Tu Cuerpa Mon Laferte – Autopoiética Nathy Peluso – Grasa |
* Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
* In 2016 and 2024, there were ties for the award. Both artists were deemed winners individually in those years.