# Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental contemporary tropical albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of newly recorded material. It is awarded to solo artists or groups; if the work is a tribute album or collection of live performances, the award is presented only to the directors or producers.
The category included cumbia and vallenato recordings until the introduction of Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album at the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2006. In January 2008, the award for Best Merengue Album was discontinued due to a shortage of submissions, resulting in merengue recordings becoming eligible in the Best Contemporary Tropical Album category. The accolade for Best Contemporary Tropical Album was first presented to Colombia singer Carlos Vives at the 3rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2002 for his album Déjame Entrar (2001). Vives holds the record for the most victories, with six.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees |
| 2002 | Carlos Vives | Déjame Entrar | Felix D'Oleo – Frutos Celso Piña – Barrio Bravo Síntesis – Habana A Flor De Piel Vocal Sampling – Cambio De Tiempo |
| 2003 | Rubén Blades | Mundo | Charanga Habanera – Live In The USA Ry Cooder and Manuel Galbán – Mambo Sinuendo Juan Formell and Los Van Van – En El Malecón De La Habana Monchy & Alexandra – Confesiones... |
| 2004 | Albita | Albita Llegó | Andy Andy – Necesito Un Amor Huey Dunbar – Music for My Peoples Frank Reyes – Cuando Se Quiere Se Puede Mickey Taveras – Sigo Siendo Romántico |
| 2005 | Carlos Vives | El Rock de Mi Pueblo | Bachá – Bachá Juan Formell and Los Van Van – Chapeando Monchy & Alexandra – Hasta El Fin Michael Stuart – Sin Miedo Various Artists – Cuba Le Canta A Serrat |
| 2006 | Olga Tañón | Una Nueva Mujer | Cabas – Puro Cabas Ciclón – Ciclón Fonseca – Corazón Chichi Peralta – Más Que Suficiente |
| 2007 | Oscar D'León | Fuzionando | Albita – Live At The Colony Theater Aventura – K.O.B. Live Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz – A Lifetime Of Hits... Live At Centro De Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico Nino Segarra – De Nino A Nino: Homenaje A Nino Bravo |
| 2008 | José Feliciano | Señor Bachata | Joe Arroyo – El Súper Joe Fonseca – Gratitud Adriana Lucía – Porro Nuevo Olga Tañón – Éxitos en Dos Tiempos |
| 2009 | Omara Portuondo | Gracias | Coronel – Superstición Eddy Herrera – Paso Firme Daniel Santacruz – Radio Rompecorazones Sin Ánimo De Lucro – Todo Pasa Por Algo |
| 2010 | Juan Luis Guerra | A Son de Guerra | Lucrecia – Album de Cuba Prince Royce – Prince Royce Tecupae – Tiempo Johnny Ventura – Volvio La Navidad |
| 2011 | Tito El Bambino | El Patrón: Invencible | Héctor Acosta – Obligame Monchy & Nathalia – Monchy & Nathalia Daniel Santacruz – Bachata Stereo Paula Zuleta – Mezcla Soy |
| 2012 | Milly Quezada | Aqui Estoy Yo | Maía – Instinto Gaitanes – Caminos Juan Formell and Los Van Van – La Maquinaria Elaín – Volando Alto - Made on the Road |
| 2013 | Juan Luis Guerra | Asondeguerra Tour | Leslie Grace – Leslie Grace Guaco – Escultura Toby Love– Amor Total Vocal Song – Amarle |
| 2014 | Carlos Vives | Más Corazón Profundo | Julio César – Todo Empieza Soñando Jorge Luis Chacín – El Color De Mi Locura... Palo! – Palo! Live Prince Royce – Soy el Mismo |
| 2015 | Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 | Todo Tiene Su Hora | Lucas Arnau – Buen Camino Leslie Grace – Lloviendo Estrellas Guaco – Presente Continuo Johnny Sky – Johnny Sky |
| 2016 | Guaco | Guaco Histórico 2 | Héctor Acosta – Merengue y Sentimiento David Calzado & Charanga Habanera – Vivito y Coleando Toño Restrepo – En La Sala con El Joe Daniel Santacruz– Toda la Vida Charlie Zaa– Mi Mejor Regalo |
| 2017 | Guaco | Bidimensional | Lucas Arnau – Teatro Gaitanes – La Parranda de Gaitanes Frank Reyes– Devuelveme mi Libertad Prince Royce– FIVE |
| 2018 | Carlos Vives | Vives | Elvis Crespo – Diomedizao Milton Salcedo – Presenta: Swing 80 Daniel Santacruz – Momentos de Cine Romeo Santos – Golden |
| 2019 | Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 | Literal | Iván Barrios – Barrios De Mi Tierra (Rubén Blades' songs) Vicente García – Candela Ilegales – Tropicalia Milly Quezada – Milly & Company |
| 2020 | Carlos Vives | Cumbiana | El Caribefunk – Energía Para Regalar Riccie Oriach – Mi Derriengue Omara Portuondo – Mariposas Prince Royce – Alter Ego |
| 2021 | Gloria Estefan | Brazil305 | Billos – Legendarios Diana Burco – Río Abajo Pedrito Martínez – Acertijos Juventino Ojito y Su Son Mocaná – La Música del Carnaval - XX Aniversario |
| 2022 | Carlos Vives | Cumbiana II | Jorge Luis Chacín – El Mundo está Loco Gente De Zona – De Menor a Mayor Marissa Mur – All Inclusive Pavel Núñez – Tropico |
| 2023 | Luis Fernando Borjas | 5:10 AM | Mike Bahía – Contigo Silvestre Dangond – Intruso Gusi – 24/7 Ilegales – Otro Color |
| 2024 | Fonseca | Tropicalia | Jeremy Bosch – Epílogo: La Clave del Tiempo Camilo – cuatro Gusi – Monte Adentro Ilegales – La Fiesta |