# Lo Nuestro Award for Rock/Alternative Album of the Year

The Lo Nuestro Award for Rock/Alternative Album of the Year was an honor presented annually by American network Univision. The Lo Nuestro Awards have been held annually since 1989. The accolade was established to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on Billboard Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. At the present time, the winners are selected by the audience through an online survey. The trophy is shaped in the form of a treble clef. The categories awarded were for the Pop, Tropical/Salsa, Regional Mexican and Music Video fields before the 2000 awards, and from the following year onwards categories were expanded and included a Rock field for Album and Performer of the Year.
The award was first presented to MTV Unplugged by Colombian singer Shakira. Mexican band Maná were the most nominated and biggest winners in the category, with five wins out of six nominations. Chilean band La Ley won the award twice. Colombian performer Juanes won in 2009 for La Vida... Es Un Ratico, which also received the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. Mexican ensemble Zoé was the most nominated act without a win, with four unsuccessful nominations. In 2013, all the categories in the Rock Field (Artist, Album and Song of the Year) were merged into the Pop Field.

## Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for the majority of the years awarded.
| Key | Meaning |
| ‡ | Indicates the winning album |
| Year | Album | Performer(s) |
| 2001 (13th) | MTV Unplugged‡ | Shakira |
| 2001 (13th) | La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano | Café Quijano |
| 2001 (13th) | 89–99 | Aleks Syntek |
| 2001 (13th) | No Podemos Volar | El Tri |
| 2001 (13th) | Uno | La Ley |
| 2002 (14th) | MTV Unplugged‡ | La Ley |
| 2002 (14th) | Chuntaros Radio Poder | El Gran Silencio |
| 2002 (14th) | Cuando la Sangre Galopa | Jaguares |
| 2002 (14th) | Gozo Poderoso | Aterciopelados |
| 2002 (14th) | Le Modulor | Mœnia |
| 2003 (15th) | Revolución de Amor‡ | Maná |
| 2003 (15th) | Buenos Muchachos | La Mosca Tsé Tsé |
| 2003 (15th) | Cabas | Cabas |
| 2003 (15th) | Money Pa' Qué | Los Rabanes |
| 2003 (15th) | Un Día Normal | Juanes |
| 2004 (16th) | Libertad‡ | La Ley |
| 2004 (16th) | Alma en Fuego | Inspector |
| 2004 (16th) | Dance and Dense Denso | Molotov |
| 2004 (16th) | El Primer Instinto | Jaguares |
| 2004 (16th) | Super Riddim Internacional, Vol. 1 | El Gran Silencio |
| 2005 (17th) | Esenciales: Luna‡ | Maná |
| 2005 (17th) | Atlas | Kinky |
| 2005 (17th) | Rocanlover | Zoé |
| 2005 (17th) | Sí | Julieta Venegas |
| 2005 (17th) | Trippin Tropicana | Superlitio |
| 2006 (18th) | Con Todo Respeto‡ | Molotov |
| 2006 (18th) | Andrea Echeverri | Andrea Echeverri |
| 2006 (18th) | Consejo | La Secta AllStar |
| 2006 (18th) | Consuelo en Domingo | Enjambre |
| 2006 (18th) | El Cielo de Tu Boca | Circo |
| 2007 (19th) | Amar es Combatir‡ | Maná |
| 2007 (19th) | Anoche | Babasónicos |
| 2007 (19th) | Indeleble | Alejandra Guzmán |
| 2007 (19th) | Pescado Original | Enanitos Verdes |
| 2007 (19th) | Vida de Perros | Los Bunkers |
| 2008 (20th) | Oye‡ | Aterciopelados |
| 2008 (20th) | Amantes Sunt Amentes | Panda |
| 2008 (20th) | Grrr! | Moderatto |
| 2008 (20th) | Masa con Masa | Millo Torres and El Tercer Planeta |
| 2008 (20th) | Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea | Zoé |
| 2009 (21st) | La Vida... Es Un Ratico‡ | Juanes |
| 2009 (21st) | 17 | Motel |
| 2009 (21st) | Arde El Cielo | Maná |
| 2009 (21st) | Mucho | Babasónicos |
| 2009 (21st) | Sino | Café Tacuba |
| 2010 (22nd) | Fuego‡ | La Secta AllStar |
| 2010 (22nd) | La Luz del Ritmo | Los Fabulosos Cadillacs |
| 2010 (22nd) | Queremos Rock | Moderatto |
| 2010 (22nd) | Reptilectric | Zoé |
| 2011 (23rd) | Amor Vincit Omnia‡ | Draco |
| 2011 (23rd) | Evidencia | Vivanativa |
| 2011 (23rd) | Las Consecuencias | Bunbury |
| 2011 (23rd) | Radio Lacolifata presenta: El Canto del Loco | El Canto del Loco |
| 2012 (24th) | Drama y Luz‡ | Maná |
| 2012 (24th) | 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto | Alejandra Guzmán and Moderatto |
| 2012 (24th) | El Juidero | Rita Indiana and Los Misterios |
| 2012 (24th) | MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo | Zoé |
| 2012 (24th) | P.A.R.C.E. | Juanes |
| 2013 (25th) | Exiliados en la Bahía: Lo Mejor de Maná‡ | Maná |
| 2013 (25th) | MTV Unplugged | Juanes |
| 2013 (25th) | La Conexión | Black Guayaba |
| 2013 (25th) | Transformación | Beto Cuevas |