Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album (awarded as Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album until 2019) is an award presented by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. It began to be presented at the 2012 ceremony. The awards replaced the previous awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Album, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals.^[1] According to the Latin Grammy description guide it is designed "For albums containing 51% or more playing time of newly recorded (previously unreleased) material and 51%playing time of Contemporary Pop music. Albums must also contain 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks. For solo artists, duos or groups."^[2]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
Awarded for	recordings of the pop genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded	2012
Last awarded	2019
Website	latingrammy.com

Alejandro Sanz and Jesse & Joy are the only artists to win this category twice. Alejandro Sanz is also the most nominated artist in this category with three nominations.

In 2012, ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? by Jesse & Joy won this award and it was nominated for Album of the Year; it also was nominated for the Best Latin Pop Album category at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

In 2013, La Música No Se Toca by Alejandro Sanz, Papitwo by Miguel Bosé and Vida by Draco Rosa, all were nominated for this award and for Album of the Year. Sanz received the award, and Vida by Draco Rosa won Album of the Year; Vida also won for Best Latin Pop Album, and was nominated alongside Syntek by Aleks Syntek at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

In 2014, Elypse by Camila won this award and was nominated for Album of the Year. Also, they were nominated for the Best Latin Pop Album category at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.

In 2015, Sirope by Alejandro Sanz won this award and was nominated for Album of the Year. Also, Sirope, Terral by Pablo Alborán and A Quien Quiera Escuchar by Ricky Martin, all were nominated for the Best Latin Pop Album category at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

In 2016, Tour Terral: Tres Noches en Las Ventas by Pablo Alborán and Un Besito Más by Jesse & Joy , both were nominated for this award and for Album of the Year.

In 2017, El Dorado by Shakira won this award and was nominated for Album of the Year.

In 2019, #ElDisco by Alejandro Sanz and Fantasía by Sebastián Yatra were nominated for this award and Album of the Year. El Mal Querer by Rosalía became the first album to win this award and Album of The Year. In 2020, the award was disestablished and the Best Pop Vocal Album returned after being folded in 2000.

Winners and nominees

 

Two-time winners Jesse & Joy.

 

Two-time winner Alejandro Sanz.

 

Spanish singer Rosalía won Album of the Year and this award in 2019.

2010s

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees^[II]	Ref.
2012	Jesse & Joy	¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?	Pablo Alborán – En Acústico Chambao – Chambao Beatriz Luengo – Bela y sus Moskitas Muertas Pamela Rodríguez – Reconocer	^[3]
2013	Alejandro Sanz	La Música No Se Toca	Miguel Bosé – Papitwo Draco Rosa – Vida Aleks Syntek – Syntek Julieta Venegas – Los Momentos	^[4]
2014	Camila	Elypse	Debi Nova – Soy Rosario – Rosario Santana – Corazón (Deluxe Version) Mariana Vega – Mi Burbuja	^[5]
2015	Alejandro Sanz	Sirope	Pablo Alborán – Terral Miguel Bosé – Amo Pedro Capó – Aquila Ricky Martin – A Quien Quiera Escuchar
2016	Jesse & Joy	Un Besito Más	Pablo Alborán – Tour Terral: Tres Noches en Las Ventas Pablo López – El Mundo y los Amantes Inocentes Luciano Pereyra – #TuMano Reik – Des/Amor	^[6]
2017	Shakira	El Dorado	David Bisbal – Hijos del Mar Alejandro Fernández – Rompiendo Fronteras Camila Luna – Flora y Faῦna Sebastián Yatra – Extended Play Yatra
2018	Maluma	F.A.M.E.	Axel — Ser Pablo López — Camino, Fuego y Libertad Beatriz Luengo — Cuerpo y Alma Nana Mendoza — Miradas	^[7]
2019	Rosalía	El Mal Querer	Ricardo Montaner — Montaner Morat — Balas Perdidas Alejandro Sanz — #ElDisco Sebastián Yatra — Fantasía	^[8]

See also

• Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

References

1. THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY® CONTINUES ITS EVOLUTION OF LATIN GRAMMY® CATEGORIES AND ELECTS NEW TRUSTEES
2. "CATEGORY DEFINITIONS". Latin GRAMMYs. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
3. Romero, Angie (September 25, 2012). "Latin Grammy Awards 2012 Full List of Nominees". ABC News. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
4. "Premios Latin Grammy 2013: conozca la lista de nominados". Terra Networks (in Spanish). Telefónica. September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
5. Wang, Andrea; Brown, Tracy (September 24, 2014). "Latin Grammys 2014: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
6. Cobo, Leila (September 21, 2016). "Latin Grammys 2016 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
7. Drysdale, Jennifer (November 15, 2018). "Maluma Wins First Latin GRAMMY After Big Snub at Last Year's Show". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
8. "20a Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY". Latin GRAMMYs. Retrieved 2019-10-27.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards