Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue/Bachata Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue/Bachata Album is awarded for "vocal or instrumental Merengue and/or Bachata albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material".^[1] The award was originally as Best Merengue Album and established in 2000 before it was discontinued in 2007. The award was brought back with its current name in 2019.

Latin Grammy Award for Best Merengue/Bachata Album
Awarded for	quality albums of the merengue and bachata music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded	2000
Currently held by	Juan Luis Guerra – Entre Mar y Palmeras (2022)
Website	latingrammy.com

Years reflect the year in which the Latin Grammy Awards were presented, for works released within the eligibility period.

Winners and nominees

 

Three-time winner Juan Luis Guerra.

 

2002 winner Olga Tañon.

 

Two-time winner Milly Quezada.

2000s

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Juan Luis Guerra	Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual	Píntame – Elvis Crespo Masters of the Stage – Grupo Manía Bomba 2000 – Los Hermanos Rosario Olga Viva, Viva Olga – Olga Tañón
2001	Chichi Peralta	...De Vuelta al Barrio	Grupomania 2050 – Grupo Manía Me Enamore – Eddy Herrera En Vivo! – Manny Manuel Yo Soy Toño – Toño Rosario
2002	Olga Tañón	Yo Por Tí	Atrevido – Eddy Herrera Pa' La Calle – Los Toros Band A Palo Limpio – Kinito Méndez Mal Acostumbrado – Fernando Villalona
2003	Milly Quezada	Pienso Así...	Urbano – Elvis Crespo Latino – Grupo Manía Swing a Domicilio – Los Hermanos Rosario Sigue Siendo El Hombre Merengue – Kinito Méndez
2004	Johnny Ventura	Sin Desperdicio	20 Años Después – Alex Bueno Contra la Marea – Gisselle Hombres de Honor – Grupo Manía Como Nunca... Como Siempre – Limi-T 21
2005	Elvis Crespo	Saboréalo	En Vivo 2004 – Los Toros Band Celebra Conmigo – Kinito Méndez Generciones – Ramón Orlando Resistiré – Toño Rosario
2006	Milly Quezada	MQ	La Hora de Verdad – Grupo Manía Amor de Locos – Eddy Herrera Rankeo – Limi-T 21 103 Boulevard – Johnny Ventura
2007	Juan Luis Guerra	La Llave de Mi Corazón	Regreso el Jefe – Elvis Crespo Real Time – Limi-T 21 Con Sabor a Mi – Kinito Méndez A Tu Gusto – Toño Rosario

2010s

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2020	Eddy Herrera	Ahora	The Genetics of Bachata — José Manuel Calderón Bailando Contigo — Manny Cruz Los Conquistadores — Grupo Manía	^[2]
	Daniel Santacruz	Larimar
2021	Sergio Vargas	Es Merengue ¿Algún Problema?	Bachata Queen – Alexandra Love Dance Merengue – Manny Cruz El Papá de la Bachata, Su Legado (Añoñado I, II, III, IV) – Luis Segura Insensatez – Fernando Villalona	^[3]
2022	Juan Luis Guerra	Entre Mar y Palmeras	Este Soy Yo – Héctor Acosta "El Torito" Multitudes – Elvis Crespo Entre Mar y Palmeras – Juan Luis Guerra Resistirá – Milly Quezada Tañon Pal' Combo es lo que Hay – Olga Tañón	^[4]

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Merengue Album

References

1. "CATEGORY DEFINITIONS". Latin GRAMMYs. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
2. Huston, Marysabel. "Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-21.
3. "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
4. Cobo, Leila (2022-11-17). "Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-18.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards