Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal was an honor presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. It was given 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 overseas.^[1] According to the category description guide for the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards, the award was given to vocal rock, hard rock or metal albums containing at least 51 percent of newly recorded material. It was given to duos or groups.^[2] The award was last presented at the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards, being replaced in 2010 with the Best Rock Album award.^[3]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Current: Latin Grammy Awards of 2009
Awarded for	vocal rock, hard rock or metal albums containing at least 51% of newly recorded material
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded	2001
Last awarded	2009
Website	latingrammy.com

The accolade for Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal was first presented to the Colombian group Aterciopelados at the 2nd Latin Grammy Awards in 2001 for their album Gozo Poderoso. Mexican ensembles have received the award more times than any other nationality, though award-winning albums have also been performed by musicians originating from Chile, Colombia and Panama. Molotov and La Ley has won the most awards in the category, with two wins each. Natalia y La Forquetina, the short-lived band of Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade, is the only band led by a woman to be awarded. Spanish band Jarabe de Palo is the most nominated ensemble without a win, with three unsuccessful attempts.

Recipients

 

Colombian duo Aterciopelados was the first winner of the award in 2001.

 

Two-time winners, Chilean band La Ley.

 

Two-time winners, Mexican band Molotov.

 

2007 winners, Panamanian band Los Rabanes.

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees^[II]	Ref.
2001	Aterciopelados	Gozo Poderoso	Jarabe de Palo – De Vuelta y Vuelta Los Amigos Invisibles – Arepa 3000 Los Rabanes – Rabanes Super Ratones – Mancha Registrada	^[4]
2002	La Ley	MTV Unplugged	Babasónicos – Jessico Circo – No Todo Lo Que Es Pop Es Bueno Elefante – El Que Busca Encuentra Kinky – Kinky	^[5]
2003	Maná	Revolución de Amor	Jaguares – El Primer Instinto Jarabe de Palo – Bonito Molotov – Dance and Dense Denso Los Rabanes – Money Pa' Qué	^[6]
2004	La Ley	Libertad	Bersuit – La Argentinidad al Palo Café Quijano – ¡Qué Grande es Esto del Amor! Divididos – Vivo Acá El Tri – Alex Lora: 35 Años y lo Que le Falta Todavía	^[7]
2005	Molotov	Con Todo Respeto	Enanitos Verdes – En Vivo Jarabe de Palo – 1m² Un Metro Cuadrado Locos Por Juana – Música Pa'l Pueblo Volumen Cero – Estelar	^[8]
2006	Natalia y La Forquetina	Casa	Black Guayaba – Lo Demas es Plástico Motel – Motel Polbo – Polbo Rata Blanca – La Llave de la Puerta Secreta	^[9]
2007	Los Rabanes	Kamikaze	Attaque 77 – Karmagedon Bengala – Bengala La Renga – TruenoTierra PXNDX – Amantes Sunt Amentes	^[10]
2008	Molotov	Eternamiente	Bersuit – ? Catupecu Machu – Laberintos Entre Artistas y Dialectos Héroes del Silencio – Tour 2007 PXNDX – Sinfonía Soledad	^[11]
2009	Jaguares	45	Airbag – Una Hora a Tokyo El Tri – Alex Lora de El Three a El Tri Rolas del Alma, Mi Mente y Mi Aferración Rata Blanca – El Reino Olvidado Volován – Hogar	^[12]

Notes

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year
^{^[II]} The nationality of the performing artist(s)
^{^[III]} The name of the performer and the nominated album

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Rock Album

References

General

• "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 2, 2011. Note: User must select the "Rock Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. . Latin Grammy Awards (in Spanish). United States: Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
2. . Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2009. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
3. Although, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences did not release any statement regarding the discontinuation of the award. In the 2010 awards, the "Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal" and "Best Rock Solo Vocal Album" awards were not given, and "Best Rock Album" was presented instead.
4. "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 18, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
5. . Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. September 18, 2002. Archived from the original on December 1, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
6. "The nominees are ..." Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 23, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
7. "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos". Terra Networks (in Spanish). Telefónica. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
8. Espinoza, Ramón (November 2, 2005). . USA Today. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
9. . Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
10. . Terra Networks (in Spanish). Telefónica. August 29, 2007. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
11. . Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 10, 2007. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
12. . Latin Grammy Awards (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2010. Archived from the original on February 10, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

External links

• Official website