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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2002	Carlos Vives	Déjame Entrar	Felix D'Oleo – Frutos Celso Piña – Barrio Bravo Síntesis – Habana A Flor De Piel Vocal Sampling – Cambio De Tiempo	[4]
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...	[5]
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	[6]
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	[7]
2006	Olga Tañón	Una Nueva Mujer	Cabas – Puro Cabas Ciclón – Ciclón Fonseca – Corazón Chichi Peralta – Más Que Suficiente	[8]
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	[9]
2008	José Feliciano	Señor Bachata	Joe Arroyo – El Súper Joe Fonseca – Gratitud Adriana Lucía – Porro Nuevo Olga Tañón – Éxitos en Dos Tiempos	[10]
2009	Omara Portuondo	Gracias	Coronel – Superstición Eddy Herrera – Paso Firme Daniel Santacruz – Radio Rompecorazones Sin Ánimo De Lucro – Todo Pasa Por Algo	[11]
2010	Juan Luis Guerra	A Son de Guerra	Lucrecia – Album de Cuba Prince Royce – Prince Royce Tecupae – Tiempo Johnny Ventura – Volvio La Navidad	[12]
2011	Tito El Bambino	El Patrón: Invencible	Héctor Acosta – Obligame Monchy & Nathalia – Monchy & Nathalia Daniel Santacruz – Bachata Stereo Paula Zuleta – Mezcla Soy	[13]
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	[14]
2013	Juan Luis Guerra	Asondeguerra Tour	Leslie Grace – Leslie Grace Guaco – Escultura Toby Love– Amor Total Vocal Song – Amarle	[14]
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	[14]
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	[15]
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	[16]
2020	Carlos Vives	Cumbiana	El Caribefunk – Energía Para Regalar Riccie Oriach – Mi Derriengue Omara Portuondo – Mariposas Prince Royce – Alter Ego	[17]
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	[18]
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	[19]
2023	Luis Fernando Borjas	5:10 AM	Mike Bahía – Contigo Silvestre Dangond – Intruso Gusi – 24/7 Ilegales – Otro Color	[20]
2024	Fonseca	Tropicalia	Jeremy Bosch – Epílogo: La Clave del Tiempo Camilo – cuatro Gusi – Monte Adentro Ilegales – La Fiesta	[21]

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
^{^[II]} Showing the name of the performer and the nominated album

• Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album

• Official website of the Latin Grammy Awards Archived April 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine