Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album

Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
Awarded for	quality albums in the Mexican music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	2008
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album was an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Mexican music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.^[1] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".^[2]

Since its inception, the award category has had several name changes. From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Mexican-American Performance. From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Mexican-American Album. In 1995 it returned to the title Best Mexican-American Performance. From 1996 to 1998 it was awarded as Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance. In 1999, the category name was changed to Best Mexican-American Music Performance, and in 2000 it returned to the title Best Mexican-American Performance once again. From 2001 to 2008 the award was presented as Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album. In 2009, the category was split into two new fields: Best Norteño Album and Best Regional Mexican Album.

Tejano Pop Star Selena is the youngest singer to receive this Award. She also was the very first Tejano artist to win a Grammy.

The American singer-songwriter Pepe Aguilar holds the record for the most wins, with three. Two-time award recipients include the American singer Vikki Carr, the groups La Mafia and Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt, and the Mexican singers Luis Miguel and Joan Sebastian.

Recipients

Members of the two-time award-winning band Los Lobos performing at the White House in 2009

Jorge Hernández of the 1988 award-winning group Los Tigres del Norte, performing in 2008

Oscar de la Rosa of the two-time award-winning band La Mafia

Three-time award winner Pepe Aguilar performing in 2010

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1984	Los Lobos	"Anselma"	Vicente Fernández – "La Diferencia" Juan Gabriel – Todo Los Bukis – Yo Te Necesito Chelo Silva – "A Cambio de Qué"	[3]
1985	Easton, SheenaSheena Easton and Luis Miguel	"Me Gustas Tal Como Eres"	Roberto Carlos – Concavo y Convexo Yolanda del Río – "Un Amor Especial" Juan Gabriel – Recuerdos II Raphael – Eternamente Tuyo	[4]
1986	Carr, VikkiVikki Carr	Simplemente Mujer	Rocío Dúrcal – Canta a Juan Gabriel María de Lourdes – Mujer Importante Los Humildes – 13 Aniversario/13 Album/13 Exitos Santiago Jiménez Jr. – Santiago Strikes Again Juan Valentín – 20 Exitos Románticos con Juan Valentín	[5]
1987	Jiménez, FlacoFlaco Jiménez	Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio y Más!	Rafael Buendia – Y... Zas! Steve Jordan – Turn Me Loose Los Tigres del Norte – El Otro México Los Yonic's – Corazón Vacío Salvador Torres – Unidos Cantemos Juan Valentín – Juan Valentín	[6]
1988	Tigres del Norte, LosLos Tigres del Norte	Gracias!... América... Sin Fronteras	Antonio Aguilar – 15 Exitos con Tambora, Vol. 2 Chavela y su Grupo Express – El Rey del Barrio Little Joe – Timeless Los Diablos – Celebración	[7]
1989	Ronstadt, LindaLinda Ronstadt	Canciones de Mi Padre	Flaco Jiménez – Flaco's Amigos Los Bukis – Si Me Recuerdas Los Freddy's – Vida Nueva Los Tigres del Norte – Idolos del Pueblo Los Yonic's – "Petalo y Espinas" José Javier Solís – No Me Olvidarás Pio Treviño and Majic – Quiero Verte Otra Vez	[8]
1990	Los Lobos	La Pistola y El Corazón	Los Tigres del Norte – Corridos Prohibidos Narciso Martínez – The Father of Tex-Mex Conjunto Emilio Navaira and Rio Band – Emilio Navaira and Rio Band Peter Ruvalcaba – Amanecer	[9]
1991	Texas Tornados	"Soy de San Luis"	Vicente Fernández – Las Clásicas de José Alfredo Jiménez Santiago Jiménez Jr. – Familia y Tradición Los Diablos – Nuestro Tiempo Mazz – "Amor con Amor"	[10]
1992	Little Joe	16 de Septiembre	La Sombra – Porque Te Quiero Los Tigres del Norte – Para Adoloridos Mazz – Para Nuestra Gente	[11]
1993	Ronstadt, LindaLinda Ronstadt	Mas Canciones	Los Diablos – Un Nuevo Comienzo Los Tigres del Norte – Con Sentimiento y Sabor Emilio Navaira – Unsung Highways Mingo Saldivary y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas – I Love My Freedom, I Love My Texas	[12]
1994	Selena	Selena Live!	Vicente Fernández – Lástima Que Seas Ajena Santiago Jiménez Jr. – Corazón de Piedra Little Joe – ¿Qué Pasó? Los Tigres del Norte – La Garra De...	[13]
1995	Carr, VikkiVikki Carr	Recuerdo a Javier Solís	Ramón Ayala and Los Bravos del Norte – Dime Cuando Volverás Vicente Fernández – Recordando a Los Panchos La Diferenzia – La Diferenzia Los Terribles del Norte – El Bronco Selena – Amor Prohibido	[14]
1996	Jiménez, FlacoFlaco Jiménez	Flaco Jiménez	Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte – Lágrimas Juan Gabriel – El México Que Se Nos Fué Jaime y los Chamacos – ...No Se Cansan! La Mafia – Éxitos En Vivo	[15]
1997	Mafia, LaLa Mafia	Un Millón de Rosas	Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte – Arráncame el Corazón Fandango USA – 10th Anniversary Vicente Fernández – Vicente Fernández y sus Canciones Jaime y los Chamacos – En Vivo... Puro Party Live!	[16]
1998	Mafia, LaLa Mafia	En Tus Manos	Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte – En las Alas de un Ángel/Despedimos a Cornelio Reyna Alejandro Fernández – Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón Lizza Lamb – Destino Los Tigres del Norte – Jefe de Jefes	[17]
1999	Super Seven, LosLos Super Seven	Los Super Seven	Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte – Casas de Madera Vicente Fernández – Entre el Amor y Yo La Mafia – Euforia Los Terribles del Norte – Colgado de Un Arbol	[18]
2000	Domingo, PlácidoPlácido Domingo	100 Años de Mariachi	Pepe Aguilar – Por el Amor de Siempre Alejandro Fernández – Mi Verdad Vicente Fernández – Vicente Fernández y los Más Grandes Éxitos de Los Dandys La Mafia – Momentos	[19]
2001	Aguilar, PepePepe Aguilar	Por Una Mujer Bonita	Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte – Quémame Los Ojos Vicente Fernández – Lobo Herido Grupo Atrapado – Atrapando Tu Corazón Los Terribles del Norte – Décimo Aniversario	[20]
2002	Ayala, RamónRamón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte	En Vivo... El Hombre y su Música	Pepe Aguilar – Lo Mejor de Nosotros Vicente Fernández – Más con el Número Uno Grupo Atrapado – Muévete, Muévete Más La Mafia – Contigo Los Terribles del Norte – Sangre Caliente	[21]
2003	Sebastian, JoanJoan Sebastian	Lo Dijo el Corazón	Banda el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga – No Me Sé Rajar Intocable – Sueños Jennifer Peña – Libre Los Tucanes de Tijuana – Jugo a la Vida	[22]
2004	Sebastian, JoanJoan Sebastian	Afortunado	Bronco El Gigante de América – Siempre Arriba Intocable – Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito Los Tigres del Norte – La Reina del Sur Los Tucanes de Tijuana – Imperio	[23]
2005	Intocable	Intimamente	Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte – Títere en Tus Manos Banda El Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga – Por Tí Rocío Dúrcal – Alma Ranchera Los Temerarios – Veintisiete	[24]
2006	Luis Miguel	México En La Piel	Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte – Ya No Llores Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano – ¡Llegaron Los Camperos!: Concert Favorites Intocable – X Las 3 Divas – Las 3 Divas	[25]
2007	Aguilar, PepePepe Aguilar	Historias de Mi Tierra	Ana Bárbara – No Es Brujería Mariachi Sol de México – 25 Aniversario Pablo Montero – A Toda Ley Alicia Villarreal – Orgullo de Mujer	[26]
2008	Aguilar, PepePepe Aguilar	100% Mexicano	Cristian Castro – El Indomable Vicente Fernández – Para Siempre Paquita la del Barrio – Puro Dolor Sones de México Ensemble Chicago – Esta Tierra es Tuya (This Land is Your Land)	[27]

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Banda Album
• Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album
• Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
• List of Grammy Award categories
• Regional styles of Mexican music

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External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards