Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album
Awarded for	quality albums of the norteño music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2000
Last awarded	2011
Official website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.^[1] The award goes to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings in the norteño genre.^[2]

Los Tigres del Norte are the most awarded performers with four accolades in this category and they were also the first recipient of this award in 2000 for the album Herencia de Familia.^[3] Other multiple winners are Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte and Grupo Pesado both winners in two years in a row from 2001 to 2002 and 2009 to 2010 respectively.

The award has only been presented to musicians originating from Mexico, winning seven times, and the United States, winning five times.

Recipients

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Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Los Tigres del Norte	Mexico	Herencia de Familia	Grupo Atrapado — ¡Oh! que gusto Intocable — Contigo Los Tucanes de Tijuana — Al por mayor Cornelio Reyna Jr. featuring Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte — La leyenda continúa...	[3]
2001	Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte	United States	Quémame Los Ojos/Amigos Del Alma	Grupo Atrapado — Atrapando Tú Corazón Los Tigres del Norte — De Paisano A Paisano Los Tucanes de Tijuana — Me Gusta Vivir De Noche Polo Urías y Su Máquina Norteña — De Chihuahua Para Ti	[4]
2002	Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte	United States	El Número Cien	Grupo Atrapado — Muevete Muevete Mas Intocable — Sueños Los Huracanes del Norte — Mensaje De Oro Los Palominos — Un Poco Más	[5]
2003	Los Terribles Del Norte	Mexico	La Tercera Es La Vencida... Eso!	Juan Acuña & El Terror Del Norte — Pa' Toda Mi Raza...Eso! Conjunto Primavera — Perdoname Mi Amor Los Tucanes de Tijuana — Jugo A La Vida Pesado — No Te La Vas A Acabar!	[6]
2004	Los Tigres del Norte	Mexico	Pacto de Sangre	Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte — Titere en Tus Manos/El Invicto Conjunto Primavera — Decide Tú Los Palominos — Canciones de la Rockola Michael Salgado — Entre Copas	[7]
2005	Intocable	United States	Diez	Conjunto Primavera — Hoy Como Ayer Los Palominos — Atrévete Los Tigres del Norte — Directo Al Corazón Michael Salgado — El Zurdo de Oro	[8]
2006	Los Tigres del Norte	Mexico	Historias Que Contar	Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte — Ya No Llores Los Palominos — Atrévete Palomo — Pasión Michael Salgado — Volver Volver	[9]
2007	Michael Salgado	United States	En Vivo	Conjunto Primavera — El Amor Que Nunca Fue Intocable — Crossroads – Cruce De Caminos Pesado — Piénsame Un Momento Siggno — Capítulo 5	[10]
2008	Siggno	United States	Six Pack	Conjunto Primavera — Que Ganas de Volver Los Palominos — Me Enamoré de un Angel Los Tigres del Norte — Raíces Pesado — Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor	[11]
2009	Grupo Pesado	Mexico	Sólo Contigo	Cardenales de Nuevo León — Se Renta Un Corazón Costumbre — Siempre Los Huracanes del Norte — Mi Complemento Los Invasores de Nuevo León — Amor Aventurero Los Rieleros del Norte — Pese a Quien le Pese	[12]
2010	Grupo Pesado	Mexico	Desde La Cantina Vol. 1.	Duelo — Solamente Tú Intocable — Classic Los Tigres del Norte — La Granja Los Tucanes de Tijuana — Retro-Corridos	[13]
2011	Los Tigres del Norte	Mexico	MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends	Intocable — Intocable 2000 Los Huracanes del Norte — Soy Mexicano Los Tucanes de Tijuana — Árbol Pesado — Desde La Cantina, Volumen II	[14]

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album
• Regional styles of Mexican music

Los Huracanes del Norte – Soy Mexicano

References

General

• "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 31, 2011. Note: User must select the "Regional Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
2. "Category Guide: Regional Mexican Field". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. "Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. July 29, 2000. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
4. "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). July 18, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
5. "Selected Nominees For The Third Latin Grammy Awards". AllBusiness.com. August 3, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
6. "The nominees are ...". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). July 23, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
7. "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
8. "Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations". USA Today (Gannett Company). November 2, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
9. Faber, Judy (September 26, 2006). "Shakira Leads Latin Grammy Nominations". CBS News. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
10. "Lista de nominados al Grammy Latino 2007" (in Spanish). Mujer Activa. August 31, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
11. "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). September 10, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
12. "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
13. "Latin Grammy nominees announced: Alejandro Sanz and Camila among top contenders". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
14. "2011 Latin Grammys: Nominations (FULL LIST) Revealed". manila-paper.net. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards