Grammy Award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano)

Grammy Award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano)
Awarded forquality vocal or instrumental regional mexican or Tejano albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2012
Currently held byPeso Pluma – Génesis (2024)
WebsiteGrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for releasing albums in the regional Mexican or Tejano genres. 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]

In 2012, the award - then known as "Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album" - was one of the new categories that resulted from the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards for that year. According to the Academy, "it was determined that musical distinctions among some of the regional Mexican subgenres were often very difficult to draw, so the restructuring in categories was warranted".[3] This award combined the previous categories for Best Regional Mexican Album and Best Tejano Album. Other Latin categories were also either merged or discontinued.

Further restructuring took place in 2012 and was implemented in the 2013 Grammy Award season. As of 2013, this category was merged with the Best Banda or Norteño Album category which had been created in 2012. According to the Academy, "Best Banda or Norteño Album and Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album are now merged into one category: "Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)", for albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of new vocal or instrumental regional Mexican (banda, norteño, corridos, gruperos, mariachi, ranchera, and Tejano) recordings."[4] The category received its current name at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards following consultation with the Mexican music community and aims to recognize and acknowledge Mexican-influenced music produced in other countries.[5]

As of 2024, Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez holds the record for the most wins in this category, with three, including one received posthumously at the 64th Grammy Award ceremony. Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea holds the record for the most nominations, with six (one of which went on to be awarded with a Grammy). Mexican band Banda El Recodo is the most nominated act without a win, with three unsuccessful nominations.

Recipients

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Pepe Aguilar was the first recipient of the award.
2013 winner Lila Downs.
2014 winners Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea.
Three-time winner Vicente Fernández, including the last one in 2022 received posthumously.
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2012 Pepe Aguilar Bicentenario
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2013 Lila Downs Pecados y milagros
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2014 Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea A Mi Manera
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2015 Vicente Fernández Mano a Mano – Tangos a la Manera de Vicente Fernández
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2016 Los Tigres del Norte Realidades (Deluxe Edition)
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2017 Vicente Fernández Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1
[12]
2018 Aida Cuevas Arrieros Somos – Sesiones Acústicas
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2019 Luis Miguel ¡México Por Siempre!
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2020 Mariachi los Camperos De Ayer Para Siempre
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2021 Natalia Lafourcade Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
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2022 Vicente Fernández A Mis 80's [17]
2023 Natalia Lafourcade Un Canto por México — El Musical
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2024 Peso Pluma Génesis
2025 TBA TBA
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards Restructuring". Archived from the original on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  4. ^ NARAS Press Release, 8 June 2012
  5. ^ Paul Grein (June 16, 2023). "Here Are the 10 Biggest Changes to the Grammy Awards Process for 2024". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "2011 - 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Latin Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
  7. ^ "Grammys 2013: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. December 5, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  8. ^ "56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "Final Nominations List" (PDF). Grammy. National Academy of Recording Arts & Science, Inc. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  10. ^ Vulpo, Mike (February 8, 2015). "2015 Grammy Award Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. ^ "58th Grammy Nominees". Grammy. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  12. ^ "59th Grammy Nominees". Grammy. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  13. ^ Grammy.com, 28 November 2017
  14. ^ France, Lisa (December 7, 2018). "Grammy nominations are here". CNN. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  15. ^ "2020 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  16. ^ "2021 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  17. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  18. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  19. ^ "2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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