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A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Banda Album.

5 ceremonies, 2007–2011. 4 different winners.

Who won most recently?
El Güero y Su Banda Centenario in 2011 for Enamórate De Mí.
Who has won the most?
Joan Sebastian, 2 wins (2007, 2009).
  1. Enamórate De MíEl Güero y Su Banda Centenario
  2. Tu Esclavo y AmoLupillo Rivera
  3. No es de MaderaJoan Sebastian
  4. Te Va a GustarEl Chapo
  5. Más Allá del SolJoan Sebastian
Years explored
2007–2011
Different winners
4
Category leader
Joan Sebastian · 2
About this record

Best Banda Album was first awarded in 2007, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best Banda or Norteño Album instead.

2007–2011

5 ceremonies

20072011

01 / The reigns

4 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2007–2011 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

  1. 01
    Joan Sebastian2 wins
One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Joan Sebastian'07
El Chapo'08
Joan Sebastian'09
Lupillo Rivera'10
El Güero y Su Banda Centenario'11

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Disa leads the recorded label credits with 1 win, 2007–2011. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Disa1 win
Musart1 win
Wins by label
  1. Disa150%
  2. Musart150%

3 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 2 above.

3 of these 5 wins have no label on record, so the chart covers the other 2.

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2007–2011.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Cuisillos
    3 noms
  2. 02
    Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Cuisillos
    3L · 0W
  2. 02
    Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
    2L · 0W
  3. 03
    Lupillo Rivera
    2L · 1W
  4. 04
    El Chapo
    1L · 1W
  5. 05
    El Güero y Su Banda Centenario
    1L · 1W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2007–2011. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2011El Güero y Su Banda Centenario (Enamórate De Mí)
beat 4 others
  • Banda Los Recoditos (¡Ando Bien Pedo!)
  • Cuisillos (Caricias Compradas)
  • El Chapo (Con la Fuerza del Corrido)
  • La Arrolladora Banda El Limón (Todo Depende de Tí)
Unknown
2010Lupillo Rivera (Tu Esclavo y Amo)
beat 3 others
  • El Güero y Su Banda Centenario (Se Nos Murio El Amor)
  • La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de Rene Camacho (Más Adelante)
  • La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga (Derecho de Antiguedad)
Disa
2009Joan Sebastian (No es de Madera)
beat 4 others
  • Alacranes Musical (Tu Inspiración)
  • Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga (Que Bonito... ¡Es Lo Bonito!)
  • Cuisillos (Vive y Dejame Vivir)
  • Lupillo Rivera (El Tiro de Gracia)
Unknown
2008El Chapo (Te Va a Gustar)
beat 4 others
  • Corridos (El Potro de Sinaloa) (Los Mejores)
  • Valentín Elizalde (Lobo Domesticado)
  • K-Paz de la Sierra (Conquistando Corazones)
  • Lupillo Rivera (Entre Copas y Botellas)
Unknown
2007Joan Sebastian (Más Allá del Sol)
beat 4 others
  • Banda Machos (20 Mil Heridas)
  • Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga (Mas Fuerte Que Nunca)
  • Cuisillos (Amor Gitano)
  • Ezequiel Peña (A Mucha Honra)
Musart