Most nominated, never won this award
- 01LILos Amigos Invisibles4 noms
- 02ATAna Tijoux3 noms
- 03ATAterciopelados3 noms
- 04BEBomba Estéreo3 noms
- 05JDJorge Drexler3 noms
- 06MOMolotov3 noms
A visual history · Grammys
27 ceremonies, 1998–2025. 22 different winners.
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album was first awarded in 1998, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.
It was previously known as Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album, then Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album, then Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.
Urban records were merged in at the 2009 ceremony and moved to the Latin pop category from 2021, which is why the name kept changing while the award did not.
It took over from Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album and Best Latin Urban Album.
2000–2025
25 ceremonies
01 / The reigns
The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.
02 / The power map
Sony leads the recorded label credits with 7 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.
4 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 21 above.
4 of these 25 wins have no label on record, so the chart covers the other 21.
03 / The near misses
Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.
04 / The archive
The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.
| Year | Winner | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rawayana (¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?)beat 4 others
| Unknown |
| 2024 | Natalia Lafourcade (De Todas las Flores)beat 4 others
| Sony Mexico |
| 2023 | Rosalía (Motomami)beat 5 others
| Columbia |
| 2022 | Juanes (Origen)beat 5 others
| Universal Music Latino |
| 2021 | Fito Páez (La Conquista del Espacio)beat 4 others
| Sony Argentina |
| 2020 | Rosalía (El Mal Querer)beat 4 others
| Columbia |
| 2019 | Zoé (Aztlán)beat 4 others
| EMI Music Mexico/Universal Music Mexico |
| 2018 | Residente (Residente)beat 4 others
| Sony Latin |
| 2017 | iLe (iLevitable)beat 4 others
| Unknown |
| 2016 | Pitbull (Dale)beat 4 others
| Mr. 305/RCA |
| 2015 | Calle 13 (Multi Viral)beat 4 others
| El Abismo |
| 2014 | La Santa Cecilia (Treinta Días)beat 4 others
| Unknown |
| 2013 | Quetzal (Imaginaries)beat 4 others
| Unknown |
| 2011 | Grupo Fantasma (El Existential)beat 4 others
| Nat Geo Music |
| 2010 | Calle 13 (Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo)beat 4 others
| Sony Music Latin |
| 2009 | Jaguares (45)beat 4 others
| EMI Latin |
| 2008 | Black Guayaba (No Hay Espacio)beat 4 others
| Machete Music |
| 2007 | Maná (Amar es Combatir)beat 4 others
| WEA Latina |
| 2006 | Shakira (Fijación Oral, Vol. 1)beat 4 others
| Epic |
| 2005 | Ozomatli (Street Signs)beat 4 others
| Real World/Concord |
| 2004 | Café Tacuba (Cuatro Caminos)beat 4 others
| Universal Music Mexico |
| 2003 | Maná (Revolución de Amor)beat 4 others
| WEA Latina |
| 2002 | Ozomatli (Embrace the Chaos)beat 4 others
| Interscope |
| 2001 | La Ley (Uno)beat 4 others
| WEA |
| 2000 | Chris Pérez Band (Resurrection)beat 4 others
| Hollywood Records |
| 1999 | Maná (Sueños Líquidos)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| WEA Latina |
| 1998 | Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (Fabulosos Calavera)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| Sony Music |