Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album
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The Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter 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. The award is given to solo artists or duos for albums recorded in Spanish or Portuguese. Songwriters have to compose and perform at least 75 percent of the album to be eligible in this category. Albums recorded live
are eligible only if they contain 51 percent of previously unreleased material. The albums enrolled in this field are also eligible in the categories Album of the Year
, Best New Artist
, Recording Package
, Best Engineered Album
and Producer of the Year
.
The award was established at the 5th Latin Grammy Awards
and was given to American performer Soraya
for her eponymous fourth studio album. Most nominated albums were recorded in Spanish, but albums released by Chico Buarque
, Djavan
, Maria Gadú, Gilberto Gil
, Ivan Lins
, Caetano Veloso
and Tom Zé
, recorded in Portuguese, were also nominated. Veloso and Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco Zignago are the most awarded performers in the category, with two awards received. Djavan, Jorge Drexler
, León Gieco
and Silvio Rodríguez
are the most nominated performers without a win, with two unsuccessful nominations each. In 2011, a tie was declared with the award given to Zignago for Días Nuevos and to Cuban artist Amaury Gutiérrez
for Sesiones Intimas.
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Recorded live track
A recorded live track is a song or audio sequence recorded from live performances .Live song tracks typically have concert hall noise . Though often less precise than practiced, studio recordings, live recordings may offer a more exciting feel...
are eligible only if they contain 51 percent of previously unreleased material. The albums enrolled in this field are also eligible in the categories Album of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year 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...
, Best New Artist
Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist
The Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist 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, nationally and internationally...
, Recording Package
Latin Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is given every year since the 7th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, which took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.-2010s:-2000s:...
, Best Engineered Album
Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album is given every year since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony which took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.-2010s:-2000s:...
and Producer of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year 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...
.
The award was established at the 5th Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards of 2004
The 5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.This was the last telecast of the awards nationally in the United States in English with a CBS contract. Effective in 2005, the awards were announced in Spanish with an exclusive...
and was given to American performer Soraya
Soraya (musician)
Soraya was an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer.A successful Colombian music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts...
for her eponymous fourth studio album. Most nominated albums were recorded in Spanish, but albums released by Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
, Djavan
Djavan
Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance...
, Maria Gadú, Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...
, Ivan Lins
Ivan Lins
Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most...
, Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...
and Tom Zé
Tom Zé
Tom Zé is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when the musician and label head David Byrne discovered an album recorded...
, recorded in Portuguese, were also nominated. Veloso and Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco Zignago are the most awarded performers in the category, with two awards received. Djavan, Jorge Drexler
Jorge Drexler
Jorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
, León Gieco
León Gieco
Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco is a pop-folk music composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and for lyrics with social and political connotations...
and Silvio Rodríguez
Silvio Rodríguez
Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and a leader of the nueva trova movement.He is considered Cuba's best known folk singer and known for his highly eloquent and symbolic lyrics. Many of his songs have become classics in Latin American music, such as Ojalá, Playa Girón, Unicornio and...
are the most nominated performers without a win, with two unsuccessful nominations each. In 2011, a tie was declared with the award given to Zignago for Días Nuevos and to Cuban artist Amaury Gutiérrez
Amaury Gutiérrez
Amaury Gutiérrez is a Cuban artist.His first album Amaury Gutiérrez was nominated for a Latin Grammy and sold more than 600 thousand copies...
for Sesiones Intimas.
Recipients
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| 2004 Latin Grammy Awards of 2004 The 5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.This was the last telecast of the awards nationally in the United States in English with a CBS contract. Effective in 2005, the awards were announced in Spanish with an exclusive... |
Soraya Soraya (musician) Soraya was an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer.A successful Colombian music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts... |
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| 2005 Latin Grammy Awards of 2005 The 6th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday, November 3, 2005. It was the first ceremony to be broadcast by Univision in the United States. Ivan Lins was the big winner winning two awards including Album of the Year. He is the first and only... |
Djavan Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance... – Vaidade Pedro Guerra Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito is a Spanish singer-songwriter.- Biography :Guerra is the son of Pedro Guerra Cabrera the first President of the Canarian parliament.... – Bolsillos Kevin Johansen Kevin Johansen is an Argentine-American rock musician. Born to an Argentine mother, Marta Calvet, and an American father, he lived most of his childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved with his family to Buenos Aires at the age of 12... – City Zen Vicentico Gabriel Julio Fernández Capello is a musician and composer better known by his stage name Vicentico. Co-founder and vocalist of the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs along with Flavio Cianciarulo... – Los Rayos Los Rayos Los Rayos is the second album by Argentine singer/songwriter Vicentico in his solo career. The album received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Singer-Songwriter Album.- Track listing :All tracks by Vicentico except were noted... |
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| 2006 Latin Grammy Awards of 2006 The 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held for the first time in New York City, NY. The awards show was held at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, November 2, 2006. Shakira was the big winner winning Album of the Year, one of four awards that she won... |
Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet... – Carioca León Gieco Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco is a pop-folk music composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and for lyrics with social and political connotations... – Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias The nomination was shared with Luis Gurevich , Osqui Amante, Gustavo Borner , and Tom Baker .... Ivan Lins Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most... – Acariocando Joaquín Sabina Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums... – Alivio de Luto |
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| 2007 Latin Grammy Awards of 2007 The 8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 8, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.The show aired on Univision. Juan Luis Guerra was the nights big winner winning 5 awards including Album of the Year... |
Jorge Drexler Jorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award... – 12 Segundos de Oscuridad Amaury Gutiérrez Amaury Gutiérrez is a Cuban artist.His first album Amaury Gutiérrez was nominated for a Latin Grammy and sold more than 600 thousand copies... – Pedazos de Mi José Luis Perales José Luis Perales is a Spanish singer-songwriter and composer who is very popular in Spain and Latin America. He has performed some of his extensive work at Carnegie Hall, New York.-Biography:... – Navegando Por Ti Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and a leader of the nueva trova movement.He is considered Cuba's best known folk singer and known for his highly eloquent and symbolic lyrics. Many of his songs have become classics in Latin American music, such as Ojalá, Playa Girón, Unicornio and... – Érase Que Se Era |
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| 2008 Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 13, 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria... |
Djavan Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance... – Matizes Matizes Matizes is a album of singer and songwriter Brazilian Djavan, released in 2007.-Track listing:#Joaninha - 5:35#Azedo e Amargo - 4:41#Mea-Culpa - 4:04#Imposto - 4:16... Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment... – Banda Larga Cordel Pablo Milanés Pablo Milanés Arias is a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitar player. He studied at a conservatory in Havana. He is considered one of the founders of the Cuban nueva trova, along with Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola... – Regalo Tommy Torres Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita... – Tarde o Temprano |
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| 2009 Latin Grammy Awards of 2009 The 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 5, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the second time the show took place in Las Vegas. Juan Gabriel was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 4, the day prior to the... |
Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer... – 5to Piso 5to Piso - Personnel :*Jair Alcalá – accordion*Mikey Allred – assistant engineer*Jorge "La Chiquis" Amaro – producer, engineer, Bass, dums*David Angell – violin*Monisa Angell – viola*Ricardo Arjona – arranger, producer, bass arrangement... Franco De Vita Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award... – Simplemente la Verdad Simplemente La Verdad Simplemente La Verdad is a 2008 album released by Franco De Vita. The album received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Singer-Songwriter Album.-Track listing:# "Simplemente La Verdad"# "Si Un Día Te Vuelvo A Ver"# "Mi Sueño"# "Probablemente"... Tom Zé Tom Zé is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when the musician and label head David Byrne discovered an album recorded... – Estudando A Bossa - Nordeste Plaza |
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| 2010 Latin Grammy Awards of 2010 The 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 11, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the third time the annual event had taken place at this location. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated was July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Nominations... |
Jorge Drexler Jorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award... – Amar la Trama Amar la Trama Amar la Trama is the ninth studio album by Uruguayan recording artist Jorge Drexler. It was released by Warner Music on March 16, 2010, after a four-year gap since the release of his last album of original music. Drexler worked as co-producer, along with Matías Cella and Carles Campi Campón... Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and a leader of the nueva trova movement.He is considered Cuba's best known folk singer and known for his highly eloquent and symbolic lyrics. Many of his songs have become classics in Latin American music, such as Ojalá, Playa Girón, Unicornio and... – Segunda Cita |
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| 2011 Latin Grammy Awards of 2011 The 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 10, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and was hosted by Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011... * |
Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer... – Poquita Ropa Poquita Ropa -Personnel:*Ricardo Arjona - Composer, chorus*Ahmed Barroso - Tres Cubano*Doug Emery - Hammond B3, Piano*Gianko Gomez - Chorus*Brian Lang - Bass*Victor Parton - Piano*Roger Silvestre Ramírez - Chorus*Matt Rollins - Piano*Ismael Vergara - Sax... Carlinhos Brown Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. He was born in Candeal Pequeno, a small neighbourhood in the Brotas area of Salvador de Bahia... – Diminuto |
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| 2011 Latin Grammy Awards of 2011 The 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 10, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and was hosted by Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011... * |
Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer... – Poquita Ropa Poquita Ropa -Personnel:*Ricardo Arjona - Composer, chorus*Ahmed Barroso - Tres Cubano*Doug Emery - Hammond B3, Piano*Gianko Gomez - Chorus*Brian Lang - Bass*Victor Parton - Piano*Roger Silvestre Ramírez - Chorus*Matt Rollins - Piano*Ismael Vergara - Sax... Carlinhos Brown Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. He was born in Candeal Pequeno, a small neighbourhood in the Brotas area of Salvador de Bahia... – Diminuto |
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