Billboard Latin Music Award for Top Latin Album of the Year

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Billboard Latin Music Award for Top Latin Album of the Year
Current: 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards
Awarded forthe best performing Latin albums in Billboard magazine
CountryUnited States
Presented by Billboard
First awarded2008
Last awarded2023
Currently held by Mañana Será Bonito by Karol G (2023)
Most awards Bad Bunny (3)
Most nominationsBad Bunny (6)
Website billboardevents.com

The Billboard Latin Music Award for Top Latin Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, a ceremony which honors "the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, online streaming and social data that informs Billboard 's weekly charts." [1] The award is given to the best performing albums on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, which measures the most popular Spanish-language recordings in the United States based on a multi-metric system that blends sales and album-equivalent units. [2] [3] The list was established by the magazine on July 10, 1993 and was originally based on album sales until February 11, 2017. [3] [4] From 1994 to 2007, each music genre's field (pop, tropical, Regional Mexican, jazz, rap, and reggaeton) had their own Album of the Year category, separated between male, female, and duo or group categories.

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Bad Bunny is the most awarded act in the category with three wins. Bad Bunny is also the most nominated artist, with six. Jenni Rivera, Juan Gabriel, Ozuna, and Bad Bunny are the only acts with two nominated albums in the same year, a milestone achieved twice by Rivera. Bad Bunny is the only act to also have a total of three albums nominated in the same year (2021). Bad Bunny has won Top Latin Album of the Year three times in a row, with Juan Gabriel winning twice in a row. As of 2023, the holder is Karol G for the album Mañana Será Bonito .

Recipients

YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2008 Daddy Yankee El Cartel: The Big Boss [5]
[6]
2009 Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias: 95/08 Éxitos [7]
[8]
2010 Aventura The Last [9]
2011 Enrique Iglesias Euphoria [10]
[11]
2012 Prince Royce Prince Royce [12]
[13]
2013 Romeo SantosFórmula, Vol. 1
[14]
2014 Marc Anthony 3.0
[15]
[16]
2015 Romeo Santos Fórmula, Vol. 2
[17]
[18]
2016 Juan Gabriel Los Dúo [19]
2017 Juan Gabriel Los Dúo 2
[20]
2018 Nicky Jam Fénix [21]
2019 OzunaOdisea
[22]
2020 Bad Bunny X 100pre
[23]
2021 YHLQMDLG [24]
2022 Un Verano Sin Ti [25]
2023 Karol G Mañana Será Bonito
[26]

Records

Most nominations

NominationsAct
6Bad Bunny
4Jenni Rivera
J Balvin
3Enrique Iglesias
Juan Gabriel
Maná
Ozuna
Romeo Santos
2Aventura
Camila
Marc Anthony
Prince Royce
Shakira
Wisin & Yandel
Anuel AA
Karol G
Rauw Alejandro

Most awards

AwardsAct
3Bad Bunny
2Enrique Iglesias
Juan Gabriel
Romeo Santos

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