Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song

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Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song
Awarded forquality alternative music songs
CountryUnited States
Presented by The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2007
Currently held by Dante Spinetta for "El Lado Oscuro del Corazón" (2023)
Website latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song 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. [1] The award is reserved to the songwriters of a new song containing at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish. Instrumental recordings or cover songs are not eligible. [2]

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The award has been presented to songwriters originating from France, Mexico, Colombia and Puerto Rico. It was first earned by French musician Manu Chao for the song "Me Llaman Calle" in 2007. [3]

The band members of Café Tacvba, Calle 13 and Carla Morrison are the only songwriters to have received this award more than once.

Recipients

YearSongwriter(s)WorkPerforming artist(s) [II] NomineesRef.
2007 Manu Chao "Me Llaman Calle" Manu Chao
[3]
2008 Rubén Albarrán
Emmanuel del Real
Enrique Rangel
Joselo Rangel 		"Volver a Comenzar" Café Tacvba
[4]
2009 René Pérez
Eduardo Cabra
Rubén Albarrán
Emmanuel del Real
Enrique Rangel
Joselo Rangel 		"No Hay Nadie Como Tú" Calle 13 featuring Café Tacvba
  • Fernando Burgos, Gabriel Galvan and Denise Gutierrez – "Bestia" (Hello Seahorse!)
  • Cucu Diamantes, Andrés Levin, Beatriz Luengo and Yotuel Romero – "Más Fuerte" (CuCu Diamantes)
  • Camila Moreno – "Millones" (Camila Moreno)
  • Daniel 'Mono Loco' Carbonell, Jules Bikôkô, Miki Ramirez, Tomas Tirtha Rundquist, DJ Helios, Didak Fernandez and Steffan Rundquist – "Moving" (Macaco)
  • Alex Pérez and Juan Son – "Nada" (Son)
 [5]
2010 Gloria "Goyo" Martinez
Miguel "Slow" Martinez
Carlos "Tostao" Valencia		"De Donde Vengo Yo" ChocQuibTown
  • Fernando Burgos, Gabriel Galvan and Denise Gutierrez – "Criminal" (Hello Seahorse!)
  • Ceci Bastida – "Cuando Vuelvas a Caer" (Bastida)
  • Roberto Musso – "El Hijo de Hernandez" (El Cuarteto de Nos)
  • Gustavo Cortes, Ricardo Cortes and Nicolas Gonzalez – "Resistencia Indigena" (Sig Ragga)
 [6]
2011 Rafa Arcaute
Calle 13 		"Calma Pueblo" Calle 13
  • Pascual Reyes – "Salgamos de Aquí" (San Pascualito Rey)
  • Doctor Krápula – "Somos" (Doctor Krápula)
  • DJ Blass and Fidel Nadal – "Te Robaste Mi Corazón" (Nadal)
  • Sie7e – "Tengo Tu Love" (Sie7e)
 [7]
2012 Carla Morrison "Déjenme Llorar" Carla Morrison
2013 Bajofondo "Pena En Mi Corazón" Bajofondo
2014 Calle 13 "El Aguante" Calle 13
  • Gustavo Cortés and Sig Ragga – "Chaplin" (Sig Ragga)
  • Jesús Báez Caballero and Siddhartha – "El Aire" (Siddhartha)
  • Adrián Rodríguez and Diego Rodríguez – "La Lanza" (Babasónicos)
  • Yayo González – "Vamos A Morir" (Paté de Fuá featuring Catalina García)
2015 Natalia Lafourcade
Leonel García 		"Hasta la Raíz" Natalia Lafourcade
[8]
2016 Carla Morrison "Vez Primera" Carla Morrison
  • Gustavo Cortés, Ricardo Cortés and Nicolas González – "Ángeles y Serafines" (Sig Ragga)
  • Vicentico – "Averno, El Fantasma" (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs)
  • Felipe Antunes and Otávio Carvalho – "Deus" (Vitrola Sintética)
  • Kevin Johansen – "Es Como El Día" (Kevin Johansen + The Nada)
 [9]
2017 Mon Laferte "Amárrame" Mon Laferte featuring Juanes
2018 Antón Alvarez Alfaro
Pablo Diaz-Reixa
Rosalía 		"Malamente" Rosalía
2019 David Julca, Jonathan Julca, Los Amigos Invisibles, Silverio Lozada and Servando Primera"Tócamela" Los Amigos Invisibles
2020 Ismael Cancel, ILe and Natalia Lafourcade "En Cantos" ILe & Natalia Lafourcade
[10]
2021 Alizzz, C. Tangana and Jorge Drexler "Nominao"C. Tangana and Jorge Drexler
 [11]
2022 Rafa Arcaute, Jorge Drexler & Federico Vindver "El Día que Estrenaste el Mundo"Jorge Drexler
 [12]
2023 Dante Spinetta "El Lado Oscuro del Corazón"Dante Spinetta
  • Sebastian Ayala, Daniel Briceño, Henry D'Arthenay, Rodolfo Pagliuca & Hector Tosta, songwriters – "Aleros/Pompeii" (La Vida Bohème)
  • Cami & Jonathan Julca, songwriters – "ANASTASIA" (Cami)
  • El David Aguilar, songwriter – "Cicatriz Radiante" (El David Aguilar)
  • Ismael Cancel, iLe & Mon Laferte, songwriters – "Traguito" (iLe & Mon Laferte)
 [13]

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