Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Album
Awarded for	recordings of the pop genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First award	2000
Currently held by	Alejandro Sanz for ¿Y Ahora Qué? (2025)
Website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Album is an honor presented at the Latin Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony established in 2000 to recognize excellence and promote broader awareness of the cultural diversity and contributions of Latin music recording artists in the United States and worldwide. ^[1] The award is presented to performers and producers of albums that contain at least 51 percent newly recorded material within the pop genre. ^[2]

The award was first presented in 2000, at the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards, as Best Pop Vocal Album, with Luis Miguel receiving the honor for Amarte es un placer . The category was discontinued after the 2001 ceremony and replaced by gender-specific awards: Best Female Pop Vocal Album and Best Male Pop Vocal Album, which remained in use until 2011. In 2012, those categories were retired and the award was reinstated as Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album, a title it retained through the 2019 ceremony. In 2020, the category was renamed Best Pop Vocal Album again. For the 2025 ceremony, the Latin Recording Academy announced that the award would be renamed Best Contemporary Pop Album again. ^[3]

Winners and nominees

Luis Miguel's Amarte es un Placer , the 2000 inaugural winner, also won Album of the Year.

Two-time winners Jesse & Joy won in 2012 and 2016.

Alejandro Sanz has won this award three times: in 2013, 2015 and 2025.

Rosalía's El Mal Querer , won this award and Album of the Year in 2019.

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Luis Miguel	Amarte Es un Placer	Ketama – Toma Ketama! Maná – MTV Unplugged Pablo Milanés – Vengo Naciendo Shakira – MTV Unplugged	[4]
2001–2011	—N/a
2012	Jesse & Joy	¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?	Pablo Alborán – En Acústico Chambao – Chambao Beatriz Luengo – Bela y sus Moskitas Muertas Pamela Rodríguez – Reconocer	[5]
2013	Alejandro Sanz	La Música No Se Toca	Miguel Bosé – Papitwo Draco Rosa – Vida Aleks Syntek – Syntek Julieta Venegas – Los Momentos	[6]
2014	Camila	Elypse	Debi Nova – Soy Rosario – Rosario Santana – Corazón (Deluxe Version) Mariana Vega – Mi Burbuja	[7]
2015	Alejandro Sanz	Sirope	Pablo Alborán – Terral Miguel Bosé – Amo Pedro Capó – Aquila Ricky Martin – A Quien Quiera Escuchar
2016	Jesse & Joy	Un Besito Más	Pablo Alborán – Tour Terral: Tres Noches en Las Ventas Pablo López – El Mundo y los Amantes Inocentes Luciano Pereyra – #TuMano Reik – Des/Amor	[8]
2017	Shakira	El Dorado	David Bisbal – Hijos del Mar Alejandro Fernández – Rompiendo Fronteras Camila Luna – Flora y Faῦna Sebastián Yatra – Extended Play Yatra
2018	Maluma	F.A.M.E.	Axel — Ser Pablo López — Camino, Fuego y Libertad Beatriz Luengo — Cuerpo y Alma Nana Mendoza — Miradas	[9]
2019	Rosalía	El Mal Querer	Ricardo Montaner — Montaner Morat — Balas Perdidas Alejandro Sanz — #ElDisco Sebastián Yatra — Fantasía	[10]
2020	Ricky Martin	Pausa	Aitana – Spoiler Beret – Prisma Camilo – Por Primera Vez Juanes – Más futuro que pasado	[11]
2021	Camilo	Mis Manos	Andrés Calamaro – Dios los Cría Pedro Capó – Munay Danna Paola – K.O. Reik – De México	[12]
2022	Sebastián Yatra	Dharma	Elsa y Elmar – ya no somos los mismos Kany García – El Amor Que Merecemos Jesse & Joy – Clichés Carla Morrison – El Renacimiento	[13]
2023	Julieta Venegas	Tu Historia	Pablo Alborán – La Cuarta Hoja AleMor – Beautiful Humans Vol. 1 Camilo – De Adentro Pa Afuera Pedro Capó – La Neta	[14]
2024	Luis Fonsi	El Viaje	Caloncho – Tofu Emilia – .mp3 Mau y Ricky – Hotel Caracas Kali Uchis – Orquídeas Nicole Zignago – Escrita	[15]
2025	Alejandro Sanz	¿Y Ahora Qué?	Aitana – Cuarto Azul Elsa y Elmar – Palacio Joaquina – Al Romper la Burbuja Elena Rose – En las Nubes - Con Mis Panas	[16]

Artists with multiple wins

3 wins

• Alejandro Sanz

2 wins

• Jesse & Joy

Artists with multiple nominations

4 nominations

• Pablo Alborán
• Alejandro Sanz

3 nominations

• Pedro Capo
• Jesse & Joy
• Camilo
• Sebastián Yatra

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album

References

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