Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
Awarded for	quality albums of the folk music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First award	2000
Currently held by	Lila Downs, Niña Pastori & Soledad for Raíz Nunca Me Fuí (2024)
Website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk 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. ^[1] The award goes to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings. ^[2]

The award was first presented to Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa for the album Misa Criolla at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000. ^[3] She also happens to be the most nominated and awarded performer in this category with five accolades. Her album Cantora 1 became the first folk album to be nominated for Album of the Year in 2009 but lost to Calle 13's Los de atrás vienen conmigo . ^[4] In 2011 she became the first artist to receive this award posthumously for the album Deja La Vida Volar. ^[5]

On the other hand, Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón holds the record for most nominations without a win with ten. ^[6] Musicians originating from Argentina and Colombia have received this award more times than any other nationality winning on four and two occasions respectively.

Recipients

Mercedes Sosa, the most awarded performer in this category, with five wins.

The Peruvian ministry of Culture Susana Baca won the award in 2002 and 2020.

2004 winner, Basque musician Kepa Junkera.

Four-time winner Lila Downs.

The Colombian ensemble Gaiteros de San Jacinto won the award in 2007.

2013 winner Reynaldo Armas.

Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade has won this award twice, in 2017 and 2018.

Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique won in 2019 with C4 Trio.

2023 winner, Vicente García.

Year [I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Mercedes Sosa	Misa Criolla	Hevia – Tierra de nadie Los Nocheros – Nocheros Carlos Núñez – Os amores libres Totó la Momposina – Pacantó	[3]
2001	El All-Stars de La Rumba Cubana Joaquín Betancourt & Cary Diez, producers	La Rumba Soy Yo	Jaime Uribe Espitia, José Revelo & John Villegas – Seresta Hevia – The Other Side Carlos Núñez – Mayo Longo Lázaro Ros – Yamayá	[7]
2002	Susana Baca	Lamento Negro	Berrogüetto – Hepta Kepa Junkera – Maren Petrona Martínez – Bonito Que Canta Lázaro Ros – Orisha Ayé. Shangó	[8]
2003	Mercedes Sosa	Acústico	Alex Acuña and Eva Ayllón with Los Hijos Del Sol – To My Country Eva Ayllón – Eva Los Muñequitos de Matanzas – Rumba De Corazón Raíces Habaneras – Raíces Habaneras	[9]
2004	Kepa Junkera	K	Manuel Alejandro – Manuel Alejandro y Punto: Homenaje al Grupo Haciendo Punto en Otro Son Ecos de Borinquen – Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico Horacio Guarany – Cantor de Cantores Perú Negro – Jolgorio Radio Tarifa – Fiebre	[10]
2005	Lila Downs	One Blood Una Sangre	Camerata Coral & Grupo Tepeu – Misa Criolla – Navidad Nuestra De Ariel Ramírez Los Nocheros – Noche Amiga Mía John Santos and El Coro Folklórico Kindembo – Para Ellos Various Artists; Quique Domenech (producer) – Homenaje a Luis Miranda "El Pico De Oro"	[11]
2006	Mercedes Sosa	Corazón Libre	Quique Domenech and Alejandro Croatto – Con El Corazón... Grupo Renacer – Puerto Rico Te Saluda... Chango Spasiuk – Tarefero De Mis Pagos Cacho Tirao – La Guitarra Argentina Yoruba Andabo – Rumba En La Habana Con...	[12]
2007	Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto	Un Fuego de Sangre Pura	Los Muñequitos de Matanzas – Tambor De Fuego Mariza – Concerto em Lisboa Sones de México Ensemble Chicago – Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land is Your Land)	[13]
2008	Cholo Valderrama	Caballo!	Damaris – Mil Caminos Mariza – Terra Perú Negro – Zamba Malató Walter Silva – 20 Éxitos	[14]
2009	Mercedes Sosa	Cantora 1	Eva Ayllón – Kimba Fá Los Muñequitos de Matanzas – D' Palo Pa' Rumba Walter Silva – Ya No Le Camino Mas Soledad – Folklore	[15]
2010	Ilan Chester	Tesoros de la Música Venezolana	Checo Acosta – El Folclor de Mi Tierra Eva Ayllón – Canta a Chabuca Granda Petrona Martínez – Las Penas Alegres Juan Fernando Velasco – Con Toda el Alma	[16]
2011	Mercedes Sosa	Deja La Vida Volar - En Gira	Eva Ayllón & Perú Negro – 40 Años de Clasicos Afro Peruanos Jorge Pardo – Música Tradicional Peruana Homenaje A Arturo Zambo Cavero Y Oscar Aviles Soledad Pastorutti – Vivo En Arequito Santoral – Más Que Enamorao	[17]
2012	Lila Downs	Pecados y Milagros	Eva Ayllón & Inti-Illimani – Eva Ayllón + Inti-Illimani Histórico Reynaldo Armas – Me Emborraché Pa' Olvidarla Luciano Pereyra – Con Alma de Pueblo Chuchito Valdés & Eddy Navia – Piano & Charango
2013	Reynaldo Armas	El Caballo de Oro	Gaêlica – Luz - Una Navidad Celta En Venezuela Gualberto Ibarreto & C4 Trío – Gualberto + C4 Los Nocheros – Clásicos - El Pecado Original María Mulata – De Cantos y Vuelos Chuchito Valdés & Eddy Navia – Carnaval En Piano Charango
2014	Lila Downs, Niña Pastori & Soledad	Raíz	Albita, Eva Ayllón & Olga Cerpa – Mujeres Con Cajones C4 Trío & Rafael "Pollo" Brito – De Repente Orozco - Barrientos – Tinto Totó la Momposina – El Asunto
2015	Lila Downs	Balas y Chocolate	Reynaldo Armas – La Muerte del Rucio Moro Ciro Hurtado – Ayahuasca Dreams Los Tekis – Hijos de La Tierra Teresa Parodi – 30 Años + 5 Días
2016	Palo Cruza'O	En Armonías Colombianas	Grupo Mapeyé – En Las Islas Canarias Los Huayra – Gira Nahuel Pennisi – Primavera Marco Rodrigues – Fados do Fado
2017	Natalia Lafourcade	Musas, Vol 1	Yuvisney Aguilar & Afrocuban Jazz Quartet – Piango, Piango Magín Díaz – El Orisha de la Rosa Quinteto Leopoldo Federico – Pa' Qué Más Edward Ramírez & Rafa Pino – El Tuyero Ilustrado
2018	Natalia Lafourcade	Musas, Vol. 2	Afrodisíaco – Viene De Panamá (Sin Raíz No Hay País) Eva Ayllón – Clavo y Canela Marta Gómez – La Alegría y El Canto María Mulata – Idas y Vueltas Yubá-Iré – ¡Baila Conmigo!
2019	Luis Enrique + C4 Trio	Tiempo Al Tiempo	Eva Ayllon – 48 Años Después Canalón De Timbiquí – De Mar y Río Cimarrón – Orinoco Luis Cobos with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & El Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitlán – ¡Va Por México!
2020	Susana Baca	A Capella: Grabado en Casa Durante la Cuarentena	Gaiteros de Pueblo Santo – Historias Cantadas Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto – Toño García: El último Cacique Quinteto Leopoldo Federico – Quinteto con Voz Tierra Adentro – Aguije	[18]
2021	Petrona Martínez	Ancestras	Leonel García – Amor Pasado Tato Marenco – Jemas Nahuel Pennisi – Renacer Alejandro Zavala – Vocal	[19]
2022	Sintesis, X-Alfonso & Eme Alfonso	Ancestro Sinfónico	Paulina Aguirre – La Tierra Llora Eva Ayllón – Quédate en Casa Pedro Aznar – Flor y Raíz Susana Baca – Palabras Urgentes Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México - El Musical Sandra Mihanovich – Bendiciones	[20]
2023	Vicente García	Camino al Sol	Susana Baca – Epifanías Cantares del Pacifico – Aguajes de Mar y Manglar Tato Marenco – Mamá Cumbé Quinteto Leopoldo Federico – El Trébol Agorero, Homenaje a Luis Antonio Calvo Tierra Adentro – Ayvu	[21]
2024	Lila Downs, Niña Pastori & Soledad	Raíz Nunca Me Fuí	Martina Camargo – Canto y Rio C4 Trío – C4 Suena a Navidad Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes Tonada – Bullerengue y Tonada	[22]
2025	TBA	TBA	Susana Baca – Conjuros Kerreke & Daniela Padrón – Joropango Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Juan Falú – Lentamente Julieta Rada – Candombe Voces del Bullerengue – #Anonimas&Resilientes	[23]

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Flamenco Album

References

General

• "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2011. Note: User must select the "Traditional Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

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18. Susana Baca tras ganar un Latin Grammy por su disco "A capella": “Se lo dedico a todos los jóvenes”
19. "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy . September 28, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
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22. Frazier, Nina (September 17, 2024). "2024 Latin GRAMMYs: See The Full Nominations List". Grammy Awards (in Spanish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
23. Ratner-Arias, Sigal (September 17, 2025). "Bad Bunny, Edgar Barrera and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso Lead 2025 Latin Grammy Nominations: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2025.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards