Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Song

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Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Song
Awarded forquality pop music songs
CountryUnited States
Presented by The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2019
Currently held byManuel Lorente Freire, Héctor Mazzarri, Alberto Montenegro, Daniel Rondón and Andres Story for "Feriado" (2024)
Website latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. [1]

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According to the Latin Grammy category description guide it is designed for new songs that contain 51% of the lyrics in Spanish and it is awarded to the songwriter(s). [2] Instrumental recordings, cover songs, remixes and interpolation/sampling recordings are not elegible for the category. It must be a completely new song.

It was introduced in 2019 at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, with Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz and American singer Camila Cabello being the inaugural winners for the song "Mi Persona Favorita". Colombian singer Camilo is the only composer to receive the award more than once with two consecutive wins.

Recipients

YearSongwriter(s)WorkPerforming artist(s) [II] NomineesRef.
2019 Alejandro Sanz and Camila Cabello "Mi Persona Favorita"Alejandro Sanz and Camila Cabello
 [3]
2020 Camilo, Jon Leone & Richi López"Tutu"Camilo featuring Pedro Capó
[4]
2021 Édgar Barrera and Camilo "Vida de Rico"Camilo
 [5]
2022 Pablo María Rousselon, Manuel Lara, Manuel Lorente, Juan Riutort and Sebastián Yatra "Tacones Rojos"Sebastián Yatra
 [6]
Jorge Drexler "La Guerrilla de la Concordia"Jorge Drexler
2023 Santiago Alvarado, Bizarrap, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno and Shakira "Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53"Bizarrap featuring Shakira
 [7]
2024 Manuel Lorente Freire, Héctor Mazzarri, Alberto Montenegro, Daniel Rondón & Andres Story"Feriado" Rawayana
  • Julio Reyes Copello & Mariana Vega, songwriters – "A la Mitad" (Maura Nava)
  • Paty Cantú, Ángela Dávalos, Leon Leiden & Saibu, songwriters – "A las 3" (Paty Cantú & León Leiden)
  • David Bisbal, Pablo Preciado & Carlos Rivera, songwriters – "Ahora" (David Bisbal & Carlos Rivera)
  • José Andrés Benitez, Christian Bermudez, Richard Bermudez, Rodney Kumbirayi Hwingwiri, Juan Diego Linares, Luis Alejandro Márquez, Anibal Morin Diaz, Danny Ocean & Rafael Salcedo, songwriters – "Amor" (Danny Ocean)
  • Lagos, songwriter – "Dime Quién" (Lagos)
  • Carter Lang, Manuel Lorente Freire, Kali Uchis & Dylan Wiggins, songwriters – "Igual Que un Ángel" (Kali Uchis & Peso Pluma)
 [8]

Most wins

2 Wins

Most nominations

5 Nominations

4 Nominations

3 Nominations

2 Nominations

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References

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