Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Song

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Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Song
Awarded forA song must contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Portuguese and must be a new song.
CountryUnited States
Presented by The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2000
Currently held by Tiago Iorc & Duda Rodrigues for "Tudo O Que A Fé Pode Tocar" (2023)
Website latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of the cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for "a song must contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Portuguese and must be a new song. Award to the Songwriter(s). Not Eligible: Instrumental recordings and cover songs."

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The award was first presented to Djavan for "Acelerou" in 2000. The only songwriter who has won this award more than once is Milton Nascimento, who won twice consecutively in 2003 and 2004. In 2013, "Esse Cara Sou Eu" by Roberto Carlos and "Um Abraçaço" by Caetano Veloso became the first songs in the category to be nominated for Song of the Year. In 2014, "A Bossa Nova É Foda" by Caetano Veloso was nominated for Song of the Year. From 2000 to 2015, the award category was presented as Best Brazilian Song and was changed to its current name in 2016.

Winners and nominees

YearSongwriter(s)WorkPerforming artist(s)NomineesRef.
2000 Djavan "Acelerou" Djavan
2001 Raimundinho do Accordion, Targino Gondim and Manuca"Esperando Na Janela" Gilberto Gil
2002 Dori Caymmi and Paulo César Pinheiro "Saudade De Amar" Nana Caymmi
2003 Milton Nascimento and Telo Borges"Tristesse" Milton Nascimento and Maria Rita Mariano
2004 Milton Nascimento "A Festa" Maria Rita
2005 Lenine and Ivan Santos"Ninguém Faz Idéia" Lenine
  • Francis Hime and Olivia Hime – "Canção Transparente" (Olivia Hime)
  • José Miguel Wisnik – "Ponte Aérea" (Eveline Hecker)
  • Totonho Villeroy – "São Sebastião" (Totonho Villeroy)
2006 Rodrigo Maranhão"Caminho das Águas" Maria Rita
2007 Caetano Veloso "Não Me Arrependo" Caetano Veloso
2008 Marco Moraes and Soraya Moraes "Som Da Chuva" Soraya Moraes
2009 Lenine "Martelo Bigorna" Lenine
2010 Adriana Calcanhotto "Tua" Maria Bethânia
2011 Nando Reis and Samuel Rosa "De Repente" Skank
2012 Chico Buarque "Querido Diário" Chico Buarque
2013 Roberto Carlos "Esse Cara Sou Eu" Roberto Carlos
2014 Caetano Veloso "A Bossa Nova É Foda" Caetano Veloso
2015 Hamilton de Holanda, Diogo Nogueira and Marcos Portinari"Bossa Negra" Diogo Nogueira and Hamilton de Holanda
2016 Djavan "Vidas Pra Contar" Djavan
2017 Ana Caetano and Tiago Iorc "Trevo (Tu)" Anavitória featuring Tiago Iorc
2018 Chico Buarque "As Caravanas" Chico Buarque
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2019 Tiago Iorc "Desconstrução" Tiago Iorc
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2020 Francisco Bosco and João Bosco "Abricó-de-Macaco" João Bosco
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2021 Ana Caetano and Paulo Novaes"Lisboa" Anavitória and Lenine
  • Jõão Pedro de Araújo Silva, Pedro Fonseca da Costa Silva, Marcos Mesmo, Francisco Ribeiro Eller, Luiz Ungarelli & Lucas Videla – "A Cidade" (Chico Chico and João Mantuano)
  • Diogo Melim & Rodrigo Melim – "Amores e Flores" (Melim)
  • Nando Reis – "Espera a Primavera" (Nando Reis)
  • Tales De Polli & Deko – "Lágrimas de Alegria" (Maneva & Natiruts)
  • Tiê Castro, Emicida & Guga Fernandes – "Mulheres Não Têm Que Chorar" (Ivete Sangalo & Emicida)
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2022 Marisa Monte and Jorge Drexler "Vento Sardo" Marisa Monte featuring Jorge Drexler
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2023 Tiago Iorc & Duda Rodrigues"Tudo O Que A Fé Pode Tocar"Tiago Iorc
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References

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