Latin Grammy Award for Best Recording Package | |
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Awarded for | Recording package design |
Country | United States |
Presented by | The Latin Recording Academy |
First awarded | 2006 |
Currently held by | Gustavo Ramirez for Atipanakuy (Deluxe) (2023) |
Website | Latingrammy.com |
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. [1] It was first awarded at the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2006.
The description of the category at the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards states that is "for graphic design, quality and concept recording packages, in any configuration, released for the first time during the Eligibility Year; even if contents were previously released and providing the packaging is new. Only original artwork is eligible. Also eligible are digital recording packages providing proper credits and supporting material are received." [2] The award goes to the art director(s) and not to the performing artist unless they are also credited as an art director for the album.
Argentine graphic designer Alejandro Ros holds the record of most wins in the category with three times for his work in albums by Argentine singers Mercedes Sosa, Vicentico and Juana Molina.
Year | Recipient(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees | Ref. |
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2006 | Laura Varsky | Café de los Maestros | Various Artists |
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2007 | Catalina Díez | Los Vallenatos de Andrés | Various Artists |
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2008 | Leicia Gotlibowski, Daniel Kotliar, Karina Levy, Andres Mayo & Mercedes Sencio | Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango | Various Artists |
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2009 | Alejandro Ros | Cantora 1 | Mercedes Sosa |
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2010 | Rock Instrument Bureau | Fuerza natural | Gustavo Cerati |
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2011 | Javier Mariscal | Chico & Rita | Various Artists |
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Alejandro Ros | Solo un Momento | Vicentico | |||
2012 | Miguel Masa | Cambie de Nombre | Viniloversus |
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2013 | Tonho Quinta-Feira & Fernando Young | Abraçaço | Caetano Veloso |
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2014 | Alejandro Ros | Wed 21 | Juana Molina |
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2015 | Natalia Ayala, Carlos Dussan Gómez & Juliana Jaramillo | Este Instante | Marta Gómez |
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2016 | Sergio Mora | El Poeta Halley | Love of Lesbian |
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2017 | Carlos Dussán, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Felipe Martínez & Claudio Roncoli | El Orisha de la Rosa | Magín Díaz |
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2018 | Carlos Sadness | Diferentes Tipos De Luz | Carlos Sadness |
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2019 | Man Mourentan & Tamara Pérez | El Mal Querer | Rosalía | [4] | |
2020 | Pedro Fajardo | Soy Puro Teatro - Homenaje a La Lupe | Mariaca Semprún |
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2021 | Ana Gonzalez | Colegas | Gilberto Santa Rosa |
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2022 | Ferran Echegaray, Viktor Hammarberg, Rosalía, Daniel Sannwald & Pili Vila | Motomai (Digital Album) | Rosalía |
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2023 | Gustavo Ramirez | Atipanakuy (Deluxe) | Kayfex |
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2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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