Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Song | |
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Awarded for | quality rock music songs |
Country | United States |
Presented by | The Latin Recording Academy |
First awarded | 2000 |
Currently held by | Juan Galeano for "Leche de Tigre" (2023) |
Website | latingrammy.com |
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Song 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 is reserved to the songwriters of a new song containing at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish. Instrumental recordings or cover songs are not eligible. Songs in Portuguese may be entered in the Brazilian field. [2]
The award has been given every year since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony being presented to the Argentine singer-songwriter Fito Páez with the song "Al Lado del Camino". [3]
The award has been presented to songwriters originating from Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. Colombian musician Juanes is the biggest winner in this category, having won in all the four occasions he's been nominated for (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005). Other multiple winners are Gustavo Cerati with three wins out of four nominations; and Emmanuel de Real of Café Tacvba and Juan Galeano of Diamante Eléctrico, both winning twice. Beto Cuevas holds the record for most nominations without a win with four.
Year [I] | Songwriter(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) [II] | Nominees [III] | Ref. |
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2000 | Fito Páez | "Al Lado del Camino" | Fito Páez |
| [3] |
2001 | Juanes | "Fíjate Bien" | Juanes |
| [4] |
2002 | Juanes | "A Dios le Pido" | Juanes |
| [5] |
2003 | Juanes | "Mala Gente" | Juanes |
| [6] |
2004 | Emmanuel del Real | "Eres" | Café Tacuba |
| [7] |
2005 | Juanes | "Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor" | Juanes |
| [8] |
2006 | Gustavo Cerati | "Crimen" | Gustavo Cerati |
| [9] |
2007 | Gustavo Cerati | "La Excepción" | Gustavo Cerati |
| [10] |
2008 | Rubén Albarrán, Emmanuel del Real, Enrique Rangel & Joselo Rangel | "Esta Vez" | Café Tacvba |
| [11] |
2009 | Saúl Hernández | "Entre Tus Jardines" | Jaguares |
| [12] |
2010 | Gustavo Cerati | "Déjà Vu" | Gustavo Cerati |
| [13] |
2011 | León Larregui and Zoé | "Labios Rotos" | Zoé |
| [14] |
2012 | Roberto Musso | "Cuando Sea Grande" | El Cuarteto de Nos |
| [15] |
2013 | Cachorro López and Vicentico | "Creo Que Me Enamoré" | Vicentico |
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2014 | Andrés Calamaro | "Cuando No Estás" | Andrés Calamaro |
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2015 | Cachorro López and Vicentico | "Esclavo de Tu Amor" | Vicentico |
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2016 | Flavio Cianciarulo | "La Tormenta" | Los Fabulosos Cadillacs |
| [16] |
2017 | Juan Galeano | "Déjala Rodar" | Diamante Eléctrico |
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Andrés Calamaro | "La Noche" | Andrés Calamaro | |||
2018 | Fito Páez | "Tu Vida Mi Vida" | Fito Páez |
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2019 | Andrés Calamaro and German Wiedemer | "Verdades Afiladas" | Andrés Calamaro |
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2020 | Mon Laferte | "Biutiful" | Mon Laferte |
| [17] |
2021 | Vicentico | "Ahora 1" | Vicentico |
| [18] |
2022 | Fito Páez | "Lo Mejor de Nuestras Vidas" | Fito Páez |
| [19] |
2023 | Juan Galeano | "Leche de Tigre" | Diamante Eléctrico featuring Adrian Quesada |
| [20] |
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| [21] |
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