Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album

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Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album
Awarded forquality albums of the tejano music genre
CountryUnited States
Presented by The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2000
Currently held byEl Plan for Imperfecto (2024)
Website latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano 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 in the tejano music genre. [2]

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Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz are the biggest winners in this category with five awards, including four years in a row from 2001 to 2004, and they are followed by Los Palominos, with two, who were also the first winners of this category in 2000 for the album Por Eso Te Amo. [3] In 2008, Emilio Navaira became the first solo singer to earn this award for the album De Nuevo. [4]

To date the award has only been presented to artists originating from the United States, most of them chicanos. This is the only category that features no winners or nominees from a Latin American country.

Winners and nominees

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Armando Lichtenberger Jr. (top) and Oscar De La Rosa (bottom), members of the two-time winner band La Mafia
American singer Elida Reyna has won twice alongside her band Elida y Avante. Elida Reyna.jpg
American singer Elida Reyna has won twice alongside her band Elida y Avante.
2016 winner Michael Salgado. MichaelSalgado.jpg
2016 winner Michael Salgado.
2022 winner Bobby Pulido. Bobby23.jpg
2022 winner Bobby Pulido.
Year [I] Performing artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2000 Los Palominos Por Eso Te Amo
 [3]
2001 Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz Quien Iba a Pensar
 [5]
2002 Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz Siempre Humilde
  • David Lee Garza & Los Musicales – Estamos Unidos
  • Ram Herrera – Ingrata
  • La Mafia – Inconfundible
  • Los Desperadoz – Desde El Corazón
 [6]
2003 Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz Si Me Faltas Tu
 [7]
2004 Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz Live en el Valle
  • La Tropa F – Un Nuevo Capítulo
  • Little Joe & La Familia – Celebration Of Life – Volume Two Live
  • Bobby Pulido – Móntame
  • Sólido – Vuelve
 [8]
2005 David Lee Garza, Joel Guzmán and Sunny Sauceda Polkas, Gritos y Acordeónes
 [9]
2006 La Mafia Nuevamente
 [10]
2007 Los Palominos Evoluciones
  • La Tropa F – Exitos De Combate
  • The Legends – Otra Vez Raices
  • Joe Lopez and Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz – Mazz Live Reunion – The Last Dance
  • David Marez – Corazón de Oro
  • Joe Posada – Despacito
 [11]
2008 Emilio Navaira De Nuevo
 [4]
2009 Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz The Legend Continues...La Continuation
  • Avizo – Recordando Josefa
  • Grupo Vida – Generations
  • Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox – Conjuntazzo
  • Jaime & Los Chamacos – Freedom Tour 2008
  • Jay Perez – All The Way Live!
 [12]
2010 Elida Reyna & Avante Fantasia
  • Little Joe & La Familia – A Night Of Classics In El Chuco
  • Joe Posada – Point of View
  • Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution – Revolutionized
  • Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso – Homenaje A Mi Padre
 [13]
2011 Little Joe & La FamiliaRecuerdos
 [14]
2012 Joe PosadaAlgo Esta Pasando
  • Avizo – Mas Amigos
  • Los Desperadoz – Sunset Run
  • Los Hermanos Farías – Back On Track
  • Jay Perez – The Voice of Authority
 [15]
2013 David Lee Garza Just Friends
  • Shaggy García and Grupo Recuerdo – Solo Tencha
  • Los Texmaniacs – Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds
  • Jay Perez – New Horizons
  • Siggno – El Mundo Se Acabó
 [16]
2014 Jimmy González & Grupo Mazz Forever Mazz
2015 SólidoSentimientos
2016 Michael Salgado Por Cielo y Tierra
  • Ram Herrera – Mucho Mas Que Amor
  • The Legends – La Historia de La Musica Tejana
  • Marian y Mariel – Vulnerable a Ti
  • Jay Perez – Un Amigo Tendras
2017 Not awarded
2018 Roger Velásquez & The Latin LegendzTex Mex Funk
 [17]
2019 Elida Reyna and Avante Colores
  • El Plan – Siete
  • Lucky Joe – Tu Príncipe
  • David Lee Rodriquez – Así Me Enseñaron
  • Vidal – Nunca Te Rindas
 [18]
2020 La Mafia Live in México
  • El Plan – Pa'La Pista y Pa'l Pisto, Vol. 1
  • Jay Perez and The Band – 25th Anniversary Contigo
  • Siggno – Película, Vol. 1
  • South Tx Homies – It's Time
 [19]
2021 El PlanPa' la Pista y Pa'l Pisto, Vol. 2
  • Ram Herrera – Back on Track
  • La Fiebre – Histórico
  • Solido – Incomparable
  • Vilax – Un Beso es Suficiente
 [20]
2022 Bobby Pulido Para Que Baile Mi Pueblo
  • El Plan – Despreciado
  • Grupo Álamo – Camino al Progreso
  • Isabel Marie – Una Ilusión
  • Destiny Navaira – Dime Cómo se Siente
 [21]
2023 Juan TreviñoPara Empezar a Amar
  • Gary Hobbs – Sin Fin
  • Jay Perez – El Patrón
  • Proyecto Insomnio – Super Heroes de Blanco
  • Vilax – Ganas
 [22]
2024 El PlanImperfecto
  • Gabriella – Siempre Gabriella
  • Vilax – Ganas (Deluxe)
 [23]

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

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