Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album
Awarded for	recordings of the Tropical genre
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First award	2012
Final award	2018
Website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album is an award presented at the Latin Grammy Awards beginning in 2012, ^[1] 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. ^[2] The award went to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings. ^[3]

The award first presented to Colombian singer Fonseca for the album Ilusión+ at the 13th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2012. ^[4] In 2014, the accolade was combined with Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album.

Winners and nominees

Colombian singer Fonseca was the first recipient of the award.

Cuban singer Aymée Nuviola was the last recipient of the award.

Year [I]	Performing artist(s)	Nationality [II]	Work	Nominees [III]
2012	Fonseca	Colombia	Ilusión+	Caseroloops – Afronautas Sergent Garcia – Una y Otra Vez Juan Magan – The King of Dance Prince Royce – Phase II
2013	Carlos Vives	Colombia	Corazón Profundo	Casadiego – Obsesiónate Grupo Treo – Pégate Palmacoco – Boogaflow Tecupae – Suerte
2015	ChocQuibTown	Colombia	El Mismo	Chino & Nacho — Radio Universo Daiquiri — Esa Morena Juan Magan — The King is Back Jorge Villamizar — El Día Que Vuelva
2016	Gente de Zona	Cuba	Visialízate	Cali Flow Latino — Full Hd Cosa Nuestra — Pregoneros de La Calle Explosión Negra — Levántate Grupo Treo — Genera
2017	Olga Tañón	Puerto Rico	Olga Tañón y Punto	Colectra — Coletera Gabriel — Contra Corriente Adriana Lucía — Porrock Salsangroove — Salsangroove
2018 [5]	Aymée Nuviola	Cuba	Como Anillo al Dedo	Manny Cruz — Sobrenatural Diego Gutiérrez — Palante el Mambo! Sheila King — Supernova Safara — Cucucuprá, Cuprá

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song

References

General

• "Latin Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved August 31, 2011. Note: User must select the "Tropical Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY® CONTINUES ITS EVOLUTION OF LATIN GRAMMY® CATEGORIES AND ELECTS NEW TRUSTEES
2. "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. "Category Guide: Tropical Field". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
4. "JUAN LUIS GUERRA LEADS LATIN GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS WITH SIX". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. September 25, 2012. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
5. "19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations" (PDF). latingrammy.com. 21 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards