Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song

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Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song
Awarded fornew songs that contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese
Country United States
Presented by The Latin Recording Academy
First awardedAugust 31, 2007;17 years ago (2007-08-31)
Currently held by Daddy Yankee for "Bonita" (2024)
Website latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. [1] According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for new songs that contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese. The accolade is awarded to the songwriter(s) of said song. Instrumental recordings and cover songs are not eligible for the category. [2]

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The award was first presented to Puerto Rican musicians Eduardo Cabra and René Pérez of the duo Calle 13 in 2007. [3] The award has been presented three times to Puerto Rican songwriters and once to a Panamian, Spaniard and Argentine songwriter in 2008, 2010, and 2011 respectively. The only songwriter to receive this award in more than one occasion is René Pérez. In 2010, Spanish rapper La Mala Rodríguez became the first female artist to win in this field. Daddy Yankee holds the record of most nominations in general and most nominations without a win with eight. Also, he is the only artist who has been nominated every year since the category's inception (except in 2014). In 2014, "Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona became the first urban song to win this award and Song of the Year.

Recipients

YearSongwriter(s)WorkPerforming artist(s)NomineesRef.
2007 Eduardo Cabra
Panasuyo
René Pérez 		"Pa'l Norte" Calle 13
[3]
2008 Flex "Te Quiero" Flex
[4]
2009 Marcos Masis "Tainy"
Wisin & Yandel 		"Abusadora" Wisin & Yandel
[5]
2010 La Mala Rodríguez "No Pidas Perdón" La Mala Rodríguez
[6]
2011 Rafa Arcaute
Calle 13 		"Baile de los Pobres" Calle 13
[7]
2012 Ramón Enrique Casillas &
Don Omar 		"Hasta Que Salga el Sol" Don Omar
2013 Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur"Ula Ula" Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
2014 Descemer Bueno
Gente De Zona
Enrique Iglesias 		"Bailando" Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona
2015 J Balvin
Rene Cano
Alejandro "Mosty" Patiño
Alejandro "Sky" Ramírez 		"Ay Vamos"J Balvin
2016 Egbert Rosa Cintrón
Farruko
Eduardo A. Vargas Berrios
Yandel 		"Encantadora" Yandel
[8]
2017 Rafael Arcaute
Igor Koshkendey
Residente 		"Somos Anormales" Residente
  • Emicida and Rael – "A Chapa É Quente! (Língua Franca)" (Emicida & Rael)
  • Luis Díaz, Alejandro Estrada, Bruno Og and Jonathan Torres – "Coqueta" (Ghetto Kids)
  • Nicky Jam, Juan Diego Medina Vélez and Cristhian Mena – "El Amante" (Nicky Jam)
  • J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Phillip Kembo, Johnny Michell, Pitbull, Rosina "Soaky Siren" Russell, Jamie Sanderson and Tinashe "T-Collar" Sibanda – "Hey Ma" (Spanish version) (Pitbull and J Balvin featuring Camila Cabello)
  • Lápiz Consciente and Vico C – "Papa" (Lápiz Consciente featuring Vico C)
2018 Urbani Mota Cedeño
Juan G. Rivera Vazquez
Luis Jorge Romero
Daddy Yankee 		"Dura" Daddy Yankee
2019 J Balvin
Mariachi Budda
Frank Dukes
Teo Halm
El Guincho
Alejandro Ramirez
Rosalía 		"Con Altura"Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho
  • Ozuna and Vicente Saavedra – "Baila Baila Baila" (Ozuna)
  • J Balvin, Rene Cano, De La Ghetto and Alejandro Ramirez – "Caliente" (De La Ghetto featuring J Balvin)
  • Kevyn Mauricio Cruz, Kevin Mauricio Jimenez Londoño, Bryan Lezcano Chaverra, Josh Mendez, Sech and Jorge Valdes – "Otro Trago" (Sech featuring Darell)
  • René Cano, ChocQuibtown, Kevyn Cruz Moreno, Juan Diego Medina Vélez, Andrés David Restrepo, Mateo Tejada Giraldo, Andrés Uribe Marín, Juan Vargas & Doumbia Yohann – "Pa' Olvidarte" (ChocQuibtown)
2020 Pablo Diaz-Reixa "El Guincho"
Ozuna
Rosalía 		"Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi"Rosalía & Ozuna
 [9]
2021 Descemer Bueno, El Funky, Gente De Zona, Yadam González, Beatriz Luengo, Maykel Osorbo & Yotuel "Patria y Vida"Yotuel, Gente De Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo, El Funky
 [10]
2022 Bad Bunny "Tití Me Preguntó"Bad Bunny
 [11]
2023 Santiago Alvarado, Bizarrap & Quevedo "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52"Bizarrap featuring Quevedo
 [12]
2024 Daddy Yankee "Bonita"Daddy Yankee
  • Quevedo, songwriter – "Columbia" (Quevedo)
  • Feid, Nicolás Jaña Galleguillos, Gabriel Mora Quintero, Andrés David Restrepo Echavarria, Sky Rompiendo & Myke Towers, songwriters – "El Cielo" (Sky Rompiendo, Feid & Myke Towers)
  • Julio Emmanuel Batista Santos, Carlos Alberto Butter Aguila, Orlando J. Cepeda Matos, Ralph Jemar Milln Calderon, Jose Reyes, Myke Towers & Siggy Vazquez Rodriguez, songwriters – "La Falda" (Myke Towers)
  • Feid, songwriters – "Luna" (Feid featuring ATL Jacob)
  • Karol G, Daniel Esteban Gutiérrez, Ovy on the Drums & Peso Pluma, songwriters – "Qlona" (Karol G featuring Peso Pluma)
 [13]

All-time table

#Artist / GroupWinsLossYears winnerYears nominated
1Rosalía202019, 2020—
Calle 13222007, 20112014
2Don Omar1520122007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
3Wisin & Yandel1220092009, 2011
4J Balvin212015,

2019

2014
Mala Rodríguez1120102013
6Enrique Iglesias1—2014—
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas1—2013—
Flex1—2008—
9Daddy Yankee1820242007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
10Alexis & Fido—3—2008, 2012, 2015
11Tego Calderón—2—2008, 2015
Ana Tijoux—2—2013, 2014
Pitbull—2—2011, 2013
14Prince Royce—1—2015
Sensato—1—2012
Cartel de Santa—1—2010
Vico C—1—2010
Marcelo D2—1—2009
Miguelito—1—2008
Tito El Bambino—1—2008
Orishas—1—2007
Tres Coronas—1—2007

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