Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded for	"contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music" [1]
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First award	2004
Website	www.latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is an honor presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend performers "who have made contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music". ^[1] Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas just prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. ^[2]

Since its inception in 2004, ^[3] the award has been presented to musicians originating from Ibero-America. ^[A] Armando Manzanero, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez have also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Joe Arroyo is the only artist to have received the award posthumously, in 2011, four months after his death. In 2014, Carlos do Carmo became the first artist from Portugal to receive a Latin Grammy Award when he was honored with it. ^[8] Like the Person of the Year and Trustees Award, the honor was not presented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[9]

Recipients

Recipients of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Year [I]	Image	Recipient	Occupation(s) [II]	Nationality	Ref.
2004		Antonio Aguilar	Singer songwriter actor film producer	Mexico	[3]
		Roberto Carlos	Singer songwriter	Brazil
		Willie Colón	Singer trombonist songwriter producer	United States
		José José	Singer	Mexico
		Mercedes Sosa	Singer	Argentina
2005		Rocío Dúrcal	Singer actress	Spain	[10]
	—	Generoso Jiménez	Trombonist arranger	Cuba
		Jorge Ben Jor	Singer songwriter	Brazil
		Sérgio Mendes	Pianist composer arranger producer	Brazil
		Johnny Pacheco	Composer multi-instrumentalist producer	Dominican Republic
		Sandro	Singer actor	Argentina
2006		León Gieco	Singer songwriter	Argentina	[11]
		Graciela	Singer	Cuba
		César Camargo Mariano	Pianist songwriter producer	Brazil
	—	Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz	Pianist singer (respectively) songwriters	Puerto Rico United States
		Paloma San Basilio	Singer	Spain
	—	Alberto Vázquez	Singer actor	Mexico
		Johnny Ventura	Singer songwriter	Dominican Republic
2007		Alberto Cortez	Singer songwriter	Argentina	[12]
		Lucho Gatica	Singer	Chile
		Olga Guillot	Singer actress	Cuba
		Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Rock, reggae, ska, pop trio	Brazil
		Los Tigres del Norte	Norteño music quintet	Mexico
		Chavela Vargas	Singer	Mexico
2008		Vikki Carr	Singer	United States	[13]
		Cheo Feliciano	Singer songwriter	Puerto Rico
		Astrud Gilberto	Singer	Brazil
		Angélica María	Singer actress	Mexico United States
		María Dolores Pradera	Singer actress	Spain
		Estela Raval	Singer	Argentina
2009		Candido Camero	Conguero	Cuba	[14]
		Beth Carvalho	Singer	Brazil
		Charly García	Pianist singer songwriter	Argentina
		Tania Libertad	Singer	Peru Mexico
	—	Marco Antonio Muñiz	Singer	Mexico
	—	Juan Romero	Songwriter	Mexico
2010		João Donato	Singer-songwriter pianist	Brazil	[15]
	—	Las Hermanas Márquez	Singers	Cuba
		Armando Manzanero	Composer	Mexico
		Joseíto Mateo	Singer	Dominican Republic
	—	Jorge Oñate	Singer	Colombia
		Susana Rinaldi	Singer	Argentina
2011		Joe Arroyo	Singer songwriter	Colombia	[16]
		Gal Costa	Singer	Brazil
		José Feliciano	Singer songwriter	Puerto Rico
		Álex Lora	Singer songwriter	Mexico
		Les Luthiers	Humorous group musicians	Argentina
		Rubén Rada	Singer songwriter percussionist	Uruguay
		Linda Ronstadt	Singer	United States
2012		Luz Casal	Singer	Spain	[17]
		Leo Dan	Singer songwriter	Argentina
		Rita Moreno	Singer actress	Puerto Rico United States
	[[File:Bituca.jpg|100px|alt=A man with hair braids is wearing sunglasses and playing a guitar.	Milton Nascimento]]	Milton Nascimento	Singer songwriter		Brazil
		Daniela Romo	Singer	Mexico
		Poncho Sanchez	Percussionist	United States
		Toquinho	Songwriter guitar player	Brazil
2013		Oscar D'León	Singer musician	Venezuela	[18]
		Juan Formell	Musician Arranger Songwriter	Cuba
		Roberto Menescal	Musician songwriter producer	Brazil
		Totó la Momposina	Singer interpreter	Colombia
		Palito Ortega	Singer actor producer	Argentina
		Eddie Palmieri	Pianist music director musician	United States
		Miguel Ríos	Singer songwriter actor producer	Spain
2014		Willy Chirino	Singer songwriter musician producer	Cuba United States	[2] [19]
		César Costa	Singer actor producer radio host author mentor	Mexico
		Carlos do Carmo	Singer	Portugal
		Dúo Dinámico	Singers composers producers actors	Spain
		Los Lobos	Musical group	United States
		Valeria Lynch	Singer actress	Argentina
		Ney Matogrosso	Singer	Brazil
2015		Gato Barbieri	Saxophonist	Argentina	[20] [21]
		Ana Belén	Singer	Spain
	—	Ángela Carrasco	Singer	Dominican Republic
		Djavan	Singer songwriter guitarist	Brazil
		El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico	Salsa music orchestra	Puerto Rico
		Víctor Manuel	Singer	Spain
		Pablo Milanés	Singer songwriter guitarist	Cuba
2016		El Consorcio	Vocal group	Spain	[22]
		Eugenia León	Singer	Mexico
		Ricardo Montaner	Singer songwriter	Argentina Venezuela
		Ednita Nazario	Singer	Puerto Rico
		Piero	Singer songwriter	Argentina
2017		Lucecita Benítez	Singer	Puerto Rico	[23]
		João Bosco	Singer musician	Brazil
		Ilan Chester	Singer songwriter	Venezuela
		Víctor Heredia	Singer	Argentina
		Los del Río	Music duo	Spain
		Guadalupe Pineda	Singer	Mexico
		Cuco Valoy	Singer	Dominican Republic
2018		Erasmo Carlos	Singer-songwriter	Brazil	[24]
		Dyango	Singer musician	Spain
		Andy Montañez	Singer	Puerto Rico
		José María Napoleón	Singer-songwriter	Mexico
		Chucho Valdés	Pianist bandleader composer arranger	Cuba
		Wilfrido Vargas	Bandleader singer	Dominican Republic
		Yuri	Singer	Mexico
2019		Eva Ayllón	Singer	Peru	[25]
		Joan Baez	Singer songwriter	United States
		José Cid	Singer songwriter	Portugal
	—	Lupita D'Alessio	Singer actress	Mexico
		Hugo Fattoruso	Keyboardist singer composer	Uruguay
		Pimpinela	Music duo	Argentina
		Omara Portuondo	Singer dancer	Cuba
		José Luis Rodríguez	Singer	Venezuela
2020	No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[9]
2021		Martinho da Vila	Singer	Brazil	[26]
		Emmanuel	Singer songwriter	Mexico
		Pete Escovedo	Musician	United States
		Sheila E.	Musician	United States
		Fito Páez	Singer songwriter musician	Argentina
		Milly Quezada	Singer	Dominican Republic
		Joaquín Sabina	Singer songwriter	Spain
		Gilberto Santa Rosa	Singer	Puerto Rico
2022		Rosario Flores	Singer	Spain	[27]
		Myriam Hernández	Singer Songwriter	Chile
		Rita Lee	Singer Songwriter	Brazil
		Amanda Miguel	Singer	Argentina
		Yordano	Singer Songwriter	Venezuela Italy
2023		Carmen Linares	Singer	Spain	[28]
		Manuel Mijares	Singer Songwriter	Mexico
		Arturo Sandoval	musician	Cuba United States
		Simone	Singer	Brazil
		Soda Stereo	Rock musical group	Argentina
		Ana Torroja	Singer songwriter	Spain
2024		Albita	Singer	Cuba	[29]
		Lolita Flores	Singer	Spain
		Alejandro Lerner	Singer songwriter	Argentina
		Los Ángeles Azules	Cumbia musical group	Mexico
		Draco Rosa	Singer songwriter	Puerto Rico
		Lulu Santos	Singer songwriter	Brazil
2025		Susana Baca	Singer	Peru	[30]
		Enrique Bunbury	Singer	Spain
		Ivan Lins	Singer songwriter	Brazil
		Pandora	Musical vocal trio	Mexico
		Olga Tañón	Singer	Puerto Rico

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.

^{^[II]} The artists occupation(s) are listed on the Special Awards page on the Latin Grammy Award website.

See also

• Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• Latin Grammy Trustees Award
• List of Latin Grammy Awards categories
• List of lifetime achievement awards
• Lo Nuestro Excellence Award

Notes

1. Ibero-America as defined by the Latin Recording Academy encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States. ^[4]

References

Specific

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4. Abaroa, Gabriel (2019). "The First Twenty Years". 20a Entrega Anual del Latin Grammy. The Latin Recording Academy: 6. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022. ...together with the musical community of Latin America, Portugal, Spain, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States (that is, Ibero America)...
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18. "Honrarán a Óscar D'León, Palito Ortega y Miguel Ríos". La Nación (in Spanish). Grupo Nación. September 4, 2013. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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20. Cantor-Navas, Judy (September 16, 2015). "Latin Academy Honors Diverse Artists With Lifetime Achievement Awards". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
21. "Gato Barbieri, Ana Belen & Victor Manuel, Angela Carrasco, Djavan, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, and Pablo Milanes to be honored with The Latin Recording Academy® Lifetime Achievement Award". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
22. Cobo, Leila (November 17, 2016). "Ednita Nazario, Ricardo Montaner, Piero and More Honored by Latin Academy". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
23. Fernandez, Suzettte (November 15, 2017). "Los Del Rio, Lucecita Benitez & More Honored With Latin Grammys Special Awards". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
24. Roiz, Jessica (August 29, 2018). "Yuri, Chucho Valdes and Wilfrido Vargas Among Latin Grammys 2018 Special Award Honorees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
25. Cantor-Navas, Judy (August 22, 2019). "El Puma, Joan Baez, Omara Portuondo & Others to Receive Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Awards". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
26. "The Latin Recording Academy® to Honor Martinho da Vila, Emmanuel, Sheila E. & Pete Escovedo, Fito Páez, Milly Quezada, Joaquín Sabina and Gilberto Santa Rosa With the Lifetime Achievement Award". Business Wire . June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
27. "The Latin Recording Academy® Announces Its 2022 Special Awards Recipients". The Latin Recording Academy . August 25, 2022. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
28. Flores, Griselda (July 18, 2023). "Ana Torroja, Soda Stereo & More Among Latin Recording Academy's 2023 Special Awards Recipients". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
29. Raygoza, Isabela (July 18, 2024). "Los Ángeles Azules, Draco Rosa & More to Receive Special Awards During Latin Grammy Week". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
30. Roiz, Jessica (August 7, 2025). "Olga Tañón, Enrique Bunbury & More Named 2025 Latin Recording Academy's Special Awards Honorees". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2025.

General

• "Special Awards". Latin Recording Academy. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.

External links

• Latin Grammy Awards Archived April 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine