Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song

Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song
Awarded for	quality alternative music songs
Country	United States
Presented by	Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2007
Official website	latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative 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.^[2]

The award has been presented to songwriters originating from France, Mexico, Colombia and Puerto Rico. It was first earned by French musician Manu Chao for the song "Me Llaman Calle" in 2007.^[3] The band members of Café Tacvba and Calle 13 are the only songwriters to have received this award more than once.

Recipients

Year^[I]	Songwriter(s)	Work	Performing artist(s)^[II]	Nominees^[III]	Ref.
2007	Manu Chao	"Me Llaman Calle"	Manu Chao	Kevin Johansen — "Anoche Soñé Contigo" (Kevin Johansen) Héctor Buitrago and Andrea Echeverri — "Complemento" (Aterciopelados) Vicentico for "El Arbol De La Plaza" (Vicentico) León Larregui — "No Me Destruyas" (Zoé)	[3]
2008	Rubén Albarrán Emmanuel del Real Enrique Rangel Joselo Rangel	"Volver a Comenzar"	Café Tacvba	J. L. Abreu, Marteen Andruet and Orlando Méndez — "Alguien" (Circo) Andrés Calamaro — "5 Minutos Más (Minibar)" (Andrés Calamaro) Juan Campodónico and Fernando Santullo — "El Mareo" (Bajofondo featuring Gustavo Cerati) Ximena Sariñana — "Normal" (Ximena Sariñana) María del Mar Rodríguez Carnero — "Papeles Mojados" (Chambao)	[4]
2009	René Pérez Eduardo Cabra Rubén Albarrán Emmanuel del Real Enrique Rangel Joselo Rangel	"No Hay Nadie Como Tú"	Calle 13 featuring Café Tacvba	Fernando Burgos, Gabriel Galvan and Denise Gutierrez — "Bestia" (Hello Seahorse!) Cucu Diamantes, Andrés Levin, Beatriz Luengo and Yotuel Romero — "Más Fuerte" (CuCu Diamantes) Camila Moreno — "Millones" (Camila Moreno) Daniel 'Mono Loco' Carbonell, Jules Bikôkô, Miki Ramirez, Tomas Tirtha Rundquist, DJ Helios, Didak Fernandez and Steffan Rundquist — "Moving" (Macaco) Alex Pérez and Juan Son — "Nada" (Son)	[5]
2010	Gloria "Goyo" Martinez Miguel "Slow" Martinez Carlos "Tostao" Valencia	"De Donde Vengo Yo"	ChocQuibTown	Fernando Burgos, Gabriel Galvan and Denise Gutierrez — "Criminal" (Hello Seahorse!) Ceci Bastida — "Cuando Vuelvas a Caer" (Bastida) Roberto Musso — "El Hijo de Hernandez" (El Cuarteto de Nos) Gustavo Cortes, Ricardo Cortes and Nicolas Gonzalez — "Resistencia Indigena" (Sig Rigga)	[6]
2011	Rafa Arcaute Calle 13	"Calma Pueblo"	Calle 13	Pascual Reyes — "Salgamos de Aquí" (San Pascualito Rey) Doctor Krápula — "Somos" (Doctor Krápula) DJ Blass and Fidel Nadal — "Te Robaste Mi Corazón" (Nadal) Sie7e — "Tengo Tu Love" (Sie7e)	[7]
2012	Carla Morrison	"Déjenme Llorar"	Carla Morrison	Bebe — "Mi Guapo" (Bebe) Juan Campodónico and Jorge Drexler — "1987" (Campo) John King, Kinky and Mala Rodríguez — "Negro Día" (Kinky) Caetano Veloso — "Neguinho" (Gal Costa)
2013	Bajofondo	"Pena En Mi Corazón"	Bajofondo	Leon Larregui — "Brillas" Hello Seahorse! — "La Flotadera" Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas — "Monta El Trueno" Sig Ragga — "Pensando"
2014	Calle 13	"El Aguante"	Calle 13	Gustavo Cortés and Sig Ragga — "Chaplin" (Sig Ragga) Jesús Báez Caballero and Siddhartha — "El Aire" (Siddhartha) Adrián Rodríguez and Diego Rodríguez — "La Lanza" (Babasónicos) Yayo González — "Vamos A Morir" (Pate de Fua featuring Catalina García)
2015	Lafourcade, NataliaNatalia Lafourcade Leonel García	"Hasta la Raíz"	Lafourcade, NataliaNatalia Lafourcade	Famasloop — "Allí Estás" (Famasloop) Andrés Nusser — "Caribbean" (Astro) Roberto Musso — "No Llora" (El Cuarteto de Nos) Javiera Mena — "Otra Era" (Mena)	[8]
2016	Morrison, CarlaCarla Morrison	"Vez Primera"	Morrison, CarlaCarla Morrison	Gustavo Cortés, Ricardo Cortés and Nicolas González — "Ángeles y Serafines" (Sig Ragga) Vicentico — "Averno, El Fantasma" (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs) Felipe Antunes and Otávio Carvalho — "Deus" (Vitrola Sintética) Kevin Johansen — "Es Como El Día" (Kevin Johansen + The Nada)	[9]

• ^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.
• ^{^[II]} The performing artist is only listed but does not receive the award.
• ^{^[III]} Showing the name of the songwriter(s), the nominated song and in parentheses the performer's name(s).

See also

• Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album

References

1. "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
2. "Category Guide: Alternative Field". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. "Lista de nominados al Grammy Latino 2007" (in Spanish). Mujer Activa. August 31, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
4. "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 10, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
5. "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
6. "Latin Grammy nominees announced: Alejandro Sanz and Camila among top contenders". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
7. "2011 Latin Grammys: Nominations (FULL LIST) Revealed". manila-paper.net. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
8. "La lista completa de nominados a los Latin Grammy 2015" (in Spanish). infobae. September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
9. Cobo, Leila (September 21, 2016). "Latin Grammys 2016 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2016.

External links

• Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards