Latin Grammy Award records

Throughout the thirteen-year history of the Latin Grammy Awards, multiple records have been set. This page includes competitive awards only and does not include special awards such as Lifetime Achievement awards or any other non-competitive awards presented by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Awards

Residente (left) and Édgar Barrera (right) have both won the most Latin Grammy Awards, with 29 accolades each.

Most Latin Grammys won

The record for the most Latin Grammys belongs to Residente and Edgar Barrera, both with 29 awards.[1]

Rank Artist Number of awards Ref.
1 Edgar Barrera 29 [2]
Residente[a] [3]
2 Juan Luis Guerra 28 [4]
3 Juanes 25 [5]
4 Cabra[b] 24 [6]
Alejandro Sanz [7]
5 Calle 13 22 [8]
6 Allan Leschhorn 21 [9]
Rafael Arcaute [10]
7 Natalia Lafourcade 20 [11]
8 Carlos Vives 19 [12]
9 Bad Bunny 17 [13]
Gustavo Santaolalla [14]
10 Carlos Alvarez 16 [15]
Sergio George [16]

Most Latin Grammys won by a male artist

Residente is the most awarded male artist, with 29 accolades.[1]

Rank Artist Number of awards
1 Residente 29
2 Juan Luis Guerra 28
3 Juanes 25
4 Cabra 24
Alejandro Sanz
5 Allan Leschhorn 21
Rafael Arcaute
6 Carlos Vives 19
7 Bad Bunny 17
Gustavo Santaolalla
8 Carlos Alvarez 16
Sergio George

Most Latin Grammys won by a female artist

Natalia Lafourcade is the most awarded female artist, with 20 accolades.[1]

Rank Artist Number of awards Ref.
1 Natalia Lafourcade 20 [11]
2 Shakira 15 [17]
3 Rosalía 11 [18]
4 Aline Barros 8 [19]
Julieta Venegas [20]
Karol G [21]
Maria Rita [22]
5 Kany García 7 [23]

Most Latin Grammys won by a group

Calle 13 is the most awarded Group, with 22 accolades.[1]

Rank Artist Number of awards Ref.
1 Calle 13 22 [8]
2 Banda el Recodo 9 [24]
3 Café Tacvba 8 [25]
Los Tigres del Norte [26]
4 Motolov 7 [27]
5 Jimmy González y Grupo Mazz 6 [28]

Most Latin Grammys won by a duo

Chitãozinho & Xororó and Jesse & Joy are the most awarded duo, both with 6 accolades.

Rank Artist Number of awards Ref.
1 Chitãozinho & Xororó 6 [29]
Jesse & Joy [30]
2 Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso 5 [31]
3 Renato Teixeira 3 [32]

Most Latin Grammys won by a producer

Edgar Barrera with 29 awards has won more awards than any other producer.[1]

Rank Artist Number of awards
1 Edgar Barrera 29
2 Juan Luis Guerra 28
3 Rafael Arcaute 21
4 Gustavo Santaolalla 17
5 Sergio George 16

Most Latin Grammys won by an engineer or mixer

Thom Russo with 11 awards, has won more than any other engineer or mixer.

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Engineer or Mixer Sebastian Krys
Thom Russo
Rafael Arcaute
Aníbal Kerpel
Javier Garza
Rafa Sardina
Carlos Alvarez
Mike Couzzi
Emilio Estefan
Benny Faccone
Ronnie Torres
Total 11 10 9 8 7

Youngest Winner

Jaden, from the group Sophia, made history as the youngest Latin Grammy winner when he received the award for Best Latin Children's Album in 2022 at just 8 years old. Meanwhile, Mexican singer Yuri became the youngest artist to receive the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which she was honored in 2018 with at the age of 54.

Oldest Winner

Cuban born American musician Angela Alvarez was awarded Best New Artist at age 95 in 2022.

Most Honored Albums

Entren Los Que Quieran by Calle 13 is the most honored album in Latin Grammy history. It won nine awards in 2011.

Rank 1st 2nd
Album Entren Los Que Quieran by Calle 13 La Llave de Mi Corazón by Juan Luis Guerra
Un Día Normal by Juanes
El Mal Querer by Rosalía
Total 9 6

Most Record of the Year wins

The Record of the Year award is given to the performers, producers, recording engineers, mixing engineers and mastering engineers for commercially released singles or tracks of new vocal or instrumental recordings in Spanish or Portuguese language.[33] Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees.[34] Alejandro Sanz has won the most awards in the category with five wins out of nine nominations.

Most Album of the Year wins

The Album of the Year award is given to the performers, producers, recording engineers, mixing engineers and mastering engineers for vocal or instrumental albums with 51% of newly recorded material.[33] Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees.[34] Beginning in 2018, songwriters are eligible for the accolade if 33% of the playing time are written by them.[43] Juan Luis Guerra is the performer with the most wins in the category with four awards, including one as a producer, while Allan Leschhorn has also received four awards as recording and mixing engineer.

Most Song of the Year wins

The Song of the Year award is given to the songwriters of new songs containing at least 51% of lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese language.[33] Instrumental songs and cover versions are not eligible.[33] Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees.[34] Alejandro Sanz is the most awarded songwriter in the category with four wins out of eight nominations.

Awards Artist Ref.
4 Alejandro Sanz [35]
3 Shakira [49]
Jorge Drexler
2 Juanes [37]
Carlos Vives [50]
Andrés Castro [51]
Luis Fonsi

Artists who have won all four General Field awards

There have been only two musicians who have won all four General Field awards: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.

In 2001, Juanes won Best New Artist. He earned the three other awards in 2003 and 2008. He's the first artist to win all four awards in the General Field.

In 2006, Calle 13 won Best New Artist. In 2009 the band won Album of the Year and Record of the Year and in 2013 the group won all three major awards in that night making them the second overall artists and the first band to achieve this milestone.

Single Ceremony

Most Latin Grammys won in one night

Calle 13 holds the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night with nine wins in 2011.

Rank Artist Awards
1 Calle 13 9
2 Jorge Drexler 6
3 Juanes, 5
Juan Luis Guerra
Bad Bunny
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso

Most Latin Grammys won by a male artist is one night

Jorge Drexler holds the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night by a male artist with six wins in 2022. Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, Bad Bunny and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso follow him with five.

Rank Artist(s) Awards
1 Jorge Drexler (2022) 6
2 Juanes (2003, 2008) 5
Juan Luis Guerra (2007)
Bad Bunny (2025)
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso (2025)

Most Latin Grammys won by a female artist in one night

Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade hold the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night by a female artist which is four.

Rank Artist(s) Awards
1 Shakira (2006) 4
Natalia Lafourcade (2015)
2 Rosalia (2019) 3
Natalia Lafourcade (2020, 2023)
Shakira (2023)
Karol G (2023)

Most Latin Grammys won by a group in one night

Calle 13 with nine wins in 2011, holds the record for most wins by a group in one night.

Most Latin Grammys awarded to an album on one night

In 2011 Calle 13's Entren Los Que Quieran won nine awards. It won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Urban Album, Best Urban Song, Best Alternative Song, Best Tropical Song, Producer of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video.

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd
Album Entren Los Que Quieran by Calle 13 La Llave de Mi Corazón by Juan Luis Guerra

and Un Día Normal by Juanes

Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny

and Papota by Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso

Awards 9 6 5

Nominations

Most Latin Grammy nominations

Edgar Barrera holds the record for the most Latin Grammy nominations with 74.

Nominations Artist Ref.
74 Edgar Barrera
55 Residente[i]
52 Bad Bunny
51 Alejandro Sanz
49 Juanes
40 Eduardo Cabra[j]
36 Shakira
Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 10th 11th
Artist René Pérez Joglar "Residente" Calle 13 Shakira Juanes Natalia Lafourcade Eduardo Cabra "Visitante" Alejandro Sanz Juan Luis Guerra Daddy Yankee
Carlos Vives


Gustavo Santaolalla Karol G Caetano Veloso
Total 42 40 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27

Most Nominations in one night

J Balvin was nominated for thirteen Latin Grammy Awards in 2020. Calle 13 was nominated for ten Latin Grammy Awards in 2011. Eduardo Cabra was nominated for ten Latin Grammy Awards in 2014.

Most Nominations for a Female artist in one night

Rosalía and Karol G hold the record for most Nominations in one night for a female artist with eight. Rosalía was nominated for eight awards in 2022[k] and Karol G was nominated for eight awards in 2024.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Residente's awards include 22 as part of Calle 13.
  2. ^ Cabra's awards include 22 as part of Calle 13.
  3. ^ a b c d As recording and mixing engineer.
  4. ^ a b As producer.
  5. ^ As producer and recording engineer.
  6. ^ Juan Luis Guerra has received three Album of the Year awards as performer and one as producer.
  7. ^ As mixing engineer.
  8. ^ As mastering engineer.
  9. ^ Residente's nominations include 33 as part of Calle 13.
  10. ^ Eduardo Cabra's nominations include 33 as part of Calle 13.
  11. ^ Overall Rosalía received nine nominations at the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, since her Motomami was also nominated for Best Engineered Album, but that nomination goes to Chris Gehringer, Jeremie Inhaber, Manny Marroquin, Zach Peraya & Anthony Vilchis.

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