Premios 40 Principales for Best International Album

Premio 40 Principales for Best International Album
Premio 40 Principales for Best International Album
	Play by Ed Sheeran is the most recent recipient
Awarded for	Best in Spanish and International music
Country	Spain
Presented by	Los 40 Principales
First award	2012
Currently held by	Play by Ed Sheeran (2025)
Most wins	Ed Sheeran (3)
Most nominations	Ed Sheeran (6)
Website	http://www.premios40principales.es/

The Premio 40 Principales for Best International Album is an honor presented annually since 2012 at Los Premios 40 Principales, organised in Spain by the country's top music radio Los 40 Principales. They are considered Spain's most important music awards today.

Winners and nominees

Year	Artist	Work	Nominees
2012	David Guetta	Nothing but the Beat 2.0	Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Maroon 5 - Overexposed Rihanna - Talk That Talk Flo Rida - Wild Ones
2013	One Direction	Take Me Home	Rihanna - Unapologetic Avicii - True P!nk – The Truth About Love Passenger – All the Little Lights
2014	Ed Sheeran	×	One Direction - Midnight Memories Katy Perry - Prism Birdy - Fire Within Jason Derülo - Tattoos
2015	Sam Smith	In The Lonely Hour	Taylor Swift - 1989 David Guetta - Listen Maroon 5 - V Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
2016	Justin Bieber	Purpose	Sia - This Is Acting Drake - Views Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams Adele - 25
2017	Ed Sheeran	÷	Harry Styles - Harry Styles Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic Imagine Dragons - Evolve
2018	Dua Lipa	Dua Lipa	Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes Charlie Puth - Voicenotes Camila Cabello - Camila Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys
2019^[1]	Billie Eilish	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?	Jonas Brothers - Happiness Begins Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project Mark Ronson - Late Night Feelings Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
2020^[2]	Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia	Harry Styles - Fine Line The Weeknd - After Hours Lady Gaga - Chromatica Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
2021^[3]	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	Justin Bieber - Justice Sam Smith - Love Goes The Kid Laroi - Fck Love 3+: Over You* Ariana Grande - Positions
2022^[4]	Harry Styles	Harry's House	Ed Sheeran - = Adele - 30 Imagine Dragons - Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 The Weeknd - Dawn FM Camila Cabello - Familia
2023	Taylor Swift	Midnights	Lewis Capaldi - Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation Sam Smith - Gloria Ed Sheeran - - Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
2024^[5]	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1)	Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
2025	Ed Sheeran	Play	Lady Gaga - Mayhem The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow Myles Smith - A Minute... Coldplay - Moon Music Damiano David - Funny Little Fears

References

^ "LOS40 Music Awards 2019: artistas nominados". LOS40 (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ "PROGRAMA ESPECIAL: Nominados a LOS40 Music Awards 2020". YouTube (in Spanish). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ "LOS40 Music Awards 2021 - Nominados". LOS40 (in Spanish). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "LOS40 Music Awards 2022". LOS40 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
^ "Estos son los ganadores de LOS40 Music Awards Santander 2024 Solidarios" [These are the winners of the LOS40 Music Awards Santander 2024 Solidarios] (in European Spanish). Los 40. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[1] "LOS40 Music Awards 2019: artistas nominados". LOS40 (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[2] "PROGRAMA ESPECIAL: Nominados a LOS40 Music Awards 2020". YouTube (in Spanish). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

[3] "LOS40 Music Awards 2021 - Nominados". LOS40 (in Spanish). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[4] "LOS40 Music Awards 2022". LOS40 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-06.

[5] "Estos son los ganadores de LOS40 Music Awards Santander 2024 Solidarios" [These are the winners of the LOS40 Music Awards Santander 2024 Solidarios] (in European Spanish). Los 40. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

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