^ "Category Guide: Instrumental Field".Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. ^ "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación" (in Spanish).In 2004 the category was renamed Best Instrumental Album and moved to the newly created instrumental field which now includes all forms of Latin instrumental music.
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The following year a category was created under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Album now intended for full albums. The winner was Mexican guitarist Santana for the song "El Farol", which also happened to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance that same year, who competed against Raul di Blasio for "El Despertar Escandalo", Ivan Lins for "Dois Córregos", Frankie Marcos featuring Arturo Sandoval for "Oh Havana, When I Think Of You" and Nestor Torres for "Luna Latina". Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana won the peer category Best Pop Instrumental Performance for this award in 2000.Īt the first Latin Grammy Awards ceremony a category intended for instrumental recordings was presented in the pop field under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Performance for singles and tracks only. In 2013, the album Presente by Bajofondo became the first instrumental album to be nominated for Album of the Year. The rest of the winners come from Argentina, Cuba, Colombia and Puerto Rico. Furthermore, musicians from the United States have received this award on four occasions. Ĭhick Corea is the biggest winner in this category with two awards. However it wasn't until the Latin Grammy Awards of 2004 when the instrumental field was created and the award received its current denomination Best Instrumental Album which was awarded to Yo-Yo Ma for Obrigado Brazil. The award was first presented in 2001 in the pop field under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Album when it was handed out to Nestor Torres for the album This Side Of Paradise. The award goes to the artists for releasing albums containing at least 51% or more of instrumental tracks of Latin instrumental recordings.
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album 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. Quality albums of latin instrumental music Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album