Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop/Rock Song

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop/Rock Song is an award presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences at the Latin Grammy Awards.[1]

Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop/Rock Song
Awarded forquality vocal or instrumental pop/rock music singles or tracks
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Latin Recording Academy
Currently held byLuis Jiménez, Lasso & Agustín Zubillaga for "Ojos Marrones" (2023)
Websitelatingrammy.com

The description of the category at the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards states that it "includes the genres of Trap and Dancehall Songs" and states that "a song must contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish, Portuguese or languages/dialects of Hispano-America and must be a new song."[2] The award is to the songwriter(s), with instrumental recordings, cover songs, remixes and interpolation/sampling recordings not eligible for the category.

The category was first awarded at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2020, with Fito Páez being the inaugural winner for writing his song "La Canción de las Bestias". Páez is also the only artist to have received the award more than once, with two wins.

Recipients

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Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s)[II] Nominees Ref.
2020 Fito Páez "La Canción de las Bestias" Fito Páez
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2021 Alizzz, Andrés Calamaro, Jorge Drexler, Víctor Martínez & C. Tangana "Hong Kong" C. Tangana and Andrés Calamaro
  • Diamante Eléctrico, songwriters – "A Veces" (Diamante Eléctrico)
  • Santi Balmes & Julián Saldarriaga, songwriters – "Cosmos (Antisistema Solar)" (Love of Lesbian)
  • Sergio Eduardo Acosta & León Larregui, songwriters – "El Duelo" (Zoé)
  • Zoe Gotusso, Nicolás Landa & Diego Mema, songwriters – "Ganas" (Zoe Gotusso)
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2022 Carlos Vives & Fito Páez "Babel" Fito Páez & Carlos Vives
  • WOS & Facundo Yalve, songwriters – "ARRANCARMELO" (WOS)
  • Diego Castellano, Adrian Dargelos & Gustavo Torres, songwriters – "Bye Bye" (Babasónicos)
  • Felicitas Colina & Conociendo Rusia, songwriters – "Disfraz" (Conociendo Rusia)
  • Bruses, Elsa y Elmar & Alan Saucedo, songwriters – "qué voy a hacer conmigo??" (Elsa y Elmar)
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2023 Luis Jiménez, Lasso & Agustín Zubillaga "Ojos Marrones" Lasso
  • Bunbury, songwriter – "Alaska" (Bunbury)
  • León Larregui, songwriter – "Amantes" (León Larregui)
  • Alex Anwandter & Julieta Venegas, songwriters – "Caminar Sola" (Julieta Venegas)
  • Francisca Valenzuela & Francisco Victoria, songwriters – "¿Dónde Se Llora Cuando Se Llora?" (Francisca Valenzuela)
  • Bruses & Ali Stone, songwriters – "Señorita Revolución" (Bruses)
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2024 TBA TBA TBA
  • Emmanuel Horvilleur, Siddhartha & Rul Velázquez, songwriters – "Acapulco" (Siddhartha & Emmanuel Horvilleur)
  • Ali Stone, songwriter – "Afilá" (Ali Stone)
  • Christian Mauricio Aloisio Zavala, Lagos & Elena Rose, songwriters – "Blanco y Negro" (Lagos featuring Elena Rose)
  • Conociendo Rusia & Natalia Lafourcade, songwriters – "5 Horas Menos" (Conociendo Rusia featuring Natalia Lafourcade)
  • Los Mesoneros, songwriters – "Diciembre" (Los Mesoneros)
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References

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  1. ^ "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación". Latin Grammy Awards (in Spanish). United States: Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Category Guide". Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Huston, Marysabel. "Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. ^ "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  5. ^ Cobo, Leila (2022-11-17). "Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  6. ^ Ratner-Arias, Sigal (19 September 2023). "Edgar Barrera Tops 2023 Latin Grammys Nominees: Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ^ Frazier, Nina (September 17, 2024). "2024 Latin GRAMMYs: See The Full Nominations List". Grammy Awards (in Spanish). Retrieved September 17, 2024.
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