Latin Grammy Award records

Several notable records have been set throughout the history of the Latin Grammy Awards. 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

Most Latin Grammys won

Calle 13 and Juanes have won the most Latin Grammy Awards, winning a total of 19 awards.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Artist	Calle 13, Juanes	Juan Luis Guerra, Alejandro Sanz	Gustavo Santaolalla	Thom Russo	Carlos Alvarez, Rafael Arcaute, Aníbal Kerpel,	Sebastian Krys, Sergio George, Caetano Veloso	Mike Couzzi, Cachorro Lòpez, Rafa Sardina, Shakira	Emilio Estefan Jr., Benny Faccone, Vicente Fernández, Joan Sebastian	Gustavo Cerati, Paquito D'Rivera, Ronnie Torres
Total awards	19	15	12	11	10	9	8	7	6

Most Latin Grammys won by a male artist

Juanes has won 19 awards, more than any other male artist.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Artist	Juanes	Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra	Caetano Veloso	Vicente Fernández, Joan Sebastian	Gustavo Cerati, Paquito D'Rivera	Fito Páez
Total awards	19	15	9	7	6	5

Most Latin Grammys won by a female artist

Shakira with 8 awards has won more awards than any other female artist.

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Shakira	Maria Rita, Mercedes Sosa, Julieta Venegas
Total awards	8	5

Most Latin Grammys won by a Group

Calle 13 has won 19 awards, more than any other group.

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Calle 13	Café Tacuba, Jesse & Joy, Maná
Total awards	19	5

Biggest Non-native Hispanophone or Lusophone winner

Laura Pausini is the biggest non-native Hispanophone or Lusophone winner. She is Italian and has won three awards.

Most Latin Grammys won by a Producer

Juan Luis Guerra with 15 awards has won more awards than any other producer.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Producer	Juan Luis Guerra	Gustavo Santaolalla	Carlos Alvarez, Rafael Arcaute	Sergio George, Sebastian Krys	Cachorro Lòpez	Emilio Estefan Jr.
Total awards	15	12	10	9	8	7

Most Latin Grammys won by an Engineer or Mixer

Thom Russo has the most awards for engineer or mixer, winning a total 11.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Engineer/Mixer	Thom Russo	Carlos Alvarez, Rafael Arcaute, Aníbal Kerpel	Sebastian Krys	Mike Couzzi , Rafa Sardina	Emilio Estefan Jr., Benny Faccone	Ronnie Torres
Total awards	11	10	9	8	7	6

Youngest Winner

Miguelito is the youngest Latin Grammy winner. In 2008 he won Best Latin Children's Album at nine years of age.

Oldest Winner

Omara Portuondo was awarded Best Contemporary Tropical Album for her album, Gracias at age 79 in 2009.

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 & Artist	Entren Los Que Quieran- Calle 13	La Llave de Mi Corazón- Juan Luis Guerra Un Día Normal- Juanes
Total awards	9	6

Most Record of the Year Wins

Alejandro Sanz has won Record of the Year five times. He won in 2001 and 2002 and from 2004 to 2006.

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Alejandro Sanz	Calle 13, Juanes
Total Record of the Year Awards	5	2

Most Album of the Year Wins

Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes and Alejandro Sanz have won Album of the Year three times.

Alejandro Sanz won Album of the Year in 2001, 2002 and 2004. Juanes won Album of the Year in 2003, 2008 and 2012. Juan Luis Guerra won Album of the Year in 2007, 2010 and won again in 2012 as a producer.

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes, Alejandro Sanz	Calle 13
Total Album of the Year Awards	3	2

Most Song of the Year Wins

Song of the Year, which is awarded to the songwriter has been awarded to Alejandro Sanz four times. He won the award in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Alejandro Sanz	Juanes
Total Song of the Year Awards	4	2

Country with the most awards

Mexico has won the most awards with a total of 132 wins.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Country	Mexico	Brazil	Puerto Rico	Spain	Colombia
Total Awards	132	126	57	56	55

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	1st	2nd
Artist	Calle 13	Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra
Awards	9	5

Most Latin Grammys won by a male artist is one night

Juanes and Juan Luis Guerra share the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night which is five. Juanes won five awards in 2003 and again in 2008. Juan Luis Guerra won five awards in 2007.

Most Latin Grammys won by a female artist in one night

Shakira holds the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night by a female artist which is four. She won four awards in 2006.

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
Album & Artist	Entren Los Que Quieran- Calle 13	La Llave de Mi Corazón- Juan Luis Guerra
Awards	9	6

Most awards in one night by a country

In 2012, Mexico won a total of fifteen awards.

Rank	1st	2nd
Artist	Mexico (2012)	Brazil (2000) Mexico (2006)
Awards	15	13

Most Nominations in one night

Calle 13 was nominated for ten Latin Grammy Awards at the 2011 awards and won nine.

See also

• Grammy Award records