Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album
| Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | quality norteño music albums |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 2009 |
| Last awarded | 2011 |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album was an honor presented to recording artists at the 51st, 52nd and 53rd Grammy Awards (2009–2011) for quality norteño music albums. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
Prior to the establishment of the Best Norteño Album category, norteño recordings were eligible to compete in the Best Mexican/Mexican American Album category. The award will be discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. In 2011, the Recording Academy announced the retirement of the award category. Beginning in 2012, norteño recordings will be eligible for the newly formed Grammy Award for Best Banda or Norteño Album category.
Prior to the establishment of the Best Norteño Album category, norteño recordings were eligible to compete in the Best Mexican/Mexican American Album category. In 2011, the Recording Academy announced the retirement of the award category. Beginning in 2012, norteño recordings will be eligible for the newly formed Grammy Award for Best Banda or Norteño Album category.
For the 51st Grammy Awards (2009), Best Norteño Album nominees included Los Palominos for Me Enamoré de Un Angel, Los Tigres del Norte for Raíces, Pesado for Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor, Siggno for Six Pack, and Solido for Cuidado. Me Enamoré de Un Angel peaked at number 45 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart. Awards were presented to members of Los Tigres del Norte as performing artists, including Eduardo Hernandez, Hernan Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Luis Hernandez and Oscar Lara Angulo. Alfonso Rodenas and Joseph Pope received awards as engineers/mixers, and members of Los Tigres del Norte were also recognized as producers of the album.
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