Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album | |
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Awarded for | recordings of the pop genre |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 2012 |
Currently held by | Jesse & Joy for Un Besito Más (2016) |
Official website | latingrammy.com |
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album is an award presented by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. It began to be presented at the 2012 ceremony. The awards replaced the previous awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Album, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
In 2012, ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? by Jesse & Joy won this award and it was nominated for Album of the Year; it also was nominated for the Best Latin Pop Album category at the 2013 Grammy Awards.
In 2013, by Alejandro Sanz, Papitwo by Miguel Bosé and Vida by Draco Rosa, all were nominated for this award and for Album of the Year. Sanz received the award, and Vida by Draco Rosa won Album of the Year; Vida also won for Best Latin Pop Album, and was nominated alongside Syntek by Aleks Syntek at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.