Latin Grammy Award for Best Flamenco Album | |
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Awarded for | Flamenco albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. For Solo artists, duos or groups. |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 2000 |
Currently held by | Paco de Lucía for Canción Andaluza |
Official website | latingrammy.com |
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Flamenco Album is an award presented by the Latin Grammy Awards for quality flamenco albums. According to the category description guide for the 14th Latin Grammy Awards: "For vocal or instrumental Flamenco albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. For Solo artists, duos or groups".
In 2014, Paco de Lucía won posthumously this award and Album of the Year with his last album Canción Andaluza, becoming the first flamenco artist and album to do so.