The Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for new songs that contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese. The accolade is awarded to the songwriter(s) of said song. Instrumental recordings and cover songs are not eligible for the category.
The award was first presented to Puerto Rican musicians Eduardo Cabra and René Pérez of the duo Calle 13 in 2007. The award has been presented three times to Puerto Rican songwriters and once to a Panamian, Spaniard and Argentine songwriter in 2008, 2010, and 2011 respectively. The only songwriter to receive this award in more than one occasion is René Pérez. In 2010, Spanish rapper La Mala Rodríguez became the first female artist to win in this field. Daddy Yankee holds the record of most nominations eight. Also, he is the only artist who has been nominated every year since the category's inception (except in 2014). In 2014, "Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona became the first urban song to win this award and Song of the Year.
Recipients
Year Songwriter(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.2007 Eduardo CabraPanasuyoRené Pérez Calle 13 2008 Flex Flex 2009 Marcos Masis "Tainy"Wisin & Yandel Wisin & Yandel 2010 La Mala Rodríguez La Mala Rodríguez 2011 Rafa ArcauteCalle 13 Calle 13 2012 Ramón Enrique Casillas & Don Omar "Hasta Que Salga el Sol" Don Omar 2013 Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur "Ula Ula" Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas 2014 Descemer BuenoGente De ZonaEnrique Iglesias "Bailando" Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona 2015 J BalvinRene CanoAlejandro "Mosty" PatiñoAlejandro "Sky" Ramírez "Ay Vamos" J Balvin 2016 Egbert Rosa CintrónFarrukoEduardo A. Vargas BerriosYandel "Encantadora" Yandel 2017 Rafael ArcauteIgor KoshkendeyResidente "Somos Anormales" Residente 2018 Urbani Mota CedeñoJuan G. Rivera VazquezLuis Jorge RomeroDaddy Yankee "Dura" Daddy Yankee 2019 J BalvinMariachi BuddaFrank DukesTeo HalmEl GuinchoAlejandro RamirezRosalía "Con Altura" Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho 2020 Pablo Diaz-Reixa "El Guincho"OzunaRosalía "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi" Rosalía & Ozuna 2021 Descemer Bueno, El Funky, Gente De Zona, Yadam González, Beatriz Luengo, Maykel Osorbo & Yotuel "Patria y Vida" Yotuel, Gente De Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo, El Funky 2022 Bad Bunny "Tití Me Preguntó" Bad Bunny 2023 Santiago Alvarado, Bizarrap & Quevedo "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" Bizarrap featuring Quevedo 2024 Daddy Yankee "Bonita" Daddy Yankee 2025 Bad Bunny, Scott Dittrich, Julia Lewis, Mag, Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, Hugo Rene Sencion Sanabria & Tyler Spry "DTMF" Bad Bunny
Most Wins
2 Wins
Bad Bunny Daddy Yankee Residente Rosalia
Most Nominations
12 Nominations
Daddy Yankee
10 Nominations
J Balvin
7 Nominations
Bad Bunny
4 Nominations
Karol G
See also
Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Song of the Year
References
External links Official website of the Latin Grammy Awards