Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album 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 vocal or instrumental merengue house, R&B, reggaeton and rap music albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of newly recorded material. The award was first presented as the Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album until it received its current name, Best Urban Music Album, at the 5th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2004.
Two-time winner Vico C.
2003 winners Orishas.
2005 winner Daddy Yankee. He is also the artist with most nominations with six.
Calle 13 are the most successful act in the category, with four wins.
Calle 13 is a Puerto Rican alternative hip-hop band formed by stepbrothers Residente and Visitante, along with their half-sister iLe, also known as PG-13.
Calle 13 performing in Venezuela
Visitante during Calle 13's first concert in Managua, Nicaragua.
Residente and PG-13 during the 34th. Support to Claridad Festival, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 24, 2008
Residente performing on August 29, 2009.