Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally.
The award goes to solo artists, duos, or groups for releasing vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% of new recordings.
Singers Poncho Zuleta (pictured) and Emiliano Zuleta were the first winners of the award in 2006, credited as Los Hermanos Zuleta.
Colombian musician and singer Jorge Celedón holds the record of most wins in the category with five wins.
Two-time winner Peter Manjarrés.
Two-time winner Silvestre Dangond.
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres such as Latin pop, reggaeton, dance pop and tropical music.
Vives speaking at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2010
Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives interviewed by Ana María Canseco