Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental 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.

Furthermore, musicians from the United States have received this award on four occasions.

The rest of the winners come from Argentina, Cuba, Colombia and Puerto Rico.

At the first Latin Grammy Awards ceremony a category intended for instrumental recordings was presented in the pop field under the name of Best Pop Instrumental Performance for singles and tracks only.

The winner was Mexican guitarist Santana for the song "El Farol", which also happened to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance that same year, who competed against; Raul di Blasio for "El Despertar Escandalo", Ivan Lins for "Dois Córregos", Frankie Marcos featuring Arturo Sandoval for "Oh Havana, When I Think Of You" and Nestor Torres for "Luna Latina".

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Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana won the peer category Best Pop Instrumental Performance for this award in 2000.
Jazz flautist Néstor Torres was the first winner of the award under the name Best Pop Instrumental Album.
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Yo-Yo Ma , 2004 winner, the first recipient of this award under its current denomination.
Two-time winners Bajofondo .
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Puerto Rican saxophonist David Sánchez won the award in 2005.
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Bebo Valdés winner in 2006.
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2010 winner Arturo Sandoval .
Three-time winner Hamilton de Holanda .