Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album

[1] According to the category description guide for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental salsa albums containing at least 51 percent of newly recorded material.

[2] The accolade for Best Salsa Album was first presented to Cuban singer Celia Cruz at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000 for her album Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa (1999).

American singer Marc Anthony and Panamanian singer Rubén Blades hold the record of most wins in the category with four each, followed by Celia Cruz and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta with three wins each.

Gilberto Santa Rosa holds the record for most nominations, with nine.

At the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2017, Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta won both this awards and Album of the Year for their collaborative album Salsa Big Band.

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Celia Cruz was the inaugural winner in 2000 for Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa . She has also won the awards two more times.
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Two-time winners El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
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Four-time winner Marc Anthony .
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Two-time winner Gilberto Santa Rosa .
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Luis Enrique is the first and so far only Nicaraguan to win the award.
Five-time winner Rubén Blades .
La India won the award in 2016.
Victor Manuelle won the award in 2018.
Two-time winners Grupo Niche .