The award replaced the previous awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Album, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
[1] According to the Latin Grammy category definitions, it is designed "For albums containing 51% or more playing time of newly recorded (previously unreleased) material and 51% playing time of Traditional Pop music.
"[2] The albums Tanto, Prometo & Vértigo by Pablo Alborán, Natalie Cole en Español by Natalie Cole, Orígenes: El Bolero Volumen 3 by Café Quijano, Buena Vida by Diego Torres, Mil Ciudades by Andrés Cepeda, Visceral by Paula Arenas and Viajante by Fonseca has been nominated for both this award and Album of the Year.
The albums Lo Mejor Que Hay En Mi Vida by Andrés Cepeda and Sinfónico & Agustín by Fonseca and the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia and Aguilera by Christina Aguilera won this award were also nominated for Album of the Year.
Los Dúo 2 by Juan Gabriel became the first album to win both awards.