| Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | quality urban music songs |
| Presented by | Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 2007 |
| Last awarded | 2010 |
| Official website | latingrammy.com |
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song 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 [1]. The award is reserved to the songwriters of a new song containing at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese. Instrumental recordings or cover songs are not elegible [2].
The award was first presented to Puerto Rican musicians Eduardo Cabra and René Pérez of the duo Calle 13 in 2007 [3]. The award has been presented three times to Puerto Rican songwriters and once to a Panamian, Spaniard and Argentine songwriter in 2008, 2010, and 2011 respectively. The only songwriter to receive this award in more than one occasion is René Pérez. Daddy Yankee holds the record of most nominations without a win with five. In 2010, Spanish rapper La Mala Rodríguez became the first female artist to win in this field.
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| Year[I] | Songwriter(s) | Nationality | Work | Performing artist(s)[II] | Nominees[III] | Ref. |
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| 2007 | Eduardo Cabra Panasuyo René Pérez |
Puerto Rico | "Pa'l Norte" | Calle 13 |
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| 2008 | Flex | Panama | "Te Quiero" | Flex |
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| 2009 | Marcos Masis "Tainy" Wisin & Yandel |
Puerto Rico | "Abusadora" | Wisin & Yandel |
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| 2010 | La Mala Rodríguez | Spain | "No Pidas Perdón" | La Mala Rodríguez |
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| 2011 | Rafa Arcaute Calle 13 |
Argentina Puerto Rico |
"Baile de los Pobres" | Calle 13 |
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