Grammy Award for Best Banda Album
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The Grammy Award for Best Banda Album was an award presented at the Grammy Award
s, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the banda music
genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
The award was first presented to Joan Sebastian
in 2007 for the album Más Allá del Sol. Two posthumous nominations were announced for the 50th Grammy Awards
(2008) following the deaths of three banda musicians in Mexico within one week. Shortly following the murders of Sergio Gómez
, a singer with the group K-Paz de la Sierra
, and Zayda Peña of the band Zayda Y Los Culpables
, Los Conde trumpet player Jose Luis Aquino was found dead. In December 2007, Grammy organizers announced that Gomez along with singer Valentín Elizalde
, who was killed in November 2006, were nominated for awards. Categorized under the Latin field, the award is presented for vocal or instrumental
banda albums. As of 2011, Sebastian is the only artist to win the award more than once. The award has been presented to artists or groups originating from Mexico each year to date.
The award will be discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, this category will merge with the Best Norteño Album
category to form the new Best Banda or Norteño Album category.
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the banda music
Banda music
Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias...
genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...
of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
The award was first presented to Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...
in 2007 for the album Más Allá del Sol. Two posthumous nominations were announced for the 50th Grammy Awards
50th Grammy Awards
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2008. Kanye West received the most nominations, with eight. Amy Winehouse was the big winner, winning a total of five awards. Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters won Album of the Year,...
(2008) following the deaths of three banda musicians in Mexico within one week. Shortly following the murders of Sergio Gómez
Sergio Gómez
Paulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez , better known as Sergio Gómez, was a Mexican singer who was the founder and lead vocalist of the duranguense group K-Paz de la Sierra.-Biography:...
, a singer with the group K-Paz de la Sierra
K-Paz de la Sierra
K-Paz de la Sierra is a Duranguense band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois by Mexican natives. The group was formed on Christmas Eve of 2002 by some departing members of Montez de Durango. The company ProcanRecords gave them the opportunity. K-paz De La Sierra was well known in the U.S. in the...
, and Zayda Peña of the band Zayda Y Los Culpables
Zayda Y Los Culpables
Zayda Y Los Culpables is a Mexican grupero band. The group sang romantic ballads about love and loss. The song "Tiro de Gracia" , describing a failed relationship, was one of the most popular songs from the band.-Death of Zayda Peña Arjona:Zayda Peña Arjona was the lead singer of Zayda y...
, Los Conde trumpet player Jose Luis Aquino was found dead. In December 2007, Grammy organizers announced that Gomez along with singer Valentín Elizalde
Valentín Elizalde
Valentín Elizalde Valencia was a Mexican banda music singer gunned down in an ambush. Known by the nickname "El Gallo de Oro" , his biggest Banda hits included "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor", " Vete Con Él", "Vuelve Cariñito", "Como Me Duele", "Vencedor", " Mi Virgencita", and "Soy Así"...
, who was killed in November 2006, were nominated for awards. Categorized under the Latin field, the award is presented for vocal or instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
banda albums. As of 2011, Sebastian is the only artist to win the award more than once. The award has been presented to artists or groups originating from Mexico each year to date.
The award will be discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, this category will merge with the Best Norteño Album
Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album
The Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album was an honor presented to recording artists at the 51st, 52nd and 53rd Grammy Awards for quality norteño music albums...
category to form the new Best Banda or Norteño Album category.
Recipients
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| 2008 50th Grammy Awards The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2008. Kanye West received the most nominations, with eight. Amy Winehouse was the big winner, winning a total of five awards. Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters won Album of the Year,... |
El Chapo El Chapo de Sinaloa Ernesto Pérez better know by his stage name El Chapo de Sinaloa , is a Mexican norteño/banda singer.... |
El Potro de Sinaloa José Eulogio Hernandez, better known by his stage name El Potro de Sinaloa, is a Mexican conjunto singer born in Tapias, Sinaloa.Both of his brothers, Ignacio and Tomas, had careers as musicians in Mexico. Early in his career he adopted his stage name , and became a popular performer throughout the... ) – Los Mejores Valentín Elizalde Valentín Elizalde Valencia was a Mexican banda music singer gunned down in an ambush. Known by the nickname "El Gallo de Oro" , his biggest Banda hits included "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor", " Vete Con Él", "Vuelve Cariñito", "Como Me Duele", "Vencedor", " Mi Virgencita", and "Soy Así"... – Lobo Domesticado K-Paz de la Sierra K-Paz de la Sierra is a Duranguense band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois by Mexican natives. The group was formed on Christmas Eve of 2002 by some departing members of Montez de Durango. The company ProcanRecords gave them the opportunity. K-paz De La Sierra was well known in the U.S. in the... – Conquistando Corazones Conquistando Corazones Conquistando Corazones is the fourth studio album from the Duranguense group K-Paz de la Sierra.-Track listing:# "Procuro olvidarte" # "No te apartes de mí"# "La puerta de Alcalá"# "Amor mío"# "Charola de plata"... Lupillo Rivera Guadalupe Rivera in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.Rivera wanted to be a restaurant... – Entre Copas y Botellas |
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| 2009 51st Grammy Awards The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on February 8, 2009. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest winners of the night, jointly winning five awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year... |
Alacranes Musical Alacranes Musical is a Mexican-American band produced by Oscar Urbina that plays duranguense music. They are from the Aurora suburb of Chicago, Illinois.-Recordings:... – Tu Inspiración Tu Inspiración Tu Inspiración is the eleventh album by Alacranes Musical. It was released on August 26, 2008.-Track listing:#Dame Tu Amor#Perdidamente Enamorado#Fue Su Amor#Mirame Amor#Soy Yo#Mi Otra Mitad#Te Sigue Esperando Mi Corazon#El Duranguense... Banda el Recodo Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family... – Que Bonito... ¡Es Lo Bonito! Cuisillos de Arturo Macias Cuisillos de Arturo Macias, formerly known as and still referred to in informal speech as Banda Cuisillos, are a Mexican banda group from the pueblo of Cuisillos, Jalisco. They are well known for being one of the few highly-successful bandas not to originate in Sinaloa, the birthplace and... – Vive y Dejame Vivir Lupillo Rivera Guadalupe Rivera in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.Rivera wanted to be a restaurant... – Tiro de Gracia |
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| 2010 52nd Grammy Awards The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Neil Young was honored as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year on January 29, two days prior to the Grammy telecast. Only ten of the 109 awards were received during the broadcast... |
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they... de Rene Camacho – Más Adelante Más Adelante -Chart performance:-Sales and certifications:... |
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| 2011 53rd Grammy Awards The 53rd annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers. Barbra Streisand was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the telecast on February 11. Nominations were... |
El Güero y Su Banda Centenario |
Banda Los Recoditos Banda Los Recoditos is a Mexican band formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was founded in 1989 by friends and family members of Banda el Recodo by Cruz Lizárraga. Alfonso Lizárraga and Pancho Barraza, the first vocalists, were two of the more than dozen bandmembers comprising the original incarnation of... – ¡Ando Bien Pedo! ¡Ando Bien Pedo! - Chart performance :- Sales and certifications :... Cuisillos de Arturo Macias Cuisillos de Arturo Macias, formerly known as and still referred to in informal speech as Banda Cuisillos, are a Mexican banda group from the pueblo of Cuisillos, Jalisco. They are well known for being one of the few highly-successful bandas not to originate in Sinaloa, the birthplace and... – Caricias Compradas El Chapo de Sinaloa Ernesto Pérez better know by his stage name El Chapo de Sinaloa , is a Mexican norteño/banda singer.... – Con la Fuerza del Corrido La Arrolladora Banda El Limón La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they... – Todo Depende de Tí Todo Depende de Tí -Chart performance:-Sales and certifications:... |
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.