Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album

The Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album , in German "Grammy award for the best Tejano album", is a music prize that was awarded from 1999 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of Tejano music .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album. The prize was awarded between 1999 and 2011. In the first year the award was given under the name Grammy Award for Best Tejano Music Performance and in the following year under the name Grammy Award for Best Tejano Performance . The award traded as the Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album from 2001. From 1993 to 1998, the Tejano music genre was considered in the Grammy Award for Best Mexican / Mexican-American Album .

The award was discontinued from 2012 after a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. From 2012, the Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album category merged with the Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album category to create the new Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album category .

Winners and nominees

year	Artist	nationality	album	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1999	Flaco Jiménez	United States	Said and Done
2000	Los Palominos	United States	Por Eso Te Amo
2001	The Legends	United States	¿Qué Es Música Tejana?
2002	Grupo Solido	United States	Nadie Como Tu
2003	Navaira	United States	Acuérdate
2004	Jimmy Gonzalez y el Grupo Mazz	United States	Si Me Faltas Tu
2005	David Lee Garza , Joel Guzman and Sunny Sauceda	United States	Polkas, gritos y acordeones
2006	Little Joe Y La Familia	United States	Chicanisimo
2007	Chente Barrera	United States	Sigue El Taconazo
2008	Little Joe & La Familia	United States	Before The Next Teardrop Falls	Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band 2007 by Ram Herrera And The Outlaw Band Corazon de oro by David Marez 35th Anniversary by Ruben Ramos Vagar libremente from Sunny Sauceda
2009	Rubén Ramos and the Mexican Revolution	United States	Viva la Revolución	Music Lessons by Chente Barrera y Taconazo Friends & Legends by Joe Posada All That Jazz ... by Tortilla Factory Heir to the Throne by Albert Zamora
2010	Los Texmaniacs	United States	Borders Y Bailes	Divina by Stefani Montiel All the Way Live by Jay Perez Point of View by Joe Posada Radiación musical by Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso
2011	Little Joe & La Familia	United States	Recuerdos	Sabes bien by Juan P. Moreno In the Pocket by Joe Posada Homenaje a mi padre by Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso Cookin from Tortilla Factory

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winner Best Tejano Album. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .