Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song
The Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and promotes a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for new songs that contain at least 51% of the lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese. The accolade is awarded to the songwriter of said song. Instrumental recordings and cover songs are not eligible for the category.
The award was first presented to Puerto Rican musicians Eduardo Cabra and René Pérez of the duo Calle 13 in 2007. 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. In 2010, Spanish rapper La Mala Rodríguez became the first female artist to win in this field. Daddy Yankee holds the record of most nominations in general and most nominations without a win with eight. Also, he is the only artist who has been nominated every year since the category's inception. In 2014, "Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona became the first urban song to win this award and Song of the Year.
Recipients
| Year | Songwriter | Work | Performing artist | Nominees | Ref. |
| 2007 | Eduardo Cabra Panasuyo René Pérez | Calle 13 | |||
| 2008 | Flex | Flex | |||
| 2009 | Marcos Masis "Tainy" Wisin & Yandel | Wisin & Yandel | |||
| 2010 | La Mala Rodríguez | La Mala Rodríguez | |||
| 2011 | Rafa Arcaute Calle 13 | Calle 13 | |||
| 2012 | Ramón Enrique Casillas & Don Omar | "Hasta Que Salga el Sol" | Don Omar | - | |
| 2013 | Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas | "Ula Ula" | Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas | - | |
| 2014 | Descemer Bueno Gente De Zona Enrique Iglesias | "Bailando" | Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona | - | |
| 2015 | J Balvin Rene Cano Alejandro "Mosty" Patiño Alejandro "Sky" Ramírez | "Ay Vamos" | J Balvin | - | |
| 2016 | Egbert Rosa Cintrón Farruko Eduardo A. Vargas Berrios Yandel | "Encantadora" | Yandel | ||
| 2017 | Rafael Arcaute Igor Koshkendey Residente | "Somos Anormales" | Residente | ||
| 2018 | Urbani Mota Cedeño Juan G. Rivera Vazquez Luis Jorge Romero Daddy Yankee | "Dura" | Daddy Yankee | - | |
| 2019 | J Balvin Mariachi Budda Frank Dukes Teo Halm El Guincho Alejandro Ramirez Rosalía | "Con Altura" | Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho | - |
All-time table
| # | Artist / Group | Wins | Loss | Years winner | Years nominated |
| 1 | Calle 13 | 2 | 2 | 2007, 2011 | 2014 |
| 2 | Don Omar | 1 | 5 | 2012 | 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| 3 | Wisin & Yandel | 1 | 2 | 2009 | 2009, 2011 |
| 4 | J Balvin | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 2014 |
| 4 | Mala Rodríguez | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 2013 |
| 6 | Enrique Iglesias | 1 | — | 2014 | — |
| 6 | Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas | 1 | — | 2013 | — |
| 6 | Flex | 1 | — | 2008 | — |
| 9 | Daddy Yankee | — | 8 | — | 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
| 10 | Alexis & Fido | — | 3 | — | 2008, 2012, 2015 |
| 11 | Tego Calderón | — | 2 | — | 2008, 2015 |
| 11 | Ana Tijoux | — | 2 | — | 2013, 2014 |
| 11 | Pitbull | — | 2 | — | 2011, 2013 |
| 14 | Prince Royce | — | 1 | — | 2015 |
| 14 | Sensato | — | 1 | — | 2012 |
| 14 | Cartel de Santa | — | 1 | — | 2010 |
| 14 | Vico C | — | 1 | — | 2010 |
| 14 | Marcelo D2 | — | 1 | — | 2009 |
| 14 | Miguelito | — | 1 | — | 2008 |
| 14 | Tito El Bambino | — | 1 | — | 2008 |
| 14 | Orishas | — | 1 | — | 2007 |
| 14 | Tres Coronas | — | 1 | — | 2007 |