This, and "Best Coro Section", turned out be messy categories because not every voter specified the time period, and almost every group has had significant personnel changes. So we added all the votes for a given group and then listed the period which was mentioned the most.

1. NG La Banda
most mentioned time period:
Elpidio Chapottín
José Crego "El Greco"
Rolando Pérez Pérez
Germán Velazco
"Los Metales de Terror"

2. Charanga Habanera (post-breakup)
most mentioned time period:
Carmelo Andrés
Juan Manuel Jiménez
Yunio Romero
Osmani Collado

3. Paulito FG y su Élite
most mentioned time period:
Alexander Abreu
Igor Rivas
Juan Ceruto
Julio Montalv

4. Issac Delgado
most mentioned time period:
Carlos Betancourt "Bola"
Fernando Hurtado
Román Filiu
Carlos Averhoff, Sr.
William Paredes
Julién Riol

5. Los Van Van
most mentioned time period:
Hugo Morejón
Edmundo Pina "Mundo"
Alvaro Collad

6. Manolín, el Médico de la Salsa
most mentioned time period included:
Jeáns Valdés
Dileivys Romero "El Niche"
William Polledo
Juan Silveira
"Los Chamacos"

7. Manolito y su Trabuco
most mentioned time period included:
Leonardo Alarcón
Juan Carlos Corcho
Cristóbal Ferrer
Ángel M. Rodríguez

8. Klímax
most mentioned time period included:
Carlos Álvarez
José Varona
Luis Varona
Leonardo Castillo

9. Bamboleo
most mentioned time period:
Juan Carlos Borrego "Chocolate
Änselmo Carmero
Carlos Valdez
Abel Fernández

10. Charanga Habanera (pre-breakup)
most mentioned time period:
Osmil Monzón
Emilio Maza
Pedro Polledo
Victoriano Patterson

11. Irakere
most mentioned time period:
Carlos Averhoff, Sr.
Juan Munguía
Adalberto Moreno
César López

12. Maraca y Otra Visión

13. Los Que Son Son

14. Carlos Manuel

15. La Caro Band
15. Charanga Forever
15. Afrocuba

16. Cubanismo
16. Revé y su Charangón

17. Adalberto Álvarez