Latin Grammy Award

Latin Grammy Award
Current: 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the Latin music industry, primarily for works recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese
Country	United States
Presented by	The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded	September 13, 2000;20 years ago (2000-09-13)
Website	latingrammy.com/en
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS (2000–2004) Univision (2005–present)

Most recent Latin Grammy Award winners

←  2018-19 Best in 2019-20 2020-21 →

Award Album of the Year Record of the Year Winner Natalia Lafourcade (Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1) Alejandro Sanz ("Contigo")   Award Song of the Year Best New Artist Winner Residente ("René") Mike Bahía

Previous Record of the Year "Mi Persona Favorita" Record of the Year TBD

A Latin Grammy Award is an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been released either in Ibero-America, the Iberian Peninsula, or the United States. ^[1] Submissions of products recorded in languages, dialects or idiomatic expressions recognized in Ibero-America and the Iberian Peninsula, such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Nahuatl, Guarani, Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by a majority vote. ^[2] Both the regular Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award have similar nominating and voting processes, in which the selections are decided by peers within the Latin music industry.

The first annual Latin Grammys ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13, 2000. Broadcast by CBS, that first ceremony became the first primarily Spanish language primetime program carried on an English language American television network. The most recent ceremony, the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards, was held on November 19, 2020 at American Airlines Arena in Miami.

Since 2005, the awards have been broadcast in the United States by Univision. ^[3] In 2013, 9.8 million people watched the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision, making the channel a top-three network for the night in the U.S. ^[4]

History

The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Latin Recording Academy) was formed by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Recording Academy) in 1997. It was founded by Michael Greene and Producers & Songwriters Rudy Pérez & Mauricio Abaroa. Rudy Pérez was the Grammy Florida chapter's first President of the Board. The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music began in 1989. ^[5] According to organizers, the Latin Grammy Awards was established as the Latin music universe was deemed too large to fit on the Grammy Awards. ^[6] The Latin Recording Academy defines Latin music as music in Spanish or Portuguese. ^[7] The Latin Grammy Awards mainly encompasses music from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States. ^{[8] [9] [10]} In 2000, it was announced that the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards would take place at the Staples Center on September 13, 2000. On July 7, 2000, the nominations were announced in Miami, Florida, United States. The Latin Grammys were introduced with over 39 categories included limited to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking recordings. The first telecast took place at the Staples Center and was broadcast. The following year's show was canceled due to the September 11, 2001 attacks, which was the same day the show was to take place. ^[11] In 2002, the academy elected its first independent Board of Trustees. In 2005, the broadcast was moved from CBS to Univision where the whole telecast was in Spanish. ^[12]

Voting members live in various regions in the US and outside of the US including Latin America and Iberia. ^[13] For a recording to be eligible for a nomination, it must have at least 51% of its content recorded in Spanish or Portuguese and commercially released in North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Spain, or Portugal. ^[8] Products recorded in languages and dialects from Ibero-America such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Nahuatl, Guarani, Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by majority vote of the committees of the Latin Recording Academy. The Latin Recording Academy also accepts Latin instrumental music from Ibero-America as well as compositions that have been composed or interpreted by an Iberian American musician. ^[1] The eligibility period is June 1 to May 30 for a respective awards ceremony. Recordings are first entered and then reviewed to determine the awards they are eligible for. Following that, nominating ballots are mailed to voting members of the academy. The votes are tabulated and the five recordings in each category with the most votes become the nominees. Final voting ballots are sent out to voting members and the winners are determined. Winners are later announced at the Latin Grammy Awards. The current President & CEO of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is Gabriel Abaroa, ^[14] who is related to Mauricio, one of the founders.

Altogether there are three events: the Life Achievement when renowned artists are honored for lifetime achievement; Person of the Year, when one artist is honored at a gala dinner, and Grammy itself, an award that brings together artists from all over Latin America and Iberia and that today is broadcast live to 80 countries, including Brazil, by channel Univision (TNT in Brazil). ^[15]

Awards

Award categories

Main article: List of Latin Grammy Award categories

Alike from the Grammy Award there is a general field consisting of four genre-less award categories:

• Record of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a single song.
• Album of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a full album.
• Song of the Year is awarded to the writer(s)/composer(s) of a single song.
• Best New Artist is awarded to an artist without reference to a song or album.

The rest of the fields are genre-specific. ^[16] Special non-competitive awards are also given out for more long-lasting contributions to the Latin music industry.

The first telecast had 40 awards presented however the following year 38 awards were presented. The most recent telecast in 2010 had a total of 46 awards presented.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ceremonies

#	Year	Album of the Year	Record of the Year	Song of the Year	Best New Artist	Multiple wins	Multiple nominations	Ref.
1	2000	Luis Miguel Amarte Es Un Placer	Santana Maná "Corazón Espinado"	Marc Anthony "Dímelo"	Ibrahim Ferrer	Luis Miguel Santana Maná (3)	Marc Anthony Shakira Fito Páez (5)	[17]
2	2001	Alejandro Sanz El Alma Al Aire	Alejandro Sanz "El Alma Al Aire"	Alejandro Sanz "El Alma Al Aire"	Juanes	Alejandro Sanz (4)	Juanes (7)	[18]
3	2002	Alejandro Sanz MTV Unplugged	Alejandro Sanz "Y Solo Se Me Ocurre Amarte"	Alejandro Sanz "Y Solo Se Me Ocurre Amarte"	Jorge Moreno	Alejandro Sanz (3)	Carlos Vives (6)	[19]
4	2003	Juanes Un Día Normal	Juanes "Es Por Ti"	Juanes "Es Por Ti"	David Bisbal	Juanes (5)	Juanes (5)	[20]
5	2004	Alejandro Sanz No Es Lo Mismo	Alejandro Sanz "No Es Lo Mismo"	Alejandro Sanz "No Es Lo Mismo"	María Rita	Alejandro Sanz (4)	Alejandro Sanz (4)	[21]
6	2005	Ivan Lins Cantando Histórias	Alejandro Sanz "Tú No Tienes Alma"	Alejandro Sanz "Tú No Tienes Alma"	Bebe	Juanes (3)	Bebe (5)	[22]
7	2006	Shakira Fijación Oral, Vol. 1	Shakira Alejandro Sanz "La Tortura"	Shakira Alejandro Sanz "La Tortura"	Calle 13	Shakira (4)	Shakira (5)	[23]
8	2007	Juan Luis Guerra La Llave De Mi Corazón	Juan Luis Guerra "La Llave De Mi Corazón"	Juan Luis Guerra "La Llave De Mi Corazón"	Jesse & Joy	Juan Luis Guerra (5)	Juan Luis Guerra (5)	[24]
9	2008	Juanes La Vida... Es Un Ratico	Juanes "Me Enamora"	Juanes "Me Enamora"	Kany García	Juanes (5)	Juanes Café Tacuba Julieta Venegas (5)	[25]
10	2009	Calle 13 Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo	Calle 13 Café Tacuba "No Hay Nadie Como Tú"	Luis Fonsi Aleks Syntek Noel Schajris David Bisbal "Aquí Estoy Yo"	Alexander Acha	Calle 13 (5)	Calle 13 (5)	[26]
11	2010	Juan Luis Guerra A Son de Guerra	Camila "Mientes"	Camila "Mientes"	Alex Cuba	Camila Juan Luis Guerra (3)	Juan Luis Guerra Jorge Drexler Alejandro Sanz (4)	[27]
12	2011	Calle 13 Entren Los Que Quieran	Calle 13 "Latinoamérica"	Calle 13 "Latinoamérica"	Sie7e	Calle 13 (9)	Calle 13 (9)	[28]
13	2012	Juanes MTV Unplugged	Jesse & Joy "¡Corre!"	Jesse & Joy "¡Corre!"	3BallMTY	Jesse & Joy (4)	Juan Luis Guerra (6)	[29]
14	2013	Draco Rosa Vida	Marc Anthony "Vivir Mi Vida"	Carlos Vives "Volví A Nacer"	Gaby Moreno	Carlos Vives Sergio George (3)	Carlos Vives Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Javier Garza (5)	[30]
15	2014	Paco de Lucía Canción Andaluza	Jorge Drexler Ana Tijoux "Universos Paralelos"	Enrique Iglesias Descemer Bueno Gente de Zona "Bailando"	Mariana Vega	Enrique Iglesias Descemer Bueno Gente de Zona (3)	Eduardo Cabra (10)	[31]
16	2015	Juan Luis Guerra Todo Tiene Su Hora	Natalia Lafourcade "Hasta La Raíz"	Natalia Lafourcade "Hasta La Raíz"	Monsieur Periné	Natalia Lafourcade (4)	Leonel García (6)	[32]
17	2016	Juan Gabriel Los Dúo, Vol. 2	Carlos Vives Shakira "La Bicicleta"	Carlos Vives Shakira "La Bicicleta"	Manuel Medrano	Juan Gabriel Carlos Vives Shakira Manuel Medrano Yandel Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Fonseca (2)	Djavan Fonseca Jesse & Joy (4)	[33]
18	2017	Rubén Blades Salsa Big Band	Luis Fonsi Daddy Yankee "Despacito"	Luis Fonsi Daddy Yankee "Despacito"	Vicente García	Luis Fonsi Daddy Yankee (4)	Residente (9)	[34]
19	2018	Luis Miguel ¡México Por Siempre!	Jorge Drexler "Telefonía"	Jorge Drexler "Telefonía"	Karol G	Jorge Drexler (3)	J Balvin (8)	[35]
20	2019	Rosalía El Mal Querer	Alejandro Sanz Camila Cabello "Mi Persona Favorita"	Pedro Capó "Calma"	Nella	Rosalía Alejandro Sanz (3)	Alejandro Sanz (8)	[36]
21	2020	Natalia Lafourcade Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1	Alejandro Sanz "Contigo"	Residente "René"	Mike Bahía	Rosalía Natalia Lafourcade Carlos Vives (3)	J Balvin (13)	[37]

Leading winners

Main article: Latin Grammy Award records

With 21 Latin Grammy Awards, Calle 13 have won the most Latin Grammy Awards. Juanes, with 19 Latin Grammy Awards, holds the record for most awards won by a solo artist. Natalia Lafourcade is the biggest winner among female artists with 13 awards. The Italian singer Laura Pausini, with 4 Latin Grammys, holds instead the record for most awards won by a non-latin artist.

Criticism

As with its Grammy Awards counterpart, the Latin Grammy Awards has also received criticism from various recording artists and music journalists.

Upon the announcement of the Latin Grammy Awards in 1999, several musical journalists raised concerns about the awards being used as a marketing tool by the mainstream media. Manny S. Gonzalez of the Vista En L.A felt that the award would just be used to advertise artists being promoted by Emilio Estefan. The lack of categories for non Spanish and Portuguese-speaking music has been criticized, namely by artists who consider their work to be "Latin" but are not eligible for a Latin Grammy including those from Haiti (who have compared their compas music to merengue music from the Dominican Republic but is sung in French Creole) and Celtic musicians from the Galicia and Asturias regions of Spain. ^{[6] [38]} The linguistic requirement has also been criticized by Tony Succar whose album, Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson , was not eligible for a Latin Grammy Award despite the album being recorded in salsa music. In response to the criticism, a spokesman for the Latin Recording Academy stated: "The Latin Recording Academy considers music based on the contents of the recording itself -- the technical elements that go into the art of music making -- not based on how a recording or an artist is marketed externally." ^[39] In 2001, Cuban exiles living in Miami protested at the Latin Grammy Awards for allowing musicians living in Cuba to perform at the stage. This resulted in the Latin Grammys being moved to Los Angeles for the second annual awards (which would in the end be canceled in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks). ^[40]

Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco de Vita called the Latin Grammys "fake and a lie" and stated that if he were to win the award, he would not accept it. ^[41] He later received a Latin Grammy for his album En Primera Fila . American musician Willie Colón observed the relationship between the Latin Grammys and major Latin record labels. ^[42] Mexican singer-songwriter Aleks Syntek noted that Mexican artists in general were apathetic towards the awards. ^[43] The Latin Grammys was met with backlash at the 2019 awards ceremony when none of the urbano artists were nominated in the general categories despite its popularity. This led to several reggaeton artists including Daddy Yankee and J Balvin to boycott the event. The Latin Recording Academy responded to criticism by requesting the "leaders of the urban community to get involved with the Academy, to get involved with the process, and to get involved with discussions that improve the Academy." ^[44]

Ceremony locations

Main article: List of Latin Grammy Award ceremony locations

The Latin Grammy Awards are held annually in Las Vegas. The ceremony has been held there annually since 2009 and was first held there in 2007. The ceremony spent its first few years being held in Los Angeles and in 2003 took place in Miami. The ceremony had also been held once in New York City and Houston.

In Las Vegas the ceremony has been held at three different venues over the years; the Mandalay Bay Events Center, the MGM Grand Garden Arena and the T-Mobile Arena.

See also

• List of Grammy Award categories § Latin

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Further reading

• "Spanish broadcast for Latin Grammys". (November 5, 2005). New Straits Times , p. 26.

External links

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