María Cristina Lancelotti, better known by her stage name Valeria Lynch, is an Argentine singer and actress.
Baccara was a Spanish female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola. The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all time by a female group, eventually selling more than 16 million copies worldwide. A successful follow-up single and European tour led to a number of album releases, numerous television appearances and the duo's selection to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978.
Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco is an Argentine folk rock performer, composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and lyrics with social and political connotations. This has led to him being called "The Argentine Bob Dylan".
Jerry Rivera is a Puerto Rican salsa singer and songwriter.
Vox Dei is an Argentine rock band credited for recording the country's first concept album, La Biblia. Their most prolific years were the 1970s, when they recorded ten albums.
Tiziana Donati, better known by the stage name Tosca, is an Italian singer and actress.
The 3rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Kodak Theatre on Wednesday, September 18, 2002. Alejandro Sanz was the night's big winner, winning a total of three awards including Album of the Year. The ceremony returned in style after the 2001 ceremony was cancelled because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks across America.
César Isella was an Argentinian singer and songwriter of folk music. He joined Los Fronterizos from 1956 to 1966, was one of the main figures of the "Movement of the New Songbook", and in the 1990s he discovered and sponsored the singer Soledad Pastorutti. He has written the music for "Canción con todos", regarded as the Latin American anthem.
Domingo Jhonny Vega Urzúa, commonly known as Américo, is a Chilean singer. He became known as the lead artist of Américo y la Nueva Alegría. He is the son of a locally known boleros singer, Melvin "Corazón" Américo. Americo was a coach on the second season of La Voz Ecuador in 2016.
Héctor Omar Hoffmann Fenzel, better known as Sergio Denis was an Argentine singer-songwriter and occasional actor.
Lourdes Robles is a singer-songwriter and actress, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her career started in the early 1980s as part of duo Lourdes y Carlos, releasing two albums. The duo split and Robles began a solo career, acting in "Barrio Cuatro Calles" and "Generaciones", along Puerto-Rican performer Chayanne. She also performed in some musical productions, including Hello, Dolly!, Into the Woods, and The Fantasticks.
Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and was a star of classic Mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Her more than 70-year career included stage productions, radio programs, records, films, television programs, comics and rodeo shows.
Gino Santercole was an Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He was well known for his breakthrough hit "Questo vecchio pazzo mondo", a cover of P. F. Sloan's "Eve of Destruction", and for the song "Ma che freddo stasera " that he sang in the movie Yuppi du (1975).
Abel Federico Pintos is an Argentine singer-songwriter. He started his solo career at the age of 13 with his album Para cantar he nacido, supported financially by León Gieco. After the release of four studio albums, he started writing his own songs that marked a departure from his folk style.
El Sonido de mi Tierra is a company from Argentina, for Tango Argentino and Folklore Argentino, founded by Luis Pereyra in 1996. "El Sonido de mi Tierra" means "The sound of my land". The Great Dance of Argentina is the international name of the same company, but used outside of Argentina and Spanish speaking countries. Both names are of the same company and same production.
Sólo le pido a Dios is a famous protest song, written by Argentine singer-songwriter León Gieco. It is the first song of Gieco's 1978 album, IV LP.
Márama is an Uruguayan band formed in 2014 by Fer Vázquez of Rombai. The group is composed of Agustín Casanova, Pablo Arnoletti, Agustín Duarte, Matías Besson, Lautaro Moreno and Martín López. Former members Alejandro Vázquez, Martín Zina, Danny Muller, Matias Bernaola and Marcos Ifrán departed from the group.
Sol Pereyra is an Argentinean singer, musician and composer who began her solo career in Mexico in 2009. She has received three nominations for the Gardel Awards, for her album Tírame agua (2014), for her single "Antireversa" (2019) and for her album Resisto (2020) in the best alternative pop album category.
Mercedes Sosa en Argentina is a double album by Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa. It was recorded live at the Teatro Opera de Buenos Aires in February 1982 and released on the Philips label. In 2017, it was selected by NPR as one of the "150 Greatest Albums by Women".
The 23rd Annual Premios Gardel ceremony was held on July 23, 2021, and it was presented with no in-person ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The television broadcast of the show was in charge of the TNT Latin America, while LRA Radio Nacional provided radio coverage. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from January 1, 2020 to January 31, 2020. The nominations were announced on May 7, 2021. The ceremony was hosted by television personalities Jey Mammón and Eleonora Pérez Caressi.
