Juan Luis Guerra Seijas, known professionally as Juan Luis Guerra, is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. He has sold over 30 million records, and has won numerous awards including 18 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. Guerra won 3 Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year. In 2012, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.
Danny Almonte is a former baseball player, currently an assistant baseball coach at Cardinal Hayes High School in New York City. Almonte was born in Moca, Dominican Republic. A former Little League pitcher that threw up to 76 miles per hour (122 km/h), he became the subject of considerable media attention in 2001. Considered a phenomenon as he led his Bronx team to a third-place finish in the 2001 Little League World Series, Almonte was revealed to have actually been two years too old to play Little League baseball. Although there were many allegations during the 2001 Series, the truth was not revealed until weeks later.
The Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album was first awarded in 2005, as the first category in a new "Surround Sound" field.
John Leventhal is a five time Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for William Bell, Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright III, The Wreckers and many others.
The Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award is given to the performers, producers, audio engineers and mastering engineer for new songs in Spanish or Portuguese language. The songs included on an album released the previous year of submission are also eligible only if they have not been submitted to competition before. Instrumental songs are also eligible. Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees, according to a restructuration made by the academy for the four general categories: Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist and Record of the Year.
The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award is given to the performers, producers, audio engineers and mastering engineers for vocal or instrumental albums with 51% of new recorded songs. Albums of previously released recordings, such as reissues, compilations of old recordings and greatest hits albums packages are not eligible. Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees, according to a restructuration made by the academy for the four general categories: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Album of the Year. Beginning in 2018, songwriters are eligible for the accolade if 33% of the playing time are composed by them.
The Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. The award is given to the songwriters of new songs containing at least 51% of lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese language. Instrumental songs or a new version of a previously recorded track are not eligible. Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees, according to a restructuration made by the academy for the four general categories: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Song of the Year.
Brasileiro is a 1992 CD by Sérgio Mendes and other artists including Carlinhos Brown which won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
La Llave de Mi Corazón is a studio album recorded by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra, It was released by EMI Televisa Music on March 20, 2007. It peaked at number 77 on the Billboard 200. A special edition of the album was released on October 2, 2007. In 2007, the album won six Latin Grammy Awards. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008.
The Dominican Republic national basketball team participates in international competition. In 2011 and 2012, John Calipari, the head coach of the University of Kentucky men's basketball team, served as the head coach of the team. The current coach is Orlando Antigua, a former Calipari assistant and a current assistant coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The team placed third in the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship and fourth in the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, one position shy of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics.
Tom Elmhirst is a British specialist mix engineer.
Phil Tan is a Malaysian-American music and audio engineer.
Ted Jensen is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including the Eagles' Hotel California, Green Day's American Idiot and Norah Jones' Come Away with Me.
A Son de Guerra is the 11th studio album recorded by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra, It was released by Capitol Latin on June 8, 2010. It won the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards for Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year on November 11, 2010. This was the second time he won the award for Album of the Year. This album features the collaboration of the hit Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes performing the song La Calle.
Jaycen Joshua is a mix engineer who works at Larrabee Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California. Joshua started his mix career in 2006 when he became partners with his mentor Dave Pensado and formed The Penua Project. Joshua has won multiple Grammys and mixed many Grammy Award winning records such as "Single Ladies " by Beyoncé and "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx, as well as over 60 #1 singles and albums. Including Despacito by Luis Fonsi feat. Justin Bieber. Joshua has worked with Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake, Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, R. Kelly, Celine Dion, J-Lo, T.I., Usher, Michael Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Mike Shinoda, Seal, Nas, Chris Brown and Whitney Houston. Joshua is managed by Terry Ross for Innersound Management, LLC.
The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the Latin music industry and dedication to philanthropy. Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas just prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony.
Abraham Almonte is a Dominican professional baseball center fielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals.
Shawn Everett is a Canadian music engineer and producer best known for his work with Alabama Shakes, Weezer, The War on Drugs, and Julian Casablancas. Everett is the winner of 5 Grammy awards.
Paul Boutin is a French-born American music mixer, audio engineer and a long-time collaborator with producer/songwriter/artist Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
Benny Faccone is a Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning mixing engineer, recording engineer, and record producer. He has worked with the likes of Maná, Ricky Martin, Santana, and Luis Miguel.
