The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...

 took place on November 13, 2008 at the Toyota Center

Toyota Center (Houston)

The Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in downtown Houston, Texas. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Rockets of the National Basketball Association, the principal owners of the building, and the Aeros of the American Hockey League.Rockets...

 in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

 and were aired on Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium

Ibirapuera Auditorium

The Ibirapuera Auditorium is a building conceived by Oscar Niemeyer for the presentation of musical spectacles, situated in Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo.-History:...

 in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the Latin music industry and dedication to...

 was Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

. Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 was the nights big winner, winning 5 awards including Album of the Year. He now has 17 Latin Grammy awards which is more than any other recording artist.

General

Record of the Year
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — "Me Enamora

Me Enamora

"Me Enamora" is a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes. The song is the first radio single of his fourth solo studio album La Vida... Es un Ratico and it received three awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammy...

"

• Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
  
   and Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
  
   — "Vive Ya! (Vivere)
  Vivere (dare to live)
  "Vivere" is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Gerardina Trovato. It was first sung as a duet between Trovato and Italian pop tenor Andrea Bocelli during the Sanremo Festival in 1995, and released as a B-side single with "Con te partirò" in 1995...
  
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• Cabas
  Andrés Cabas
  Andrés Mauricio Cabas Rosales , or more commonly known as Cabas, is a Colombian musician. His music is characterized by having a Caribbean-like sound.-Biography:...
  
   — "Bonita"
• Café Tacuba — "Volver a Comenzar"
• Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...
  
   — "El presente
  El presente
  "El presente" is a song by Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her album MTV Unplugged Julieta Venegas. It is categorized as "A Worldwide Hit". The next song was placed in the top of Mexican radio, and Latin America and spent 11 weeks in the first place...
  
  "

Album of the Year
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — La Vida... Es un Ratico

La Vida... Es un Ratico

La Vida... es un Ratico is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, which was released on October 23, 2007.-Album history:...

• Concha Buika
  Concha Buika
  Concha Buika is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.Buika's family is originally from Equatorial Guinea...
  
   — Niña de Fuego
  Niña de Fuego
  Niña de Fuego is a 2008 Spanish-language album by Spanish singer Concha Buika. It was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.- Track listing :# "La Falsa Moneda" - 3:33# "Culpa Mía" - 4:11# "Miénteme Bien" - 5:52...
  
  
• Café Tacuba — Si No
• Vicente Fernández
  Vicente Fernández
  Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
  
   — Para Siempre
  Para Siempre
  Para siempre is the 79th studio album released by Mexican singer Vicente Fernández on September 18, 2007 by Sony BMG. Written and produced by Joan Sebastian, and co-produced by Jesús Rincón, the album is a successful mariachi record. It has sold two million copies worldwide, and is one of the...
  
  
• Kany García
  Kany García
  Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama...
  
   — Cualquier Día
  Cualquier Dia
  Cualquier Día is Latin Grammy winning album and debut Spanish album of Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany García. It reached the top 10 of the Latin Pop album charts in the United States, top 50 in Mexico and #1 in Puerto Rico. The album was released on July 10, 2007 and produced by Sony BMG...
  
  

Song of the Year
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — "Me Enamora

Me Enamora

"Me Enamora" is a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes. The song is the first radio single of his fourth solo studio album La Vida... Es un Ratico and it received three awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammy...

" (Juanes)

• Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...
  
   — "El presente
  El presente
  "El presente" is a song by Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her album MTV Unplugged Julieta Venegas. It is categorized as "A Worldwide Hit". The next song was placed in the top of Mexican radio, and Latin America and spent 11 weeks in the first place...
  
  " (Julieta Venegas)
• Café Tacuba — "Esta Vez" (Café Tacuba)
• Kany García
  Kany García
  Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama...
  
   — "Hoy Ya Me Voy
  Hoy Ya Me Voy
  "Hoy Ya Me Voy" is an award-winning, Latin Pop song and the first single of Puerto Rican new artist Kany García, from her debut album Cualquier Día. The song has received heavy airplay in Puerto Rico...
  
  " (Kany García)
• Aureo Baqueiro and Gian Marco — "Todavía" (Aureo Baqueiro and Gian Marco)

Best New Artist
Kany García

Kany García

Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama...

• Mónica Giraldo
• Diogo Nogueira
  Diogo Nogueira
  Diogo Nogueira is a singer and songwriter from Brazil. He is the son of composer João Nogueira and Ângela Maria Nogueira...
  
  
• Roberta Sá
• Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
  
  

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Kany García

Kany García

Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama...

 — Cualquier Día

Cualquier Dia

Cualquier Día is Latin Grammy winning album and debut Spanish album of Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany García. It reached the top 10 of the Latin Pop album charts in the United States, top 50 in Mexico and #1 in Puerto Rico. The album was released on July 10, 2007 and produced by Sony BMG...

• Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
  
   — Arpegios de Amor: Requiem por Tres Almas
  Arpegios de amor: Requiem por tres almas
  Arpegios de amor: Requiem por tres almas is the 21st studio album by Mexican pop singer Ana Gabriel. It was released on 2007. It was produced by herself and Roberto Roffiel...
  
  
• Alejandra Guzmán
  Alejandra Guzmán
  Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
  
   — Fuerza
  Fuerza
  Fuerza is the Latin Grammy nominated thirteen studio album released by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released on November 26, 2007. The first single released was "Soy Solo Un Secreto".-Album History:...
  
  
• Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....
  
   — Real
  Real (Ednita Nazario Album)
  Real is the 19th studio album and 23 album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. The album was released on December 11, 2007 in Puerto Rico and North America by Sony BMG. The first single of this album are No te Mentía . After the warm welcome to the first single, "No te Mentía", the...
  
  
• Rosario
  Rosario Flores
  Rosario Flores is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish gypsy singer and actress.She was born in Madrid, Spain as the daughter of Antonio González and Lola Flores. She is the sister of actress Lolita Flores and singer-songwriter Antonio Flores. She has a daughter with her ex boyfriend...
  
   — Parte de Mí

Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — La Vida... Es un Ratico

La Vida... Es un Ratico

La Vida... es un Ratico is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, which was released on October 23, 2007.-Album history:...

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — Quién Dijo Ayer
  Quién Dijo Ayer
  Quién Dijo Ayer is the compilation album released on August 21, 2007 by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona.-Track listing:Digital EditionStandard Edition...
  
  
• Jeremías
  Jeremias
  Carlos Eduardo López Avila, better known under his stage name Jeremías, is a British-Venezuelan singer-songwriter who was born in London, England on September 19, 1973, of Venezuelan parents. He moved to Venezuela at the age of 2, although he still maintains a British passport...
  
   — Un Día Más En El Gran Circo
  Un Día Más En El Gran Circo
  Un Día Más En El Gran Circo is the 3rd album by British-Venezuelan singer-songwriter Jeremías released on August 14, 2007. The album earned a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Album.-Track listing:# Un Día Más En El Gran Circo...
  
  
• Alejandro Lerner
  Alejandro Lerner
  Alejandro Federico Lerner is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has written and sang countless songs including several hits, and his fame and recognition spread all over South America....
  
   — Enojado
  Enojado
  Enojado is the 19th album recorded by Argentinian singer-songwriter Alejandro Lerner released on December 20, 2007.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Gian Marco — Desde Adentro

Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Belanova

Belanova

Belanova are a Mexican synthpop band that formed in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 2000. The group consists of Denisse Guerrero , Edgar Huerta , and Ricardo "Richie" Arreola...

 — Fantasía Pop

Fantasía Pop

Fantasía Pop - Deluxe Edition*CD11-Track CD, as well as the bonus tracks:#"Mírame" - 3:05#"Baila Mi Corazón" [Mijangos & Elorza Bossa Radio Edit] - 4:01...

• Hombres G
  Hombres G
  Hombres G is a Spanish pop rock band, formed in Spain in 1982. They are widely considered one of Spain's most important groups of the late 1980s and 1990s...
  
   — 10
• Kudai
  Kudai
  Kudai was a Latin Grammy Award-Nominated Chilean pop group was founded in Santiago, Chile. Its original members were Tomás Cañas Manzi, Pablo Holman Concha, Nicole Natalino and Bárbara Sepúlveda Labra. In 2006 Nicole Natalino left the group citing personal reasons, and was replaced by Ecuadorian...
  
   — Nadha
  Nadha
  Nadha is the third album of the Chilean pop/rock group Kudai. It was released in Latin America on May 13, 2008. The first single from the album, "Lejos De Aquí", was released on March 31, 2008. The name of the album, Nadha, is Sanskrit for "sound from the depths of the soul"...
  
  
• Kumbia All Starz
  Kumbia All Starz
  Kumbia All Starz are a Mexican cumbia music group from Corpus Christi, Texas, created by A.B. Quintanilla. Kumbia All Starz are not to be confused with Los Kumbia Kings although some members are originally from Los Kumbia Kings...
  
   — Planeta Kumbia
  Planeta Kumbia
  Planeta Kumbia is the second studio album by A.B. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia All Starz. It was released on March 4, 2008.-Track listing:-Other Songs Recorded:...
  
  
• RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   — Empezar Desde Cero
  Empezar Desde Cero
  Empezar Desde Cero is RBD's fourth and second to last studio album in Spanish, released simultaneously in Mexico and the US on November 20, 2007.-Album information:...
  
  

Urban

Best Urban Music Album
Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....

 — Los Extraterrestres

Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres

Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres is the sixth studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, released on November 6, 2007 by Machete Music. On November 13, 2008, the album received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album...

• Alexis & Fido — Sobrenatural
• Tego Calderón
  Tego Calderón
  Tegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.-Early life:Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Pilar Rosario Parrilla, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Moving at a young age from his native...
  
   — El Abayarde Contraataca
  El Abayarde Contraataca
  El Abayarde Contra-Ataca is the fourth album of Tego Calderón's discography. It was released on August 28, 2007. The tracks in the album are a fusion of African and West Indian rhythms, salsa, merengue, Colombian and Venezuelan sounds. Tego's first single is "Tradicional A Lo Bravo", produced by...
  
  
• Flex
  Flex (singer)
  Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
  
   — Te Quiero: Romantic Style In Da World
• Tito El Bambino
  Tito El Bambino
  Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
  
   — It's My Time
  It's My Time (Tito El Bambino album)
  It's My Time is the follow-up album from Tito El Bambino's Top of the Line, released on October 2, 2007. The first single released was "Sólo Dime Que Sí". It reached #9 in the Billboard Hot Latin Charts. The second single confirmed by Tito in an interview in Puerto Rico's No Te Duermas he said "El...
  
  

Best Urban Song
Flex

Flex (singer)

Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...

 — "Te Quiero

Te Quiero

Te Quiero , also known as Te Quiero: Romantic Style In Da World, is the debut album by Panamian singer-songwriter Flex. It was released in late September 21, 2007 in Mexico and Panamá and three months later on December 4, 2007 in United States, peaking at number-one on those three countries...

" (Flex)

• Tingui and Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   — "Al Son del Boom" (Miguelito
  Miguelito (artist)
  Miguel A. Valenzuela Morales , known as Miguelito, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist. He has released four albums.-Personal life:Miguelito is the youngest son of a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother...
  
   featuring Daddy Yankee)
• Tito El Bambino
  Tito El Bambino
  Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
  
   — "El Tra" (Tito El Bambino)
• Tego Calderón
  Tego Calderón
  Tegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.-Early life:Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Pilar Rosario Parrilla, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Moving at a young age from his native...
  
   — "Ni Fu Ni Fa" (Tego Calderón)
• Alexis, Fido and Toby Love
  Toby Love
  Octavio Rivera better known by his stage name Toby Love, is a Puerto Rican bachata musician. Love is known for performing a style of bachata music that combines traditional and urban singing and production.-Background:...
  
   — "Soy Igual Que Tú" (Alexis & Fido featuring Toby Love
  Toby Love
  Octavio Rivera better known by his stage name Toby Love, is a Puerto Rican bachata musician. Love is known for performing a style of bachata music that combines traditional and urban singing and production.-Background:...
  
  )

Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
Andrés Calamaro

Andrés Calamaro

Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...

 — La Lengua Popular

La Lengua Popular

La Lengua Popular is the 17th album by Argentine musician and composer Andrés Calamaro, released by Dro Atlantic in 2007. Its cover art was created by cartoonist Liniers...

• Chetes
  Chetes
  Luis Gerardo Garza Cisneros , better known as his stage name Chetes, is a Mexican rock musician, well known for being the leader of the influential Avanzada Regia rock bands Zurdok, Vaquero and eventually, his own solo career.-Biography:Chetes grew up in the Bay Area...
  
   — Efecto Dominó
  Efecto Dominó
  Efecto Dominó is an album by Chetes, released on April 15, 2008. The album received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album.-Track list:All songs written by Chetes except where noted:#Efecto Dominó #Fuera de Lugar #Querer...
  
  
• Alih Jey
  Alih Jey
  Alih Jey is a Dominican Rock music singer and songwriter.She was born as Alih Jey de Peña Jiménez. Her family is well known in the Dominican show business industry: her father, Anibal de Peña, and her mother, Alida Iluminada Jiménez, are well known musicians there as well...
  
   — Necia
• Juanse — Energía Divina
• Loquillo — Balmoral
• Siddhartha — Why You?

Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Molotov

Molotov (band)

Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...

 — Eternamiente

Eternamiente

Eternamiente is Molotov's fifth album, which was released October 16, 2007. It's a compilation of four EPs, each one made by a member of the band individually, plus two new tracks...

• Bersuit — ?
  ? (Bersuit album)
  ? is the ninth album by the Argentine rock band Bersuit Vergarabat. It was recorded from July to October 2007, and was released on 18 December 2007 by Pussyfoot Records.-Track listing:- Personnel :*Gustavo E. Cordera – lead vocals...
  
  
• Catupecu Machu
  Catupecu Machu
  Catupecu Machu is an Argentine rock band, usually classified as within Rock en Español. Its current band members are Fernando Ruíz Díaz in voices and guitar; Sebastián Cáceres in bass guitar; Javier "Il Grosso" Herrlein in drums and accordion; and Macabre in keyboards and samplers.-Biography:The...
  
   — Laberintos Entre Artistas y Dialectos
• Héroes del Silencio
  Héroes del Silencio
  Héroes del Silencio was a Spanish rock band from Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, formed by Juan Valdivia and Enrique Bunbury. During the 1990s they experienced success around Spain and the Americas, and in various European countries including Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Serbia and Portugal...
  
   — Tour 2007
• Panda
  Panda (band)
  Panda is a Mexican alternative rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1996 as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...
  
   — Sinfonía Soledad
  Sinfonía Soledad
  Sinfonía Soledad is the fifth album by Mexican rock band Panda, and the first to be recorded live.The album is based on a compilation of the best known songs of the band recorded on 25 and 26 November 2006 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City; tracks "Nunca Nadie Nos Podrá Parar "...
  
  

Best Rock Song
Café Tacuba — "Esta Vez" (Café Tacuba)

• Javier Morales — "Ayer" (Black Guayaba
  Black Guayaba
  Black Guayaba, often spelled Black:Guayaba, is a Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rock band that was formed in 2000.-Band history:Black Guayaba is formed by Gustavo González , Javier Morales , Carlos Ortíz , Carlos Colón , and Gabriel Calero...
  
  )
• Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
  
   and Cachorro López — "Carnaval de Brasil" (Andrés Calamaro)
• Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
  
   — "Mi Gin Tonic" (Andrés Calamaro)
• Randy Ebright — "Yofo" (Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
  )

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album
Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...

 — MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged (Julieta Venegas album)

- DVD :- Personnel :* Gustavo Borner: Recording engineer, mixing, mastering. Mixed at: Igloo Music * Juan Pablo Falluca: Movil recording* Juan Carlos Ertze: Recording ssistant* Gabriel Castanon: Recording assistant...

• Babasonicos
  Babasónicos
  Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late '80s and early '90s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock...
  
   — Mucho
  Mucho
  Mucho is the 9th album by Argentine rock group Babasónicos. It was released on CD in 2008. The first single for the album is "Pijamas", and peaked 1 in Argentina...
  
  
• Café Tacuba — Si No
• Circo
  Circo
  Circo is a New Wave Indie band from Puerto Rico which formed in 2001. Its members are Jose Luis "Fofé" Abreu , Edgardo "Egui" Santiago , José David Pérez , Nicolás Cordero , and Orlando Méndez...
  
   — Cursi
• Manu Chao
  Manu Chao
  Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
  
   — La Radiolina
  La Radiolina
  La Radiolina is the fifth solo album by Manu Chao. It was released on 4 September 2007. Italy saw an advance release of the album on 30 August....
  
  

Best Alternative Song
Café Tacuba — "Volver a Comenzar" (Café Tacuba)

• José Luis Abreu, Marteen Andruet and Orlando Méndez — "Alguien" (Circo
  Circo
  Circo is a New Wave Indie band from Puerto Rico which formed in 2001. Its members are Jose Luis "Fofé" Abreu , Edgardo "Egui" Santiago , José David Pérez , Nicolás Cordero , and Orlando Méndez...
  
  )
• Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
  
   — "5 Minutos Más (Minibar)" (Andrés Calamaro)
• Juan Campodónico
  Juan Campodónico
  Juan Campodónico, sometimes working under his stage name Campo, is an Uruguayan musician and producer, and former member of El Peyote Asesino. He produced albums by Jorge Drexler, and also creates Bajofondo project alongside iconic producer and two-time Academy Award winner for Best Original Score...
  
   and Fernando Santullo — "El Mareo
  El Mareo
  "El Mareo" is a song by South American band Bajofondo featuring vocals by the famous Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati.After their successful single "Pa' Bailar" featuring Japanese bandoneonist Ryōta Komatsu and just before starting their tour through North and Latin America, the band decided...
  
  " (Bajofondo
  Bajofondo
  Bajofondo is a "Río de la Plata" based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay. The band, which refers to itself as a "collective of composers, singers and artists", was formerly called "Bajofondo Tango Club", but shortened the name to "Bajofondo" after they felt their...
  
   featuring Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
  
  )
• Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
  
   — "Normal" (Ximena Sariñana)
• María del Mar Rodríguez Carnero — "Papeles Mojados" (Chambao
  Chambao
  Chambao is a flamenco-electronic band originally from Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, known for a Flamenco Chill sound that fuses flamenco sounds and palos with electronic music...
  
  )

Tropical

Best Salsa Album
Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

 — El Cantante

El Cantante (soundtrack)

El Cantante is the soundtrack to the motion picture of the same name by American pop musician Marc Anthony. The album was released on July 24, 2007 by Sony Norte. The entire album, with the exception of the last track "Toma de Mí", is a cover album of songs originally recorded by the famous Puerto...

• Grupo Galé — Auténtico
• Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   — Soy
• Maelo Ruiz
  Maelo Ruiz
  Maelo Ruiz is a salsa singer from New York. His album Puro Corazon was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album, but lost to El Cantante by Marc Anthony.-Discography:*Solo...
  
   — Puro Corazón...
• Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
   — Contraste

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
Peter Manjarrés, Emiliano Zuleta

Emiliano Zuleta

Emiliano Zuleta Baquero was a Colombian vallenato composer, accordion player and singer, popularly known as El viejo Mile . Zuleta was born on January 11, 1912 in La Jagua del Pilar, a small town of la Guajira; He died on October 30, 2005 in Valledupar from respiratory problems...

 and Sergio Luis — Sólo Clásicos

• Chicas de Canela — Chicas de Canela
• El Combo de las Estrellas — Somos La Esencia
• Gusi & Beto — La Mandarina
• Emilianito Zuleta and Toba Zuleta — Palabra de Honor

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
José Feliciano

José Feliciano

José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...

 — Señor Bachata

• Joe Arroyo
  Joe Arroyo
  Álvaro José Arroyo González was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean music in his country....
  
   — El Súper Joe
• Fonseca
  Fonseca
  Fonseca is a common Portuguese, Galician and Italian surname, whilst the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well.’...
  
   — Gratitud
• Adriana Lucía — Porro Nuevo
• Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   — Éxitos en Dos Tiempos

Best Traditional Tropical Album
Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

 — 90 Millas

90 Millas

90 Millas is the tenth solo studio album by the Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan, and her fourth Spanish language album. It was released on September 17, 2007 by SonyBMG...

• Albita, Rey Ruiz
  Rey Ruiz
  Rey Ruiz is a salsa singer from Cuba. Ruiz reached international fame across Latin America, Europe and among Hispanic music fans in the United States.-Biography:...
  
   and Donato Poveda — Cuba: Un Viaje Musical
• Chucho Avellanet
  Chucho Avellanet
  Armando Hipólito Avellanet González , nicknamed "Chucho" is a Puerto Rican singer and comedic actor...
  
   with Trío Los Andinos — Bohemio
• Edwin Colón Zayas — El Cuarto Puertorriqueño... Reafirmación
• Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   — Una Navidad A Mi Estilo

Best Tropical Song

• Emilio Estefan, Jr., Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
  , Alberto Gaitán and Ricardo Gaitán — "Píntame De Colores
  Píntame De Colores
  "Píntame De Colores" was the third single released by Gloria Estefan for her eleventh studio album 90 Millas. This exclusive single was released only at Europe, but later was released at the United States in February 2008....
  
  " (Gloria Estefan)
• Juan José Hernández — "Conteo Regresivo" (Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
  )
• Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   — "Llegó El Amor" (Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
  )
• Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...
  
   — "Me Vio Llorar" (Jorge Celedón and Jimmy Zambrano)

Singer-Songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter Album
Fito Páez

Fito Páez

Rodolfo "Fito" Páez Ávalos is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, Spanish language singer and film director.-Early career:...

 — Rodolfo

Rodolfo (album)

Rodolfo is a studio album released by Argentinian recording artist Fito Páez. Released by Sony BMG in September 12, 2007, it was recorded at the Circo Beat Studios in Argentina. The album includes two instrumental tracks, the remainder made only with piano and voice...

• Djavan
  Djavan
  Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance...
  
   — Matizes
• Gilberto Gil
  Gilberto Gil
  Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...
  
   — Banda Larga Cordel
• Pablo Milanés
  Pablo Milanés
  Pablo Milanés Arias is a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitar player. He studied at a conservatory in Havana. He is considered one of the founders of the Cuban nueva trova, along with Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola...
  
   — Regalo
• Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
  
   — Tarde O Temprano

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album
Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

 — Para Siempre

Para Siempre

Para siempre is the 79th studio album released by Mexican singer Vicente Fernández on September 18, 2007 by Sony BMG. Written and produced by Joan Sebastian, and co-produced by Jesús Rincón, the album is a successful mariachi record. It has sold two million copies worldwide, and is one of the...

• Pepe Aguilar
  Pepe Aguilar
  José "Pepe" Aguilar Jiménez is a popular singer-songwriter of ranchera, mariachi and pop music. Pepe is the son of Mexican icon Antonio Aguilar and folkloric actress Flor Silvestre.-Career:...
  
   — 100% Mexicano
• Pedro Fernández
  Pedro Fernández
  José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:*1979: La De La Mochila Azul*1989: Vicio*1990: Por Un Amigo Más*1991: Muñecos De Papel...
  
   — Dime Mi Amor
• Los Temerarios
  Los Temerarios
  Los Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....
  
   — Recuerdos del Alma
  Recuerdos del Alma
  -Personnel:This information from Allmusic.*Adolfo Ángel Alba — Producer*Ernesto Abrego — Keyboards, musical direction*Mayra Angelica Alba — Production coordination*Guadalupe Alfaro — Vihuela*Martin Arano — Percussion*Onesimo Arce — Guitar...
  
  
• Jenni Rivera — ¡La Diva En Vivo!

Best Banda Album
Los Horóscopos de Durango

Los Horoscopos de Durango

Los Horóscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas in Chicago during 1975...

 — Ayer, Hoy y Siempre

• Banda el Recodo
  Banda el Recodo
  Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
  
   — Qué Bonito... ¡Es Lo Bonito!
• El Chapo
  El Chapo
  El Chapo may refer to:*El Chapo de Sinaloa - born Ernesto Pérez in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, is a Mexican conjunto/norteño/banda singer;*Joaquín Guzmán - Joaquin "el Chapo" Guzmán , the head of an international drug trafficking organization referred to as either the "Alianza de Sangre" or the Sinaloa...
  
   — Mis Rancheras Consentidas
• Los Creadorez del Pasito Duranguense de Alfredo Ramírez
  Los Creadorez del Pasito Duranguense de Alfredo Ramírez
  Los Creadorez del Pasito Duranguense is a Chicago project headed by the internationally known Alfredo Ramírez Corral. In 1996, alongside co-founder Ismael Mijarez, Corral put together one of the very first stateside duranguense groups, and achieved great success...
  
   — Listos, Montados y Armados
• Joan Sebastian
  Joan Sebastian
  Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...
  
   — No Es De Madera

Best Tejano Album
Emilio Navaira — De Nuevo

• Chente Barrera & Taconazo — Music Lessons
• Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz
  Mazz
  Mazz is a Grammy Award–winning Tejano band originating from south Texas. They were formed in Brownsville, TX, by singer/guitarists Jimmy González and Joe López, and emerged as one of the most innovative bands in their genre after adding synthesizer to combine traditional Mexican music and popular...
  
   — Incomparable
• Freddie Martínez — The Legend Returns
• Elida Reyna — Domingo

Best Norteño Album
Siggno — Six Pack

• Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
  
   — Que Ganas de Volver
  Que Ganas de Volver
  -Personnel:This information from Allmusic.*Jesús Guillén — Producer*Tony Gonzáles — Engineer, mastering, mixing*Conjunto Primavera — Art direction*Félix Contreras — Art direction*Adriana Rebold — Graphic design, art direction*Kike San Martin — Photography...
  
  
• Los Palominos
  Los Palominos
  Los Palominos are a tejano group from Uvalde, Texas.Los Palominos were formed in 1986 by four brothers under the name Los Tremendos Pequeños. Their repertory includes polka, rancheras, boleros, ballads, and cumbias. They signed with Sony Discos in 1994 after meeting with Armando Lichtenberger and...
  
   — Me Enamoré de un Angel
• Los Tigres del Norte
  Los Tigres del Norte
  Los Tigres del Norte is a norteño-band ensemble based out of San Jose, California, hailing from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico.- History :...
  
   — Raíces
• Pesado — Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor

Best Regional Mexican Song
Joan Sebastian

Joan Sebastian

Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...

 — "Estos Celos

Estos Celos

"Estos Celos" is the title of a song written and produced by Mexican singer-songwriter Joan Sebastian and recorded by Mexican performer Vicente Fernández...

" (Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

)

• Freddie Martínez, Jr. — "Búscame En El Cielo" (Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz
  Mazz
  Mazz is a Grammy Award–winning Tejano band originating from south Texas. They were formed in Brownsville, TX, by singer/guitarists Jimmy González and Joe López, and emerged as one of the most innovative bands in their genre after adding synthesizer to combine traditional Mexican music and popular...
  
  )
• Charlie Corona and Jesse Turner — "Decirte Te Quiero" (Siggno)
• Adolfo Angel — "Si Tú Te Vas" (Los Temerarios
  Los Temerarios
  Los Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....
  
  )

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album
Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá — Orquesta Filarmómoca de Bogotá - 40 Años

• Kenny G
  Kenny G
  Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986...
  
   — Rhythm & Romance
  Rhythm & Romance (Kenny G album)
  Rhythm & Romance is the ninth studio album by Kenny G.-Track listing:#"Sax-O-Loco" - 5:13 #"Ritmo Y Romance " - 7:11 #"Sabor A Mi" - 4:22...
  
  
• Paulo Moura — Pra Cá E Para Lá
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba
  Gonzalo Rubalcaba
  Gonzalo Rubalcaba is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca was born in Havana, Cuba, May 27, 1963, into a musical family rich in the traditions of the country’s artistic past...
  
   — Avatar
• Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club.Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during the 1940s...
  
   and Javier Colina — Live at the Village Vanguard

Traditional

Best Folk Album
Cholo Valderrama — Caballo!

• Damaris
  Damaris
  Damaris is the name of a woman mentioned in Acts of the Apostles .- Life :According to Acts of the Apostles , Damaris lived in Athens in the mid 1st century. She embraced the Christian faith following the speech of Paul of Tarsus, given in front of the Athenian Areopagus...
  
   — Mil Caminos
• Mariza
  Mariza
  Mariza is the stage name of a popular fado singer. She was born Marisa dos Reis Nunes on 16 December 1973 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. At the time, Mozambique was known as the Portuguese Overseas Province of Mozambique....
  
   — Terra
• Perú Negro
  Perú Negro
  Perú Negro is an Afro-Peruvian musical ensemble founded in 1969 to celebrate and preserve Peru's black culture and música criolla. Ronaldo Campos de la Colina founded the Lima-based group with 12 family members...
  
   — Zamba Malató
• Walter Silva
  Walter Silva
  Walter Silva is a professional baseball pitcher, currently playing for the Sultanes de Monterrey in the Mexican League. He pitched part of for the San Diego Padres.-Baseball career:...
  
   — 20 Éxitos

Best Tango Album
Various Artists — Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango

• Esteban Morgado Cuarteto — Milongueros
• Luis Salinas
  Luis Salinas
  Luis Salinas is an Argentine jazz guitarist who plays both electric and nylon string guitars. His music includes elements of bossa nova, Brazilian samba, Afro-Uruguayan candombe, salsa, boleros and jazz....
  
   — Tango
• Javier Vinasco and Edith Ruiz — Astos Piazzolla/Heitor Villa-Lobos
• Pablo Ziegler
  Pablo Ziegler
  Pablo Ziegler is an Argentine composer based in Buenos Aires and New York City. He is currently the leading exponent of nuevo tango, thanks to the skills and reputation he gathered while working extensively as Ástor Piazzolla's regular pianist from 1978 until the maestro's retirement for health...
  
  , Quique Sinesi and Walter Castro — Buenos Aires Report

Best Flamenco Album
Juan Habichuela — Una Guitarra En Granada

• Diego Amador — Río de los Canasteros
• Camarón de la Isla
  Camarón de la Isla
  Camarón de la Isla , was the stage name of a spanish flamenco singer José Monje Cruz who is sometimes also credited as Camarón de la Isla....
  
   — Reencuentro
• Esperanza Fernández — Recuerdos
• Lole — Metáfora

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album
Caribbean Jazz Project

Caribbean Jazz Project

Caribbean Jazz Project is a Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban jazz group including Dave Samuels, Paquito D'Rivera and Andy Narell. They might be best known for their 2002 album The Gathering. They have recorded seven albums, five for the Concord Jazz label, one for Inak Records and one for Heads...

 featuring Dave Samuels

Dave Samuels

Dave Samuels is an American vibraphone player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group...

 — Afro Bop Alliance

• Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto — Brasilianos 2
• Pau Brasil — Nonada
• David Sánchez
  David Sánchez (musician)
  David Sanchez is a well known, 2005 Grammy winning jazz tenor saxophonist from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico born in September 1968.-Early life:Sanchez took up the conga when he was eight and started playing tenor saxophone at age 12. The earliest influences were Afro-Caribbean and danza but also European...
  
   — Cultural Survival
• Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround — Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
Soraya Moraes

Soraya Moraes

Soraya Moraes is a Brazilian gospel singer.Moraes was born in São Paulo and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, Guerra, was released in 1993. In 1998, she signed with Gospel Records as a solo artist, and her debut, Pensando...

 — Tengo Sed de Tí

Tengo Sed de Tí

Tengo Sed de Tí is a Spanish album released by Brazilian Christian singer Soraya Moraes.-Track listing:# "Tengo Sed de Ti"# "Estoy Listo"# "Tus Altares"# "Nube de Gloria"# "Me Alegro En El Señor"# "Tempo de Celebración"# "Brazos de Amor"...

• Aline Barros — Refréscate!
• Alex Campos
  Alex Campos
  Édgar Alexánder Campos Mora Better known as Alex Campos is a Christian singer that is popular in Latin America and in Spanish speaking countries. In 2001 he founded his musical company, Misión Vida, to promote his ministry...
  
   — Cuidaré de Tí
• Jesus Adrian Romero
  Jesus Adrian Romero
  Jesus Adrian Romero is a Mexican author, Christian music singer, composer and pastor from Hermosillo, Sonora in Mexico.- Biography :Jesús Adrián Romero was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, México...
  
   — Ayer Te Ví... Fue Más Claro Que La Luna
• Marcos Witt
  Marcos Witt
  Marcos Witt , is an American, four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Christian singer and pastor.-Biography:Marcos Witt is the second born of three children to Jerry and Nola Witt, a young American missionary couple. The Witt family moved to Durango, México, in 1964 and they started a missionary...
  
   — Sinfonía del Alma
  Sinfonía del Alma
  Sinfonía del Alma is the thirty-first album released by Christian singer Marcos Witt. The album is dedicated to Witt's father who died a year before. This album was nominated for a Billboard Award and Latin Grammy in the category of Best Christian album...
  
  

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)
Soraya Moraes

Soraya Moraes

Soraya Moraes is a Brazilian gospel singer.Moraes was born in São Paulo and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, Guerra, was released in 1993. In 1998, she signed with Gospel Records as a solo artist, and her debut, Pensando...

 — Som Da Chuva

• Aline Barros — Aline Barros & CIA 2
• Fernanda Brum — Cura-Me
• Toque No Altar — E Impossivel Mas Deus Pode
• Andre Valadao — Sobrenatural
• Italo Villar — Deus Sonha Com Vocé

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Vanessa da Mata

Vanessa da Mata

Vanessa da Mata - with full name Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira - is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter...

 — Sim

• Arnaldo Antunes
  Arnaldo Antunes
  Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
  
   — Ao Vivo No Estúdio
• Danni Carlos
  Danni Carlos
  Daniela Carlos de Araújo is a Brazilian singer, composer, musician and actress.-Discography:*2003 - Rock'n'Road*2004 - Rock'n'Road Again*2005 - Rock'n'Road All Night*2006 - Rock'n'Road Movies...
  
   — Música Nova
• Ney Matogrosso
  Ney Matogrosso
  Ney de Sousa Pereira, known as Ney Matogrosso is a Brazilian singer who is distinguished for his uncommon sopranino voice.-Biography:...
  
   — Inflassificáveis
• Rosa Passos
  Rosa Passos
  Rosa Passos is a Brazilian singer and guitarist born in Bahia.Passos began playing piano at age thirteen, but after listening to Dorival Caymmi and João Gilberto she abandoned the instrument to become a singer. In the late 1960s, Passos began appearing on television and at music festivals...
  
   — Romance

Best Brazilian Rock Album
CPM 22

CPM 22

CPM 22 is a brazilian melodic hardcore band from São Paulo formed in 1995.Band members are Fernando Estefano , Ricardo Di Roberto , Fernando Sanches Takara and Luciano Garcia .- History :...

 — Cidade Cinza

• Charlie Brown Jr.
  Charlie Brown Jr.
  Charlie Brown Jr. is a Brazilian rock band, from the city of Santos, São Paulo. Their biggest influences are The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Suicidal Tendencies and Rage Against the Machine.-Current formation:* Chorão - Vocals...
  
   — Ritmo, Ritual e Responsa
• Detonautas Roque Clube — O Retorno de Saturno
  O Retorno de Saturno
  O Retorno de Saturno is the fourth album by Detonautas, released in 2008 by Sony BMG. It is the first album without guitarist Rodrigo Netto, who was assassinated in 2006.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Nação Zumbi
  Nação Zumbi
  Nação Zumbi is a Brazilian rock band formed by Chico Science. The musicians of the group continued as Nação Zumbi after Chico died in a car accident on February 2, 1997....
  
   — Fome de Tudo
• Pitty
  Pitty
  Priscilla Novaes Leone , better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian rock singer.She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her career, being one of the best selling rock artists in the 2000s...
  
   — {Des}concerto Ao Vivo - 06-07-07 Traje: (Rock Fino)

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Paulinho da Viola

Paulinho da Viola

Paulinho da Viola is a Brazilian sambista, singer/songwriter, guitar, cavaquinho and mandolin player, known for his sophisticated harmonies and soft, gentle singing voice.-Biography:...

 — Acústico MTV

• Beth Carvalho
  Beth Carvalho
  Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho is a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer.-Biography:...
  
   — Canta O Samba Da Bahia Ao Vivo
• Arlindo Cruz
  Arlindo Cruz
  Arlindo Cruz is a Brazilian musician, composer and singer, working in the genre of samba and pagode...
  
   — Sambista Perfeito
• Luiz Melodia
  Luiz Melodia
  Luiz Melodia, born Luiz Carlos dos Santos is a Brazilian composer and singer of MPB.He started his musical career in 1963 with singer Mizinho, and worked as a typographer, salesman and musician in nightclubs. In 1964 he had formed the groupd called "Os Instantâneos", with Manoel, Nazareno and...
  
   — Estação Melodia
• Maria Rita
  Maria Rita
  Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...
  
   — Samba Meu

Best MPB Album
Seu Jorge

Seu Jorge

Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba...

 — América Brasil o Disco

• Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia Vianna Telles Veloso , better known as Maria Bethânia , is a singer and sister of Caetano Veloso. She started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião"...
  
   — Dentro Do Mar Tem Rio - Ao Vivo
• Chico Buarque
  Chico Buarque
  Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
  
   — Chico Buarque Carioca - Ao Vivo
• Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the original members of the Cuarteto d'Aida, and has performed with Ignacio Piñeiro, Orquesta Anacaona, Orquesta Aragón, Nat King Cole, Adalberto Álvarez, Los Van Van, the Buena Vista...
  
   and Maria Bethânia — Omara Portuondo e Maria Bethânia
• Roberta Sá — Que Belo Estranho Dia Pra Se Ter Alegria
• Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...
  
   — Multishow Ao Vivo Cê

Best Romantic Music Album
César Menotti and Fabiano

Fabiano

Fabiano is a given name or surname, and may refer to:*Fabiano Anthony Forte, better known as Fabian, American singer and entertainer*Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle distance runner*Fabiano Pereira, Brazilian footballer...

 — .com Você

• Bruno & Marrone — Acústico II - Volume 1
• Daniel — Difícil Năo Falar de Amor
• Leonardo
  Leandro e Leonardo
  Leandro e Leonardo were a Brazilian sertanejo duo. The two brothers, Leandro and Leonardo , were from Goianápolis.-History:...
  
   — Coração Bandido
• Roberta Miranda
  Roberta Miranda
  Roberta Miranda, artistic name of Maria Albuquerque Miranda, from João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil is a Brazilian singer. She is the third best-selling female artist in Brazil behind Xuxa and Maria Bethania , with 14.2 million discs sold so far. She got her start in the music industry singing in the...
  
   — Senhora Raiz

Best Contemporary Brazilian Roots Album
Elba Ramalho

Elba ramalho

Elba Ramalho, is a Brazilian songwriter, performer, poet and actress. She is sometimes called "The Queen of Forró"....

 — Qual O Assunto Que Mais Lhe Interessa?

• Harmonia Do Samba — Esse Som Vai Te Levar - Ao Vivo
• Trio Curupira — Pés No Brasil, Cabeça No Mundo
• Trio Virgulino — 26 Anos De Estrada
• Victor & Leo — Ao Vivo Em Uberlândia

Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album
Chitãozinho & Xororó

Chitãozinho & Xororó

Chitãozinho & Xororó are a Brazilian sertanejo duo. Chitãozinho is the stage name of José Lima Sobrinho and Xororó that of Durval de Lima. Their music, which combines traditional Brazilian caipira with pop, was instrumental in establishing the sertanejo genre...

 — Grandes Clássicos Sertanejos Acústico I

• Pedro Bento and Zé Da Estrada — 50 Anos de Mariachis & Grandes Sucessos Sertanejos
• Renato Borghetti
  Renato Borghetti
  Renato Borghetti is a Brazilian folk musician and composer.He works in many genres including traditional styles from his home state of Rio Grande do Sul, other styles of Brazilian music like samba, and international genres like jazz and European classical music. His main instrument is the diatonic...
  
   — Fandango!
• Cezar & Paulinho — Companheiro é Companheiro
• Siba E A Fuloresta — Toda Vez Que Eu Dou Um Passo O Mundo Sai Dolugar

Best Brazilian Song
Marco Moraes and Soraya Moraes

Soraya Moraes

Soraya Moraes is a Brazilian gospel singer.Moraes was born in São Paulo and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, Guerra, was released in 1993. In 1998, she signed with Gospel Records as a solo artist, and her debut, Pensando...

 — "Som Da Chuva" (Soraya Moraes)

• Vanessa da Mata
  Vanessa da Mata
  Vanessa da Mata - with full name Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira - is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter...
  
   and Sérgio Mendes
  Sergio Mendes
  Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
  
   — "Acode" (Vanessa da Mata and Sérgio Mendes)
• Dudu Falcão — "Coisas Que Eu Sei" (Danni Carlos
  Danni Carlos
  Daniela Carlos de Araújo is a Brazilian singer, composer, musician and actress.-Discography:*2003 - Rock'n'Road*2004 - Rock'n'Road Again*2005 - Rock'n'Road All Night*2006 - Rock'n'Road Movies...
  
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• Djavan
  Djavan
  Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance...
  
   — "Delírio Dos Mortais" (Djavan)
• Jota Maranhão and Jorge Vercillo — "Ela Une Todas As Coisas" (Jorge Vercillo)

Children's

Best Latin Children Album
Miguelito

Miguelito

José Miguel Organista Simões Aguiar, aka Miguelito , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória de Setúbal. A speedy player, he can operate as defender or midfielder, on the left side of the pitch....

 — El Heredero

El Heredero

El Heredero is the second studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Miguelito. On November 13, 2008 El Heredero won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children Album.-Track listing:-External links:* *...

• Claraluna — Un Lugar Llamado Colombia
• Raquel Durães — Hora de Dormir
• Niños Adorando — Niños Adorando 3
• Remi
  Remi
  The Remi were a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul in the 1st century BC. They occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa and Matrona , and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle.Their...
  
   — Alegrate
• Strings For Kids — Acordes para Hormiguitas y Menudas Criaturas

Classical

Best Classical Album
Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...

 — Pasión Española

• Gustavo Dudamel
  Gustavo Dudamel
  Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is currently the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California...
  
   — Fiesta
• Sérgio
  Sergio Assad
  Sérgio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers or Duo Assad.-Biography:...
  
   and Odair Assad — Jardim Abandonado
• Sílvio Barbato and Turíbio Santos
  Turibio Santos
  Turibio Soares Santos is considered one of the best Brazilian guitar players alive.He established himself with a wide repertoire of pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazareth, Francisco Mignone, and by accompanying musicians like Clara Sverner, Paulo Moura and Olivia Byington on many CDs.At...
  
   — Violão Sinfônico

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Carlos José Castro — "Concierto del Sol" (Orquesta Filarmónica de Costa Rica)

Sérgio

Sergio Assad

Sérgio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers or Duo Assad.-Biography:...

 — "Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina" (Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad)

• Jorge Liderman
  Jorge Liderman
  Jorge Mario Liderman was an American composer. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and taught composition at the University of California, Berkeley.- Life :...
  
   — "Barcelonazo" (Jorge Liderman)
• Roberto Valera — "Non Divisi" (Camerata Romeu)
• Aurelio De La Vega — "Variación del Recuerdo" (The North/South Chamber Orchestra)

Recording Package

Best Recording Package
Various Artists — Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango

Art directors: Leicia Gotlibowski, Daniel Kotliar, Karina Levy, Andres Mayo and Mercedes Sencio

• Jorge Drexler
  Jorge Drexler
  Jorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
  
   — Cara B
  • Art director: Santiago Velazco-Land
• Nação Zumbi
  Nação Zumbi
  Nação Zumbi is a Brazilian rock band formed by Chico Science. The musicians of the group continued as Nação Zumbi after Chico died in a car accident on February 2, 1997....
  
   — Fome de Tudo
  • Art directors: Jorge Du Peixe and Valentina Trajano
• Orquesta La 33 — Gózalo
  • Art director: Gaspar Guerra
• Nortec Collective
  Nortec Collective
  Nortec Collective is a musical ensemble formed by various individual one or two man production projects. The group came together in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Their sound genre mixes electronica with musical elements and instrumentation of Tambora and Norteño music, resulting in the nortec ...
  
   presents Bostich and Fussible — Tijuana Sound Machine
  • Art director: Fritz Torres

Production

Best Engineered Album
Maria Bethânia

Maria Bethânia

Maria Bethânia Vianna Telles Veloso , better known as Maria Bethânia , is a singer and sister of Caetano Veloso. She started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião"...

 — Dentro Do Mar Tem Rio - Ao Vivo

Engineer: Moogie Canazio; Mastering engineers: Moogie Canazio and Luiz Tornaghi

• David Cavazos
  David Cavazos
  David Cavazos is a Mexican singer-songwriter.David Cavazos began composing music at the age of eighteen and later signed with Warner Music Mexico, music label in which he found the support he needed to begin a solo career. He recorded his self-titled debut album in 2007 and released it on May 13,...
  
   — David Cavazos
  • Engineer: Humberto Gatica
    Humberto Gatica
    Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer anda long-time collaborator with producer David Foster....
    
    ; Mastering engineer: Bernie Grundman
    Bernie Grundman
    -Biography:He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1983 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan and Brian Gardner, mastered 37 projects which received Grammy Award nominations in 2005.Grundman...
    
    
• Bobby Valentín
  Bobby Valentin
  Bobby Valentin, also known as "El Rey del Bajo" , is a musician and salsa bandleader.-Early years:...
  
   — Evolution
  • Engineers: Gabriel Peña, Héctor Iván Rosa and Bobby Valentín; Mastering engineer: José Lugo
• Obra Inversa — Obra Inversa
  • Engineer and mastering engineer: Ariel Alejandro Gato
• Kenny G
  Kenny G
  Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986...
  
   — Rhythm & Romance
  Rhythm & Romance (Kenny G album)
  Rhythm & Romance is the ninth studio album by Kenny G.-Track listing:#"Sax-O-Loco" - 5:13 #"Ritmo Y Romance " - 7:11 #"Sabor A Mi" - 4:22...
  
  
  • Engineers: Chris Brooke, Steve Churchyard, Humberto Gatica
    Humberto Gatica
    Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer anda long-time collaborator with producer David Foster....
    
     and Rodolfo Vazquez; Mastering engineer: Stephen Marcussen
• Rosa Passos
  Rosa Passos
  Rosa Passos is a Brazilian singer and guitarist born in Bahia.Passos began playing piano at age thirteen, but after listening to Dorival Caymmi and João Gilberto she abandoned the instrument to become a singer. In the late 1960s, Passos began appearing on television and at music festivals...
  
   — Romance
  • Engineers: Carlos "KK" Akamine and Al Schmitt
    Al Schmitt
    Al Schmitt is a recording engineer and record producer.-Early career:Schmitt grew up in New York City. After serving in the U.S. Navy he began working at Apex Recording Studios at the age of 19. In the late 1950's Schmitt moved to Los Angeles and became a staff engineer at Radio Recorders on Santa...
    
    ; Mastering engineer: Doug Sax

Producer of the Year
Sergio George

Sergio George

Sergio George is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well...

• Alejandro Acosta, Bob Benozzo and Roberto Cantero
• Tweety González
  Tweety González
  Fabián A. González Amado , know with his stage name Tweety González, is an Argentine musician and record producer. He is best known for his work as collaborator keyboardist for the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo....
  
   and Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
  
  
• Javier Limón
• Cachorro Lopez

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — "Me Enamora

Me Enamora

"Me Enamora" is a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes. The song is the first radio single of his fourth solo studio album La Vida... Es un Ratico and it received three awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammy...

"

• Babasonicos
  Babasónicos
  Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late '80s and early '90s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock...
  
   — "Pijamas"
• Bajofondo
  Bajofondo
  Bajofondo is a "Río de la Plata" based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay. The band, which refers to itself as a "collective of composers, singers and artists", was formerly called "Bajofondo Tango Club", but shortened the name to "Bajofondo" after they felt their...
  
   — "Pa' Bailar
  Pa' Bailar
  "Pa' Bailar" is Bajofondo's first single from their third studio album Mar Dulce. This song features Japanese bandoneonist Ryōta Komatsu. The song is used as the theme of the Brazilian soap opera A Favorita.-Tracklist:...
  
  "
• Manu Chao
  Manu Chao
  Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
  
   — "Me Llaman Calle"
• Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
   — "Yofo"

Best Long Form Music Video
Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...

 — MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged (Julieta Venegas album)

- DVD :- Personnel :* Gustavo Borner: Recording engineer, mixing, mastering. Mixed at: Igloo Music * Juan Pablo Falluca: Movil recording* Juan Carlos Ertze: Recording ssistant* Gabriel Castanon: Recording assistant...

• Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...
  
   — Papitour
• Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
   — 90 Millas
  90 Millas
  90 Millas is the tenth solo studio album by the Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan, and her fourth Spanish language album. It was released on September 17, 2007 by SonyBMG...
  
  
• Joan Manuel Serrat
  Joan Manuel Serrat
  Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages...
  
   and Joaquin Sabina
  Joaquín Sabina
  Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums...
  
   — Dos Pajaros de un Tiro
• Various Artists — Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Angélica María
  Angélica María
  Angélica María Hartman Ortiz is an Mexican-American actress and a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter. She is a legendary entertainer and is known as La Novia de Mexico .-Early life:...
  
  
• Vikki Carr
  Vikki Carr
  Vikki Carr is an American singer and humanitarian from El Paso, Texas. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish.-Career:After taking the stage name 'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records in 1962...
  
  
• Cheo Feliciano
  Cheo Feliciano
  José Feliciano, better known as Cheo Feliciano , is a composer and singer of salsa and bolero music.-Early years:...
  
  
• Astrud Gilberto
  Astrud Gilberto
  Astrud Gilberto is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She is well known for the Grammy Award-winning song "The Girl from Ipanema".-Biography:...
  
  
• María Dolores Pradera
  María Dolores Pradera
  María Dolores Pradera is a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most prestigious voices in Spain and Latin America. She is also known as María Dolores or La Pradera...
  
  
• Estela Raval

Trustees Awards

• Simón Díaz
  Simón Díaz
  Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez is a singer and Grammy Award winning composer of Venezuelan music.- Career :Díaz has endeavored to recover the folklore and musical traditions of the llanos, the Venezuelan plains...
  
  
• Larry Harlow
  Larry Harlow
  Larry Harlow is an American salsa music performer, composer and producer.Larry Harlow was born into a very-musical American family of Jewish descent.-Summary:...
  
  
• Juanito Márquez

Performers

• Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
   — "Mi Tierra
  Mi Tierra (song)
  "Mi Tierra" was the first single released by Gloria Estefan on her first Spanish album Mi Tierra, it was written by Estefano based on inspirations by Estefan.-Song history:...
  
   / Oye Mi Canto
  Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)
  "Oye Mi Canto " was the second single by Gloria Estefan from her first album as a solo artist "Cuts Both Ways", released in August 1989 in Europe and the rest of the world in 1990 as the fourth single from the album Cuts Both Ways....
  
  "
• Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
  , José Feliciano
  José Feliciano
  José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...
  
  , Gian Marco and Carlos Santana
  Carlos Santana
  Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
  
   — "No Lloren"
• Kany García
  Kany García
  Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama...
  
   — "Esta Soledad"
• Café Tacuba — "Esta Vez"
• Heatt - National recording artist from Phoenix, Az
• Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
   — "Amnesía"
• Alejandra Guzmán
  Alejandra Guzmán
  Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
  
   — "Hasta el Final"
• Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   featuring Jenni Rivera and Vikki Carr
  Vikki Carr
  Vikki Carr is an American singer and humanitarian from El Paso, Texas. She has performed in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish.-Career:After taking the stage name 'Vikki Carr', she signed with Liberty Records in 1962...
  
   — "Presencie tu Amor / Cosas del Amor"
• Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...
  
   featuring Michael Salgado
  Michael Salgado
  Michael Salgado is a popular Tejano artist.Tejano singer/accordionist Michael Salgado gained prominence in the mid-1990s by looking back to the 'norteño' sound influenced by Ramon Ayala, and by susequently introducing the style to the younger generation...
  
   and David Lee Garza — "El presente
  El presente
  "El presente" is a song by Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her album MTV Unplugged Julieta Venegas. It is categorized as "A Worldwide Hit". The next song was placed in the top of Mexican radio, and Latin America and spent 11 weeks in the first place...
  
  "
• Flex
  Flex (singer)
  Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
  
   and Belinda — "Te Quiero
  Te Quiero
  Te Quiero , also known as Te Quiero: Romantic Style In Da World, is the debut album by Panamian singer-songwriter Flex. It was released in late September 21, 2007 in Mexico and Panamá and three months later on December 4, 2007 in United States, peaking at number-one on those three countries...
  
  "
• Juanes
  Juanes
  Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
  
   featuring John Legend
  John Legend
  John Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career...
  
   — "Me Enamora
  Me Enamora
  "Me Enamora" is a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes. The song is the first radio single of his fourth solo studio album La Vida... Es un Ratico and it received three awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammy...
  
   / Odio Por Amor
  Odio Por Amor
  "Odio por amor" is the title of a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes. This song will be included on his first live album La Vida... Es un Ratico .-Song history:...
  
   / If You're Out There
  If You're Out There
  "If You're Out There" is the second single from John Legend's album, Evolver, which features the Agape Choir. The song was released digitally on August 24, 2008. It was inspired by Barack Obama's Presidential campaign and was later posted as a free download on Obama's website...
  
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• Banda el Recodo
  Banda el Recodo
  Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
  
   — "Te Presumo"
• Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...
  
   featuring Jimmy Zambrano and El Mariachi Vargas
  Vargas de Tecalitlán
  Vargas de Tecalitlan is a Mexican folk ensemble of mariachi music created in 1897 by Gaspar Vargas. From 1950 it has been under the artistic guidance of Rubén Fuentes. The group's musical direction has been the responsibility of Don Jose "Pepe" Martinez since 1975.-Members:A minimum mariachi group...
  
   — "Que bonita es esta Vida"
• Fonseca — "El Arroyito"
• Jenni Rivera and Lupillo Rivera
  Lupillo Rivera
  Guadalupe Rivera in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.Rivera wanted to be a restaurant...
  
   — "Sufriendo a Solas"
• Michael Salgado
  Michael Salgado
  Michael Salgado is a popular Tejano artist.Tejano singer/accordionist Michael Salgado gained prominence in the mid-1990s by looking back to the 'norteño' sound influenced by Ramon Ayala, and by susequently introducing the style to the younger generation...
  
  , Emiliano Zuleta
  Emiliano Zuleta
  Emiliano Zuleta Baquero was a Colombian vallenato composer, accordion player and singer, popularly known as El viejo Mile . Zuleta was born on January 11, 1912 in La Jagua del Pilar, a small town of la Guajira; He died on October 30, 2005 in Valledupar from respiratory problems...
  
  , Fernando Otero
  Fernando Otero
  Fernando Otero is an Argentinian pianist and composer, currently resident in Brooklyn, New York. Having studied classical music since his childhood, he composes for chamber ensembles and small orchestras, in a style which has elements of jazz and world music, and is somewhat reminiscent of his...
  
  , Héctor del Curto
  Hector Del Curto
  Héctor del Curto is a Argentine tango bandoneon player. Born in Buenos Aires, he began to study tango music at a young age, winning the Best Bandoneon under 25 when only 17 years old. Following that honor, he played with the late tango giants Ástor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese among many others...
  
   and David Lee Garza — "Especial accordion
  Accordion
  The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
  
   tribute"
• Los Tigres del Norte
  Los Tigres del Norte
  Los Tigres del Norte is a norteño-band ensemble based out of San Jose, California, hailing from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico.- History :...
  
   — "Somos mas Americanos"
• Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   — "Mi Salsa"
• Rosario
  Rosario
  Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
  
  , Juanes
  Juanes
  Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
  
  , Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
  , Jeremias
  Jeremias
  Carlos Eduardo López Avila, better known under his stage name Jeremías, is a British-Venezuelan singer-songwriter who was born in London, England on September 19, 1973, of Venezuelan parents. He moved to Venezuela at the age of 2, although he still maintains a British passport...
  
  , Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
  
  , Antonio Carmona and Belinda — "No Dudaria"

Live from Brazil:

• Sepultura
  Sepultura
  Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
  
   — "The Girl from Ipanema
  The Girl from Ipanema
  "Garota de Ipanema" is a well-known bossa nova song, a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s that won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.The...
  
   / We've Lost You"

Presenters

• Daniela Castro
  Daniela Castro
  Daniela Castro is a telenovela actress.- Family :Daniela is a daughter of Javier Castro, who is one of the members of the original musical group Los Hermanos Castro...
  
   and César Évora
  César Évora
  César Évora is a Cuban actor.- Biography :Évora started out his career in his native Cuba appearing in more than ten movies before moving to Mexico in the early 1990s. He became known for playing minor roles in the seminal Corazón salvaje and the long-running Agujetas de color de rosa in 1993 and...
  
   — presented Best New Artist
• Eduardo Santamarina
  Eduardo Santamarina
  Eduardo Santamarina is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor.- Acting career :Santamarina took acting classes at the Centro de Educación Artística in Mexico City from 1989–1991. He made his acting debut in 1992 on the set of the telenovela De Frente al Sol, produced by Carla Estrada...
  
   and Montserrat Olivier
  Montserrat Olivier
  Montserrat Oliver is a Mexican fashion model, business entrepreneur, actress, and talk-show host.-Life and career:Oliver started her modeling career at the age of 16...
  
   — presented Best Pop Vocal Album, Female
• Carlos Santana
  Carlos Santana
  Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
  
   and Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....
  
   — presented Record of the Year
• Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana
  Ximena Sariñana Rivera is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two...
  
   and Eugenio Siller
  Eugenio Siller
  Eugenio Santiago Siller Rodríguez is a Mexican actor, singer, and model who is best known for starring in Rebelde, Código Postal, Al Diablo con los Guapos, Mi Pecado, Aurora and Una Maid en Manhattan.-Biography:In 1998, Siller became part of a singing group called Klishé, along with his older...
  
   — presented Best Urban Song
• Cabas and Concha Buika
  Concha Buika
  Concha Buika is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.Buika's family is originally from Equatorial Guinea...
  
   — presented Best Norteño Album
• Mayrín Villanueva
  Mayrín Villanueva
  Mayrín Villanueva is a Mexican soap opera actress, born on October 8, 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico. She has appeared in ten soaps and six other programs since 1997. It was also in 1997 that she married actor Jorge Poza. They divorced in 2008. They have two children, daughter Romina and son...
  
   and Grupo Pesado — presented Song of the Year
• Alexis & Fido — presented Best Contemporary Tropical Album
• Kenny G
  Kenny G
  Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986...
  
   and Karyme Lozano
  Karyme Lozano
  Karyme Lucía Lozano is a Mexican-born telenovela actress and singer. She is best known as a star of telenovelas such as 2007–present Amar Sin Límites, 1998-2000 Televisa series Tres mujeres, El manantial, Niña amada mía and the Venevisión telenovela Soñar no Cuesta Nada, entirely shot in Miami,...
  
   — presented Best Tropical Song
• Kudai
  Kudai
  Kudai was a Latin Grammy Award-Nominated Chilean pop group was founded in Santiago, Chile. Its original members were Tomás Cañas Manzi, Pablo Holman Concha, Nicole Natalino and Bárbara Sepúlveda Labra. In 2006 Nicole Natalino left the group citing personal reasons, and was replaced by Ecuadorian...
  
   — presented Best Rock Song
• Tito El Bambino
  Tito El Bambino
  Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
  
   and Adriana Fonseca
  Adriana Fonseca
  Adriana Fonseca Castellanos is a Mexican actress.- Biography :Adriana started her acting career performing in a local television show. At the age of 16 she was accepted in C.E.A. in Mexico...
  
   — presented Best Tejano Album
• Vicky Terrazas and Marisol Terrazas
  Los Horoscopos de Durango
  Los Horóscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas in Chicago during 1975...
  
   — presented Best Pop Vocal Album, Male
• Andy García
  Andy García
  Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...
  
   — presented People of the Year
• Juan Luis Guerra
  Juan Luis Guerra
  Juan Luis Guerra is a singer, songwriter and producer from the Dominican Republic who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 12 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards...
  
   — presented Album of the Year

Trivia

• Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
   became the first female to receive the academy's Person of the Year award. In addition she was the first artist to receive this honor as well as the MusiCares Person of the Year
  MusiCares Person of the Year
  The MusiCares Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the same organization that distributes the Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the music industry and dedication to philanthropy...
  
   honor which she received in 1994 prior to the Grammy Awards.

External links

• Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
  Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
  The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences , is a multinational membership-based association composed of music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals...
  
  : Latin Grammy
• Univision
  Univision
  Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
  
  Site: www.univision.com