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Latin Grammy Awards Of 2016
The 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 17, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The nominations were announced on September 21, 2016. Julio Reyes Copello, Djavan, Fonseca, Jesse & Joy, and Ricardo López Lalinde leads with four nominations each. American singer Marc Anthony was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 16, the day prior to the Latin Grammy Awards. Performers Awards The following is the list of nominees. Winners are listed first and in bold. General ; Record of the Year Carlos Vives and Shakira — " La Bicicleta" * Pepe Aguilar — "Cuestión de Esperar" * Pablo Alborán — " Se Puede Amar" * Andrea Bocelli — "Me Faltarás" * Buika — "Si Volveré" * Djavan — "Vidas Pra Contar" * Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin — " Duele el Corazón" * Jesse & Joy — "Ecos de Amor" * Laura Pausini — "Lado Derecho del Corazón" * Diego Torres — "Iguales" ;Album of the Year Juan Gabriel — '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Mobile Arena
T-Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paradise, Nevada. Opened on April 6, 2016, it is the home arena of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). A joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), T-Mobile Arena is situated on the Las Vegas Strip near the New York-New York and Park MGM casino hotels. T-Mobile Arena has hosted various sports and entertainment events, with the latter including concerts, award shows, and beauty pageants. The arena has also hosted various combat sport events, including mixed martial arts (MMA), boxing, and professional wrestling. MMA promoter Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) signed a long-term tenancy agreement with T-Mobile Arena in 2017, under which it agreed to host four events per-year over the next seven years. History The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) first tried to build an arena in Las Vegas in association with Harrah's Entertainment. In 2007, the joint ventur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joss Favela
Joss may refer to: * Joss (name), including a list of people with the name * JOSS, a time-sharing programming language * Joss (Chinese statue), a religious object * Joss JP1, an Australian-built supercar * Joss paper, a type of burnt offering * Joss Pass, a mountain pass in British Columbia, Canada * Joss stick, a form of incense * Abbreviation for the Journal of Open Source Software *''Joss.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Marcel Josserand (1900–1992), a French mycologist See also *Joe (other) *Jos (other) Jos is a city in Nigeria's middle belt. Jos may also refer to: In Nigeria * Jos Plateau, in the centre of Nigeria * Anglican Diocese of Jos * Anglican Province of Jos * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos * University of Jos * Yakubu Gowon Air ... * Joseph (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ky-Mani Marley
Ky-Mani Marley (born 26 February 1976) is a Jamaican singer and musician. His name is of East African origin, and means "Adventurous Traveler". He is the only child of Bob Marley with Anita Belnavis, a Jamaican table tennis champion. In 2001, he received a Grammy Award nomination for his album, '' Many More Roads''. Early life and family Ky-Mani Marley was born in Falmouth, Jamaica, to Anita Belnavis, a Jamaican table tennis champion; and reggae superstar Bob Marley. At the age of nine, Ky-Mani and Belnavis relocated to Miami, Florida. In his early youth, Ky-Mani was unaware of his musical abilities, sports being his first love. With his mother's direction, he received piano and guitar lessons and played trumpet in his high school band. As an athlete, he competed in soccer and American football. Career While a teenager, Ky-Mani started rapping and deejaying. His first single was "Unnecessary Badness". He became inspired as a singer after being asked to sing a hook to a song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farruko
Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado (born May 2, 1991), better known by his stage name Farruko, is a retired Puerto Rican singer and rapper. He rose to fame collaborating with Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Don Omar, and J Álvarez. He came to prominence in 2010 with his debut studio album, ''El Talento Del Bloque''. Career 2007–2011: Career beginnings Farruko began his career in 2009. He credits Myspace with helping him create a fan base that would eventually result in him becoming a popular singer. In 2011, Farruko appears on a song with José Feliciano called ''Su hija me gusta'', where a young man tells a father ''I like your daughter''. As his style developed he typically directed his music to younger people and relationships. As his songs grew in popularity online, Puerto Rican radio stations picked up on the internet hype and began to broadcast Farruko to a wider audience, solidifying his presence in the Reggaeton scene. 2012–2022: Early music Farruko was nominated for the Latin Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Laferte
Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born 2 May 1983) is a Chilean musician, singer, composer and painter. She is known for her musical versatility, having composed songs in a wide variety of genres such as pop, rock, bolero, cumbia and salsa. In the 2010s she gained acclaim for her melodramatics and "captivating stage persona". By 2019, she was the Chilean artist with the most listeners on Spotify worldwide, as well as being the Chilean artist with the most nominations in a single edition of the Latin Grammy Awards (5 in 2017). To date she has sold over 1,5 million digital records in Latin America between albums and singles, making her the best-selling Chilean artist in the digital era. Some of her successes include "Tormento", "Amor completo", "Si tú me quisieras", "Tu falta de querer", " Amárrame", and "Mi buen amor". She received a Latin Grammy in 2017 for Best Alternative Song for " Amárrame". Early life and education Mon Laferte was born Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bia (rapper)
Bianca Miquela Landrau (born August 16, 1990), known professionally as Bia, is an American rapper who debuted on the Oxygen reality television show ''Sisterhood of Hip Hop''. She signed to Pharrell's I Am Other record label, in partnership with RCA Records in 2014. Her first EP, ''Nice Girls Finish Last: Cuidado'', was released in 2018. She is best recognized for featuring on the 2016 single "Safari" by J Balvin and "Best on Earth" by Russ in 2019. In early 2020, Bia signed a new record deal with Epic Records, releasing her second EP, '' For Certain'', on December 11, 2020. The EP spawned the single "Whole Lotta Money", which later was released as a remix featuring Nicki Minaj and reached the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early life Bia is originally from Medford, Massachusetts. She is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. In an interview with Oxygen's website, she spoke about wanting to become a rapper at a young age after attending studio sessions with rappers and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. In 1999, he became lead vocalist of the band N.E.R.D., which he formed with Hugo and drummer Shay Haley. Williams has been widely referred to as one of the most influential and successful music producers of the 21st century, having had a significant impact on the sound of modern popular music. Williams released his debut solo album, '' In My Mind'', in 2006. In 2013, he produced and was featured alongside T.I. on the song " Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke and his song " Happy" was the lead single for the soundtrack of the film ''Despicable Me 2''. In the same year, he was featured on Daft Punk's single " Get Lucky", which won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J Balvin
José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. He has been referred to as the " Prince of Reggaeton" (from Spanish: "Príncipe del Reggaetón"), and is one of the best-selling Latin artists, with over 35 million records. Balvin was born in Medellín. At age 17, he moved to the United States to learn English, where he lived in both Oklahoma and New York. He then returned to Medellín and gained popularity performing at clubs in the city. Throughout his career, Balvin has won eleven ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards, six Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards and seven Latin American Music Awards and received four Grammy Award nominations. In 2017, the BMI Latin Awards named him the Contemporary Latin Songwriter of the Year for his contribution in the Latin music industry, and has won the first Global Icon Award given by Lo Nuestro Awards, in recognition of his contribution to spread Latin music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Bicicleta
"La Bicicleta" ( en, "The Bicycle") is a song by Colombian singers Carlos Vives and Shakira from Vives' fifteenth studio album ''Vives'' (2017) and is also included as an album track on Shakira's eleventh studio album ''El Dorado'' (2017). The song was written by both singers, and produced by Andrés Castro and it marks Shakira's first collaboration with a fellow Colombian artist. "La Bicicleta" was intended to be representative of both singers' homelands musical styles in Colombia. It is a song with a mixture of various musical elements - vallenato, pop and cumbia and instrumentally, it features indigenous Colombian wind instruments and accordions. Lyrically, it is a nostalgic song, describing the duo's excursion on bikes to places of their childhood. Music critics reviewed the song positively, praising it for its catchiness and inclusion of various Colombian music elements. The song won two Latin Grammy Awards at the 17th Latin Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres such as Latin pop, reggaeton, dance pop and tropical music. Having sold over 30 million records worldwide, Vives is one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time. He is regarded as one of the most influential artists in the world as he has progressively helped vallenato gain popularity globally by combining traditional vallenato music with pop/rock music, forming a subgenre that has come to be known as "vallenato-pop". In 2019, Vives was selected as #45 on both the Greatest of All Time Latin Artistand Top Latin Artists 2010sby Billboard (magazine) His hits include "Matilde Lina", "La Hamaca Grande", "La Gota Fría", "Alicia Adorada" (all four of which are covers of classic vallenato songs), "Pa' Mayte", "La Tierra del Olvido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardo Ortíz
Gerardo Ortiz (born October 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer in the Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ... genre. Discography Studio albums * 2010: ''Ni Hoy Ni Mañana'' * 2011: ''Entre Dios y El Diablo'' * 2012: ''El Primer Ministro'' * 2013: ''Archivos de Mi Vida'' * 2015: ''Hoy Más Fuerte'' * 2017: ''Comere Callado Vol. 1'' * 2018: ''Comere Callado Vol. 2'' * 2020: ''Más Caro, Que Ayer'' *2021: ''Décimo Aniversario'' Live albums * 2009: ''En Vivo Las Tundras'' * 2011: ''Morir y Existir En Vivo'' * 2013: ''Sold Out – En Vivo Desde El Nokia Theatre LA Live'' Awards and nominations References 1989 births Living people American musicians of Mexican descent American banda musicians American norteño ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Royce
Geoffrey Royce Rojas (born May 11, 1989), known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music, and in his teenage years began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen, Royce met Andrés Hidalgo, who became his manager. Hidalgo later introduced Royce to record producer Sergio George, who immediately signed him to his label after hearing three of his demos. In March 2010, Royce released his eponymous debut studio album, which generated two commercially successful singles, " Stand by Me" and "Corazón Sin Cara". In the United States, both songs reached number-one on the ''Billboard'' Tropical Songs chart, while "Corazón Sin Cara" reached number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart. The album itself reached number-one on the US ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts. Royce received three awards at the ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards in 2011, which included Tropical Album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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