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Latin Grammy Awards Of 2003
The 4th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Miami at the American Airlines Arena on Wednesday, September 3, 2003. It was the first time the telecast was held outside of Los Angeles. Juanes was the night's biggest winner winning a record five awards including Album of the Year. He tied his own record winning five awards again five years later in 2008. Juan Luis Guerra and Calle 13 also tied this record in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Awards Winners are in bold text. General Record of the Year Juanes — "Es Por Ti" * Bacilos — " Mi Primer Millón" *Luis Miguel — "Hasta Que Vuelvas" * Molotov — " Frijolero" * Tribalistas — "Já Sei Namorar" Album of the Year Juanes — ''Un Día Normal'' * Bacilos — '' Caraluna'' *Rubén Blades — '' Mundo'' * Alexandre Pires — '' Estrella Guía'' * Tribalistas — '' Tribalistas'' Song of the Year Juanes — "Es Por Ti" * Jorge Villamizar — " Caraluna" ( Bacilos) *Natalia Lafourcade — "En El 2000" *Sergio George and Jor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Airlines Arena
FTX Arena (known as American Airlines Arena from 1999 to 2021) is a multi-purpose arena located in Miami, Florida, along Biscayne Bay. It was constructed beginning in 1998 as a replacement for the Miami Arena and designed by the architecture firms Arquitectonica and 360 Architecture. The arena is home to the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. The arena is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at Government Center station via free transfers to Metromover Omni Loop, providing direct service to Freedom Tower and Park West stations. The arena is also within walking distance from the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Metrorail station. The arena has 2,105 club seats, 80 luxury suites, and 76 private boxes. The Waterfront Theater, Florida's largest theater, is housed within the arena and seats between 3,000 and 5,800 patrons. The theater can be configured for concerts, family events, musical theatre and other stage shows. American Airlines, which has a hub at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frijolero (song)
"Frijolero" is a song from Molotov's 2003 record '' Dance and Dense Denso''. Its lyrics comprise an exchange where characters trade racially loaded barbs at the Mexico–US border. "Frijolero" is a facetious calque of "beaner", an insulting American English term for a Mexican; the American character is described as "''pinche gringo puñetero''" (roughly, "fucking gringo wanker"). The group won a Latin Grammy for the colorful rotoscoped video in the field of Best Short Form Music Video The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality short form music videos. Hon .... The song is featured in the soundtrack of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's movie ''Los Chidos'', released in 2012. References 2003 songs 2003 singles Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video Molotov (band) songs Universal Music Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco De Vita
Franco Atilio De Vita De Vito (born January 23, 1954, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan Latin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter. His first album as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the CBS Records label in 1989, and in 1990, his album ''Extranjero'' had a song that reached No. 1 on the United States Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award. His 2004 album '' Stop'' reached the Top 10 throughout Latin America and on the United States Latin charts. In the United States alone, he has scored more than two dozen hits on the ''Billboard'' charts.Cordova, Randy.Franco de Vita talks inspiration, influences, 5/10" ''The Arizona Republic''. May 5, 2015. Career 1980s One of four children born in Venezuela to Italian immigrants, De Vita's family returned to Rome, Italy when he was 3. The family moved back to Venezuela when De Vita was 13. Due to his upbringing in Rome, Italy, De Vita learned Italian as his first language and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio George
Sergio George (born May 23, 1961) is an American pianist, arranger, and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres of the music industry as well. He has worked with some of Latin music's most popular artists starting with Marc Anthony, DLG, Jennifer Lopez, Tito Nieves, Víctor Manuelle, Frankie Negrón, Johnny Rivera, Ray Sepúlveda, Tito Puente, Thalia, Orquesta de la Luz, Ivy Queen, Celia Cruz, La India, Jerry Rivera, Bacilos, Leslie Grace, Toby Love, Cheo Feliciano, Prince Royce, Liz Elias, Indy Flow, among others. Biography George, the son of Puerto Rican parents, was born and raised in New York City, and attended the City College of New York. He had started his professional career with Conjunto Caché and Conjunto Clásico in 1979, then moved on to session recordings and live performances during the 1980s. Starting in 1987, George was musical director for several album recordings, including be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Lafourcade
María Natalia Lafourcade Silva (; born 26 February 1984) is a Mexican pop-rock and folk singer and songwriter who, since her debut in 2002, has been one of the most successful singers in Latin America. Lafourcade's voice has been categorized as a lyric soprano. Early life María Natalia Lafourcade Silva was born on 26 February 1984 in Mexico City, Mexico, and grew up in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico, surrounded by music and art. Her father is the Chilean musician , who had French parents, and her mother is the pianist María del Carmen Silva Contreras. Her uncle was Chilean writer Enrique Lafourcade, a representative of the so-called "Generation of the 50s". During her childhood, Lafourcade studied music with her mother, being influenced by artists like Shakira, Ely Guerra and Julieta Venegas imitating artists such as Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi. Her mother studied piano with a specialty in musical pedagogy and is the creator of the Macarsi Method for musical training and pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caraluna (song)
"Caraluna" is a song written by Jorge Villamizar and performed by Bacilos. The song is the first single of the album ''Caraluna'' and was nominated in 2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ... for a Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Chart performance References 2002 songs Bacilos songs Songs written by Jorge Villamizar Spanish-language songs 2002 singles {{Latin-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Villamizar
Jorge Alberto Villamizar Iregui (born 14 October 1970) is a Colombian musician, singer and composer, leader of the band Bacilos, and one of the most representative Latin American singers. Villamizar came to prominence as the lead member of the band Bacilos. Bacilos released their album ''Madera'' in 1999, and in 2000 they recorded their first album with Warner Music, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy award for Best New Artist. '' Caraluna'' (2002) was released and won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, and Villamizar was awarded a Latin Grammy for Best Tropical Song for the second single " Mi Primer Millón". The album '' Sin Vergüenza'' won a Latin Grammy and the track "Pasos de Gigante" became the band's only top ten single in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs, which peaked at number eight. Bacilos disbanded in 2007 and Villamizar made his debut solo album in 2008. Villamizar has written and co-written songs with Marc Anthony, Obie Bermúdez, Julieta Venegas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribalistas (2002 Album)
''Tribalistas'' is the debut album by Brazilian musical trio Tribalistas, consisting of Marisa Monte, Arnaldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown. The 13-track album was released worldwide in 2002. The album sold over a million copies in Brazil alone, despite the group never performing any song on TV or giving any radio interviews. The album also achieved considerable success in Europe; it was the best-selling album of the year in Portugal and it went triple platinum in Italy and double platinum in Spain. The album also charted in Switzerland, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, France, among other countries. The album received five Latin Grammy Music Award nomination in 2003 (winning Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album), in addition to a BBC Awards for World Music nomination in 2004. The album spawned four hit singles in Brazil: *"Já Sei Namorar", included on the video game franchise FIFA Football 2004 *"Velha Infância", played on the soap opera Mulheres Apaixonadas *"Passe em Casa", c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrella Guía
''Estrella Guía'' (English: ''Guiding Star''), also released as ''Estrela Guia'' for its Brazilian edition, is the third studio album by Brazilian singer Alexandre Pires, released on 18 March 2003 though EMI and BGM. The album was produced by Juan Vicente Zambrano, Danilo Ballo, Emanuele Ruffinengo, Julio Reyes, Rey Nerio, Alexandre Pires, Pedro Ferreira, Rudy Pérez, Antonio Carmona and Fernando Illan and features collaborations with Spanish singers Alejandro Sanz and Rosario. It is the second album by Pires to be released in Spanish, the first one being ''Alexandre Pires'' (2001), also released as ''É Por Amor''. At the 4th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album received nominations for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Album, at the ceremony Pires performed a Spanish-English version of the song "Amame" alongside American singer Kelly Clarkson. The album was also nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro 2004. The album appeared on the ''Billboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Pires
Alexandre Pires do Nascimento (born January 8, 1976) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 1980s. Career Pires began his career playing a new and more appellative style of samba that is known as Pagode and more romantic too that used to be known as Samba-canção and now is known as Samba Romântico. After his rhythm and melody started to become a little more romantic. He crossed the vertent known as "Pagode Romântico" and then he jumped to Samba-canção his favourite style. The Sambas-canção most famous are "Depois do Prazer" and "Tudo tem A ver" with a lot of influences of Brazilian Country Music ("Sertaneja"). The pagodes that are the most famous are "Quando é Amor", "A barata" and "Mineirinho" produced with the group Só Pra Contrariar. At that time, he received also a lot the influences of Cauby Peixoto, Ângela Maria and Agnaldo Rayol, mainly because his father was one of the best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundo (album)
''Mundo'' is the eighth album by Rubén Blades, released in 2002 under the record label Sony Music Distribution. In 2003, the album earned Blades a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album and also received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year. Track listing All songs by Rubén Blades, unless noted otherwise. # "Estampa (Profile)" – 7:22 # "First Circle" (Mays, Metheny) – 4:50 # "Primogenio (Beginnings)" (Blades, Flores) – 3:51 # "Bochinches (Gossip)" (Blades, Flores) – 4:41 # "Ella (She)" – 5:48 # "Parao! (On My Feet)" – 5:58 # "Como Nosotros (Like You and Me)" – 5:40 # "El Capitain y la Sirena (The Captain and the Mermaid)" – 3:29 # "Sebastian" – 5:06 # "Consideracion (Consideration) (Oriente)" (Blades, Gil) – 3:51 # "Jiri Son Bali" – 4:20 # "Danny Boy "Danny Boy" is a ballad, written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air". History In 1910, in Bath, Somerset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the salsa, and Latin jazz genres. As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American ''nueva canción'' and Cuban ''nueva trova'' as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Son Cubano salsa to his music, creating "thinking persons' (salsa) dance music". Blades has written dozens of hit songs, including " Pedro Navaja" and " El Cantante" (which became Héctor Lavoe's signature song). He has won ten Grammy Awards out of seventeen nominations and twelve Latin Grammy Awards. His acting career began in 1983, and has continued, sometimes with several-year breaks to focus on other projects. He has prominent roles in films such as ''Crossover Dreams'' (1985), '' The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988), '' The Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
