The 23rd Annual Premios Gardel ceremony was held on July 23, 2021, and it was presented with no in-person ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The television broadcast of the show was in charge of the

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provided radio coverage. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which ran from January 1, 2020 to January 31, 2020. The nominations were announced on May 7, 2021. The ceremony was hosted by television personalities Jey Mammón and Eleonora Pérez Caressi. Nathy Peluso received the most nominations, with nine, followed by Fito Páez and Bizarrap with six each. The list of performers was unveiled on July 16, 2021, and consisted of forty-two artists including headliners Fito Páez, Cazzu,

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, Soledad,

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, María Becerra, David Lebón,

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and Abel Pintos. Moreover, Spanish singer

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and Mexican singer Carlos Rivera were announced as special acts. Nathy Peluso and Fito Páez won the most awards of the night, with four each. Peluso's wins included Record of the Year for her album '' Calambre'' and Best New Artist, while Páez's included Album of the Year (Gardel de Oro Award) and Best Rock Album for ''

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Nominees

Nominees and winners were taken from the Gardel Awards website. Winners appear first and highlighted in Bold.

General field

Album of the Year * ''

'' – Fito Páez * '' Ya No Mires Atrás'' – Luis Alberto Spinetta * '' Calambre'' – Nathy Peluso Song of the Year * "

" – Lali & Cazzu * "Piedra Libre" – Abel Pintos * "Suficiente" – Babasónicos * "Que No" – Barbi Recanati * " Nathy Peluso: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 36" – Bizarrap & Nathy Peluso * "Amanece" – Diego Torres, Macaco & Villamizar featuring Catalina García * "La Canción de las Bestias" – Fito Páez * "Juntos para Siempre" – Los Auténticos Decadentes * "

Colocao "Colocao" is a song by Argentine rapper Nicki Nicole. It was released on May 13, 2020 through Dale Play Records and Sony Music Latin. The song was produced by Argentine record producers Bizarrap and Evlay. The music video for the song was recor ...

" – Nicki Nicole * " Ella Dice" – Tini &

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Record of the Year * "Buenos Aires" – Nathy Peluso ** Rafa Arcaute, producer; Mariano López, Rafa Arcaute, Didi Gutman, Maddox Chhim & Felipe Tichauer, engineer * "Como La Cigarra" –

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& Escalandrum ** Horacio Sarria, Mariano Uccello & Mercedes Otero, producers; Facundo Rodriguez, engineer * "Me Enamoré de Ti" –

& Lang Lang **

, producer; Dario Pacheco, engineer Best New Artist * '' Calambre'' – Nathy Peluso * ''Atrevido'' – Trueno * ''Mi Primer Día Triste'' –

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Collaboration of the Year * "Bohemio" – Andrés Calamaro & Julio Iglesias * "Como La Cigarra" –

& Escalandrum * "

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" – Fito Páez featuring Lali * "Me Enamoré de Ti" –

& Lang Lang * "Un Beso en Madrid" – Tini &

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Pop

Best Pop Album * ''Mi Primer Día Triste'' –

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'' – Lali * '' Tini Tini Tini'' – Tini Best Pop Group Album * '' Paranoia Pop'' –

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* ''Tándem'' – Mavi Díaz & Germán Dominicé * ''El Reflejo'' – Rayos Láser

Rock

Best Rock Album * ''

'' – Fito Páez * ''Guerras (Un Viaje en el Tiempo)'' –

* ''Errores Coleccionables'' – Sol Bassa Best Rock Group Album * ''Es Así'' –

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* ''2020'' – Las Pastillas del Abuelo * ''El Último Abrazo Analógico'' – Todo Aparenta Normal Best Hard Rock/Punk Album * ''Carne, Tierras y Sangre'' – Pilsen * ''Sr. Punk'' – Mal Momento * ''Liberarse y Existir'' – Tano Romano

Urban/Reggae

Best Urban/Trap Song or Album * " Nathy Peluso: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 36" – Bizarrap & Nathy Peluso * ''Una Niña Inútil'' – Cazzu< * "High (Remix)" – María Becerra, Tini & Lola Indigo * "

" – Nicki Nicole * " Mamichula – Trueno, Nicki Nicole & Bizarrap Best Urban/Trap Collaboration * " Mamichula – Trueno, Nicki Nicole & Bizarrap * " Goteo (Remix)" – Duki, Ronny J &

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& C.R.O * "Verte" – Nicki Nicole, Dread Mar I & Bizarrap Best Raggae/Ska Album * ''Flores y Burbujas'' – El Natty Combo * ''El Presente que Soñamos Dub'' – Kameleba & Don Camel * ''Continentes'' – La Estafa Dub

Tango

Best Tango Album * ''La bella indiferencia'' – Mariana Mazú * ''Génesis'' – Carolina Minella * ''Tango'' – Cristian Palacios Best Instrumental/Tango Group or Orchestra Album * ''Tango Improvisado'' – José Colángelo &

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* ''Cruces Urbanos, Vol. 2'' – Quinteto Negro La Boca * ''Reinventango'' – Tanghetto

Folk

Best Folklore Album * ''Abrazo'' – Luciana Jury * ''Entre Risa'' – Bruno Arias * ''Veinteveinte'' –

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Best Folklore Group Album * ''Ahyre'' – Ahyre * ''Desde Adentro'' – Los del Portezuelo * ''Tierra Mía'' – Los Tekis Best Chamamé Album * ''Hielo Azul Tierra Roja'' –

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& Per Einar Watle * ''Mujer de Chamamé'' – Marcia Müller * ''Con Ritmo y Alegría'' – Milagrito Gómez

Tropical/Cuarteto

Best Tropical Album * ''Es Lo Que Hay'' – El Dipy * ''El Último Romántico'' – Daniel Cardozo * ''Otra Vez, Dando Clase'' – Román El Original Best Tropical Group Album * ''De Buenos Aires para el Mundo'' – Los Ángeles Azules * ''Seguimos'' – Amar Azul * ''Sesiones Musikeras'' –

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Best Cuarteto Album * ''Aprender a Volar'' – Magui Olave * ''Música en Cuarentena'' – Luis Sebastián * ''Un Sueño Hecho Realidad'' – Walter Salinas Best Cuarteto Group Album * ''El Mismo Aire'' – La K'onga * ''Mundo Streaming'' – Q'Lokura * ''Desde El Encierro'' – Sabroso

Alternative

Best Alternative Pop Album * '' Calambre'' – Nathy Peluso * ''Otro Lado'' – Rosario Ortega * ''Existo'' –

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Best Alternative Rock Album * ''Ubicación en Tiempo Real'' – Barbi Recanati * ''Los Años Futuros'' – 1915 * ''Lapsus'' – Zero Kill Best Alternative Folklore Album * ''Renacer'' –

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* '' Parte de Mí'' – Soledad * ''Triángula'' – Triángula

Dance/Electronic

Best Electronic Music Album * ''Reworked'' – Willy Crook * ''Pleasures'' – Mo.NA * ''Venus'' – Mistol Team

Romantic/Melodic

Best Romantic/Melodic Album * ''60 Años con la Música ¡Gracias!'' – Dany Martin * ''Tal Como Soy'' – Dany Vila * ''Desierto'' – Germán Barceló

Classical

Best Classical Album * ''Debussy Preludios para el Piano'' – Haydée Schvartz * ''Villa-Lobos'' – Daniela Salinas * ''Territorios: Paisaje Latinoamericano en el Piano'' – Fernanda Morello

Jazz

Best Jazz Album * ''Malosetti & la Colonia'' –

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* ''Sin Tiempo'' – Leo Genovese, Mariano Otero & Sergio Verdinelli * ''Apaláp!'' – Oscar Giunta Supertrío!

Instrumental/Fusion/World Music

Best Instrumental/Fusion/World Music Album * ''Solo Piano: Reflexiones'' –

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* ''Hikkikomori'' – La Chicana * ''Latineses'' – La Orquestonga

Live

Best Live Album * ''Foro Sol'' – Los Auténticos Decadentes * ''Mujeres Argentinas, 50 Años (En Vivo en el CCK)'' – La Bruja Salguero & Facundo Ramírez * ''En Vivo Teatro Gran Rex'' – Rodrigo Tapari

Singer-Songwriting

Best Singer-Songwriting Album * ''Criptograma'' –

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* ''Reset'' – Celli * ''Basta de Música'' – :es:Martín Buscaglia, Martín Buscaglia

Children

Best Children's Album * ''El Reino del Revés'' –

& Escalandrum * ''Topa, Una Navidad Especial'' – Diego Topa * ''La Tarara: Canciones Tradicionales'' – Mariana Baggio & Martin Telechansk

Music for Visual Media

Best Cinema/Television/Audiovisual Production Soundtrack Album * '' The Last of Us Part II'' – Gustavo Santaolalla * ''Notas de Paso 4'' – Ernesto Snajer * '' Vilas: Serás lo que Debas Ser, o No Serás Nada'' – Vandera

Historical

Best Catalog Collection Album * ''Agujero Interior'' – Virus * ''Piazzolla'' –

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* ''Santaolalla (Remasterizado 2020)'' – Gustavo Santaolalla

Archival Concept

Best Conceptual Album * '' Ya No Mires Atrás'' – Luis Alberto Spinetta * ''Una Niña Inútil'' – Cazzu * ''Oasis'' –

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* ''Como La Cigarra'' –

& Escalandrum

Production

Producer of the Year * ''

'' – Fito Páez ** Fito Páez, Diego Olivero & Gustavo Borner, producers * ''Ahyre'' – Ahyre ** Juan José Vasconcellos & Sebastián Choque, producers * '' Calambre'' – Nathy Peluso ** Rafa Arcaute, producer

Recording Engineering

Best Recording Engineering * ''

'' – Fito Páez ** Gustavo Borner, Phil Levine, Justin Moshkevich & Diego Olivero, recording engineers * ''Caligaris Sinfónico'' –

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** Pablo Chapur, recording engineer * "Como La Cigarra" –

& Escalandrum ** Facundo Rodriguez, recording engineer

Cover Design

Best Cover Design * ''Criptograma'' –

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** Valentín López López & Lisandro Aristimuño, graphic designers * ''Una Niña Inútil'' – Cazzu ** Segundo Paladino, graphic designer * '' Calambre'' – Nathy Peluso ** Albert Romagosa, graphic designer

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video * "Todo Esto" –

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featuring David Lebón ** Bruno Adamovsky, director * " Nathy Peluso: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 36" – Bizarrap & Nathy Peluso ** Bizarrap, director * "Ciudad Extraña" – Moris &

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** Augusto González Polo, director Best DVD * ''Almendra I - 50 Años'' – Almendra ** Diego Latorre, director * ''Niguiri Sessions'' –

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** Niko Sedano, director * ''Placer'' – Paula Maffía ** Emiliano Romero, director

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple nominations: ''Nine:'' * Nathy Peluso ''Six:'' * Bizarrap * Fito Páez ''Five:'' * Escalandrum *

* Nicki Nicole ''Four:'' * Cazzu * Tini ''Three:'' * Lali * Trueno ''Two:'' * Ahyre * Barbi Recanati * Gustavo Santaolalla * Lang Lang *

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* Los Auténticos Decadentes *

* Luis Alberto Spinetta * Zoe Gotusso The following received multiple awards:
''Four:'' * Fito Páez * Nathy Peluso ''Two: * Bizarrap *

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References

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