"América América" is a song written by José Luis Armenteros and Pablo Herrero and performed by Spanish performer

Nino Bravo Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis (3 August 1944 – 16 April 1973), better known by his stage name Nino Bravo, was a Spanish baroque pop and ballad singer. Early life Ferri Llopis was born in Aielo de Malferit (Valencia), Spain. His father, Luis Manu ...

. It was released as a single for his fifth studio album ''y volumen 5'' (1973). The song reached number one on the

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in 1973. In 2013, the song was inducted into the

Latin Grammy Hall of Fame The Latin Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame established by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize "early recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that were released more than 25 years ago". LARAS is also the same organiza ...

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In 1992, Mexican recording artist

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...

covered "América América" on his live extended play (EP) ''América & En Vivo''. The song peaked at number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart. The music video for "América América" was filmed across several locations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Miguel dedicated the song to the soldiers who participated in the

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. The music video won the Viewer's Choice award for MTV Internacional at the

1993 MTV Video Music Awards The 1993 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 2, 1993, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1992, to June 15, 1993. The show was hosted by Christian Slater at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. This would be Kurt Coba ...

and received a nomination for Video of the Year at the 5th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in the same year.

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