The 8th Annual

Latin Grammy Awards The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been ...

took place on Thursday, November 8, 2007, at the

Mandalay Bay Events Center The Michelob Ultra Arena, formerly the Mandalay Bay Events Center, is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena at the Mandalay Bay, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by M ...

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Veg ...

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. The show aired on

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and include ...

Juan Luis Guerra Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born June 7, 1957) is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. He has sold 30 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Throughout his career, he has wo ...

was the night's big winner, winning 5 awards including

Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

. Juan Luis Guerra was honored as the

Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians of Ibero-American heritage for their "artistic ach ...

one night prior to the telecast.

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

General

Record of the Year

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La Llave de Mi Corazón LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

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Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...

featuring

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular ...

— " Bello Embustero" *

Miguel Bosé Luis Miguel González Bosé (born 3 April 1956), usually known as Miguel Bosé, is a Spanish pop new wave singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (193 ...

featuring

Paulina Rubio Paulina Susana Rubio Dosamantes (; born 17 June 1971) is a Mexican singer. Referred to as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Golden Girl" and "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Pop", she first achieved recognition as ...

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Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known as Nena, is a German singer and songwriter who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena (band), Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". I ...

" *

Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock. Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo ...

— "La Excepcion" *

Ricky Martin Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning ...

featuring La Mari and

Tommy Torres Tomas Torres Carrasquillo (; born November 25, 1971), known professionally as Tommy Torres (), is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer.(4 April 2008)Latin songwriter/producer releases solo disc ''Reuters'' Named "#1 Hot Latin Tr ...

— " Tu Recuerdo" Album of the Year

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La Llave de mi Corazón LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

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— '' Papito'' * Calle 13 — ''

Residente o Visitante ''Residente o Visitante'' (''Resident or Visitor'') is the second studio album by Puerto Rican urban/ hip hop band Calle 13, released on April 24, 2007, by Sony BMG. Recorded in various countries while on tour in promotion of the duo's debut a ...

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MTV Unplugged ''MTV Unplugged'' is an American television series on MTV showcasing musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show aired regularly from 1989 to 1999 and less frequently from 2000 to 2009, when it was usually billed as ''MTV Un ...

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Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Album of the Yea ...

— ''

El Tren de los Momentos ''El Tren de los Momentos'' (The Train of the Moments) is the eighth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, It was released by WEA Latina on November 7, 2006 (see 2006 in music). which counts with the collaborations of ...

'' Song of the Year

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La Llave De Mi Corazón LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

" * Belinda,

Kara DioGuardi Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi (; born December 9, 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, and singer. She writes music primarily in the pop rock genre. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; sales o ...

and Nacho Peregrin — "

Bella Traición "Bella Traición" (English: ''"Beautiful Betrayal"''), is the official second single from Belinda's second studio album '' Utopía'' (2006). Information The song debuted at number 32 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and at number 28 in '' ...

" (Belinda) *

Fher Olvera José Fernando Emilio "Fher" Olvera Sierra (born 8 December 1959) is a Mexican rock musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the secondary guitarist, composer, and lead singer for the Mexican rock band Maná, the most successful Latin Ame ...

— " Labios Compartidos" (

Maná Maná () is a Mexican pop rock band. The band is considered one of the best-selling Latin music artists and the most successful Latin American band of all time with over 40 million records sold worldwide. The group's current lineup consists o ...

) *

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 ...

— "Tengo" *

Mario Domm Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar (born 22 January 1977), known as Mario Domm, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer. A founding member of the pop rock band Camila, he has won four Latin Grammy Awards; four ''Billboard'' Awards; ...

— "Todo Cambió" ( Camila) Best New Artist

Jesse & Joy Jesse & Joy () is a Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by brother and sister Jesse (born December 31, 1982, as Jesse Eduardo Huerta Uecke) and Joy (born June 20, 1986, as Tirzah Joy Huerta Uecke), in Mexico City. The duo have released five studio ...

*Alejandra Alberti *Dafnis Prieto * Leilah Moreno *

Ricky Vallen Ricky Vallen is a Brazilian singer. Discography ;Albums ;Video Albums References External links Official WebsiteOfficial Sony Music Page 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Living people 1978 birth ...

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Album

Laura Pausini Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single " La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an interna ...

— '' Yo Canto'' *

Ana Belén María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta (born 27 May 1951, Madrid), known professionally as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer. Life/career Born in 1951, Ana Belén is the oldest of three children. Her father was a cook in Hotel Palace, and ...

— ''Anatomía'' * Belinda — '' Utopía'' * Shaila Dúrcal — ''Recordando...'' *

Ilona ''Ilona'' is a Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore. Its etymology is uncertain. A common theory is that Ilona is cognate with the Greek given name ''Helen''. Diminutive forms include ...

— '' Allá En El Sur'' Best Male Pop Vocal Album

— ''

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— '' Papito'' *

Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda Cediel (born July 7, 1973) is a popular Colombian singer-songwriter. He was born in Bogotá, the youngest of five children. He displayed an inclination towards music from an early age, studying piano since the age of 5. He compose ...

— ''Para Amarte Mejor'' *

— '' Mil y Una Historias En Vivo'' *

Aleks Syntek Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...

— ''Lección de Vuelo'' Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals

La Quinta Estación LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

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El Mundo Se Equivoca ''El Mundo Se Equivoca'' (''The World Is Mistaken'') is the third studio album release from the Spanish music trio, La 5ª Estación. The album received a Latin Grammy Award on November 8, 2007 for Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals. Con ...

'' *

Jarabe de Palo Jarabe de Palo ("Wooden Stick Syrup" or, by virtue of the Spanish expression "dar un jarabe de palo", i.e. a "hell of a beating") were a Spanish rock band founded in 1996, once led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Pau Donés, who, on 9 June ...

— '' Adelantando'' *

— '' Esta Es Mi Vida'' *

Miranda! Miranda! is an Argentine electropop band formed in 2001. Original band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming), and since 2003, Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). It is c ...

— ''El Disco de Tu Corazón'' *Porpartes — ''Solo Paz''

Urban

Best Urban Music Album Calle 13 — ''

Residente O Visitante ''Residente o Visitante'' (''Resident or Visitor'') is the second studio album by Puerto Rican urban/ hip hop band Calle 13, released on April 24, 2007, by Sony BMG. Recorded in various countries while on tour in promotion of the duo's debut a ...

'' *

Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, and actor. Known as the " King of Reggaetón" by music critics and fans alike, he is the artist who coined ...

— '' El Cartel: The Big Boss'' * Orishas — '' Antidiotico'' *

Ivy Queen Martha Ivelisse Pesante Rodríguez (born March 4, 1972), known professionally as Ivy Queen, is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. She is considered one of the pioneers of the reggaeton genre, commonly referred to as the Qu ...

— ''

Sentimiento Sentimiento or Sentimientos may refer to: Music Albums * ''Sentimiento'' (album), a 2007 album by Ivy Queen *''Sentimiento'', album by Omara Portuondo (2005) *''Sentimiento'', Rubén González (2006) *''Sentimiento'', Amalia Mendoza (2003) *'' ...

'' * Leilah Moreno - ''VIP'' Best Urban Song Eduardo Cabra, Panasuyo and Rene Perez — "Pal Norte" ( Calle 13 featuring Orishas) *

Mathieu Mathieu is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * André Mathieu (1929–1968), Canadian pianist and composer * Anselme Mathieu (1828–1895), French Provençal poet * Claude-Louis Mathieu (1783–1875) ...

and Orishas — "Hay Un Son" ( Orishas) * will.i.am,

and Fergie — "

Impacto "Impacto" ( en, "Impact") is the first single by Puerto Rican reggaeton performer Daddy Yankee from his fifth studio album '' El Cartel: The Big Boss''. It was released on April 12, 2007 by El Cartel Records. "Impacto" was nominated for Song ...

" (Daddy Yankee featuring Fergie) * Leilah Moreno, Tchorta Boratto, Cindy - "Levanta a Mão" (Leilah Moreno participação de Cindy) *

Don Omar William Omar Landrón Rivera (born February 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Don Omar, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. On September 1, 2017, he announced that he would retire after a ...

and Eliel — "No Se De Ella (My Space)" (Don Omar featuring

Wisin & Yandel Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the onl ...

) *

Tres Coronas Tres Coronas (alternatively known by the nickname Triple Crown) were a group of three MCs, formed in early 2001 in Queens, New York, composed of the New Yorkers/Colombian Luis Alfonso Fonseca known as PoNchO or P.N.O a.k.a. Guajiro, the French ...

and

Michael Stuart Michael Stuart (born January 13, 1975) is an American salsa singer, songwriter and actor. Early years Stuart was born in New York City, to Puerto Rican parents who settled in the 1960s after moving from Puerto Rico. There Stuart received h ...

— "Mi Tumbao (Remix)".

Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album

Fito Páez Rodolfo Páez Ávalos, popularly known as Fito Páez (; born 13 March 1963), is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, singer-songwriter and film director. Biography Early career Paez was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province; hi ...

— ''El Mundo Cabe En Una Canción'' *Belo y Los Susodichos — ''Pisando Lo Fregao'' *

Iván Ferreiro Iván Ferreiro Rodríguez (born 15 August 1970) is a Spanish singer-songwriter born in Vigo, Galicia. He was the voice, leader and composer of the popular pop-rock band Los Piratas. Career After Los Piratas split, by late 2003, Iván kept p ...

— ''Las Siete y Media'' *

Rosendo Mercado Rosendo Mercado Ruiz (born 23 February 1954, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish rock singer and songwriter. He was a member of bands Ñu and Leño, and is a prominent exponent of the so-called urban rock in Spain. Biography First steps His fami ...

— ''El Endemico Embustero y El Incauto Pertinaz'' * Ariel Rot — ''Dúos, Tríos y Otras Perversiones'' Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals

Los Rabanes Los Rabanes is a Latin Grammy winning ska rock fusion band from Chitré, Herrera, Panama. With a career spanning two decades and eight albums, they are considered pioneers in the region, and are the first band from Central America to win a Lat ...

— ''Kamikaze'' *

Attaque 77 Attaque 77 ("Attack 77"), sometimes stylized as A77aque, is an Argentine punk rock group. The band was formed in 1987 as a group of friends who got together to play their favorite songs, most of them by The Ramones, their favorite band and the o ...

— ''Karmagedon'' * Bengala — ''Bengala'' *

La Renga La Renga is a hard rock Argentine band, formed in 1988. They had moderate success with the albums '' A Dónde Me Lleva La Vida'' and '' Bailando en una pata'', between 1993 and 1995, but it was the release of Despedazado por Mil Partes, in 1996 ...

— '' TruenoTierra'' *

Panda The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes use ...

— ''

Amantes Sunt Amentes ''Amantes Sunt Amentes'' (Latin for ''Lovers Are Lunatics'') is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Panda, released on 2 October 2006, through Warner Bros. and Movic Records. To promote the album, three singles were released. The first ...

'' Best Rock Song

— "La Excepción" *Bruno Bressa, Chalo Galván and Gerardo Galván — "Monitor" (

Volován Volován is a pop-rock Mexican Avanzada Regia band from Monterrey, Nuevo León that was formed in 1998. Biography It is internationally well known for its collaborations with the American Andy Chase (Smashing Pumpkins), Eric Matthews (Cardinal) ...

) *

— " Narcisista por excelencia" *Gustavo Napoli — "Oscuro Diamante" (

) *Roberto Musso — "Yendo A La Casa De Damián" (

El Cuarteto de Nos El Cuarteto de Nos (stylized as Cuarteto de Nos) is an Uruguayan rock group formed in 1980 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Over the years, due to its particular sound that mixes elements of hip hop, alternative rock, comedy rock and Latin music, the gr ...

)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Aterciopelados Aterciopelados ( en, The Velvet Ones), also known as Los Aterciopelados, is a rock band from Colombia, led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago. Their music fuses rock with a variety of Colombian and Latin American musical traditions. Aterci ...

— ''Oye'' *

Kevin Johansen Kevin Johansen (born 21 June 1964) is an US-born Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for mixing several rhythms and languages in his musical work. Biography Kevin Johansen was born on June 21, 1964 in Fairbanks, Alaska, to Marta ...

— ''Logo'' * Kinky — '' Reina'' *

Vicentico Gabriel Julio Fernández Capello (born July 24, 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a musician and composer better known by his stage name Vicentico. Co-founder and vocalist of the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Arg ...

— ''Los Pajaros'' * Zoé — ''

Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea (''Memo Rex Commander and the Atomic Heart of the Milky Way'') is the third studio album by Mexican rock band Zoé. The record shows a noticeable synthpop Synth-pop (short ...

'' Best Alternative Song

Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mu ...

— "Me Llaman Calle" *

— "Anoche Soñé Contigo" *

Héctor Buitrago Héctor Buitrago is the co-member of the multiple Grammy winning Colombian Latin alternative band Aterciopelados. Buitrago came from a hardcore rock background, heading a group called La Pestilencia, while co-member Andrea Echeverri had been dr ...

and

Andrea Echeverri Andrea Echeverri Arias (born September 13, 1965) is a Colombian rock/pop singer and guitarist. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from University of Los Andes and was a ceramist before becoming a musician. She is the lead singer in Aterciopelados ...

— "Complemento" (

) *

— "El Arbol de la Plaza" *León Larregui and Zoé — "No Me Destruyas" (Zoé)

Tropical

Best Salsa Album

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, it was often considered Puerto Rico's most successful musical group. The ...

— '' Arroz con Habichuela'' *

Willy Chirino Willy Chirino (born April 5, 1947, in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban-American musician. Early life Following the communist revolution in Cuba, Chirino came to the United States in 1960 as part of Operation Peter Pan ...

— ''35 Aniversario: En Vivo'' *

Issac Delgado Issac Delgado (born Isaac Felipe Delgado-Ramirez on April 11, 1962 in Marianao, Habana, Cuba) is one of the founders of the band NG La Banda and is a popular salsa and timba performer. Early life and family His father, Luis Delgado, was a ta ...

— ''En Primera Plana'' *

Andy Montañez Andrés Montañez Rodríguez (born May 7, 1942), better known as Andy Montañez, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. Early life Montañez is a native of the ''Tras Talleres'' area of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is known by the nic ...

— ''El Godfather de La Salsa'' *

Tito Nieves Humberto "Tito" Nieves (born June 4, 1959; also known "El Pavarotti de la Salsa") is a Puerto Rican musician who became one of the leading salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s. Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and raised in the Unite ...

— ''Canciones Clásicas de Marco Antonio Solís'' Best Merengue Album

— ''

'' *

Elvis Crespo Elvis Crespo Díaz (born July 30, 1971) is an Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of the Merengue genre. He has won multiple awards, including a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award in merengue. Early years Crespo was born in New York City and was na ...

— '' Regreso el Jefe'' *

Limi-T 21 Limi-T 21 (sometimes spelled as Limi-T XXI) is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico. The group was formed in 1990. The group consists of three members: Angel Ramiro Matos, Javier Bermúdez, and Elvin F. Torres Serrant. They released their fi ...

— ''Real Time'' *Kinito Mendez — ''Con Sabor A Mi'' *

Toño Rosario Máximo Antonio del Rosario (born November 3, 1955), known as Toño Rosario, is a Grammy Award nominee musician, best known for his role of bandleader of Merengue music act Los Hermanos Rosario. In 1990, he started his successful solo career re ...

— ''A Tu Gusto'' Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

Jorge Celedón Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician and 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. In ...

and Jimmy Zambrano — ''Son...Para El Mundo'' * Checo Acosta — ''Checazos de Carnaval 3'' *

Binomio de Oro de América Binomio de Oro de América is a Colombian Vallenato group that was founded by lead singer Rafael Orozco and accordionist Israel Romero in the Caribbean Region of Colombia on June 16, 1976. The group grew up in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s a ...

— ''Impredecible'' *Alfredo Gutiérrez — ''El Más Grande con Los Grandes'' *Peter Manjarrés and Sergio Luis Rodríguez — ''El Papá de Los Amores'' Best Contemporary Tropical Album

Oscar D'León Oscar Emilio León Somoza (born July 11, 1943), known as Oscar D'León, and affectionately called ''The Pharaoh of Salsa'', ''The Lion of Salsa'', and the ''World's Sonero'', is a Venezuelan musician best known for his work with salsa music. He ...

— ''Fuzionando'' * Albita — ''Live At The Colony Theater'' * Aventura — ''

K.O.B. Live ''K.O.B. Live'' (Kings of Bachata Live) is the second live album released by bachata group Aventura by Premiun Latin Music distributed by Sony Music Latin. It was recorded during the promotion concert tour for their fourth studio album ''God's ...

'' *

Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz are a Puerto Rican musical duo, consisting of Ricardo "Richie" Ray and Roberto "Bobby" Cruz. The duo was formed in 1963 and rose to fame in the mid-1960s. They are one of the most famous interpreters of 'salsa brava' m ...

— ''A Lifetime Of Hits... Live At Centro De Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico'' *

Nino Segarra Nino Segarra (born June 21, 1954) is a singer, composer, musician and musical arranger. Early years Segarra was born in Maricao, Puerto Rico into a family of musicians. He was always surrounded by many musical instruments and as a child, learn ...

— ''De Nino A Nino: Homenaje A Nino Bravo'' Best Traditional Tropical Album Bobby Cruz — ''Románticos De Ayer, Hoy y Siempre'' *Francisco Cespedes — ''Con El Permiso de Bola'' * Ibrahim Ferrer — ''Mi Sueño'' *La Charanga Cubana — ''A Comer Chicharrón'' *Alfredo Valdés Jr. — ''De La Habana a Nueva York'' Best Tropical Song

— "

" * Doejo and Juan José Hernández — "Arroz con Habichuela" (

) *Yoel Henriquez and Jorge Luis Piloto — "La Mujer Que Más Te Duele" (

featuring

Víctor Manuelle Víctor Manuel Ruiz Velázquez (born September 27, 1968), known professionally as Víctor Manuelle, is an American salsa musician, known to his fans as ''El Sonero de la Juventud'' ("The Singer Of Youths"). He is identified primarily with ''s ...

) *José Gaviria Escobar — " No Te Pido Flores" (

Fanny Lú Fanny Lucía Martínez Buenaventura (born 8 February 1973), better known professionally as Fanny Lu, is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actress from Santiago de Cali, Colombia. She studied at the University of the Andes and received a degr ...

)

Singer-Songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter Album

Caetano Veloso Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encomp ...

— ''Cê'' *

Jorge Drexler Jorge Abner Drexler Prada (born September 21, 1964) is a Uruguayan musician, actor and doctor specializing in otolaryngology. In 2004, Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Awards, Academy Award, which he ...

— ''12 Segundos de Oscuridad'' *

Amaury Gutiérrez Amaury Gutiérrez is a Cuban singer and composer. Early life Gutiérrez was born on September 9, 1963. When he was in high school decided to pursue music, and his chance came in response to a call from the School of Art Instructors, an institut ...

— ''Pedazos de Mí'' *

José Luis Perales José Luis Perales Morillas (born 18 January 1945) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He has recorded 27 albums and 50 million copies sold worldwide. His compositions have been recorded by singers such as Vikki Carr, Bertín Osborne, R ...

— ''Navegando Por Ti'' *

Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. He is widely considered Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters. Known for his in ...

— ''Érase Que Se Era''

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album

Pepe Aguilar José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born August 7, 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is an American singer. - Accessed on June 17, 2011. From a young age, Aguilar accompanied his parents, Mexican singer-actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestr ...

— ''Enamorado'' *

Cristian Castro Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ...

— '' El Indomable'' * Pedro Fernández — ''Escúchame'' *

Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernández Gómez (17 February 1940 – 12 December 2021) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente" (short for Vicente), "El Charro de Huentitán" (The Charro from Huentitán), "El Ídolo de México ...

— ''La Tragedia del Vaquero'' *

Pablo Montero Pablo Montero (born Óscar Daniel Hernández Rodríguez August 23, 1974) is a Mexican singer and actor. Montero's primary profession is singing, but he also acts regularly in telenovelas produced by Televisa productions in supporting roles. Mont ...

— ''Que Bonita Es Mi Tierra... y sus Canciones'' Best Banda Album

Los Horóscopos de Durango Los Horóscopos de Durango were a Regional Mexican band. In their first years, they were a grupero band, but they eventually changed to the duranguense style when the genre was becoming mainstream. They eventually switched to banda. In their last y ...

— ''Desatados'' * Alacranes Musical — ''Ahora y Siempre'' *

Banda Machos Banda Machos is a Regional Mexican band originally from Villa Corona, in the state of Jalisco. The band specializes in the Technobanda genre. They are best known for popularizing the Quebradita dancing style that became popular in the 1990s in ...

— ''A Pesar De Todo'' * Graciela Beltrán — ''Promesas No'' *

Valentín Elizalde Valentín Elizalde Valencia (; 1 February 1979 – 25 November 2006) was a Regional Mexican singer. Nicknamed "El Gallo de Oro" (The Golden Rooster), he was known for his off-key style and his biggest hits included: "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor", " ...

y su Banda Guasaveña — ''Lobo Domesticado'' * Grupo Montéz de Durango — ''¡Agárrese!'' Best Grupero Album

Grupo Bryndis Grupo Bryndis is a Mexican Grupera band from Cerritos, San Luis Potosí, - though founded in Santa Paula, California in 1983 by Mauro Posadas, the band is a Latin Grammy Award winner. The band performs in the balada tecnocumbia Tecnocumbia is ...

— '' Sólo Pienso En Ti'' *Caballo Dorado — ''Cabalgando En Las Canciones de Joan Sebastian'' * Víctor García — ''Arráncame'' *Los Acosta — ''Siluetas'' * Los Ángeles de Charly — ''Un Tiempo, Un Estilo, Un Amor'' Best Tejano Album

Los Palominos Los Palominos are a Tejano group from Uvalde, Texas. History Los Palominos were formed in 1986 by four brothers under the name Los Tremendos Pequeños. Their repertoire includes polka, ''rancheras'', ''boleros'', ballads, and ''cumbias''. They sign ...

— ''Evoluciones'' *

La Tropa F La Tropa F is a Tejano music group from San Antonio, Texas ("Cradle of Freedom") , image_map = , mapsize = 220px , map_caption = Interactive map of San Antonio , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision ...

— ''Exitos de Combate'' *

The Legends (Tejano band) The Legends are a Tejano "supergroup" of senior Tejano musicians. Members are Carlos Guzmán, Freddie Martínez Sr., Sunny Ozuna, and Augustín Ramírez. The group's first album ¿Qué Es Música Tejana? (2000) won a Latin Grammy Award as Best Te ...

— ''Otra Vez Raices'' *Joe Lopez and Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz for ''Mazz Live Reunion - The Last Dance'' *David Marez — ''Corazón de Oro'' *Joe Posada — ''Despacito'' Best Norteño Album

Michael Salgado Michael Salgado (born ''Miguel Salgado'' in april 5 1971 in Stanton, Texas, United States) is a Norteño (music), Norteño/Tejano music singer/accordionist. Biography He was born in Texas, although his family roots are in Barrancos, Chihuahua, ...

— ''En Vivo'' *

Conjunto Primavera Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican Norteño-Sax band from Ojinaga, Chihuahua. In the 1990s and 2000s they were one of the most popular acts in Regional Mexican music. History Conjunto Primavera was formed on the first day of spring in 1978 by the ...

— ''El Amor Que Nunca Fue'' *

Intocable Intocable ("Untouchable" in English) is an American band from Zapata, Texas that plays Regional Mexican music; specializing in Norteño and Tejano music. It was started by friends Ricardo Javier Muñoz and René Orlando Martínez in the ear ...

— ''Crossroads — Cruce De Caminos'' *Pesado — ''Piénsame Un Momento'' *Siggno — ''Capítulo 5'' Best Regional Mexican Song Freddie Martinez, Sr. — "A Las Escondidas" (Joe Lopez featuring Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz) *Edgar Cortazar and

Mark Portmann Mark Portmann is a musician, songwriter, and record producer who has worked with Celine Dion and Josh Groban. Portman began to learn classical piano as a child, but beginning at Coconut Creek High School he turned to pop music and jazz. He went t ...

— "¿Cómo Quieres Que Te Olvide?" ( Pedro Fernández) *Carlos Alberto Agundiz — "Él No Eres Tú" (

) *Teodoro Bello — "La Tragedia del Vaquero" (

) *Edgar Cortazar, Adrián Pieragostino and José Luis Terrazas — "Me Duele Escuchar Tu Nombre" ( Grupo Montéz de Durango) *Mauricio L. Arriaga and Eduardo Murguia — "Por Amarte" (

) *Luis "Louie" Padilla — "Por Ella (Poco a Poco)" (

)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...

and

Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, bringing the instrument from its bluegrass roots to jazz, classi ...

— ''The Enchantment'' *

Ray Barretto Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as La ...

— ' *

Ed Calle Ed Calle (born ''Eduardo J. Calle'') is a musician from Miami, Florida. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Calle plays the saxophones, flutes, clarinets, EWI, and keyboards, engineers projects, and performs vocals. He also composes and arrange ...

— ''In The Zone'' *Carlos Franzetti Trio — ''Live In Buenos Aires'' *Hamilton de Holanda Quintet — ''Brasilianos''

Traditional

Best Folk Album

Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto are a Colombian traditional folkloric cumbia group formed in the Caribbean Region of Colombia which have been active since 1940. Their folkloric music preserves the traditional rhythms and sounds product of a mixture ...

— ''

Un Fuego de Sangre Pura ''Un Fuego de Sangre Pura'' is an album by the Colombian folkloric cumbia group Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto released in 2006 in the Smithsonian Folkways label. On November 9, 2007, the group won a Latin Grammy award The Latin Grammy Awards ar ...

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Los Muñequitos de Matanzas Los Muñequitos de Matanzas is a Cuban rumba ensemble from the city of Matanzas. The group was established in 1952 as Conjunto Guaguancó Matancero and released their first LP in 1956 through Puchito. Since then, Los Muñequitos have continued to ...

— ''Tambor De Fuego'' *

Mariza Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (), is a Portuguese fado singer. Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican ...

— '' Concerto em Lisboa'' * Sones de México Ensemble Chicago — ''Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land is Your Land)'' Best Tango Album Raul Jaurena — ''Te Amo Tango'' *Luisa Maria Güell — ''Una'' *

Rodolfo Mederos Rodolfo Mederos (born March 25, 1940) is an Argentine bandoneonist, composer and arranger. He lived in Cuba and France; in Argentina, he founded the experimental group Generación Cero. Early life Mederos was born in the Constitución neig ...

Orquesta Típica — ''Comunidad'' *Vayo — ''Tango Legends'' Best Flamenco Album Ojos de Brujo — ''Techarí'' *Calima — ''Azul'' *Juan Carmona — ''Sinfonia Flamenca'' *Miguel Poveda — ''Tierra De Calma'' *Son De La Frontera — ''Cal''

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album

Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 he met Gillespie, who became his f ...

— ''Rumba Palace'' *

Michel Camilo Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Grammy-award winning pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work. Camilo lists some of his main influences as Chick Corea, Keith Ja ...

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Tomatito José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito (born Fondón, 1958), is a Spanish roma flamenco guitarist and composer. Having started his career accompanying famed flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla (with Paco de Lucía), he has made a number of ...

— ''Spain Again'' *

— ''Spirit of the Moment'' * Paquito D'Rivera Quintet — ''Funk Tango'' *

Chucho Valdés Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés (born October 9, 1941), is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he fo ...

— ''Keys of Latin Jazz''

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language) Marcos Witt — '' Alegría'' *Blest — ''Palabras del Alma'' * Daniel Calveti — ''Un Día Más'' *Pablo Olivares — ''Voy A Entregar Mi Corazón'' *Pamela — ''En Español'' * Paulina Aguirre — ''Mujer de Fe'' * Rojo — '' Con el Corazón en la Mano'' Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)

Aline Barros Aline Barros Kistenmacker dos Santos (born October 7, 1976), better known as Aline Barros is a singer, songwriter, presenter and manager in Brazil. Some of her albums have been certified multiple Diamond by the Associação Brasileira dos Produto ...

— ''Caminho De Milagres'' *Padre Juarez de Castro — ''Deus Está Aqui'' *Eyshila — ''Até Tocar O Céu'' *Cristina Mel — ''Um Novo Tempo'' *Robinson Monteiro — ''Uma Nova História'' *

Oficina G3 Oficina G3 is a Christian metal band from São Paulo, Brazil. Lead vocalist and guitarist Juninho Afram formed the band along with drummer Walter Lopes and bassist Wagner García in 1987. Through their history they have changed their musical sty ...

— '' Oficina Elektracustika G3''

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album Lenine — ''Acústico MTV'' *

Zeca Baleiro José Ribamar Coelho Santos (born 11 April 1966), better known by his stage name Zeca Baleiro (), is a Brazilian MPB artist. ALlmusic biography/ref> One of his most famous songs is "Salão de Beleza", which was featured on Putumayo World Music's ...

— ''Baladas do Asfalto & Outros Blues ao Vivo'' *

Carlinhos Brown Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical ...

— ''A Gente Ainda Não Sonhou'' * Pedro Mariano — ''Pedro Mariano'' *Paulo Ricardo — ''Prisma'' *

Ivete Sangalo Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo (; born 27 May 1972) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, TV host, and occasional actress. She was on six albums with Banda Eva, and seven more solo albums. Sangalo is noted for her powerful voice, charisma and live pe ...

— '' Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete no Maracanã'' * Skank — ''

Carrossel ''Carrossel'' ( en, Carousel) is a Brazilian children's telenovela created by Íris Abravanel and written by Abel Santa Cruz. The TV show originally aired on SBT from 21 May 2012 to 26 July 2013. It is a Brazilian remake of the Mexican telen ...

'' Best Brazilian Rock Album Lobão — ''Acústico MTV'' *

Capital Inicial Capital Inicial is a Brazilian rock band that flourished in the 1980s, saw a resurgence in the late 1990s, and extended into the 2000s. History The band has recorded fifteen studio albums, six live albums and seven DVDs in their 40-year caree ...

— ''Eu Nunca Disse Adeus'' *

CPM 22 CPM 22 is a Brazilian melodic hardcore band from São Paulo formed in 1995. Band members are Badauí (vocals), Luciano (guitar), Phil (guitar), Ali (bass) and Daniel (drums). History With influences from the Ramones, the Misfits, Buzzcocks, ...

— ''MTV ao Vivo CPM 22'' * Mutantes — '' Ao Vivo — Barbican Theatre, Londres 2006'' *

NX Zero NX Zero was a Brazilian rock band formed in 2001 in São Paulo, the band consists Di Ferrero (vocals), Gee Rocha (guitar and backing vocals), Daniel Weksler (drums), Caco Grandino (bass) and Fi Ricardo (guitar). The band released their debu ...

— ''NX Zero'' Best Samba/Pagode Album

Zeca Pagodinho Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho, known professionally as Zeca Pagodinho (, born February 4, 1959), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode. Biography Born in the neighborhood of Irajá, Rio de Janeiro, Zeca Pagodin ...

— ''Acústico MTV 2 Gafieira'' * Jorge Aragão — ''E Aí?'' *

Beth Carvalho Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho (May 5, 1946 – April 30, 2019), known professionally as Beth Carvalho, was a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer. Biography Carvalho was raised in a middle-class family in Rio de ...

— ''40 Anos de Carreira: Ao Vivo no Teatro Municipal Vol. 2'' *

Martinho da Vila Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB. He is a prolific songwriter, with hundreds of recorded songs across over 40 solo albums. He a ...

— ''Do Brasil e do Mundo'' *

Mart'nália Martnália Mendonça Ferreira, known as Mart'nália ( Rio de Janeiro, September 7, 1965) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, percussionist and actress. Career Daughter of sambista Martinho da Vila and singer Analia Mendonca (her name is a blend o ...

— ''Mart'nália em Berlim ao Vivo'' Best MPB Album

Leny Andrade Leny de Andrade Lima, known professionally as Leny Andrade, was born in Rio de Janeiro, on January 26, 1943, and is a Brazilian singer and musician. Both Andrade's first and last names are sometimes misspelled in English as "Lenn", "Leni", and "A ...

and Cesar Camargo Mariano — ''Ao Vivo'' *

Gal Costa Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa (), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. She was one of the main figures of the tro ...

— ''Ao Vivo'' *

Guinga Guinga (''Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar''; born June 10, 1950) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro. As a child, he was nicknamed "Gringo", because of his pale skin, and the ...

— ''Casa de Villa'' *

Zé Ramalho Zé Ramalho (born José Ramalho Neto on October 3, 1949 – Brejo do Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and Al ...

— ''Parceria dos Viajantes'' *

Monica Salmaso Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...

— ''Noites de Gala, Samba na Rua'' Best Romantic Music Album Cauby Peixoto — ''Eternamente Cauby Peixoto: 55 Anos de Carreira'' *

Bruno & Marrone Bruno & Marrone are a Brazilian sertanejo duo from Goiânia, formed in 1988 by singers Bruno (vocals and guitar) and Marrone (vocals, guitar and accordion). Bruno (b. Vinicius Felix de Miranda, 1969) performed for a decade as a solo musician b ...

— ''Ao Vivo em Goiânia'' *Wanderley Cardoso — ''40 Años de Sucesso do Bom Rapaz: Ao Vivo'' *

Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano () are a famous Brazilian sertanejo/ country duo. The two brothers were born in Pirenópolis, Goiás. Zezé is the artistic name for Mirosmar José de Camargo and Luciano the artistic name for Welson David de Camargo. ...

— ''Diferente'' * Fábio Jr. — ''Minhas Canções'' Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album

Daniela Mercury Daniela Mercury (born Daniela Mercuri de Almeida on July 28, 1965) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress and television host. In her solo career, Mercury has sold over 20 million records worldwide and had 24 Top 10 single ...

— '' Balé Mulato - Ao Vivo'' *

Dominguinhos José Domingos de Morais (12 February 1941 – 23 July 2013), better known as Dominguinhos, was a Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer. His principal musical influences were the music of Luiz Gonzaga, Forró and in general the music of the ...

— ''Conterrâneos'' * Margareth Menezes — ''Brasileira - Ao Vivo'' *

Sérgio Reis Sergio Bavini, known as Sérgio Reis (born June 23, 1940), is a Brazilian ''Música sertaneja, sertanejo'' singer, actor and politician. He has sold approximately 16 million copies of his more than 40 album releases. Reis was born in São Pau ...

— ''Tributo a Goiá'' *

Naná Vasconcelos Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician wi ...

— ''Trilhas'' Best Brazilian Song

— "Não Me Arrependo" *Miro Almeida, Dória and Duller — "Berimbau Metalizado" (

) *Simone Guimarães and

Francis Hime Francis Hime (Rio de Janeiro, August 31, 1939) is a Brazilian composer, arranger, pianist and singer. He is the composer of the jazz standard ''Minha / All Mine'', recorded, among others, by Bill Evans, Tony Bennett and Eliane Elias Eliane Eli ...

— "Carta á Amiga Poeta" (Simone Guimarães) *

Arnaldo Antunes Arnaldo Antunes (, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960) is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked o ...

and

Adriana Calcanhotto Adriana Calcanhotto (born October 3, 1965) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Her melancholic songs are often categorized in the MPB genre. She began her professional career in 1984 and released her first studio album in 1990. Career Born from ...

— "Para Lá" (Arnaldo Antunes) *Antônio Villeroy — "Rosas" (

Ana Carolina Ana Carolina Sousa (, born September 9, 1974) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician. Career Carolina has a contralto vocal range. Her musical influence comes from the crib, her grandmother used to sing on the radio, and her great aunt a ...

)

Children's

Best Latin Children Album Voz Veis — ''Cómo Se Llega A Belén'' *Acalanto — ''Vida Dde Bebê'' * Miguelito — '' Más Grande Que Tú'' * Zé Renato and Convidados — ''Forró Prás Crianças'' *Strings For Kids — ''El Sueño del Elefante''

Classical

Best Classical Album

John Neschling John Neschling is a Brazilian orchestral and operatic conductor. He was the musical director and the chief conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Symphony) from 1997 to 2008. He was the Artistic Director o ...

— ''Beethoven Abertura Consagração da Casa Sinfonia Nº 6''

Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé i Folch or Folc (full name: María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch (, , ; (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), known simply as Montserrat Caballé, was a Catalan Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide v ...

— ''La Canción Romántica Española'' *

Southwest Chamber Music Southwest Chamber Music is a chamber music ensemble (chamber ensemble) based in Los Angeles County, California. The organization was founded in 1987 by the artistic director Jeff von der Schmidt and the executive director Jan Karlin. One of the ...

— ''Carlos Chávez: Complete Chamber Music Volume 4'' * Rolando Villazón — ''Gitano'' *

Clara Sverner Clara Sverner (August 29, 1936) is a Brazilian pianist, who has had classical education. History Born in São Paulo, Clara Sverner's interpretations are well considered by public and critics from Brazil and abroad. She had a sound education, st ...

— ''Mozart Volume 3''

Recording Package

Best Recording Package Catalina Díez — ''Los Vallenatos de Andrés'' (Various Artists) *Luciano Cury — ''

Mutantes Ao Vivo - Barbican Theatre, Londres 2006 Os Mutantes (meaning '' the mutants''; ) are an influential Brazilian rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement, a dissident musical movement during the Brazilian dictatorship of the late 1960s. The band is considered to be one o ...

'' ( Mutantes) *Gringo Cardia — ''Biograffiti'' (

Rita Lee Rita Lee Jones (; born 31 December 1947) is a Brazilian rock singer, composer and writer. She is a former member of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes and is a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal ...

) *Andrea Bardasano — ''Edición Especial'' (

Motel A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby. Entering dictionarie ...

) *Allan Castañeda and Sandra Masias — ''Serenata Inkaterra'' (

Jean Pierre Magnet Jean Pierre Magnet Vargas Prada (born in Lima, Peru on September 11, 1949) is a saxophonist, composer, music producer, and director. Early life Magnet is the oldest of three and the son of a French Basque father and Peruvian mother. He sta ...

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Production

Best Engineered Album Allan Leschhorn, Luis Mansilla, Ronnie Torres and Adam Ayan — ''

'' (

) *Mario Breuer, Gustavo "Pichon" dal Pont, Javier Garza and Giovanni Versari — ''A Tu Lado'' (

Juan Fernando Velasco Juan Fernando Velasco (born January 17, 1972 in Quito, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian musician. Biography Juan Fernando Velasco was born January 17, 1972 in Quito, Ecuador. He has had three albums in which some of the most popular songs are Ecuado ...

) * Álvaro Alencar and Ricardo Garcia — ''Acústico MTV'' ( Lenine) *Jay Ashby, Jay Dudt and Hollis Greathouse — ''Especiaria'' ( Flavio Chamis) *Gil Cerezo, Carlos Chairez, Omar Gongora, Ulises Lozano and Cesar Pliego — '' Reina'' ( Kinky) Producer of the Year

Sebastian Krys Sebastian Krys (born November 11, 1970) is an Argentine-born American audio engineer, record producer and radio personality. A six-time Grammy and 13-time Latin Grammy winner, Krys has worked with many Spanish language pop and rock artists such as ...

Benny Faccone Benny Faccone is a recording engineer, mixing engineer, and record producer known for his work with Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Miguel, Maná and Marco Antonio Solís. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and 12 Latin Grammy Awards. Biography Faccone was ...

Carlos Jean Carlos Jean Arriaga (born 15 February 1973) is a Spanish DJ and record producer born in the region of Galicia in Northwestern Spain. He is the co-founder of the group Najwajean, and has been a producer for some of the most important Spanish and ...

*Cachorro Lopez *Phil Vinall and Zoé

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video Voz Veis — "Ven A Mi Casa Esta Navidad" * Calle 13 — " Tango del Pecado" *

— "Anoche Soñé Contigo" *

— " Labios Compartidos" * Orishas — "Hay Un Son" Best Long Form Music Video

— ''

'' *

Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...

— ''A Série'' *

Andrés Calamaro Andrés Calamaro (Andrés Calamaro Massel, August 22, 1961) is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential rock artists in Spanish. He is also one of the most complete artist ...

— ''Made in Argentina 2005'' *

— '' Mil y Una Historias En Vivo'' *

— '' Multishow ao vivo: Ivete no Maracanã''

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards * Alberto Cortez *

Lucho Gatica Luis Enrique Gatica Silva (11 August 1928 – 13 November 2018),
''The New York Times''. Retriev ...

Olga Guillot Olga Guillot (October 9, 1922 – July 12, 2010) was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". She was a native of Santiago de Cuba. Biography Daughter of Catalan-Jewish immigrants who moved to Cuba, her father was a tailor and her ...

Os Paralamas do Sucesso Os Paralamas do Sucesso (also known simply as Paralamas) is a Brazilian rock band, formed in Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, in the late 1970s. Its members since 1982 are Herbert Vianna (guitar and lead vocals), Bi Ribeiro (bass), and João Baro ...

Los Tigres del Norte Los Tigres del Norte (English: ''The Tigers of the North'') are a norteño band from San Jose, California. Originally founded in Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales of 60 million albums, the band is one of the most recognized groups in the ...

* Chavela Vargas Trustees Awards *Joao Araujo *Leopoldo Federico. * Fernando Hernández

Performers

featuring

Blue Man Group Blue Man Group is an American performance art company formed in 1987. It was purchased in July 2017 by the Canadian company Cirque du Soleil. Blue Man Group is known for its stage productions, which incorporate many kinds of music and art, bot ...

— "Lola, Lola / La Bomba" — 05:42 *

— "Por Amarte / 100% Méxicano" — 04:39 *

— "

Ella Me Levantó "Ella Me Levantó" ( en, "She Picked Me Up"), is a 2007 reggaeton single by Daddy Yankee. Known for its combination of the "reggaeton" and "merengue" genres, the song helps define the new subgenre of reggaeton and merengue, "merenguetón." It was ...

" — 04:04 * Camila — "Todo Cambió" — 02:35 *

— "Espacio Sideral" — 02:36 * Shaila Dúrcal — "Amor Eterno" — 04:52 *

and

— " Me Muero / Intocable" — 04:26 *

— "Te Lo Juro" — 04:11 * Orishas and Calle 13 — "Hay Un Son / Pal Norte" — 05:56 * Alacranes Musical featuring Kinky — "Sin Tú Amor" — 03:32 *

and

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...

— "Dispárame, Dispara / Vivere (dare to live), Vive Ya" — 06:07 *

— "Que Lloren" — 03:36 *

— "¡Basta Ya!" — 03:24 *

featuring Bimba Bosé — "Como un Lobo" — 03:34 *

440 featuring Sheila E. — "La Travesia" — 04:19

Presenters

*Sofía Vergara and

— presented Best Norteño Album *Bárbara Mori and Eduardo Verástegui — presented Best Pop Vocal Album, Duo or Group *Alessandra Rosaldo and

— presented Best Merengue Album *Erika Buenfil and Sergio Goyri — presented Best Banda Album *Dayanara Torres and Benjamin Bratt — presented Best Urban Music Album *

— presented Best Pop Vocal Album, Female * Aventura — presented Record of the Year *

, Los Horóscopos de Durango, Vicky Terrazas and Marisol Terrazas — presented Best Ranchero Album *Patricia Navidad and Pau Dones — presented Best New Artist *Gloria Estefan — presented People of the Year *Karla Álvarez,

and Pedro Fernández — presented Best Urban Song *Wilmer Valderrama and Angélica Vale — presented Best Pop Vocal Album, Male *Kate del Castillo and Rubén Blades — presented Album of the Year *Nora Salinas and Sergio Mayer — presented Best Alternative Music Album *Mala Rodríguez and Eduardo Capetillo — presented Song of the Year

References

External links

: http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=10383&schid=11335&secid=0 *Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (LARAS): http://www.grammy.com/Latin/ *Nominees: https://web.archive.org/web/20080207112420/http://www.grammy.com/Latin/8_latin/ {{Latin Grammy Awards Latin Grammy Awards by year 2007 music awards, Latin Grammy Awards 2007 in Nevada, Latin Grammy Awards 2007 in Latin music, Grammy Awards November 2007 events in the United States, Latin Grammy Awards