The 4th Annual Latin Grammys 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

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 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

Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra is a singer, songwriter and producer from the Dominican Republic who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 12 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards...

 and Calle 13

Calle 13 (band)

Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...

 also tied this record in 2007 and 2009 respectively.

General

Record of the Year
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — "Es Por Ti

Es Por Ti

Es Por Ti is a song written and performed by Colombian singer Juanes. The song is the second radio single from his second studio album Un Día Normal....

"

• Bacilos
  Bacilos
  Bacilos was a Colombian group based in Miami, Florida, USA. Their album Caraluna won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Latin Album and its 2004 release Sin Vergüenza has again been nominated for Best Latin Pop Album in the Grammy Awards of 2005...
  
   — "Mi Primer Millón
  Mi Primer Millón
  "Mi Primer Millón" is the second single of the album Caraluna by band Bacilos written by Sergio George and Jorge Villamizar. The song won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song in 2003.-Chart performance:...
  
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• Luis Miguel
  Luis Miguel
  Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...
  
   — "Hasta Que Vuelvas"

• Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
   — "Frijolero
  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...
  
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• Tribalistas — "Já Sei Namorar"


Album of the Year
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — Un Día Normal

Un día normal

-Charts:-Certifications:-Singles:-Charts:-References:...

• Bacilos
  Bacilos
  Bacilos was a Colombian group based in Miami, Florida, USA. Their album Caraluna won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Latin Album and its 2004 release Sin Vergüenza has again been nominated for Best Latin Pop Album in the Grammy Awards of 2005...
  
   — Caraluna
  Caraluna
  -Tracklisting:This information adapted from Allmusic....
  
  

• Rubén Blades
  Rubén Blades
  Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
  
   — Mundo
• Alexandre Pires
  Alexandre Pires
  Alexandre Pires do Nascimento is a Brazilian singer. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 80s....
  
   — Estrella Guía

• Tribalistas — Tribalistas

Song of the Year
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — "Es Por Ti

Es Por Ti

Es Por Ti is a song written and performed by Colombian singer Juanes. The song is the second radio single from his second studio album Un Día Normal....

" (Juanes)

• Jorge Villamizar
  Jorge Villamizar
  Jorge Villamizar is a Colombian musician; singer and composer, leader of the band Bacilos, and one of the most representative Latin American singers. He has lived in Miami since 1992.- Early life:...
  
   — "Caraluna
  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 for a Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year.-Chart performance:...
  
  "
 (Bacilos
  Bacilos
  Bacilos was a Colombian group based in Miami, Florida, USA. Their album Caraluna won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Latin Album and its 2004 release Sin Vergüenza has again been nominated for Best Latin Pop Album in the Grammy Awards of 2005...
  
  )
• Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.-Biography:...
  
   — "En El 2000"
 (Natalia Lafourcade)
• Sergio George
  Sergio George
  Sergio George is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well...
  
   and Jorge Villamizar
  Jorge Villamizar
  Jorge Villamizar is a Colombian musician; singer and composer, leader of the band Bacilos, and one of the most representative Latin American singers. He has lived in Miami since 1992.- Early life:...
  
   — "Mi Primer Millón
  Mi Primer Millón
  "Mi Primer Millón" is the second single of the album Caraluna by band Bacilos written by Sergio George and Jorge Villamizar. The song won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song in 2003.-Chart performance:...
  
  "
 (Bacilos
  Bacilos
  Bacilos was a Colombian group based in Miami, Florida, USA. Their album Caraluna won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Latin Album and its 2004 release Sin Vergüenza has again been nominated for Best Latin Pop Album in the Grammy Awards of 2005...
  
  )
• Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...
  
   — "Tal Vez
  Tal Vez (Ricky Martin song)
  "Tal Vez" is the first single from Ricky Martin's album Almas del Silencio. It was released on March 25, 2003 in Latin territories.-Chart performance:...
  
  "
 (Ricky Martin
  Ricky Martin
  Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
  
  )

Best New Artist
David Bisbal

David Bisbal

David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....

• Tiziano Ferro
  Tiziano Ferro
  Tiziano Ferro is an Italian pop singer. He reached notoriety in 2001 and during his career he has also sung in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.-Childhood and early beginnings:...
  
  
• Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.-Biography:...
  
  
• Fernanda Porto
  Fernanda Porto
  Fernanda Porto, or Maria Fernanda Dutra Clemente , is a Brazilian singer of Drum 'n' Bossa, a genre that is the combination of electronic music and bossa nova in allusion to the Drum 'n' Bass genre....
  
  


• Álex Ubago
  Álex Ubago
  Álex Ubago is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He is especially known for his heartfelt voice and his ballads. He rose to stardom in 2001, when he appeared as a guest on a hit TV show in Spain. Alex started to tour national radios with his guitar to sing his songs live and be interviewed...
  
  

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Olga Tañon

Olga Tañón

Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...


 — Sobrevivir

Sobrevivir

Sobrevivir is the title of a studio album released by Puerto-Rican American performer Olga Tañón. It was released by Warner Music on November 19, 2002. The album was produced by Humberto Gatica, Kike Santander, and Manuel Tejada. Sobrevivir includes a collection of songs from different genres such...




• Gisselle
  Gisselle
  Gisselle Ortíz Cáceres, known simply as Gisselle is a Puerto Rican Merengue singer.-Musical career:...
  
  
 — En Alma, Cuerpo y Corazón

• Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....
  
   — Acústico
  Acústico
  Acústico is the eighteenth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario and is the first of two albums recorded during a special presentation of her at the Luis A...
  
  

• Thalía
  Thalía
  Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
  
  
 — Thalía
  Thalía (2002 album)
  Thalía is the seventh studio album by Mexican singer Thalía. It was released on May 21, 2002 by EMI Latin . The lead single was "Tú y Yo" that later became a hit in Thalía's music career peaking at the #1 spot on Billboards Hot Latin Tracks...
  
  

• Ana Torroja
  Ana Torroja
  Ana Torroja is a Grammy Award-nominated Spaniard singer. She is the lead singer of the pop trio Mecano, considered one of the most popular pop bands from Spain during the 1980s and 1990s. Mecano split in 1998 and she embarked on a solo career.-Biography:Ana Torroja met José María Cano while...
  
   — Frágil


Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

 — Quizás

Quizas

Quizás is an Enrique Iglesias album recorded in Spanish in 2002. The singer won a Latin Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Albumfor this recording in 2003.-Making of Quizás:...

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — Santo Pecado
  Santo Pecado
  Santo Pecado is the ninth studio album released on November 19, 2002 in United States and November 26, 2002 in by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona...
  
  

• David Bisbal
  David Bisbal
  David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
  
  
 — Corazón Latino
  Corazón Latino
  Corazón Latino, David Bisbal's first album, was put out by Vale Music Spain, S.L. on May 13, 2002. The album sold more than 1,600,000 copies worldwide.. The second track, Digale, is featured on Televisa's hit soap-opera Cuidado con el ángel....
  
  
• Alexandre Pires
  Alexandre Pires
  Alexandre Pires do Nascimento is a Brazilian singer. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 80s....
  
  
 — Estrella Guía

• Joan Manuel Serrat
  Joan Manuel Serrat
  Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages...
  
  
 — Versos En La Boca


Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Bacilos

Bacilos

Bacilos was a Colombian group based in Miami, Florida, USA. Their album Caraluna won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Latin Album and its 2004 release Sin Vergüenza has again been nominated for Best Latin Pop Album in the Grammy Awards of 2005...

 — Caraluna

Caraluna

-Tracklisting:This information adapted from Allmusic....

• Ilegales
  Ilegales
  Ilegales is a Grammy-nominated Dominican merenhouse trio, founded in 1995 The group is led by singer-songwriter Vladimir Dotel and comprises Dotel, Juan Carlos Campos, and Lumy Pimentel. In addition to reaching the Billboard Tropical charts on their own, the group also had a hit with Alexandra...
  
  
 — Marca Registrada

• Ketama
  Ketama
  Ketama are a Spanish flamenco group in the fusion flamenco style. The leaders of what has been called New Flamenco, they brought a style that was somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa onto the musical scene that drew as much criticism as praise, but which has won over the young public and has...
  
  
 — Dame La Mano

• Las Ketchup
  Las Ketchup
  Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group composed of sisters Lola Muñoz, Pilar Muñoz, Lucía Muñoz and Rocío Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. They are the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as Tomatito , which is not the same as famous and virtuoso flamenco...
  
   — Las Hijas del Tomate

• A.B. Quintanilla
  A.B. Quintanilla
  Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III better known as A.B. Quintanilla III or simply A.B. Quintanilla, is an American songwriter, record producer and musician. He is the older brother of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena...
  
   & Los Kumbia Kings
  Kumbia Kings
  Kumbia Kings was a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican cumbia group from Corpus Christi, Texas created by A.B. Quintanilla. Their music encompasses the styles of cumbia , hip hop and R&B. They produce songs in both Spanish and English. The band's producers from the beginning have been A.B. Quintanilla III...
  
  
 — 4
  4 (Kumbia Kings album)
  -Credits:This information from Allmusic.*Elvin F. Torres — Producer, musical direction*Rodney "Cortada" Alejandro — Arranger*Nicolas Barry — Arranger, didjeridu, computers*Frankie J — Arranger*Wil Donovan — Studio assistant*Robert Becker — Viola...
  
  


Best Pop Instrumental Album
Bajofondo Tango Club

Bajofondo

Bajofondo is a "Río de la Plata" based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay. The band, which refers to itself as a "collective of composers, singers and artists", was formerly called "Bajofondo Tango Club", but shortened the name to "Bajofondo" after they felt their...

 — Bajofondo Tango Club

Bajofondo Tango Club (album)

Bajofondo Tango Club is an electronica music album by Bajofondo Tango Club, nowadays simply Bajofondo, released in 2002 by Vibra Records. It's considered to be an eclectic mix of French house, Argentine tango, trip-hop, drum and bass and chill-out....

• Raúl di Blasio
  Raúl di Blasio
  Raúl di Blasio is an Argentine latin jazz and easy listening pianist.- Life :Born in Zapala, Argentina, Raúl Di Blasio showed a great interest in piano at the age of six. After his parents' recommendations that he should study music, he began to pursue piano as a career.Di Blasio practiced piano...
  
  
 — Di Blasio-Gardel Tango
• Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya
 — Historia Sinfonica del Pop Español

• Spam Allstars
  Spam Allstars
  Spam Allstars are a United States nine-piece Hip hop, Latin, funk, and electronica band from Miami, Florida. The band has been described as "road warriors" because of their busy touring schedule. The band has performed at many music festivals including High Sierra, Langerado, Wakarusa, Montreal...
  
  
 — ¡Fuacata! Live

• Nestor Torres
  Nestor Torres
  Nestor Torres is a jazz flautist who was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in 1957. He took flute lessons at age 12 and began formal studies at the Escuela Libre de Música, eventually attending Puerto Rico’s Inter-American University. At 18, he moved to New York with his family...
  
   — Mi Alma Latina


Rap/Hip-Hop

Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album
Orishas

Orishas (band)

Orishas was a Cuban hip hop group The group was first called "Amenaza", "threat" or "menace" in Spanish, and appealed to the Cuban youth who were hungry for African-American culture consisting of hip hop and rap. Orishas delved into a realm of music that created a black identity to which some...

 — Emigrante

Emigrante

Emigrante is the follow-up to the well-received début album, A Lo Cubano, by the Cuban hip hop band Orishas. The album was released on June 11, 2002, after Flaco-Pro left the band.-Track listing:#"¿Que Pasa?" - 3:41#"Mujer" - 3:49#"Guajiro" - 3:19...

• Big Boy — The Phenomenon

• Tego Calderón
  Tego Calderón
  Tegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.-Early life:Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Pilar Rosario Parrilla, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Moving at a young age from his native...
  
   — El Abayarde
  El Abayarde
  El Abayarde is the debut album by the Puerto Rican rapper Tego Calderón. It was one of the first commercially successful albums in the genre of Reggaeton. It included the singles "Pa' Que Retozen", "Guasa Guasa" and "Al Natural"...
  
  

• Dante
  Dante Spinetta
  Dante Spinetta is an Argentine singer/composer who was part of the defunct duo Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas.- Biography :...
  
  
 — Elevado

• El General
  El General
  El General is a Panamanian Reggae artist considered by some to be one of the Fathers of Reggaeton. During the early 1990s, he initiated the Spanish spoken dancehall that would later become reggaeton...
  
  
 — El General De Fiesta

• Vico C
  Vico C
  Vico C is an Puerto Rican rapper and rap artist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rap and has played an influential role in the development of Latin American hip hop....
  
   — Emboscada
  Emboscada (album)
  Emboscada is a rap album released by Puerto Rican singer Vico C.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "Peligro"# "¿Y Ahora Qué?"# "Abusando"# "Niña Modelo"# "Emboscada"# "Los Perros"# "Movida"# "Por El Lente Del Cielo"# "Crack Crack"# "Super Héroe"...
  
  


Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — Un Día Normal

Un día normal

-Charts:-Certifications:-Singles:-Charts:-References:...

• Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
  
   — Siempre es hoy
  Siempre es Hoy
  Siempre es Hoy is the third album by the Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati.The album was advertised as "Cerati´s Rock Album", however, it has a more of an electronic style than rock...
  
  

• Charly García
  Charly García
  Charly García is a singer-songwriter, pianist and keyboardist from Argentina with a long career in rock music, forming successful groups such as Sui Generis and Serú Girán, cult status groups like La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros, and as a solo musician.-Early years:Charly García was the eldest son in...
  
   — Influencia

• Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.-Biography:...
  
   — Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade (album)
  Natalia Lafourcade is the first album by Mexican pop singer Natalia Lafourcade, released in 2003.The album was released in Mexico on February 25, 2003, it reached #1 on the Mexican Chart and gained a Mexican Certification of Platinum...
  
  
• Luis Alberto Spinetta
  Luis Alberto Spinetta
  Luis Alberto Spinetta , is an Argentine musician. He is one of the most influential rock musicians of South America, and together with Charly García is considered the father of Argentine rock. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the residential neighbourhood of Belgrano...
  
   — Obras En Vivo


Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Maná

Maná

Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo...

 — Revolución de Amor

Revolución De Amor

-Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition:Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition this is a special re-release of Revolución de Amor from the 2003 Revolución de Amor Tour in Spain, released on July 19, 2005. "Eres Mi Religión" features Italian rock singer Zucchero...

• Jaguares
  Jaguares (rock band)
  Jaguares is a Mexican alternative rock band formed by former Caifanes lead singer Saúl Hernández, ex-Caifan Alfonso André , and two long-time friends Federico Fong and José Manuel Aguilera .-History:...
  
   — El Primer Instinto
  El Primer Instinto
  El Primer Instinto is an album recorded by Mexican rock band Jaguares. The album released on October 22, 2002 under the label Sony Music International...
  
  
• Jarabe de Palo
  Jarabe de Palo
  Jarabe de Palo is a Latin rock group from Spain led by Pau Donés , singer, songwriter, and guitarist.- History :Pau Donés, born in Montanuy Huesca, Aragon and raised in Barcelona, worked for various groups before being able to take on his current project, Jarabe de Palo. He began at age 15 with his...
  
   — Bonito
  Bonito (album)
  Bonito is the fifth album by the Spanish Latin rock group Jarabe de Palo, released in August 2003.- Track listing :# Intro# Yin Yang# Bonito# Aún no me Toca# No sé estar Enamorado# Mira como viene# Cambia la Piel# Bailar# En Conexión...
  
  

• Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
  
 — Dance and Dense Denso
  Dance and Dense Denso
  Dance and Dense Denso is Mexican band Molotov's third LP,released in 2003 through Universal Music Latino. It includes the hit "Frijolero".-Track listing:# "Dance and Dense Denso"# "Here We Kum"# "Changüich a la Chichona"# "No Me Da Mi Navidad "...
  
  

• Los Rabanes
  Los Rabanes
  Los Rabanes is a Latin Grammy winner Rock band from Chitré, Herrera, Republic of Panama. Originated in the year 1992 after the end of the bands "Rum & Coke" and "El Decimo Piso". They formed the band with the idea to play in small pubs and bars at weekends. Soon the group won international...
  
  
 — Money Pa' Que


Best Rock Song
Juanes

Juanes

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...

 — "Mala Gente

Mala Gente

"Mala Gente" is a song written about Ashley Caruth, by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes. The song is the third radio single off of his second studio album, Un Día Normal...

" (Juanes)

• Beto Cuevas
  Beto Cuevas
  Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
  
   and Humberto Gatica
  Humberto Gatica
  Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer anda long-time collaborator with producer David Foster....
  
   — "Amate y Salvate"
 (La Ley
  La Ley (band)
  La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...
  
  )
• Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.-Biography:...
  
   — "En El 2000"
 (Natalia Lafourcade)
• Paco Ayala, Randy Ebright and Miguel Huidobro
 — "Frijolero
  Frijolero
  Frijolero may refer to:*Frijolero, a derogatory term for a person of Mexican/Latin American descent*Frijolero , a song by the Mexican band Molotov...
  
  "
 (Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
  )
  • Shakira
    Shakira
    Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
    
     — "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" (Shakira)

Tropical

Best Salsa Album
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico — 40 Aniversario En Vivo


• Oscar D'León
  Oscar D'León
  Oscar Emilio León Somoza, better known as Oscar D'León is a Venezuelan musician who became internationally famous for his salsa music. In Spanish, he is known as El Sonero del Mundo . His most famous song is perhaps "Llorarás," which he recorded in 1975 with his group La Dimensión Latina...
  
   — Infinito

• La India
  La India
  La India , known also as "La Princesa de la Salsa" , is a singer of salsa. She has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.-Early years:...
  
   — Latin Song Bird: Mi Alma y Corazón
• Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
  
 — Le Preguntaba A La Luna

• Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
   — Viceversa


Best Merengue Album
Milly Quezada

Milly Quezada

Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer. She is a singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States...

 — Pienso Así...


• Elvis Crespo
  Elvis Crespo
  Elvis Crespo , is a Puerto Rican-American Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer.-Early years:Crespo was born in New York City and was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley...
  
   — Urbano

• Grupo Manía
  Grupo Manía
  Grupo Manía is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s...
  
  
 — Latino

• Los Hermanos Rosario
  Los Hermanos Rosario
  Los Hermanos Rosario is a merengue music band, originally consisting of brothers Toño Rosario, Pepe, Rafa and Luis.-History:...
  
   — Swing A Domicilio

• Kinito Méndez
 — Sigo Siendo El Hombre Merengue


Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...

 — Mundo


• Charanga Habanera
 — Live In The USA

• Ry Cooder
  Ry Cooder
  Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
  
   and Manuel Galban
  Manuel Galban
  Manuel Galbán was a Grammy winning Cuban guitarist, pianist and arranger, most notable for his work with Los Zafiros, Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club...
  
  
 — Mambo Sinuendo
  Mambo Sinuendo
  Mambo Sinuendo is a studio album released by Cuban performer Manuel Galban and producer Ry Cooder. This album became the first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for Galbán and the second for Cooder...
  
  

• Juan Formell
  Juan Formell
  Juan Formell is a Cuban musician, bassist, composer, and arranger, best known as the director of Los Van Van Orchestra. He is a creator of popular danceable music and credited with bringing electronic instrumentation into the Cuban musical form.His professional activity started in 1957 as musician...
  
   and Los Van Van
  Los Van Van
  Los Van Van is a Cuban band led by bassist Juan Formell, it is one of the most recognized post-revolution Cuban bands, while Juan Formell has arguably become the most important figure in contemporary Cuban music....
  
   — En El Malecón De La Habana

• Monchy y Alexandra
  Monchy y Alexandra
  Monchy y Alexandra were a bachata musical group from the Dominican Republic. They sang together as a duo beginning in 1999. Their first big hit was "Hoja en Blanco", which they released in 1999. Since then, they had many other hits, such as "Hasta El Fin" and "Perdidos", both from their 2004...
  
  
 — Confesiones...


Best Traditional Tropical Album
Ibrahim Ferrer

Ibrahim Ferrer

Ibrahim Ferrer was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. He performed with many musical groups including the Conjunto Sorpresa, Orquesta Chepin-Choven and Afro-Cuban All Stars...

 — Buenos Hermanos


• The Mambo All Stars Orchestra
 — 50 Years of Mambo

• Polo Montañez
  Polo Montañez
  Polo Montañez was a Cuban singer and songwriter.Montañez was born Fernando Borrego Linares in Sierra del Rosario, Pinar del Río, in a farm known as El Brujito. At an early age he worked various jobs including driving a tractor, milking cows, making coal, assisting on the family farm, and as a...
  
   — Guitarra Mía

• Eliades Ochoa
  Eliades Ochoa
  Eliades Ochoa is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba....
  
   — Estoy Como Nunca

• Plena Libre
 — Mi Ritmo


Best Tropical Song
Sergio George

Sergio George

Sergio George is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well...

 and Jorge Villamizar

Jorge Villamizar

Jorge Villamizar is a Colombian musician; singer and composer, leader of the band Bacilos, and one of the most representative Latin American singers. He has lived in Miami since 1992.- Early life:...

 — "Mi Primer Millón

Mi Primer Millón

"Mi Primer Millón" is the second single of the album Caraluna by band Bacilos written by Sergio George and Jorge Villamizar. The song won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song in 2003.-Chart performance:...

"
 (Bacilos

Bacilos

Bacilos was a Colombian group based in Miami, Florida, USA. Their album Caraluna won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Latin Album and its 2004 release Sin Vergüenza has again been nominated for Best Latin Pop Album in the Grammy Awards of 2005...

)

• Elvis Crespo
  Elvis Crespo
  Elvis Crespo , is a Puerto Rican-American Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer.-Early years:Crespo was born in New York City and was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley...
  
   — "Bandida"
 (Elvis Crespo)
• Sergio George
  Sergio George
  Sergio George is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well...
  
   and Jorge Luis Piloto — "La Salsa Vive"
 (Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
  )
• Kike Santander
  Kike Santander
  Dr. Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, commonly known as Kike Santander, is a Colombian composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne,...
  
   — "Por Más Que Intento"
 (Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
  )
• Ray Contreras, Jimmy Greco, La India
  La India
  La India , known also as "La Princesa de la Salsa" , is a singer of salsa. She has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.-Early years:...
  
   and Shirley Marte — "Sedúceme"
 (La India)

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album
Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

 — 35 Aniversario — Lo Mejor de Lara

• Pepe Aguilar
  Pepe Aguilar
  José "Pepe" Aguilar Jiménez is a popular singer-songwriter of ranchera, mariachi and pop music. Pepe is the son of Mexican icon Antonio Aguilar and folkloric actress Flor Silvestre.-Career:...
  
   — Y Tenerte Otra Vez
  Y Tenerte Otra Vez
  Y Tenerte Otra Vez is a studio album released by Pepe Aguilar. This album became his first number one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.-Tracklisting:This tracklisting from Billboard.com#Me Falta Valor — 3:36...
  
  

• Rocío Dúrcal
  Rocío Dúrcal
  Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...
  
   — Rocío Dúrcal... En Concierto Inólvidable

• Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
  
  
 — Niña Amada Mía
  Niña Amada Mía
  Niña Amada Mía is the eleventh album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez this is a Ranchera album that contains beautiful melodies of big composers like Armando Manzanero and Jorge Massias...
  
  

• Pedro Fernández
  Pedro Fernández
  José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:*1979: La De La Mochila Azul*1989: Vicio*1990: Por Un Amigo Más*1991: Muñecos De Papel...
  
   — De Corazón


Best Banda Album
Joan Sebastian

Joan Sebastian

Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...

 — Afortunado


• Banda Centenario
 — Homenaje a un Amigo

• Banda El Recodo
  Banda el Recodo
  Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
  
  
 — No Me Sé Rajar
  No Me Sé Rajar
  No Me Sé Rajar is a studio album released by the Mexican banda ensemble Banda el Recodo. This album became their first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and also received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.-Tracklisting:This information...
  
  

• Banda Machos
  Banda Machos
  Banda Machos is a Mexican band originally from Villa Corona, in the state of Jalisco. The band sings a combination of Banda music, Quebradita, and Ranchera...
  
   — Banda Machos

• Cuisillos de Arturo Macias
  Cuisillos de Arturo Macias
  Cuisillos de Arturo Macias, formerly known as and still referred to in informal speech as Banda Cuisillos, are a Mexican banda group from the pueblo of Cuisillos, Jalisco. They are well known for being one of the few highly-successful bandas not to originate in Sinaloa, the birthplace and...
  
   — ...No Voy a Llorar


Best Grupero Album
Atrapado
 — ¿Qué Sentiras?


• Alondra
  Alondra
  The singer Alondra was born in Mexico City. She is a multi-platinum Billboard award winner and Latin Grammy-nominated recording artist. She was also known as "La Madrina de Menudo" for having a group of teenagers open for her concerts. This group eventually became known as the world famous Menudo....
  
  
 — Alondra

• Ivan Díaz
 — Historias

• Límite
 — Soy Así

• Jennifer Peña
  Jennifer Peña
  Jennifer Marcella Peña , is an American Latin Pop/Tejano singer and actress who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peña with other siblings Janet and Jackie...
  
   — Libre


Best Tejano Album
Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz

Mazz

Mazz is a Grammy Award–winning Tejano band originating from south Texas. They were formed in Brownsville, TX, by singer/guitarists Jimmy González and Joe López, and emerged as one of the most innovative bands in their genre after adding synthesizer to combine traditional Mexican music and popular...

 — Si Me Faltas Tu



• Jaime & Los Chamacos
 — Conjunto Power

• Emilio Navaira
 — Acuérdate

• Jay Perez
  Jay Perez
  Jay Perez born in San Antonio, Texas is an American Tejano musician, notable for his blending of Rhythm and Blues with traditional Tejano music . Initially a backing musician and leading vocalist for Latin Breed and then David Lee Garza y los Musicales, Perez began a solo career in the early 1990s....
  
  
 — Hombre En La Luna

• Ruben Ramos
  Ruben Ramos
  Ruben Ramos, also known as El Gato Negro, is an award-winning American Tejano music performer. Beginning his music career in the late '60s, Ruben fame as has grown throughout the years as he formed his own distinct sound of music. In March 1998, Ruben was inducted into the Tejano Music Awards Hall...
  
   & The Revolution
 — El Gato Negro On The Prowl


Best Norteño Album
Los Terribles del Norte
 — La Tercera Es La Vencida... Eso!


• Juan Acuña
  Juan Acuña
  Juan Acuña Naya, born 14 February 1923 in A Coruña, an died in the same city in 30 August 2001; was a former Spanish football goalkeeper.- Biography :...
  
   & El Terror del Norte
 — Pa' Toda Mi Raza...Eso!

• Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
  
  
 — Perdoname Mi Amor

• Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Latino Regional Band founded on April 13, 1987 by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of talented friends in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. From humble beginnings, starting their musical career by playing at nightclubs they rose to become the most successful...
  
  
 — Jugo A La Vida

• Pesado
 — No Te La Vas A Acabar!


Best Regional Mexican Song
Joan Sebastian

Joan Sebastian

Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...

 — "Afortunado"
 (Joan Sebastian)

• A.B. Quintanilla III and Alicia Villarreal
  Alicia Villarreal
  Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer.-Biography:...
  
   — "Ay! Papacito"
 (Límite)
• Jimmy González — "Dame Un Minuto"
 (Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz
  Mazz
  Mazz is a Grammy Award–winning Tejano band originating from south Texas. They were formed in Brownsville, TX, by singer/guitarists Jimmy González and Joe López, and emerged as one of the most innovative bands in their genre after adding synthesizer to combine traditional Mexican music and popular...
  
  )
• Noe Hernández, Alfonso Lizárraga and Joel Lizárraga — "Las Vías Del Amor"
 (Banda El Recodo
  Banda el Recodo
  Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
  
  )
• Ramón González Mora — "Perdóname Mi Amor"
 (Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
  
  )

Traditional

Best Folk Album

Mercedes Sosa

Mercedes Sosa

Haydée Mercedes Sosa, known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and some countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both...

 — Acústico

• Alex Acuña
  Alex Acuña
  Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved...
  
   and Eva Ayllón
  Eva Ayllón
  Eva Ayllón , a composer and singer, is one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the country's most enduring stars.-Biography:...
  
   with Los Hijos Del Sol — 
To My Country

• Eva Ayllón
  Eva Ayllón
  Eva Ayllón , a composer and singer, is one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the country's most enduring stars.-Biography:...
  
   — Eva

• Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
  Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
  Los Muñequitos de Matanzas is a Cuban rumba and Folkloric group. It has been described by many as one of the most important groups in Cuba.The group formed under the name "Guaguancó Matancero" in 1952, in Barrio Marina, Matanzas, Cuba. Among their first recordings was the song "Los muñequitos" ...
  
  
 — Rumba De Corazón

• Raíces Habaneras
 — Raíces Habaneras


Best Tango Album
Sexteto Mayor — Homenaje A Piazzolla


• Adrian Iaies
  Adrián Iaies
  Adrián Iaies is an Argentine pianist and composer who has been nominated for the Latin Grammy awards three times. His main style is Jazz but he combines that with soul, tango, and other styles....
  
   Trio
 — Las Cosas Tienen Movimiento

• Adriana Nano y Los Bandoneones de Buenos Aires
 — Adriana Nano y Los Bandoneones de Buenos Aires

• Orquesta Del Tango De La Ciudad De Buenos Aires — En Vivo En El Colón

• Susana Rinaldi
  Susana Rinaldi
  Susana Natividad Rinaldi is an Argentine tango singer.Dubbed "La Tana", she was born Susana Natividad Rinaldi in Buenos Aires on December 25, 1935. The daughter of a wealthy father and a poor mother, she spent her childhood moving throughout different provinces of Argentina...
  
   — La Rosa En Ginebra

• Leo Sujatovich
 — Trío De Cámara Tangos


Best Flamenco Album
Pepe de Lucía

Pepe de Lucía

Pepe de Lucía is a Spanish flamenco singer and songwriter. The son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez and brother of flamenco guitarists Paco de Lucía and Ramón de Algeciras, he adopted the stage name Pepe de Lucía in honor of his Portuguese mother, Luzia Gomes...

 — El Corazón De Mi Gente


• Juan Carmona
 — Orillas

• Diego El Cigala
  Diego El Cigala
  Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala , is a famous Spanish Romani Flamenco singer...
  
   with Niño Josele
  Niño Josele
  Niño Josele is a Spanish guitarist, and exponent of the New Flamenco style.His first two albums show a vibrant, pure, modern flamenco style....
  
   — Teatro Real De Madrid

• Carmen Linares
  Carmen Linares
  Carmen Linares is the stage name of Carmen Pacheco Rodríguez. Born in 1951 in Linares, Jaén Province, she is known as one of the finest flamenco singers in Spain.She came to Madrid with her family in 1965...
  
   with Gerardo Núñez
  Gerardo Núñez
  Gerardo Núñez Díaz is a Spanish guitarist and composer. His roots lie in flamenco, but he has also ventured into fusion with other genres, especially jazz.- Career :...
  
   Trio
 — Un Ramito De Locura

• José Mercé
  José Mercé
  José Mercé is a flamenco cantaor .He is the great-grandson of nineteenth-century seguiriya maestro Francisco Valencia, who received the nickname Paco la Luz....
  
   — Lío

• Victor Monge Serranito with Camerata Romeu
 — Sueños De Ida y Vuelta

• Various Artists — Gerardo Núñez Presenta La Nueva Escuela De Guitarra Flamenca


Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album
Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera is a Cuban alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist. The winner of multiple Grammys and other awards, D'Rivera has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He has worked in a variety of contexts, but is perhaps best known for playing Latin...

 — Brazilian Dreams


• Alex Acuña
  Alex Acuña
  Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved...
  
   and Justo Almario with Tolú — 
Bongó De Van Gogh

• Gato Barbieri
  Gato Barbieri
  Leandro Barbieri , better known as Gato Barbieri , is an Argentinean jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and from his latin jazz recordings in the 1970s.-Biography:Born to a family of musicians, Barbieri began playing music...
  
   — The Shadow Of The Cat

• Eddie Palmieri
  Eddie Palmieri
  Eddie Palmieri , is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.-Early years:...
  
   — La Perfecta II

• Esperança 
Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo
 — Mundo Verde
• Chucho Valdés
  Chucho Valdés
  Chucho Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists...
  
   — Fantásia Cubana


Christian

Best Christian Album
Marcos Witt

Marcos Witt

Marcos Witt , is an American, four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Christian singer and pastor.-Biography:Marcos Witt is the second born of three children to Jerry and Nola Witt, a young American missionary couple. The Witt family moved to Durango, México, in 1964 and they started a missionary...

 — Sana Nuestra Tierra

Sana Nuestra Tierra

Sana Nuestra Tierra is the twenty-first album released by Christian singer Marcos Witt. The album was recorded live from Houston, Texas. This album was winner of the Latin Grammy for Best Christian album.-Track listing:#"Sánanos" - 6:52...

• Patty Cabrera
 — Amar A Alguien Como Yo

• Funky
 — Funkytown

• Annette Moreno & Jardín — Un Ángel Llora

• Perucho
 — Almas Unidas


Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Tribalistas

Tribalistas (group)

Tribalistas were a short-lived but popular brazilian musical trio consisting of Arnaldo Antunes, Marisa Monte and Carlinhos Brown . Their one-off collaboration resulted in the popular album Tribalistas, released in Brazil in late 2002 by EMI and in international territories in 2003...

 — Tribalistas

• Gilberto Gil
  Gilberto Gil
  Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...
  
   — Kaya N'Gan Daya - Ao Vivo

• Kid Abelha
  Kid Abelha
  Kid Abelha is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed by Paula Toller , George Israel and Bruno Fortunato . The group has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 live albums and 2 live DVDs. They have created many songs which have entered into Brazilian pop-rock history...
  
  
 — Acústico MTV

• Milton Nascimento
  Milton Nascimento
  -Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
  
   — Pietá

• Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...
  
  
 — Live in Bahia


Best Brazilian Rock Album
Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Longo Caminho

Longo Caminho

Longo Caminho is the tenth studio album by Os Paralamas do Sucesso released in 2002. The album was recorded after an accident that paralyzed the lead singer Herbert Vianna, but the material is from before it....

• Capital Inicial
  Capital Inicial
  Capital Inicial is a Brazilian rock band that flourished in the 1980s, saw a resurgence in the late '90s, and extended into the 2000s.-History:...
  
   — Rosas e Vinho Tinto
• Charlie Brown Jr.
  Charlie Brown Jr.
  Charlie Brown Jr. is a Brazilian rock band, from the city of Santos, São Paulo. Their biggest influences are The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Suicidal Tendencies and Rage Against the Machine.-Current formation:* Chorão - Vocals...
  
   — Bocas Ordinárias
• CPM 22
  CPM 22
  CPM 22 is a brazilian melodic hardcore band from São Paulo formed in 1995.Band members are Fernando Estefano , Ricardo Di Roberto , Fernando Sanches Takara and Luciano Garcia .- History :...
  
   — Chegou A Hora De Recomeçar
• Cássia Eller
  Cássia Eller
  Cássia Rejane Eller was a Brazilian musician. She performed a fusion of rock and MPB.- Biography :After spending most of her adolescence in Brasília, Eller dropped out of high school and returned to her birthplace of Rio de Janeiro, where she began a career as a recording artist...
  
   — Dez De Dezembro
• Nação Zumbi
  Nação Zumbi
  Nação Zumbi is a Brazilian rock band formed by Chico Science. The musicians of the group continued as Nação Zumbi after Chico died in a car accident on February 2, 1997....
  
   — Nação Zumbi

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Alcione — Ao Vivo

• Leandro Braga — Primeira Dama - A Música De Dona Ivone Lara
• Teresa Cristina and Grupo Semente — A Música De Paulinho Da Viola
• Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila is a Brazilian samba musician...
  
   — Voz e Coração
• Jair Rodrigues
  Jair Rodrigues
  Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira is a Brazilian musician and singer, a pioneer of the funk in the country. He is the father of Luciana Mello and Jair Oliveira, who also followed in his footsteps and became musicians....
  
   — Intérprete

Best MPB Album
Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...

 and Jorge Mautner

Jorge Mautner

Jorge Mautner is a Brazilian writer and singer. He is the creator of the Moviment of Kaos.-Albums:* Revirão - Gege/Warner Music* Eu não peço desculpa * Mitologia do Kaos...

 — Eu não peço desculpa

• Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia Vianna Telles Veloso , better known as Maria Bethânia , is a singer and sister of Caetano Veloso. She started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião"...
  
   — Maricotinha Ao Vivo

• João Bosco
  João Bosco
  João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco is a noted Brazilian singer-songwriter with a distinctive style as a guitarist...
  
  
 — Malabaristas Do Sinal Vermelho

• Dori Caymmi
  Dori Caymmi
  Dorival Tostes Caymmi is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and producer who is a two-time Grammy Award winner .-Biography:...
  
  
 — Contemporâneos

• Gal Costa
  Gal Costa
  Gal Costa is a Brazilian singer of popular music.-Early life:...
  
   — Gal Bossa Tropical

• Elza Soares
  Elza Soares
  Elza Soares is a Brazilian samba singer. She was married to Brazilian football player Garrincha.Born and raised in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Soares took part in a singing contest presented by the renowned Brazilian musician Ary Barroso, and received the highest marks. In the late 1950s, Soares...
  
   — Do Cóccix Até O Pescoço


Best Sertaneja Music Album
Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano

Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano

Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano are Brazil's most famous sertanejo/country duo and brothers. They 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....

 — Zezé Di Camargo e Luciano

• Bruno & Marrone — Minha Vida Minha Musica
• Chitãozinho & Xororó
  Chitãozinho & Xororó
  Chitãozinho & Xororó are a Brazilian sertanejo duo. Chitãozinho is the stage name of José Lima Sobrinho and Xororó that of Durval de Lima. Their music, which combines traditional Brazilian caipira with pop, was instrumental in establishing the sertanejo genre...
  
   — Festa Do Interior
• Edson & Hudson — Acústico Ao Vivo
• Gian & Giovani — Gian and Giovani
• Milionario and José Rico — O Dono Do Mundo
• Comitiva Brasil — 100% Sertanejo

Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album
Dominguinhos

Dominguinhos

Dominguinhos is a Brazilian composer and singer.He has performed with musicians such as Luiz Gonzaga, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa , Zé Ramalho, Toquinho, and Maria Bethânia. Some of his hits were recorded by Bethânia, Gil, Chico Buarque, Elba Ramalho, and Fagner...

 — Chegando de mansinho

• Fafá de Belém
  Fafá de Belém
  Fafá de Belém, born Maria de Fátima Palha de Figueiredo in Belém do Pará on August 9, 1956, is a Brazilian singer considered one of the great female singers of MPB...
  
   — O Canto Das águas
• Elomar, Pena Branca, Renato Teixeira, Teca Calazans and Xangai — Cantoria Brasileira
• Olodum
  Olodum
  Olodum is a cultural group based in the Afro Brazilian community of Salvador, the capital city of the state of Bahia, Brazil. It was founded by percussionist, Neguinho do Samba....
  
   — Pela Vida
• Pena Branca — Pena Branca Canta Xavantinho

Best Brazilian Song
Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...

 and Telo Borges — "Tristesse" (Milton Nascimento and Maria Rita

Maria Rita

Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...

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• Herbert Vianna — "Cuide Bem Do Seu Amor"
 (Os Paralamas do Sucesso)
• Arnaldo Antunes
  Arnaldo Antunes
  Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
  
  , Carlinhos Brown
  Carlinhos Brown
  Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. He was born in Candeal Pequeno, a small neighbourhood in the Brotas area of Salvador de Bahia...
  
   and Marisa Monte
  Marisa Monte
  Marisa de Azevedo Monte is a Brazilian popular singer. As of 2011, she has sold 10 million albums worldwide.- Biography :...
  
   — "Já Sei Namorar"
 (Tribalistas)
• Chico Amaral — "Pietá"
 (Milton Nascimento
  Milton Nascimento
  -Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
  
  )
• Jorge Mautner
  Jorge Mautner
  Jorge Mautner is a Brazilian writer and singer. He is the creator of the Moviment of Kaos.-Albums:* Revirão - Gege/Warner Music* Eu não peço desculpa * Mitologia do Kaos...
  
   — "Todo Errado"
 (Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...
  
   and Jorge Mautner)

Children's

Best Latin Children's Album
Xuxa

Xuxa

Xuxa , Maria da Graça "Xuxa" Meneghel, born March 27, 1963 in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress, singer and children's television show host...

 — Só Para Baixinhos 3

• Cómplices Al Rescate
  Cómplices al rescate
  Cómplices al Rescate is a Mexican telenovela starring Belinda as two twins who were separated at birth.- Synopsis :...
  
   — Cómplices Al Rescate: El Gran Final
  Cómplices Al Rescate: El Gran Final
  Cómplices Al Rescate: El Gran Final is the third soundtrack for the Mexican television series Cómplices Al Rescate , it was released in Mexico by Sony BMG.- Information :...
  
  

• Beatriz Contreras, Lila Jaramillo and Orlando Sandoval
 — Carta Al Niño Dios

• Tatiana
  Tatiana (singer)
  Tatiana Palacios Chapa , better known as simply "Tatiana", is a Mexican singer and actress.-Birth and childhood:Tatiana's parents, Dr...
  
   — Los Mejores Temas de las Películas de Walt Disney

• Various Artists — Canciones de Gozo Para Niños


Classical

Best Classical Album
Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera is a Cuban alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist. The winner of multiple Grammys and other awards, D'Rivera has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He has worked in a variety of contexts, but is perhaps best known for playing Latin...

 — Historia del soldado

• Jordi Savall
  Jordi Savall
  Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Catalan viol player, conductor and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol back to life on the stage...
  
   and Capella Reial de Catalunya — Biber: Requiem Á 15 Battalia Á 10

• Maria Teresa Madeira
 — Ernesto Nazareth 2 - Mestres Brasileiros Vol IV

• Ángeles Blancas, Plácido Domingo
  Plácido Domingo
  Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
  
  , Elisabete Matos
  Elisabete Matos
  Elisabete Matos is a Portuguese soprano.- Biography :Elisabete Matos was born in Caldas da Taipas, Guimarães , Portugal and she began her first musical studies in at the Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga....
  
  , García Navarro, Àngel Òdena
  Àngel Òdena
  - Biography :Born in Tarragona, Spain he has a degree in Geography and History. He started studying singing and piano in his native town with Mercè Obiol and Dolors Aldea, and continued his studies in L’Accademia Lirica di Mantova with Katia Ricciarelli and later with Eduardo Giménez...
  
  , Stefano Palatchi and María Rey-Joly — Margarita La Tornera ....

• Kronos Quartet
  Kronos Quartet
  Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
  
   — Nuevo
 Kronos

Production

Best Engineered Album

Maná

Maná

Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo...

 — Revolución de Amor

Revolución De Amor

-Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition:Revolución de Amor: 2003 Tour Edition this is a special re-release of Revolución de Amor from the 2003 Revolución de Amor Tour in Spain, released on July 19, 2005. "Eres Mi Religión" features Italian rock singer Zucchero...

Engineers: Benny Faccone and Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna is an English hypnotist and self-improvement author.McKenna has written and produced books and multimedia products, hosted self-improvement television shows and presents seminars in hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming, weight loss and motivation.-Career:Paul McKenna started in...

• Los Rabanes
  Los Rabanes
  Los Rabanes is a Latin Grammy winner Rock band from Chitré, Herrera, Republic of Panama. Originated in the year 1992 after the end of the bands "Rum & Coke" and "El Decimo Piso". They formed the band with the idea to play in small pubs and bars at weekends. Soon the group won international...
  
   — Money Pa' Que

  • Engineers: Mike Couzzi and Sebastian Krys
• Rubén Blades
  Rubén Blades
  Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
  
   — Mundo

  • Engineers: Walter Flores
    Walter Flores
    Walter Flores is a Costa Rican musician. His mother, Maria de los Angeles Mora, and his father Walter Flores, educated him about music since he was a child. He started his education at Conservatorio Castella, Universidad de Costa Rica then at Berklee College of Music . Actually, he is married and...
    
    , Oscar Marín, Daniela Pastore and Edín Solís
• Tribalistas — Tribalistas

  • Engineers: William Jr., Antoine Midani and Alê Siqueira
• Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
   — Viceversa

  • Engineers: Rolando Alejandro, Dominic Barbera, Jon Fausty, Brian Kinkead, José Lugo, Arturo Ortiz
    Arturo Ortíz
    Arturo Ortíz is a retired Spanish high jumper.His personal best jump was 2.34 metres, achieved in June 1991 in Barcelona. This is also the current Spanish record.-Achievements:-References:...
    
    , Rei Peña, Pedro Rivera Toledo and Ronnie Torres

Producer of the Year
Bebu Silvetti

Bebu Silvetti

Juan Fernando Silvetti Adorno , professionally known as Bebu Silvetti or simply Silvetti, was an Argentine pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and record producer...

• Sergio George
  Sergio George
  Sergio George is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well...
  
  
• Guto Graça Mello
• Luis Fernando Ochoa
• Gustavo Santaolalla
  Gustavo Santaolalla
  Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla is an Argentine musician, film composer and producer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, for Brokeback Mountain in 2005 and Babel in 2006.-Life and career:...
  
  

Music Video

Best Music Video
Molotov — "Frijolero

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...

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• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — "El Problema"

• Chayanne
  Chayanne
  Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
  
   — "Torero"

• Roberto Frejat
  Roberto Frejat
  Roberto Frejat , is a musician, composer, singer and co-founder of the band Barão Vermelho.Frejat, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, is considered one of the most important persons in the Brazilian Rock scene. He co-founded the band Barão Vermelho in 1981 playing the guitar and writing songs, then...
  
   — 
"Segredos"

• Jarabe de Palo
  Jarabe de Palo
  Jarabe de Palo is a Latin rock group from Spain led by Pau Donés , singer, songwriter, and guitarist.- History :Pau Donés, born in Montanuy Huesca, Aragon and raised in Barcelona, worked for various groups before being able to take on his current project, Jarabe de Palo. He began at age 15 with his...
  
  — "Bonito"