The 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...

 took place on November 5, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center

Mandalay Bay Events Center

Mandalay Bay Events Center is a 12,000 seat indoor arena, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, on the Las Vegas Strip, in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by MGM Resorts International.It has hosted many music, boxing and mixed martial arts events....

 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

. This was the second time the show took place in Las Vegas. Juan Gabriel

Juan Gabriel

Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....

 was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the Latin music industry and dedication to...

 on November 4, the day prior to the telecast. 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...

 were the big winners, winning five awards including Album of the Year. 2009 marked the ten year anniversary of the Latin Grammy Awards.

General

Record of the Year
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...

 featuring Café Tacuba — "No Hay Nadie Como Tú

No Hay Nadie Como Tú

"No Hay Nadie Como Tú" is the first single by alternative-rap duo Calle 13 taken from their third studio album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, released on October 7, 2008 by Sony BMG. It features Mexican alternative rock group Café Tacuba. The single is known for its mixture of different musical...

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Producer: Rafael Arcaute; Engineers/mixers: Ivan Gutiérrez, Edgardo Matta and Omar Vivoni

• Luis Fonsi
  Luis Fonsi
  Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
  
   featuring Aleks Syntek
  Aleks Syntek
  Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña , better known as Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and producer. He is married to Karen Coronado, sister of talkshow host Ingrid Coronado.-Biography:...
  
  , Noel Schajris
  Noel Schajris
  Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez is a naturalized Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer-songwriter Leonel García concluded their partnership in 2007...
  
   and 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....
  
   — "Aquí Estoy Yo
  Aquí Estoy Yo
  "Aquí Estoy Yo" is a song written by Luis Fonsi, Claudia Brant and Gen Rubin; it was produced by Fonsi and Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album Palabras del Silencio, and it is performed by Fonsi, David Bisbal, Aleks Syntek, and Noel Schajris....
  
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  • Producers: Luis Fonsi and Sebastian Krys; Engineers/mixers: Lee Levin, Luis Alfonso Rodríguez, Andrés Saavedra, Orlando Vitto and Dan Warner
• Ivan Lins
  Ivan Lins
  Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most...
  
   and the Metropole Orchestra
  Metropole Orchestra
  The Metropole Orchestra is a jazz and pop orchestra based in the Netherlands, and is the largest full time ensemble of its kind in the world. A hybrid orchestra, it is a combination of jazz big band and symphony orchestra...
  
   — "Arlequim Desconhecido"
  • Producers: Ivan Lins and Vince Mendoza; Engineers/mixers: Rich Breen and Paul Pouwer
• José Lugo Orchestra featuring 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:...
  
   — "Si No Vas a Cocinar"
  • Producer: José Lugo; Engineers/mixers: Rolando Alejandro, Jon Fausty and Ronnie Torres
• Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
  
   — "En Cambio No
  Invece no
  "Invece no" is a pop song by Italian singer Laura Pausini for her album, Primavera in anticipo, released on October 22, 2008. "En cambio no" is its Spanish language adaptation featured in the Mexican telenovela En Nombre del Amor . The Spanish version was nominated for the 2009 Latin Grammy for...
  
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  • Producers: Paolo Carta and Laura Pausini; Engineers/mixers: Paolo Carta and Steve Lyon

Album of the Year
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...

 — Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo

Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo

Los de atrás vienen conmigo is the third studio album by Puerto Rican alternative rap duo Calle 13 and was released on October 21, 2008 by Sony Music Latin. This album is a bit more colorful than the previous, although dark humor continues to be the tone. The album has a fusion of rhythms the band...

Producers: Rafael Arcaute, Eduardo Cabra, Ivan Gutiérrez, Edgardo Matta and René Pérez; Engineers/mixers: Rodrigo Barria, Cesar Dellano, Ivan Gutierrez, Guillermo Mandrafina, Ramón Martínez and Omar Vivoni; Mastering engineer: James Cruz

• Andrés Cepeda
  Andrés Cepeda
  Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda (born July 7, 1973, is a popular Colombian singer and 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 composed his first piece at the age of...
  
   — Día Tras Día
  Día Tras Día
  -Tracklisting:# Fallaste# Bandida# Ya no me Sabe Igual# No es Casual# Enfermedad De Ti# Como tu no hay Nada# Besos Usados# Sombras# Faltaran# Día tras Día# Así de Grande# Menos Mal# Se te Nota# Tanto Tanto# Me sacaste de la Casa# El Vitral# Necesito...
  
  
  • Producers: Fredy Camelo Salamanca and Andrés Cepeda; Engineers/mixers: Toño Castillo, Eduardo de Narváez, Keith Morrison and Javier Soto; Mastering engineer: Mike Fuller
• Luis Enrique
  Luis Enrique
  Luís Enrique is a given name, and may refer to:*Luis Enrique Martínez García, Spanish football manager and former player*Luis Enrique "Neco" Martinez, Colombian football goalkeeper*Luis Enrique, Nicaraguan salsa singer...
  
   — Ciclos
  Ciclos (Luis Enrique Album)
  Ciclos is the seventeenth studio album by Nicaraguan recording artist Luis Enrique, released by Top Stop Music on May 19, 2009.- Track listing :# "Yo No Sé Mañana" - 4:19...
  
  
  • Producers: Bob Benozzo and 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...
    
    ; Engineers/mixers: Carlos Álvarez, Juan Mario "Mayito" Aracil, Benozzo, Simone Chivilo, Roberto "II Mac" Maccagno and Andrea Valfre; Mastering engineer: Tom Coyne
• Ivan Lins
  Ivan Lins
  Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most...
  
   and the Metropole Orchestra
  Metropole Orchestra
  The Metropole Orchestra is a jazz and pop orchestra based in the Netherlands, and is the largest full time ensemble of its kind in the world. A hybrid orchestra, it is a combination of jazz big band and symphony orchestra...
  
   — Regência: Vince Mendoza
  Regência: Vince Mendoza
  -Tracklisting:# Daquilo que eu Sei# A Gente Merece ser Feliz# Formigueiro# Arlequim Desconhecido# Comecar De Novo# Let Us Be Always# E Ouro em Po# O Fado# Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai# Art of Survival# Lua Soberana-Latin Grammy Awards:...
  
  
  • Producers: Ivan Lins and Vince Mendoza
    Vince Mendoza
    Vince Mendoza is a music arranger and composer.Mendoza was born in Connecticut and studied guitar as a child, influenced by classical music, soul and jazz. He then took up the trumpet, which he continued to play throughout his time at Ohio State University, where he played in the Jazz Ensemble and...
    
    ; Engineers/mixers: Rich Green and Paul Pouwer; Mastering engineer: Breen
• 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...
  
   — Cantora 1
  Cantora 1
  Cantora 1 is a studio album by the late Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa. It was released in 2009 and features duets with prominent Latin American recording artists. It was certified platinum by the CAPIF. This means that the album sold 40,000 copies in Argentina.Cantora, un Viaje Íntimo features...
  
  
  • Producer: Popi Spatocco; Engineers/mixers: Gustavo Celis, Matía Cella, Jorge da Silva, Aníbal Kerpel, Sebastián Merlín, Alejandro Saro and Bruno Stehling; Mastering engineer: Ariel Lavignia

Song of the Year
Claudia Brant, Luis Fonsi

Luis Fonsi

Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...

 and Gen Reuben — "Aquí Estoy Yo

Aquí Estoy Yo

"Aquí Estoy Yo" is a song written by Luis Fonsi, Claudia Brant and Gen Rubin; it was produced by Fonsi and Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album Palabras del Silencio, and it is performed by Fonsi, David Bisbal, Aleks Syntek, and Noel Schajris....

" (Luis Fonsi featuring Aleks Syntek

Aleks Syntek

Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña , better known as Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and producer. He is married to Karen Coronado, sister of talkshow host Ingrid Coronado.-Biography:...

, Noel Schajris

Noel Schajris

Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez is a naturalized Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer-songwriter Leonel García concluded their partnership in 2007...

 and 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....

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• Yoel Henríquez and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Día Tras Día" (Andrés Cepeda
  Andrés Cepeda
  Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda (born July 7, 1973, is a popular Colombian singer and 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 composed his first piece at the age of...
  
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• Bebe
  Bebe (entertainer)
  Bebe is a Spanish singer and actress.-Biography:Bebe was born María Nieves Rebolledo Vila in Valencia de Alcántara, Spain. Her parents were members of the Extremaduran folk group Surberina...
  
   and Carlos Jean
  Carlos Jean
  Carlos Jean Arriaga is a Spanish DJ and record producer. He is the co-founder of the group Najwajean, and has been a producer for some of the most important Spanish and Latin-American artists of the 2000s, earning seven Latin Grammy nominations.-1973-1998: Early life:He was born on February 15,...
  
   — "Me Fuí" (Bebe)
• Alejandro Lerner
  Alejandro Lerner
  Alejandro Federico Lerner is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has written and sang countless songs including several hits, and his fame and recognition spread all over South America....
  
   — "Verte Sonreir" (Alejandro Lerner)
• Jorge Luis Piloto 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:...
  
   — "Yo No Sé Mañana" (Luis Enrique
  Luis Enrique (singer)
  Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...
  
   )

Best New Artist
Alexander Acha

Alexander Acha

Alexander Acha Alemán is a Latin Grammy winning Mexican singer-songwriter.The son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel, Alexander Acha is also a pianist and a Berklee College of Music alum. He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic and he still attends the Mass at the Church...

• ChocQuibTown
• Claudio Corsi
• India Martínez
• Luz Rios

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...

 — Primavera Anticipada

Primavera in anticipo

Primavera in anticipo and Primavera anticipada are the Italian language and the Spanish language versions of the tenth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini, released by Warner Music on 11 November 2008.Produced by Pausini with Paolo Carta, Celso Valli and Dado Parisini, the...

• Jimena Ángel — Día Azul
• Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade
  Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.-Biography:...
  
   — Hu Hu Hu
  Hu Hu Hu
  Hu Hu Hu is the fourth album by Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade, after an almost four years hiatus. She decided to name the album "Hu Hu Hu" because she thinks it's "an expression of joy"....
  
  
• Amaia Montero
  Amaia Montero
  Amaia Montero Saldías , also known as the original vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007, is a singer/songwriter from Basque Country, Spain. Including her work with the band, Montero has sold more than 7 million albums worldwide.-Background:Amaia Montero is the daughter of José...
  
   — Amaia Montero
  Amaia Montero (album)
  "Amaia Montero" is the debut solo album by Spanish singer Amaia Montero, after an eleven-year music career as the frontwoman for La Oreja de Van Gogh. It was released in Spain on 18 November 2008 by Sony BMG. "Quiero Ser" was the first single released from the album...
  
  
• Luz Rios — Aire

Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Fito Páez

Fito Páez

Rodolfo "Fito" Páez Ávalos is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, Spanish language singer and film director.-Early career:...

 — No sé si es Baires o Madrid

No sé si es Baires o Madrid

No Sé Si es Baires o Madrid is the third live album by Argentinian recording artist Fito Páez. Released by RCA Records in June 23, 2009, it was recorded before a live audience at the Palacio de los Congresos in Madrid, Spain, on April 24, 2008...

• Andrés Cepeda
  Andrés Cepeda
  Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda Andrés Cepeda (born July 7, 1973, is a popular Colombian singer and 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 composed his first piece at the age of...
  
   — Día Tras Día
  Día Tras Día
  -Tracklisting:# Fallaste# Bandida# Ya no me Sabe Igual# No es Casual# Enfermedad De Ti# Como tu no hay Nada# Besos Usados# Sombras# Faltaran# Día tras Día# Así de Grande# Menos Mal# Se te Nota# Tanto Tanto# Me sacaste de la Casa# El Vitral# Necesito...
  
  
• Francisco Céspedes
  Francisco Céspedes
  Francisco Fabián Céspedes Rodríguez, also known as Pancho Céspedes, is a Latin American singer, musician, and songwriter born in Santa Clara, Cuba. Céspedes is currently a naturalized Mexican...
  
   — Te Acuerdas...
• Coti
  Coti
  Roberto Fidel Ernesto Sorokin, who performs under the stage name Coti, is an Argentine musician, most famous for collaborations with other Spanish-language artists like Andrés Calamaro , Julieta Venegas , Paulina Rubio and Luis Miguel in his last album...
  
   — Malditas Canciones
  Malditas Canciones
  Malditas Canciones is Coti Sorokin's fifth solo album. It earned a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Album.-Track listing:#"Malditas canciones"#"Ya pasó"#"Nunca tendré"#"Perdóname"#"Jugando con vos"#"Tanta magia"#"Frank Sinatra"...
  
  
• Alex 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...
  
   — Calle Ilusión
  Calle Ilusión
  Calle Ilusión is the fourth album from Álex Ubago. It was released on March 10, 2009 in Spain.-Track listing:# Amarrado a Ti # Me Arrepiento# Amsterdam# 20 Horas de Nada# Calle Ilusión# Ciudad Desierta# No Estás Sola...
  
  

Best Pop Vocal Album by a Duo or Group
Reik

Reik

Reik is a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican band from Mexicali, Baja California formed by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas , Julio Ramírez Eguía , and Gilberto Marín Espinoza...

 — Un Día Más

Un dia mas

Un Día Más is the third studio album from Mexican pop group Reik. The album features the singles "Inolvidable" and "Fui". The album won the 2009 Latin Grammy award for Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals.-Track listing:#"Ilusionado"...

• 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...
  
   — Orquesta Reciclando
  Orquesta Reciclando
  Orquesta Reciclando is the 8th studio album recorded by Spanish rock group Jarabe de Palo released on May 15, 2009. The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album and was nominated for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals....
  
  
• La Oreja de Van Gogh
  La Oreja de Van Gogh
  La Oreja de Van Gogh is a Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated Spanish pop band from Donostia-San Sebastian. The name of the band refers to the famous post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh who cut off the lobe of his own ear...
  
   — A las cinco en el Astoria
  A las cinco en el Astoria
  A las cinco en el Astoria is the fifth full-leight album released by La Oreja de Van Gogh, their second album to receive a Grammy nomination, and the first with new lead vocalist Leire Martínez. It was released in three editions: CD, CD+T-Shirt, and Digipack...
  
  
• La Quinta Estación — Sin Frenos
  Sin Frenos
  Sin Frenos is the fourth studio album release from Spanish music duo, La Quinta Estación. The album received the Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Album" in 2010.-Album information:...
  
  
• Presuntos Implicados
  Presuntos Implicados
  Presuntos Implicados is a Spanish pop band, created in March 1983 in Yecla, Murcia.- About the band :The band was originally composed of the siblings Sole and Juan Luis Giménez, and their friend Pablo Gómez. In the same year 1983, they won a radio contest and their first recording, Danzad, Danzad...
  
   — Será
  Será (album)
  Será is the 12th studio album recorded by Spanish band Presuntos Implicados released on September 16, 2008. The album was the first since the departure of Sole Giménez in 2006 and marked the debut of new singer Lydia.-Tracklisting:...
  
  

Urban

Best Urban Music Album
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...

 — Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo

Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo

Los de atrás vienen conmigo is the third studio album by Puerto Rican alternative rap duo Calle 13 and was released on October 21, 2008 by Sony Music Latin. This album is a bit more colorful than the previous, although dark humor continues to be the tone. The album has a fusion of rhythms the band...

• Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   — Talento de Barrio
• Don Omar
  Don Omar
  Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
  
   — iDon
  IDon
  iDon is the third studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton performer Don Omar released worldwide on April 28, 2009 through Universal Music Group and Machete Music. The album was assumed to be named Icon when news of the upcoming album circulated the internet, but was later confirmed to be named iDon...
  
  
• Tito El Bambino
  Tito El Bambino
  Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
  
   — El Patrón
  El Patrón (album)
  El Patrón is the third studio album by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito El Bambino, released on March 3, 2009 by Universal Music Latino. It was produced primarily by Monserrate with other contributions by Nérol, Marioso, Mambo Kingz, among others....
  
  
• Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   — La Revolución
  La Revolución
  La Revolución is the seventh studio album, and ninth overall, album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. It was released on May 26, 2009 by Machete Music and WY Records. The album features collaborations with rapper 50 Cent, Ivy Queen, Yaviah, Ednita Nazario and Yomo...
  
  

Best Urban Song
Tainy

Tainy

Marco Masís, artistically known as Tainy, is a reggaeton producer. At 20 years old, he is one of the youngest and most successful producers in the reggaeton genre today. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on Mas Flow 2.-Musical career:After...

 and Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....

 — "Abusadora

Abusadora

"Abusadora" is the second single by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their album La Revolución....

" (Wisin & Yandel)

• Marcelo D2
  Marcelo D2
  Marcelo D2 is a Brazilian rapper.- Biography :A former vocalist of the band Planet Hemp, he started his solo career in 1998 with the album Eu Tiro É Onda. The album was recorded in his studio by David Corcos, and was mixed in New York and Los Angeles by Carlos Bass and Mário Caldato Jr...
  
   and Nave — "Desabafo" (Marcelo D2)
• Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   — "Llamado de Emergencia
  Llamado de Emergencia
  "Llamado de Emergencia" is the second single by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee from the soundtrack to the motion picture Talento de Barrio, released on September 23, 2008, by El Cartel Records...
  
  " (Daddy Yankee)
• 50 Cent
  50 Cent
  Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
  
  , Nesty "La Mente Maestra"
  Nesty "La Mente Maestra"
  Nesty "La Mente Maestra" is a Puerto Rican reggaeton music producer. He is currently signed with Machete Music...
  
   and Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   — "Mujeres In The Club
  Mujeres in the Club
  -External links:...
  
  " (50 Cent featuring Wisin & Yandel)
• Don Omar
  Don Omar
  Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
  
   — "Sexy Robotica
  Sexy Robotica
  "Sexy Robótica" is the official second single from iDon, it was released on June 5, 2009, it was originally selected as the first single, back later the producers decided that "Virtual Diva" were the first single and "Sexy Robótica" the second single from iDon.-Music video:The music video was...
  
  " (Don Omar)

Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
Draco Rosa

Draco Rosa

Draco Cornelius Rosa Suárez , also known as Robi Draco Rosa, Robby Rosa, Draco Rosa or simply Draco, is a Puerto Rican Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award...

 — Teatro

Teatro (Draco Rosa album)

Teatro is the 2nd live album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Draco Rosa released on September 23, 2008. The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album.-Track listing:...

• Enrique Bunbury
  Enrique Bunbury
  Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izardui , born August 11, 1967 is a Spanish rock singer-songwriter.Bunbury was born in Zaragoza, Spain. He got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico...
  
   — Hellville de Luxe
  Hellville de Luxe
  Hellville de Luxe is the 5th studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury released on October 7, 2008 in three formats; Vynil, CD and Digital audio...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — Miedo Escenico
  Miedo Escenico
  Miedo Escenico is the first solo studio album by the Chilean singer and ex-member of the Chilean rock band La Ley, Beto Cuevas. The album was released in Latin America on 23 September 2008, and in the United States on 30 September 2008 by Warner Brothers....
  
  
• Miguel Ríos
  Miguel Ríos
  Miguel Ríos is a Spanish singer, composer, actor. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain.-Biography:...
  
   — Solo o en Compañía de Otros
• 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...
  
   — Un Mañana

Best Rock Vocal Album by a Duo or Group
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:...

 — 45

45 (Jaguares album)

-Jaguares members credited in 45:* Saúl Hernández * Alfonso André * Cesar "El Vampiro" López Garcia * Marco Rentería * Diego Herrera...

• Airbag — Una Hora A Tokyo
  Una Hora a Tokyo
  Una Hora A Tokyo is the third album released by Argentinian rock band Airbag released on October 11, 2008. The album received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Album, Duo or Group.- Track listing :# Revolución?# Mi Sensación...
  
  
• El Tri
  El Tri
  El Tri is a Mexican rock band from Mexico City fronted by Alex Lora. Founded in 1968 as Three Souls in My Mind, the group is regarded as influential in the development of Mexican rock music....
  
   — Alex Lora de El Three a El Tri Rolas del Alma, Mi Mente y Mi Aferración
• Rata Blanca
  Rata Blanca
  Rata Blanca is a heavy metal band from Argentina formed in the 1980s.-Biography:The band was founded by Walter Giardino after he left V8. Rata Blanca played together for about two years before their debut on August 15, 1987 in the theater "Luz y Fuerza" in Buenos Aires...
  
   — El Reino Olvidado
  El Reino Olvidado
  El Reino Olvidado is the ninth studio album by the Argentine band Rata Blanca. The album was edited and released in 2008 by Popart. Two weeks after the release date the album obtain the gold album certification....
  
  
• Volován
  Volovan
  Volován is a pop-rock Mexican Avanzada Regia band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon that was formed in 1998.-Biography:It is internationally well-known for its collaborations with the American Andy Chase , the English man Joe Robinson and the Mexican Alejandro Rosso...
  
   — Hogar

Best Rock Song
Saúl Hernández

Saúl Hernández

Saúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada , is the former lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Caifanes, a famous Mexican rock en español group formed in 1986.In 1996, Saúl Hernández sang a duet with Algerian raï singer Khaled...

 — "Entre Tus Jardines" (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:...

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• Walter Giardino
  Walter Giardino
  Héctor Walter Giardino is an Argentine guitarist, composer and leader of the heavy metal and hard rock band Rata Blanca. He is very influenced by Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwie Malmsteen.-Early Years and V8 :...
  
   — "El Reino Olvidado" (Rata Blanca
  Rata Blanca
  Rata Blanca is a heavy metal band from Argentina formed in the 1980s.-Biography:The band was founded by Walter Giardino after he left V8. Rata Blanca played together for about two years before their debut on August 15, 1987 in the theater "Luz y Fuerza" in Buenos Aires...
  
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• Enrique Bunbury
  Enrique Bunbury
  Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izardui , born August 11, 1967 is a Spanish rock singer-songwriter.Bunbury was born in Zaragoza, Spain. He got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico...
  
   — "Hay Muy Poca Gente" (Enrique Bunbury)
• Jose Luis Belmonte, Diego Frenkel and Sebastián Schachte — "Qué Me Vas a Decir" (La Portuaria
  La Portuaria
  La Portuaria is an Argentine rock band formed at the beginning of the 1990s. The band developed a fusion sound, constructing Latin rhythms upon a base strongly influenced by jazz and rhythm'n'blues. The line up included Christian Basso on bass and Sebastián Schachtel on keyboards, with Diego...
  
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• Airbag — "Una Hora a Tokyo" (Airbag)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album
Los Amigos Invisibles

Los Amigos Invisibles

Los Amigos Invisibles is a multiple-Grammy nominated and Latin Grammy winning Venezuelan band that plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms...

 — Comercial

Commercial (album)

Commercial is the sixth studio album recorded by Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles released on June 9, 2009. In 2009 the album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.-Track listing:This information adapted from Allmusic....

• Babasonicos
  Babasónicos
  Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late '80s and early '90s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock...
  
   — Mucho +
  Mucho
  Mucho is the 9th album by Argentine rock group Babasónicos. It was released on CD in 2008. The first single for the album is "Pijamas", and peaked 1 in Argentina...
  
  
• Kinky
  Kinky (band)
  Kinky is a five-member band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, formed in 1998 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and consisting of Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Góngora, and Cesar Pliego. The band's music is heavily influenced by Latin music, rock, dance, and...
  
   — Barracuda
  Barracuda (Kinky album)
  Barracuda is the fourth album by Mexican electro-pop band Kinky. It was released on February 24, 2009 on Nettwerk.-Track listing:# "Hasta Quemarnos" – 3:22# "Papel Volando" – 3:21# "Those Girls" – 3:02# "Avión" – 4:05# "Diablo Azul" – 2:18...
  
  
• Novalima
  Novalima
  Novalima is a Peruvian band. Novalima's style blends Afro-Peruvian music with Electronica, Latin American beats and other contemporary genres.- History :...
  
   — Coba Coba
• Zoé
  Zoé
  Zoé is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative/psychedelic band. They initially formed in Mexico City in 1994, although membership started to stabilize in 1997...
  
   — Reptilectric
  Reptilectric
  Reptilectric is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Zoé. Released in October 2008 through EMI Music, it was produced by Phil Vinall, who has previously worked with Radiohead and Placebo. The first single of the album was Reptilectric, which has its own music video...
  
  

Best Alternative Song
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...

 and Café Tacuba — "No Hay Nadie Como Tú

No Hay Nadie Como Tú

"No Hay Nadie Como Tú" is the first single by alternative-rap duo Calle 13 taken from their third studio album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, released on October 7, 2008 by Sony BMG. It features Mexican alternative rock group Café Tacuba. The single is known for its mixture of different musical...

" (Calle 13 featuring Café Tacuba)

• Hello Seahorse!
  Hello Seahorse!
  Hello Seahorse! is a Mexican alternative pop band formed in 2005 in Mexico City. The band gained quick recognition as one of the leading acts in Mexican rock pop, placing their first commercial single "Bestia" on regular radio airplay by November 2008....
  
   — "Bestia" (Songwriters: Hello Seahorse!)
• Andrés Levin, Cucu Diamantes
  Cucu Diamantes
  Cucu Diamantes is a Grammy nominated Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist. Her 2009 solo debut Cuculand received a Latin Grammy Nomination for Best Alternative Song, "Mas Fuerte." Diamantes is also cofounder and lead singer of Grammy nominated New York City fusion band...
  
  , Beatriz Luengo
  Beatriz Luengo
  Beatriz Luengo is a Spanish actress, latin pop/R&B singer, and dancer. She released her first album Mi Generación in 2005.- Early career :...
  
   and Yotuel Romero
  Yotuel Romero
  Yotuel Omar Manzanarez Romero is an singer, actor and musician current lead singer and co-writer of the 2003 Latin Grammy Award winner Platinum album selling rap group Orishas. Among other recordings, Emigrante won the 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album...
  
   — "Más Fuerte" (CuCu Diamantes)
• Camila Moreno
  Camila Moreno
  Camila Moreno is a Chilean rock and folk singer/songwriter. She became known after the release of her fist album Almismotiempo in 2009. Indeed, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Best Alternative Song group for her single "Millones"...
  
   — "Millones" (Camila Moreno)
• Macaco
  Macaco (band)
  Macaco is a musical band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 1997 by Dani Carbonell, who was also one of the original lead singers of the new flamenco group Ojos de Brujo...
  
   — "Moving" (Macaco)
• Alex Pérez
  Alex Pérez
  Alejandro 'Alex' Pérez Aracil is a Spanish footballer who plays for Ontinyent CF as a midfielder.-Football career:...
  
   and Juan Son
  Juan Son
  Juan Carlos Pereda is a Mexican singer and composer of experimental music. He was the vocals of the alternative rock band Porter and is now a solo singer under the pseudonym Juan Son.-Biography:...
  
   — "Nada" (Juan Son)

Tropical

Best Salsa Album
Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique

Luís Enrique is a given name, and may refer to:*Luis Enrique Martínez García, Spanish football manager and former player*Luis Enrique "Neco" Martinez, Colombian football goalkeeper*Luis Enrique, Nicaraguan salsa singer...

 — Ciclos

Ciclos (Luis Enrique Album)

Ciclos is the seventeenth studio album by Nicaraguan recording artist Luis Enrique, released by Top Stop Music on May 19, 2009.- Track listing :# "Yo No Sé Mañana" - 4:19...

• 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...
  
   — Tranquilamente... Tranquilo
• Issac Delgado
  Issac Delgado
  This article is about the musician; for the New Orleans philanthropist with a similar name, see Isaac DelgadoIssac Delgado 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 tailor and his mother,...
  
   — Así Soy
• José Lugo Orchestra — Guasábara
• 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:...
  
   — Contraste en Salsa

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
Peter Manjarrés and Sergio Luis Rodríguez — El Caballero "Del Vallenato"

• Silvestre Dangond
  Silvestre Dangond
  Silvestre Francisco Dangond Corrales aka Silvestrong is a Colombian Vallenato singer, composer and Timbales player. Dangond is considered one of the mainstream representatives of the "new wave" of vallenato musicians.-Early years:Silvestre F...
  
   and Juancho de la Espriella — El Original: La Revolución
• Diomedes Díaz
  Diomedes Díaz
  Diomedes de Jesús Díaz Maestre is a Colombian vallenato singer and composer. He is the most widely recognized performer of this musical genre...
  
   — Celebremos Juntos
• Kvrass — Ombe y Como No!!
• Iván Villazón
  Iván Villazón
  Iván Francisco Villazón Aponte was born October 25, 1959 in the city of Valledupar, Colombia. He is one of the most renowned vallenato singers in Colombia...
  
   and José María "Chema" Ramos — El Vallenato Mayor

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Omara Portuondo

Omara Portuondo

Omara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the original members of the Cuarteto d'Aida, and has performed with Ignacio Piñeiro, Orquesta Anacaona, Orquesta Aragón, Nat King Cole, Adalberto Álvarez, Los Van Van, the Buena Vista...

 — Gracias

• Coronel
  Coronel
  Coronel is a Chilean city and commune, located in the Concepción Province of the eighth region of Biobío.-Geography:The city of Coronel is located in a sandy platform that goes from the mouth of the Biobío River to the Arauco Gulf bay, a muddy landscape, full of forests, typical of the region.This...
  
   — Superstición
• Eddy Herrera
  Eddy Herrera
  Eddy Jose Herrera de los Rios, also known as Eddy Herrera, is a merengue singer and winner of more than seven Casandra Awards. Born on 30 April 1964 in the Dominican Republic, in the city of Santiago de Los Caballeros.-History :...
  
   — Paso Firme
• Daniel Santacruz
  Daniel Santacruz
  Daniel Santacruz is a singer-songwriter, recording artist and music producer. Born in New Jersey and raised in the Dominican Republic to a cuban father and a dominican mother, Santacruz is a three time Latin Grammy Award nominee....
  
   — Radio Rompecorazones
• Sin Ánimo De Lucro — Todo Pasa Por Algo

Best Traditional Tropical Album
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:...

 — Una Navidad con Gilberto

Una Navidad con Gilberto

Una Navidad con Gilberto , is the title of a Christmas album released by Puerto-Rican singer Gilberto Santa Rosa on October 14, 2008 by Sony BMG Norte. It was the first time that Gilberto released his own Christmas album. He previous collaborated with various artists on the Tarjeta de Navidad by...

• Orquesta América — Siempre a Punto
• María Dolores Pradera
  María Dolores Pradera
  María Dolores Pradera is a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most prestigious voices in Spain and Latin America. She is also known as María Dolores or La Pradera...
  
   and Los Sabandeños — Te Canto Un Bolero
• Totó La Momposina
  Totó la Momposina
  Sonia Bazanta Vides, better known as Totó la Momposina, is a Colombian singer of traditional mixed indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music. She was born in the northern Colombian town of Talaigua Nuevo near Mompox in the Bolívar Department...
  
   — La Bodega
• Orestes Vilató
  Orestes Vilató
  Orestes Vilató is a Timbalero/Bongosero.He went to New York City at the age of 12, after his father was recruited to be in charge of international flights inaugurated by Cubana de Aviación...
  
   — It's About Time

Best Tropical Song
Jorge Luis Piloto 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:...

 — "Yo No Sé Mañana" (Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique (singer)

Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...

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• Daniel Santacruz
  Daniel Santacruz
  Daniel Santacruz is a singer-songwriter, recording artist and music producer. Born in New Jersey and raised in the Dominican Republic to a cuban father and a dominican mother, Santacruz is a three time Latin Grammy Award nominee....
  
   — "A Donde Va El Amor?" (Daniel Santacruz)
• Joan M. Ortiz and Tito "El Bambino" — "El Amor" (Tito "El Bambino")
• Juan de Luque Díaz Granados and Juan Vicente Zambrano — "Esa Muchachita" (Mauricio & Palodeagua
  Mauricio & Palodeagua
  Mauricio & Palodeagua is a Colombian tropipop band based around singer Mauricio Rodríguez. Starting in 2003, they have released three albums. They have had numerous hits in Colombian radio as well as some moderate international successes...
  
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• Alberto Gaitán and Ricardo Gaitán — "No Vale La Pena" (Issac Delgado
  Issac Delgado
  This article is about the musician; for the New Orleans philanthropist with a similar name, see Isaac DelgadoIssac Delgado 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 tailor and his mother,...
  
  )

Singer-Songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter 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,...

 — Zii e Zie

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — 5to Piso
  5to Piso
  - Personnel :*Jair Alcalá – accordion*Mikey Allred – assistant engineer*Jorge "La Chiquis" Amaro – producer, engineer, Bass, dums*David Angell – violin*Monisa Angell – viola*Ricardo Arjona – arranger, producer, bass arrangement...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — Simplemente La Verdad
• Rosana
  Rosana
  Rosana Arbelo , is a Spanish singer and composer.She was born on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, where she was raised. She was the youngest of a family of eight children. She began composing music after moving to Madrid in the early 1980s...
  
   — A Las Buenas y A Las Malas
• Tom Zé
  Tom Zé
  Tom Zé is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when the musician and label head David Byrne discovered an album recorded...
  
   — Estudando A Bossa - Nordeste Plaza

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...

 — Primera Fila

• Shaila Dúrcal
  Shaila Dúrcal
  Shaila Dúrcal is a Spanish singer-songwriter best known for being the daughter of singing legend Rocío Dúrcal and 1960s Filipino pop idol Antonio "Júnior" Morales Barreto.- Biography :...
  
   — Corazón Ranchero
• José Feliciano
  José Feliciano
  José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...
  
   — Con México En El Corazón
• Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles — Compañeras
• Diego Verdaguer
  Diego Verdaguer
  Diego Verdaguer is a singer-songwriter from Argentina who has resided in Mexico for almost 30 years. He plays the trumpet and the bandoneón. He is married to fellow Argentine singer Amanda Miguel. His most famous songs are "Corazón de Papel" and "La Ladrona"...
  
   — Mexicano Hasta las Pampas

Best Banda Album
Alacranes Musical

Alacranes Musical

Alacranes Musical is a Mexican-American band produced by Oscar Urbina that plays duranguense music. They are from the Aurora suburb of Chicago, Illinois.-Recordings:...

 — Tu Inspiración

Tu Inspiración

Tu Inspiración is the eleventh album by Alacranes Musical. It was released on August 26, 2008.-Track listing:#Dame Tu Amor#Perdidamente Enamorado#Fue Su Amor#Mirame Amor#Soy Yo#Mi Otra Mitad#Te Sigue Esperando Mi Corazon#El Duranguense...

• 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...
  
   — Vientos de Cambio
• Dareyes de la Sierra — Una Copa Mas
• Valentín Elizalde
  Valentín Elizalde
  Valentín Elizalde Valencia was a Mexican banda music singer gunned down in an ambush. Known by the nickname "El Gallo de Oro" , his biggest Banda hits included "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor", " Vete Con Él", "Vuelve Cariñito", "Como Me Duele", "Vencedor", " Mi Virgencita", and "Soy Así"...
  
   — Solamente El Gallo de Oro
• Germán Montero — Compréndeme

Best Grupero Album
Caballo Dorado — 15x22

• Pipe Bueno — Pipe Bueno
• La Mafia
  La Mafia
  La Mafia is a four-time Grammy Award-winning musical group. It has its roots in the Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas and has charted a course as a Latin music band.- History :...
  
   — Eternamente Románticos
• Liberación — Cada Vez Mas Fuerte
• Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
   — No Molestar
  No Molestar
  No Molestar is the title of a studio album released by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís on October 7, 2008. This album became the ninth number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums for Solís, the most for any artist on the chart.-Tracklisting:-Chart performance:-Sales and...
  
  

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...

 — The Legend Continues...La Continuation

• Avizo — Recordando Josefa
• Grupo Vida — Generations
• Joel Guzman
  Joel Guzmán
  Irvin Joel Vigo Guzmán is an infielder and currently a member of the Chunichi Dragons organization in Japan....
  
   and Sarah Fox
  Sarah Fox
  Sarah Fox is an English operatic soprano who has performed at several of the world’s leading opera houses, notably the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. She was educated at the University of London and the Royal College of Music in London...
  
   — Conjuntazzo
• Jaime & Los Chamacos — Freedom Tour 2008
• 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....
  
   — All The Way Live!

Best Norteño Album
Grupo Pesado — Sólo Contigo

• Cardenales de Nuevo León — Se Renta Un Corazón
• Costumbre — Siempre
• Los Huracanes del Norte
  Los Huracanes del Norte
  Los Huracanes del Norte are a Mexican Norteño group, originally from Tangancicuaro, Michoacan but based out of San Jose, California, USA. They are one of the genre's most popular performers....
  
   — Mi Complemento
• Los Invasores de Nuevo León — Amor Aventurero
• Los Rieleros del Norte — Pese a Quien le Pese

Best Regional Song
Marco Antonio Solís

Marco Antonio Solís

Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...

 — "No Molestar" (Marco Antonio Solís)

• Santa Benith and Ediregi — "Almas Gemelas" (El Trono de México)
• Espinoza Paz
  Espinoza Paz
  Isidro Chávez Espinoza and best known as Espinoza Paz, is a Mexican musician and composer of Mexican Regional music. He is now a banda and norteña music composer in Mexico.-Early career:...
  
   — "Espero" (Grupo Montéz de Durango
  Grupo Montéz de Durango
  El Grupo Montéz de Durango is a duranguense band currently based in Chicago, USA. This group is well known in the United States, Mexico and Central America. Although Grupo Montez de Durango's sound is deeply rooted in the music of traditional Mexican music, it is also influenced by the members'...
  
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• Mario Quintero Lara — "Se Fue 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...
  
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• 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...
  
   — "Voy A Conquistarte" (Diego Verdaguer
  Diego Verdaguer
  Diego Verdaguer is a singer-songwriter from Argentina who has resided in Mexico for almost 30 years. He plays the trumpet and the bandoneón. He is married to fellow Argentine singer Amanda Miguel. His most famous songs are "Corazón de Papel" and "La Ladrona"...
  
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Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album
Carlos Franzetti

Carlos Franzetti

Carlos Alberto Franzetti is a Latin Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger from Buenos Aires, Argentina.Franzetti started studying music at Buenos Aires' National Conservatory at the age of 6 and later began taking private piano lessons. He began studying music composition after moving to...

 and Eddie Gomez

Eddie Gomez

Edgar "Eddie" Gómez is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, perhaps most notable for his work done with the Bill Evans trio from 1966 to 1977.-Biography:...

 — Duets

• Jovino Santos Neto and Weber Lago — Live At Caramoor
• Mauro Senise — Lua Cheia Mauro Senise Toca Dolores Duran E Sueli Costa
• Omar Sosa
  Omar Sosa
  Omar Sosa is a composer, bandleader, and jazz pianist.-Biography:Sosa began studying marimba at age eight, then switched to piano at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Havana, where he studied jazz. Sosa moved to Quito, Ecuador, in 1993, then San Francisco, California, in 1995...
  
   — Across The Divide
• Bernie Williams
  Bernie Williams
  Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and Puerto Rican musician.-Early life:...
  
   — Moving Forward

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...

 — Cantora 1

Cantora 1

Cantora 1 is a studio album by the late Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa. It was released in 2009 and features duets with prominent Latin American recording artists. It was certified platinum by the CAPIF. This means that the album sold 40,000 copies in Argentina.Cantora, un Viaje Íntimo features...

• 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:...
  
   — Kimba Fá
• 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" ...
  
   — D' Palo Pa' Rumba
• Walter Silva
  Walter Silva
  Walter Silva is a professional baseball pitcher, currently playing for the Sultanes de Monterrey in the Mexican League. He pitched part of for the San Diego Padres.-Baseball career:...
  
   — Ya No Le Camino Mas
• Soledad
  Soledad
  Soledad is a Spanish word meaning solitude or loneliness. It is also a female given name. It may also refer to:-Places:* Soledad, California* Soledad, Atlántico, Colombia* Soledad Atzompa, Veracruz, Mexico* Soledad Correctional Training Facility...
  
   — Folklore

Best Tango Album
Leopoldo Federico — Mi Fueye Querido

• Cacho Castaña — Yo Seré El Amor
• Melingo — Maldito Tango
• María Estela Monti — Solo Piazzolla
• Narcotango — En Vivo
• Various Artists — TangoNuevo 2.1 De Jaime Wilensky

Best Flamenco Album
Niña Pastori

Niña Pastori

Niña Pastori is a Spanish flamenco singer . She was born María Rosa García García in San Fernando on 15 January 1978. The youngest of five siblings and only daughter of a military man and gypsy flamenco singer 'La Pastori', she started her artistic career at a young age...

 — Esperando Verte

• Vicente Amigo
  Vicente Amigo
  Vicente Amigo Girol is a Spanish flamenco composer and virtuoso guitarist, born in Guadalcanal, near Seville. He has played as backing guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers El Pele, Camarón de la Isla, Vicente Soto, Luis de Córdoba and the rociero band Salmarina, and he has acted as a...
  
   — Paseo de Gracia
• 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...
  
   — Raíces y Alas
• Enrique Morente
  Enrique Morente
  Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer and a controversial figure within the world of contemporary flamenco...
  
   — Flamenco
• Miguel Poveda — Coplas del Querer

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album
Bebo Valdés

Bebo Valdés

Bebo Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club.Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during the 1940s...

 and 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...

 — Juntos Para Siempre

• Brazilian Trio — Forests
• Bobby Sanabria
  Bobby Sanabria
  Bobby Sanabria is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, producer, and writer specializing in Latin jazz.-Biography:Sanabria was born at St. Francis Hospital in the South Bronx, where he grew up...
  
   conducting the Manhattan School Of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra — Kenya Revisited Live!!!
• Charlie Sepulveda and The Turnaround
  The Turnaround
  - Track listing :# "The Turnaround" - 8:15# "East of the Village" - 6:44# "The Good Life" - 5:08# "Straight Ahead" - 7:02# "My Sin" - 6:53...
  
   — Sepulveda Boulevard
• 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...
  
   — Nouveau Latino

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
Paulina Aguirre

Paulina Aguirre

Paulina Aguirre is a singer, songwriter, and 2009 Latin Grammy Winner.In 2007 Paulina released her first solo album titled, “Mujer de Fe” , produced by Pablo Aguirre. The album features duets with Latin rap artist, Gerardo on “Nada Va a Separarme”; as well as Juan Carlos Rodriguez, on “Eres Mi...

 — Esperando Tu Voz

• Lucía Parker — Alabanza Y Adoración: Del Corazón
• Promissa — Poquito A Poco
• David Velásquez — Su Trayectoria
• Alan Villatoro — Tuyo Soy

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)
Oficina G3

Oficina G3

Oficina G3 is a Christian rock 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 style very drastically...

 — Depois da Guerra

Depois Da Guerra

Depois da Guerra is the tenth album by Oficina G3, and the fifth released by MK Music. This is the first album with the new lead singer Mauro Henrique....

• Regis Danese — Compromisso
• Marina De Oliveira — Eu Não Vou Parar
• Jozyanne — Eu Tenho A Promessa
• André Valadão — Fé

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Roupa Nova

Roupa Nova

Roupa Nova is a Brazilian pop band, who had many hits in the 1980s and early 1990s. Their sound is often compared to the American band Toto...

 — Em Londres

• Jota Quest
  Jota Quest
  Jota Quest is a Brazilian pop rock band. The band was founded in 1995, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais as J. Quest, but due to trademark issues with Hanna-Barbera, they renamed themselves Jota Quest...
  
   — La Plata
• Rita Lee
  Rita Lee
  Rita Lee Jones Carvalho , simply known as Rita Lee, is a Brazilian rock singer and composer. Lee continues to be a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegetarian...
  
   — Multishow Ao Vivo
• Ivete Sangalo
  Ivete Sangalo
  Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host...
  
   — Pode Entrar
• Skank
  Skank (band)
  Skank is a Brazilian rock/reggae band, begun in 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. , they had sold approximately 5,200,000 copies of their albums...
  
   — Estandarte

Best Brazilian Rock Album
NX Zero

NX Zero

NX Zero is a Brazilian rock band formed in 2001 in Sao Paulo, the band consists Diego Ferrero , Leandro Rocha , Daniel Weksler , Conrado Grandino and Filipe Ricardo ....

 — Agora
Titãs

Titãs

Titãs are a rock band from São Paulo, Brazil. Their best-known line up is the one in the album Cabeça Dinossauro : Nando Reis , Branco Mello , Marcelo Fromer , Arnaldo Antunes , Tony Bellotto , Paulo Miklos , Charles Gavin and Sérgio Britto...

 — Sacos Plásticos

Sacos Plásticos

- Personnel :* Paulo Miklos - Lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14....

• Cachorro Grande
  Cachorro Grande
  Cachorro Grande is a Brazilian rock band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.In 2003, the music video for Lunático was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2003 MTV Video Music Brasil. In 2007 they won the MTV Video Music Brasil for Best Live Performance.Original bassist Jerônimo "Bocudo" left...
  
   — Cinema
• Erasmo Carlos
  Erasmo Carlos
  Erasmo Carlos, born Erasmo Esteves on June 5, 1941, in the Tijuca area of Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, most closely associated with his friend and longtime collaborator Roberto Carlos...
  
   — Rock 'N' Roll
• Zé Ramalho
  Zé Ramalho
  Zé Ramalho is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and Alceu Valença to name a few...
  
   — Zé Ramalho canta Bob Dylan - Tá tudo mudando
  Zé Ramalho canta Bob Dylan - Tá tudo mudando
  - Personnel :* Zé Ramalho  – Acoustic guitar, arrangements, lead vocals* João Ramalho – Acoustic guitar* Roberto Frejat – Electric guitar on "Rock Feelingood", sitar, bass guitar and twelve-string viola on "O homem deu nome a todos animais"...
  
  

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Martinho da Vila

Martinho da Vila

Martinho da Vila is a Brazilian samba musician...

 — O Pequeno Burguês!!

• Arlindo Cruz
  Arlindo Cruz
  Arlindo Cruz is a Brazilian musician, composer and singer, working in the genre of samba and pagode...
  
   — MTV Ao Vivo
• Exaltasamba
  Exaltasamba
  Exaltasamba is a Brazilian pagode music group, formed in 1983 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.-Members:* Thiaguinho - banjo and vocals* Péricles - banjo and vocals* Pinha - repique of the hand* Brilhantina - cavaquinho* Thell - rebolo-Albums:...
  
   — Ao Vivo Na Ilha Da Magia
• Harmonia Do Samba — Romântico Ao Vivo
• Inimigos Da Hp — Ao Vivo Em Zoodstock
• Zeca Pagodinho
  Zeca Pagodinho
  Zeca Pagodinho is a Brazilian singer/songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode.-Biography:...
  
   — Uma Prova De Amor

Best MPB Album
Ivan Lins

Ivan Lins

Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most...

 and the Metropole Orchestra

Metropole Orchestra

The Metropole Orchestra is a jazz and pop orchestra based in the Netherlands, and is the largest full time ensemble of its kind in the world. A hybrid orchestra, it is a combination of jazz big band and symphony orchestra...

 — Regência: Vince Mendoza

Regência: Vince Mendoza

-Tracklisting:# Daquilo que eu Sei# A Gente Merece ser Feliz# Formigueiro# Arlequim Desconhecido# Comecar De Novo# Let Us Be Always# E Ouro em Po# O Fado# Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai# Art of Survival# Lua Soberana-Latin Grammy Awards:...

• Zeca Baleiro
  Zeca Baleiro
  Zeca Baleiro is a Brazilian MPB artist. One of his most famous songs is "Salão de Beleza", which was featured on Putumayo World Music's Reggae Around the World compilation. Along with being a solo artist, he has also worked with guitarist Pedro Joia....
  
   — O Coração Do Homem_Bomba Volume 1
• Zélia Duncan
  Zélia Duncan
  Zélia Duncan , born Zélia Cristina Gonçalves Moreira, is a Brazilian singer and composer.-Biography:Zélia was born in Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. She moved with her family to Brasília, where she lived for 16 years...
  
   — Pelo Sabor Do Gesto
• Jorge Vercillo — Trem Da Minha Vida-Ao Vivo
• Wanderléa
  Wanderléa
  Wanderléa Charlup Boere Salim is a Brazilian singer, and former co-host of the historic TV show Jovem Guarda alongside Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos. The show aired on TV Record between 1965 and 1969...
  
   — Nova Estação

Best Sertaneja Music Album
Sérgio Reis

Sérgio Reis

Sérgio Reis is a Brazilian sertanejo singer and actor. He has sold approximately 16 million copies of his more than 40 album releases....

 — Coração Estradeiro

• 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...
  
   & Vinícius — Curtição
• Bruno & Marrone — De Volta Aos Bares
• Edson & Hudson — Despedida
• César Menotti & Fabiano
  Fabiano
  Fabiano is a given name or surname, and may refer to:*Fabiano Anthony Forte, better known as Fabian, American singer and entertainer*Fabiano Peçanha, Brazilian middle distance runner*Fabiano Pereira, Brazilian footballer...
  
   — Voz Do Coração (Ao Vivo)
• Victor & Leo — Borboletas

Best Native Brazilian Roots Album
Daniel — As Músicas do Filme O Menino da Porteira

• Mazinho Quevedo — Alma Caipira
• Os Serranos — 40 Anos - Sempre Gaúchos!
• Tchê Guri — A Festa
• Tradição — Micareta 2 Sertaneja

Best Tropical Brazilian Roots Album
Elba Ramalho

Elba ramalho

Elba Ramalho, is a Brazilian songwriter, performer, poet and actress. She is sometimes called "The Queen of Forró"....

 — Balaio De Amor

• Banda Calypso
  Banda Calypso
  Banda Calypso is a Brazilian musical duo, especially popular in Northern and Northeastern regions of the country. It was formed in the late 1990s by guitarist and producer Chimbinha and his singer/dancer wife Joelma....
  
   — Amor Sem Fim
• Caju & Castanha — Sorria Você Está Sendo Filmado
• Netinho — Minha Praia
• Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda — Orquestra Contemporânea De Olinda

Best Brazilian Song
Lenine — "Martelo Bigorna" (Lenine)

• 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,...
  
   — "A Cor Amarela" (Caetano Veloso)
• Gigi
  Gigi
  Gigi is a 1944 novella by French writer Colette. The plot focuses on a young Parisian girl being groomed for a career as a courtesan and her relationship with the wealthy cultured man named Gaston who falls in love with her and eventually marries her....
  
   and Ivete Sangalo
  Ivete Sangalo
  Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host...
  
   — "Agora Eu Já Sei" (Ivete Sangalo)
• Nando Reis
  Nando Reis
  Nando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
  
   — "Ainda Não Passou" (Nando Reis)
• Dadi
  Dadi
  Dadi is a Turkish remake of The Nanny, one of the most successful sitcoms in the US in the 90's. The program is set in Istanbul.It is broadcast to countries outside Turkey such as Australia, where it is shown on SBS.-Plot:...
  
  , Seu Jorge
  Seu Jorge
  Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba...
  
   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 :...
  
   — "Não É Proibido" (Marisa Monte)

Children's

Best Latin Children Album
Various Artists — Pombo Musical

• Jair Oliveira and Tania Khalill — Grandes Pequeninos
• Rita Rosa — El Patio De Tu Casa
• Veveta and Saulinho — A Casa Amarela
• Vitor and Vitória — Vitor e Vitória

Classical

Best Classical Album
Sonia Rubinsky — Villa-Lobos: Piano Music; Guia Pratico, Albums 10 and 11; Suite Infantil Nos. 1 and 2

• Andrés Díaz
  Andrés Díaz (cellist)
  Andrés Díaz is cellist and winner the First Prize in the 1986 Naumburg International Cello Competition. His numerous orchestral appearances include engagements with the Atlanta Symphony, performances with the American Symphony at Carnegie Hall, the symphony orchestras of Milwaukee, Seattle,...
  
   — Bach: Cello Suites
• Ricardo Kanji and Rosana Lanzelotte — Cavaleiro Neukomm Criador Da Música De Câmara No Brasil
• Ricardo Morales
  Ricardo Morales
  Ricardo Morales is a classical clarinetist of Puerto Rican descent. Since 2003, he has been the principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Prior to that, he had been principal clarinetist at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra...
  
   and the Pacifica Quartet
  Pacifica Quartet
  The Pacifica Quartet is an internationally recognized string quartet based in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, where they are faculty members at the University of Illinois. Its members are: Simin Ganatra, first violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, second violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; and Brandon Vamos,...
  
   — Concierto De Aniversario

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Gabriela Lena Frank

Gabriela Lena Frank

Gabriela Lena Frank is an American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist.- Biography :...

 — "Inca Dances" (Manuel Barrueco

Manuel Barrueco

Manuel Barrueco is a Cuban virtuoso classical guitarist. He was born in 1952 in Santiago de Cuba, on Cuba's southeastern shore. He has toured in the U.S., Europe and Japan, and serves on the faculty of Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.-Biography:...

 and Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Celebrating its thirtieth anniversary season, Cuarteto Latinoamericano is a world renown string quartet from Latin America. They have toured extensively in Europe, the Americas, Israel, China, Japan and New Zealand...

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• Orlando Jacinto Garcia
  Orlando Jacinto Garcia
  Orlando Jacinto Garcia is a Cuban-American composer of contemporary classical music.He received a DMA degree in composition from the University of Miami in 1985. He studied composition with Morton Feldman....
  
   — "Cuatro Asimetrias para el Cuarteto de Guitarras de Asturias entre Quatret" (Orlando Jacinto Garcia)
• Clarice Assad
  Clarice Assad
  Clarice Assad is a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist.A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Clarice Assad has performed professionally since the age of seven. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, in Chicago, IL, and a Masters...
  
   — "Danças Nativas" (Aquarelle Guitar Quartet)
• Roberto Sierra
  Roberto Sierra
  Roberto Sierra is a composer of contemporary classical music.Sierra studied composition in Europe, notably with György Ligeti in Hamburg, Germany...
  
   — "Variations On a Souvenir" (Roberto Sierra)
• Alfonso Fuentes — "Voces del Barrio" (Kathleen Jones
  Kathleen Jones
  Kathleen Jones is an English poet and biographer.Born and brought up on a hill farm in the north of England, she escaped to London as a teenager in order to become a writer. She spent several years in Africa and the Middle East - where she worked in English broadcasting - before returning home...
  
  )

Recording Package

Best Recording Package
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...

 — Cantora 1

Cantora 1

Cantora 1 is a studio album by the late Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa. It was released in 2009 and features duets with prominent Latin American recording artists. It was certified platinum by the CAPIF. This means that the album sold 40,000 copies in Argentina.Cantora, un Viaje Íntimo features...

Art director: Alejandro Ros

• Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro
  Andrés Calamaro , is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.-Abuelos de la Nada:Calamaro was...
  
   — Andrés: Obras Incompletas
  • Art director: Rubén Scaramuzzino
• Ojos de Brujo
  Ojos de Brujo
  Ojos de Brujo is a nine-piece band from Barcelona, Spain, who describe their style as "jipjop flamenkillo"...
  
   — Aocaná
  • Art directors: 7Potencias.Net
• Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...
  
   — Bosegrafía
  • Art director: Juan Gatti
• Luis Ramiro
  Luis Ramiro
  Luis RamiroIs a Spanish singer-songwriter. He was born in Madrid at San Cristobal de los Ángeles. In 2004 he has won the "Certamen Jóvenes Creadores" . That award permits his participation representing Spain in the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean Luis RamiroIs a Spanish...
  
   — Dramas Y Caballeros
  • Art director: Jesús Sarabia

Production

Best Engineered Album
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...

 — Orquesta Reciclando

Orquesta Reciclando

Orquesta Reciclando is the 8th studio album recorded by Spanish rock group Jarabe de Palo released on May 15, 2009. The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album and was nominated for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals....

Engineers: Dani Espinet, Micky Forteza Rey, Jose Luis Molero and Jordi Solé; Mastering engineer: Tom Backer

• India Martínez — Despertar
  • Engineers: Bori Alarcón, Alfonso Espadero and Javier García; Mastering engineer: Bori Alarcón
• Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz — Dois Mundos
  • Engineers: Gabriel Pinheiro; Mastering engineer: Ricardo Dias
• Lenine
  Lenine
  Lenine may refer to:*Lenine , Brazilian singer-songwriter*Lenine, Crimea, a town in the Kerch Peninsula*Lenine Raion, one of the 25 regions of Crimea...
  
   — Labiata
  • Engineers: Denílson Campos, Rodrigo Delacroix and Jr Tostoi; Mastering engineer: Ricardo Garcia
• Paula Morelenbaum
  Paula Morelenbaum
  Regina Paula Martins Morelenbaum is a Brazilian singer, born in Rio de Janeiro. She and her husband Jaques Morelenbaum were in the band that toured with Antonio Carlos Jobim from 1984–1994....
  
   — Telecoteco
  • Engineers: Renato Alsher, Fernando Aponte, Julio Berta, Marcos Cunha, Zé Guilherme, Caco Law, Alex Moreira and LC Varella; Mastering engineer: Carlos Freitas

Producer of the Year
Cachorro López

• Aureo Baqueiro
• 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...
  
  
• J. Jiménez "Chaboli"
• José Lugo

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video

• 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...
  
   featuring 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...
  
   — "La Perla
  La Perla
  * La Perla District, Peru* La Perla, Veracruz, Mexico* La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico, area of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico**La Perla Theater, Ponce, Puerto Rico*La Perla Spa, building in Mar del Plata, Argentina...
  
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Directors: Gabriel Coss and Israel Lugo; Producer: Rojo Chiringa

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — "Cómo Duele"
  • Director and Producer: Ricardo Calderón
• Babasonicos
  Babasónicos
  Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late '80s and early '90s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock...
  
   — "Las Demás"
  • Director: Luigi Ghidotti; Producers: Peluca Films
• Bebe
  Bebe (entertainer)
  Bebe is a Spanish singer and actress.-Biography:Bebe was born María Nieves Rebolledo Vila in Valencia de Alcántara, Spain. Her parents were members of the Extremaduran folk group Surberina...
  
   — "Me Fui"
  • Directors: Juan Pablo Eniz and Javier Gesto; Producers: Struendo
• Zoé
  Zoé
  Zoé is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative/psychedelic band. They initially formed in Mexico City in 1994, although membership started to stabilize in 1997...
  
   — "Reptilectric"
  • Director: Rogelio Sikander; Producers: The Maestros

Best Long Form Music Video
Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos (singer)

Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and composer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career, also known as King of Latin Music....

 and 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,...

 — E A Música De Tom Jobim

Directors: Monique Gardenberg and Felipe Hirsch; Producer: Guto Graça Mello

• Gian Marco — Gian Marco En Vivo Desde El Lunario
  • Directors: Ximena Cantuarias and Rafael Uriostegui; Producer: Gian Marco
• Draco Rosa
  Draco Rosa
  Draco Cornelius Rosa Suárez , also known as Robi Draco Rosa, Robby Rosa, Draco Rosa or simply Draco, is a Puerto Rican Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award...
  
   — Teatro
  Teatro (Draco Rosa album)
  Teatro is the 2nd live album recorded by Puerto Rican singer Draco Rosa released on September 23, 2008. The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album.-Track listing:...
  
  
  • Director: J. García; Producer: Draco Rosa
• Ivete Sangalo
  Ivete Sangalo
  Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host...
  
   — Pode Entrar: Multishow Registro
  Pode Entrar: Multishow Registro
  -Certifications:...
  
  
  • Director and Producer: Joana Mazzucchelli
• Tempo — Free Tempo: Victory
  • Director: Carlos Pérez; Producers: Bruce Henderson and Alejandro Navia

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Cándido Camero
• Beth Carvalho
  Beth Carvalho
  Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho is a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer.-Biography:...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Tania Libertad
  Tania Libertad
  Tania Libertad de Souza Zúñiga, known as Tania Libertad, is a singer who was born in Peru on October 24, 1952 and has lived in Mexico since 1978....
  
  
• Marco Antonio Muñiz
  Marco Antonio Muñiz
  Marco Antonio Muñiz is a singer from Jalisco, Mexico. Known all over Latin America, Muñiz actually has declared publicly and in most countries he has visited, that Puerto Rico is his second country, and many Puerto Ricans consider him to be an "honorary Puerto Rican"...
  
  
• Juan Romero
  Juan Romero
  Juan Romero was a famous matador. He achieved a reputation as a safe bullfighter and was one of the best paid. He appears as one of the first to condemn improvised bullfights. He organized his own team of assistants and forced bullrings to hire them...
  
  

Trustees Awards

• José Antonio Abreu
  José Antonio Abreu
  José Antonio Abreu is a Venezuelan pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician.-Politics and academics:...
  
  
• Roberto Cantoral García

Performers

• Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
  
   — "En Cambio No
  Invece no
  "Invece no" is a pop song by Italian singer Laura Pausini for her album, Primavera in anticipo, released on October 22, 2008. "En cambio no" is its Spanish language adaptation featured in the Mexican telenovela En Nombre del Amor . The Spanish version was nominated for the 2009 Latin Grammy for...
  
  "
• 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:...
  
   — "Me Vas a Extrañar"
• Luis Fonsi
  Luis Fonsi
  Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
  
   — "Nada Es Para Siempre
  Nada Es Para Siempre
  "Nada Es Para Siempre" is a song written by Amaury Gutiérrez and recorded by Luis Fonsi in 2005. The song was the third number-one hit for Luis Fonsi.-Background:...
  
   / Aquí Estoy Yo
  Aquí Estoy Yo
  "Aquí Estoy Yo" is a song written by Luis Fonsi, Claudia Brant and Gen Rubin; it was produced by Fonsi and Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album Palabras del Silencio, and it is performed by Fonsi, David Bisbal, Aleks Syntek, and Noel Schajris....
  
   / No me doy por vencido
  No me doy por vencido
  "No Me Doy por Vencido" is a Spanish-language song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. It was released on August 8, 2008, for the promotional and charity compilation, AT&T TEAM USA Soundtrack. The music video of the song was released on YouTube in August 2008...
  
  "
• Reik
  Reik
  Reik is a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican band from Mexicali, Baja California formed by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas , Julio Ramírez Eguía , and Gilberto Marín Espinoza...
  
   — "Inolvidable"
• Shaila Dúrcal
  Shaila Dúrcal
  Shaila Dúrcal is a Spanish singer-songwriter best known for being the daughter of singing legend Rocío Dúrcal and 1960s Filipino pop idol Antonio "Júnior" Morales Barreto.- Biography :...
  
   and Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles — "Tatuajes"
• Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   — "Te Siento
  Te Siento
  "Te Siento" is a song performed by reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. The song is taken from Wisin & Yandel's re-release studio album Evolution. It was released as the third single on January 15, 2010...
  
   / Abusadora
  Abusadora
  "Abusadora" is the second single by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their album La Revolución....
  
  "
• 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...
  
   featuring 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...
  
   — "La Perla
  La Perla (song)
  "La Perla" is the third single by alternative rap duo Calle 13 taken from their third studio album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, released on May 9, 2009 by Sony BMG. It features Panamanian salsa singer Rubén Blades and samba group La Chilinga. A music video was made and released for this song....
  
  "
• 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....
  
   and Luz Ríos — "Aire"
• Los Tucanes de Tijuana — "Se Fue mi Amor"
• La Quinta Estación — "Me Dueles"
• Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
  
   and Alicia Keys
  Alicia Keys
  Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
  
   — "Looking for Paradise
  Looking for Paradise
  "Looking for Paradise" is a 2009 single by singer Alejandro Sanz which features Alicia Keys. It is the first single from Sanz's eighth studio album, Paraíso Express...
  
  "
• Grupo Montéz de Durango
  Grupo Montéz de Durango
  El Grupo Montéz de Durango is a duranguense band currently based in Chicago, USA. This group is well known in the United States, Mexico and Central America. Although Grupo Montez de Durango's sound is deeply rooted in the music of traditional Mexican music, it is also influenced by the members'...
  
   featuring Espinoza Paz — "Espero"
• 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...
  
   and 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:...
  
   — "Yo Quisiera / Yo la Agarro Bajando / Detalle / Que Manera de Quererte"
• Juan Gabriel
  Juan Gabriel
  Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....
  
   — "Porque me haces llorar"
• Daniela Mercury
  Daniela Mercury
  Daniela Mercury , is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian axé, samba-reggae and MPB singer, songwriter and record producer. Since her breakthrough, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling over 20 million albums worldwide...
  
   — "Cidade / Rapunzel / Mais Que Nada / País Tropical / Mamãe Eu Quero / Aquarela do Brasil
  Aquarela do Brasil
  "Aquarela do Brasil" , known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs of all time, written by Ary Barroso in 1939.-Background and composition:...
  
  "

Presenters

• Alejandra Guzmán
  Alejandra Guzmán
  Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal , better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican rock singer and actress. She has had a dedicated fanbase throughout Latin America since the late 1980s, and is known as the "Queen of Rock" in the Hispanic world...
  
   — presented Best Norteño Album
• Eva Longoria
  Eva Longoria
  Eva Jacqueline Longoria is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives...
  
   and Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
  
   — presented Record of the Year
• 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...
  
   and Johnny Ventura
  Johnny Ventura
  Juan e Dios Ventura Soriano, better known as Johnny Ventura is a singer and band leader of merengue.- Early History :...
  
   — presented Best Salsa 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...
  
   — presented People of the Year
• Charytín
  Charytin
  Charytín Goyco , better known in the show business plainly as Charytín, is a singer, television presenter and actress from the Dominican Republic...
  
   — introduced Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
  
• 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....
  
   and Kany García
  Kany García
  Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama...
  
   — presented Best New Artist
• Cucu Diamantes
  Cucu Diamantes
  Cucu Diamantes is a Grammy nominated Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist. Her 2009 solo debut Cuculand received a Latin Grammy Nomination for Best Alternative Song, "Mas Fuerte." Diamantes is also cofounder and lead singer of Grammy nominated New York City fusion band...
  
   and 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...
  
   — presented Best Regional Song
• Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the original members of the Cuarteto d'Aida, and has performed with Ignacio Piñeiro, Orquesta Anacaona, Orquesta Aragón, Nat King Cole, Adalberto Álvarez, Los Van Van, the Buena Vista...
  
   and Pau Donés — presented Song of the Year
• Alexander Acha
  Alexander Acha
  Alexander Acha Alemán is a Latin Grammy winning Mexican singer-songwriter.The son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel, Alexander Acha is also a pianist and a Berklee College of Music alum. He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic and he still attends the Mass at the Church...
  
   and Marlene Favela
  Marlene Favela
  Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz is a Mexican actress. She studied at "Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa in Mexico City and is also a model...
  
   — presented Best Female Pop Vocal Album
• 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...
  
   and Stefanía Fernández
  Stefanía Fernández
  Stefanía Fernández Krupij is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 titles. She earned a Guinness record by being the first Miss Universe winner who was crowned by a compatriot....
  
   — presented Best Urban Song
• 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...
  
   — presented the tribute to 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...
  
  
• Rosana
  Rosana
  Rosana Arbelo , is a Spanish singer and composer.She was born on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, where she was raised. She was the youngest of a family of eight children. She began composing music after moving to Madrid in the early 1980s...
  
  , Gian Marco and Luis Enrique
  Luis Enrique
  Luís Enrique is a given name, and may refer to:*Luis Enrique Martínez García, Spanish football manager and former player*Luis Enrique "Neco" Martinez, Colombian football goalkeeper*Luis Enrique, Nicaraguan salsa singer...
  
   — presented Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
• Amaia Montero
  Amaia Montero
  Amaia Montero Saldías , also known as the original vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007, is a singer/songwriter from Basque Country, Spain. Including her work with the band, Montero has sold more than 7 million albums worldwide.-Background:Amaia Montero is the daughter of José...
  
   and Aarón Díaz
  Aarón Díaz
  Aarón Díaz Spencer is a Mexican actor, singer, and model.-Biography:Aarón Díaz was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother and lived for several years in Palo Alto, California...
  
   — presented Best Contemporary Tropical Album
• Dulce María
  Dulce María
  Dulce María is a Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for playing Roberta in the telenovela Rebelde and being a bandmember of the Latin Grammy nominated band, RBD...
  
   and Germán Montero — presented Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
• 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...
  
   — presented Album of the Year

Trivia

• The show marked the first time since 2000 where the same artist did not win both Record of the Year
  Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
  The Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
  
   and Song of the Year
  Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
  The Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
  
  .
• Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the original members of the Cuarteto d'Aida, and has performed with Ignacio Piñeiro, Orquesta Anacaona, Orquesta Aragón, Nat King Cole, Adalberto Álvarez, Los Van Van, the Buena Vista...
  
   became the first Cuban artist who lives in Cuba
  Cuba
  The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
  
   to receive an award on stage. She was awarded Best Contemporary Tropical Album for her album, Gracias.

External links

• Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
• Univision
  Univision
  Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
  
  Site: http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml;jsessionid=1GNYIPOFOHW4CCWIAAOSFFQKZAAB2IWC?chid=10383&schid=11335