9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards explained
The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on Thursday, November 13, 2008, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria Estefan.[1] Juanes was the night's big winner, winning 5 awards including Album of the Year. He now has 17 Latin Grammy awards which is more than any other recording artist. The show was watched by an average of 5.8 millions.[2]
Awards
Winners are in bold text.[3]
General
- Record of the YearJuanes — "Me Enamora"
- Album of the YearJuanes — La Vida... Es un Ratico
- Song of the YearJuanes — "Me Enamora"
- Best New ArtistKany García
Pop
- Best Female Pop Vocal AlbumKany García — Cualquier Día
- Best Male Pop Vocal AlbumJuanes — La Vida... Es un Ratico
- Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with VocalsBelanova — Fantasía Pop
Urban
- Best Urban Music AlbumWisin & Yandel — Los Extraterrestres
- Best Urban SongFlex — "Te Quiero"
Rock
- Best Rock Solo Vocal AlbumAndrés Calamaro — La Lengua Popular
- Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with VocalsMolotov — Eternamiente
- Best Rock SongCafé Tacuba — "Esta Vez"
Alternative
- Best Alternative Music AlbumJulieta Venegas — MTV Unplugged
- Best Alternative SongCafé Tacuba — "Volver a Comenzar"
Tropical
- Best Salsa AlbumMarc Anthony — El Cantante
- Best Cumbia/Vallenato AlbumPeter Manjarrés, Emiliano Zuleta and Sergio Luis — Sólo Clásicos
- Chicas de Canela — Chicas de Canela
- El Combo de las Estrellas — Somos La Esencia
- Gusi & Beto — La Mandarina
- Emilianito Zuleta and Toba Zuleta — Palabra de Honor
- Best Contemporary Tropical AlbumJosé Feliciano — Señor Bachata
- Best Traditional Tropical AlbumGloria Estefan — 90 Millas
- Best Tropical Song
Singer-Songwriter
- Best Singer-Songwriter AlbumFito Páez — Rodolfo
Regional Mexican
- Best Ranchero AlbumVicente Fernández — Para Siempre
- Best Banda AlbumLos Horóscopos de Durango — Ayer, Hoy y Siempre
- Best Tejano AlbumEmilio Navaira — De Nuevo
- Best Norteño AlbumSiggno — Six Pack
- Best Regional Mexican SongJoan Sebastian — "Estos Celos" (Vicente Fernández)
- Freddie Martínez, Jr. — "Búscame En El Cielo" (Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz)
- Charlie Corona and Jesse Turner — "Decirte Te Quiero" (Siggno)
- Adolfo Angel — "Si Tú Te Vas" (Los Temerarios)
Instrumental
- Best Instrumental AlbumOrquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá — Orquesta Filarmómoca de Bogotá - 40 Años
- Kenny G — Rhythm & Romance
- Paulo Moura — Pra Cá E Para Lá
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba — Avatar
- Bebo Valdés and Javier Colina — Live at the Village Vanguard
Traditional
- Best Folk AlbumCholo Valderrama — Caballo!
- Best Tango AlbumVarious Artists — Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango
- Esteban Morgado Cuarteto — Milongueros
- Luis Salinas — Tango
- Javier Vinasco and Edith Ruiz — Astos Piazzolla/Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Pablo Ziegler, Quique Sinesi and Walter Castro — Buenos Aires Report
- Best Flamenco AlbumJuan Habichuela — Una Guitarra En Granada
- Diego Amador — Río de los Canasteros
- Camarón de la Isla — Reencuentro
- Esperanza Fernández — Recuerdos
- Lole — Metáfora
Jazz
- Best Latin Jazz AlbumCaribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels — Afro Bop Alliance
- Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto — Brasilianos 2
- Pau Brasil — Nonada
- David Sánchez — Cultural Survival
- Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround — Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround
Christian
- Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)Soraya Moraes — Tengo Sed de Tí
- Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)Soraya Moraes — Som Da Chuva
- Aline Barros — Aline Barros & CIA 2
- Fernanda Brum — Cura-Me
- Toque No Altar — E Impossivel Mas Deus Pode
- Andre Valadao — Sobrenatural
- Italo Villar — Deus Sonha Com Vocé
Brazilian
- Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop AlbumVanessa da Mata — Sim
- Best Brazilian Rock AlbumCPM 22 — Cidade Cinza
- Best Samba/Pagode AlbumPaulinho da Viola — Acústico MTV
Maria Rita — Samba Meu
- Best MPB AlbumSeu Jorge — América Brasil o Disco
- Best Romantic Music AlbumCésar Menotti & Fabiano — .com Você
- Bruno & Marrone — Acústico II - Volume 1
- Daniel — Difícil Não Falar de Amor
- Leonardo — Coração Bandido
- Roberta Miranda — Senhora Raiz
- Best Contemporary Brazilian Roots AlbumElba Ramalho — Qual o Assunto Que Mais Lhe Interessa?
- Harmonia do Samba — Esse Som Vai Te Levar - Ao Vivo
- Trio Curupira — Pés no Brasil, Cabeça no Mundo
- Trio Virgulino — 26 Anos de Estrada
- Victor & Leo — Ao Vivo em Uberlândia
- Best Brazilian Roots/Regional AlbumChitãozinho & Xororó — Grandes Clássicos Sertanejos Acústico I
- Pedro Bento and Zé da Estrada — 50 Anos de Mariachis & Grandes Sucessos Sertanejos
- Banda Calypso — Acústico
- Cezar & Paulinho — Companheiro é Companheiro
- Siba e A Fuloresta — Toda Vez Que Eu Dou Um Passo o Mundo Sai Dolugar
- Best Brazilian SongMarco Moraes and Soraya Moraes — "Som da Chuva" (Soraya Moraes)
Children's
- Best Latin Children AlbumMiguelito — El Heredero
- Claraluna — Un Lugar Llamado Colombia
- Raquel Durães — Hora de Dormir
- Niños Adorando — Niños Adorando 3
- Remi — Alegrate
- Strings For Kids — Acordes para Hormiguitas y Menudas Criaturas
Classical
- Best Classical AlbumPlácido Domingo — Pasión Española
- Best Classical Contemporary CompositionCarlos José Castro — "Concierto del Sol" (Orquesta Filarmónica de Costa Rica)
Sérgio — "Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina" (Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad)
- Jorge Liderman — "Barcelonazo" (Jorge Liderman)
- Roberto Valera — "Non Divisi" (Camerata Romeu)
- Aurelio De La Vega — "Variación del Recuerdo" (The North/South Chamber Orchestra)
Recording Package
- Best Recording PackageLeicia Gotlibowski, Daniel Kotliar, Karina Levy and Mercedes Sencio — Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango (Various Artists)
- Santiago Velazco-Land — Cara B (Jorge Drexler)
- Jorge du Peixe and Valentina Trajano — Fome de Tudo (Nação Zumbi)
- Gaspar Guerra — Gózalo (Orquesta La 33)
- Fritz Torres — Tijuana Sound Machine (Nortec Collective presents Bostich and Fussible)
Production
- Best Engineered AlbumMoogie Canazio and Luiz Tornaghi — Dentro Do Mar Tem Rio - Ao Vivo (Maria Bethânia)
- Producer of the YearSergio George
Music Video
- Best Short Form Music VideoJuanes — "Me Enamora"
- Best Long Form Music VideoJulieta Venegas — MTV Unplugged
Special Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Trustees Awards
Performers
- Gloria Estefan — "Mi Tierra / Oye Mi Canto"
- Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, Gian Marco and Carlos Santana — "No Lloren"
- Kany García — "Esta Soledad"
- Café Tacuba — "Esta Vez"
- Heatt - National recording artist from Phoenix, Az
- Gilberto Santa Rosa — "Amnesía"
- Alejandra Guzmán — "Hasta el Final"
- Olga Tañón featuring Jenni Rivera and Vikki Carr — "Presencie tu Amor / Cosas del Amor"
- Julieta Venegas featuring Michael Salgado and David Lee Garza — "El presente"
- Flex and Belinda — "Te Quiero"
- Juanes featuring John Legend — "Me Enamora / Odio Por Amor / If You're Out There"
- Banda el Recodo — "Te Presumo"
- Jorge Celedón featuring Jimmy Zambrano and El Mariachi Vargas — "Que bonita es esta Vida"
- Fonseca — "El Arroyito"
- Jenni Rivera and Lupillo Rivera — "Sufriendo a Solas"
- Michael Salgado, Emiliano Zuleta, Fernando Otero, Héctor del Curto and David Lee Garza — "Especial accordion tribute"
- Los Tigres del Norte — "Somos mas Americanos"
- Víctor Manuelle — "Mi Salsa"
- Rosario, Juanes, Olga Tañón, Jeremías, Tommy Torres, Antonio Carmona and Belinda — "No Dudaria"
Live from Brazil:
Presenters
Trivia
- Gloria Estefan became the first female to receive the academy's Person of the Year award. In addition she was the first artist to receive this honor as well as the MusiCares Person of the Year honor which she received in 1994 prior to the Grammy Awards.
References
- https://www.grammy.com/artists/sam-dunn/3009 GRAMMY.com
- Book: Billboard . 2008-11-29 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . en.
- News: 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. August 21, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913074700/http://www.grammy.com/pdfs/latin/9thlaras.pdf. September 13, 2008. June 30, 2008. Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq1311200830.htm Folha de S. Paulo: Brasil recebe Grammy Latino hoje
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