Premios Gardel Explained

Premios Gardel a la Música
Current Awards:	26th Annual Premios Gardel
Awarded For:	Outstanding achievements in the Argentine record industry market
Country:	Argentina
Presenter:	CAPIF
Website:	Premios Gardel

The Premios Gardel a la Música (originally called Premios Carlos Gardel), or just Premios Gardel (in English, the Gardel Awards), is an award presented by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (CAPIF) to recognize the best of Argentine music and to award the talent of Argentine artists in a diversity of genres and categories.^[1] The trophy depicts a sculpture of French Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina's music icons. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of awards that have more popular interest.

The honorees are chosen by a jury consisting of musicians, journalists and other members of the media, event producers, sound engineers, and personalities related to music. The awards are the Argentine equivalent to the American Grammy Awards^[2] and the British BRIT Awards. The Premios Gardel have been described as the "most important prize in the country's music business".^[3]

History

After the ACE Awards (1992–1997) failed to become Argentina's standard music awards due to lack of support from the industry, the Gardel Awards appeared to take over that spot.

The awards are named after Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina's earliest and most well-known popular music performers. The awards were organized by CAPIF with the first ceremony held in 1999 for music released between June 1, 1997, and November 30, 1998.^[4] The jury for the first awards comprised 500 members.

In 2003, the voting committee was made "truly independent from the record companies, whose staffs can no longer vote," according to then-CAPIF executive director, Gabriel Salcedo. The jury increased to 1,500 members, including artists, producers, and journalists of "every musical genre". In the past, the Gardels were viewed as a "pat on the back" from the industry to its favorite, best-selling artists, but the revamped voting was viewed as giving transparency to the selection process and a new-found credibility to the awards themselves.

Ceremonies

No.	Year	Date	Gardel de Oro^[5]	Host(s)	Venue	Broadcast	Ref.
1	1999	14 April	Sandro	Jorge Guinzburg	Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires	El Trece	^[6]
2	2000	24 April	Mercedes Sosa	Dady Brieva	Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires		^[7]
3	2001	31 March	León Gieco	Marcos Mundstock	Luna Park Arena, Buenos Aires		^[8]
4	2002	16 April	Charly García	Roberto Pettinato	Teatro Opera, Buenos Aires		^[9]
5	2003	17 March			Luna Park Arena, Buenos Aires		^[10]
6	2004	31 March	Babasónicos		Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires		^[11]
7	2005	13 April	Bersuit Vergarabat			Telefe	^[12]
8	2006	5 April	Andrés Calamaro	Manuel Wirzt and Hilda Lizarazu			^[13]
9	2007	17 April	Gustavo Cerati	Roberto Pettinato	Luna Park Arena, Buenos Aires	El Trece	^[14]
10	2008	26 March	Andrés Calamaro	Bebe Contemponi	Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires		^[15]
11	2009	22 July	Luis Alberto Spinetta				^[16]
12	2010	4 November	Gustavo Cerati				^[17]
13	2011	30 November	Divididos				^[18]
14	2012	8 November	Escalandrum	Soledad and Bahiano	Usina del Arte, Buenos Aires	CM	^[19]
15	2013	21 August	Abel Pintos	Deborah de Corral and Mex Urtizberea	Teatro Opera, Buenos Aires	C5N	^[20]
16	2014	4 September		Roberto Pettinato and Sandra Mihanovich	Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires		^[21]
17	2015	2 June	Axel	Roberto Pettinato and Catarina Spinetta		TN	^[22]
18	2016	7 June	Luis Alberto Spinetta	Lalo Mir			^[23]
19	2017	6 June	Abel Pintos	Lalo Mir and Maju Lozano			^[24]
20	2018	29 May	Charly García	Germán Paoloski	Kirchner Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires	TVP	^[25]
21	2019	14 May	Marilina Bertoldi	Iván de Pineda	Ángel Bustelo Auditorium, Mendoza	TNT	^[26]
22	2020	18 September	David Lebón	Ale Sergi and Natalie Perez			^[27]
23	2021	23 July	Fito Páez	Jey Mammón and Eleonora Pérez Caressi			^[28]
24	2022	23 August			Movistar Arena, Buenos Aires	Star+	^[29]
25	2023	16 May	Trueno	Iván de Pineda			^[30]
26	2024	28 May	Miranda!				^[31]

Footnotes:

Categories

The Gardel Awards are awarded in a series of categories, each of which isolate a specific contribution to the recording industry. The standard awards list nominees in each category from which a winner is selected. Twenty-four Gardel Awards were awarded in the first award ceremony, but the number of awards has grown and fluctuated over time as new categories are added and some older ones removed. As of 2022, the number of categories is forty-eight.^[32]

General Field

The General Field are standard awards for musical works which do not restrict nominees by genre or some other criterion:

• Album of the Year is awarded to the performer(s) of a full vocal or instrumental album. The winner of this category receives the Gardel de Oro Award, a golden version of the trophy and the Awards' greatest distinction.
• Song of the Year is awarded to the performer(s), songwriter(s) and composer(s) of the song.
• Record of the Year is awarded to the performer(s), producer(s) and recording engineer(s) of a full album. Formerly known as Production of the Year, it also allows songs to be nominated since 2020.
• Best New Artist is awarded to the performer of a full album or song who has not released more than two albums or twenty songs. From 2007 to 2018 (except in 2010), the category was replaced genre-specific versions for pop, rock, tango, folklore, tropical and cuarteto.
• Collaboration of the Year is awarded to the performers, songwriter(s) and composer(s) of the song. It is awarded since 2020.

Winners

No.	Year	Album of the Year	Song of the Year	Record of the Year	Best New Artist(s)	Ref.
1	1999	Al Despertar	"Volver a empezar"	Volver a Empezar	Marcela Morelo	^[33]
2	2000	Signos	"Campeones de la Vida"	La Marcha del Golazo Solitario	Laura Miller
3	2001	Narigón del Siglo	"Soy Cordobés"	Narigón del Siglo	Roxana Carabajal
4	2002	Un Mundo Diferente	"Shima Uta"	Casaerius	Alfredo Casero	^[34]
5	2003	Influencia	"Tu Vicio"	Influencia	Mambrú	^[35]
6	2004	Infame	"Irresponsables"	Infame	Emme
7	2005	La Argentinidad al Palo	"Los Caminos de la Vida"	MTV Unplugged	Juana Molina	^[36]
8	2006	El Regreso (album)	"El Ángel de la Bicicleta"	Café de los Maestros Vol. 1 y 2	Migue García	^[37]
9	2007	Ahí vamos	"Crimen"	Ahí vamos	David Bolzoni	^[38]
10	2008	La Lengua Popular	"5 Minutos Más"	Laberintos entre aristas y dialectos	Ella Es Tan Cargosa	^[39]
11	2009	Un mañana	"Mi elemento"	Quebrado	Romina Vitale
12	2010	Fuerza natural	"Déjà vu"	Fuerza natural	De Bueyes
13	2011	Amapola del 66	"Sólo Un Momento"	Amapola del 66	Tan Biónica	^[40]
14	2012	Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla	"Paisaje"	Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla	Deborah de Corral
15	2013	Sueño Dorado	"Sueño Dorado"	Chances	Rosario Ortega
16	2014	Abel	"Aquí Te Espero"	Abel	Indios	^[41]
17	2015	Tus Ojos, Mis Ojos	"Afinidad"	Tus Ojos, Mis Ojos	Lali	^[42]
18	2016	Los Amigo	"Antes y Después"	Único	Julieta Rada	^[43]
19	2017	11	"Cómo Te Extraño"	Barro y Fauna	Benjamín Amadeo	^[44]
20	2018	Random	"Aire"	Random	J Mena	^[45]
21	2019	Prender Un Fuego	"Sin Querer Queriendo"	Studio 2	Destino San Javier	^[46]
22	2020	Lebón & Co.	"Canguro"	Lebón & Co.	Wos	^[47]
23	2021	La Conquista del Espacio	"Ladrón"	Calambre	Nathy Peluso	^[48]
24	2022	Oscuro Éxtasis	"Miénteme"	"Mafiosa"	Tiago PZK	^[49]
25	2023	Bien o Mal	"La Triple T"	"Argentina"	Noelia Recalde	^[50]
26	2024	Hotel Miranda!	"Obsesión"	"La Rueda Mágica"	Milo J

Footnotes:

Genre-specific categories

As of the 2024 ceremony, there are 49 categories, including the General Field.

No longer awarded

Voting process

The voting process begins every year with media companies entering albums, songs and music videos for consideration. Entries are made online. Once the postulation date expires and all entries have been registered in the differed categories, CAPIF summons the Revision Committees, work groups consisting of journalists, producers, musicians and specialist that revise the entries to revise that the entries have been registered in the right category according to its music genre and particular characteristics. Once it has been revised, the selection of nominees begins.

For selecting the nominees, CAPIF informs the jury of the Gardel Awards that the first stage of the voting process is open for each category. Members of the jury can access online to the audio and video contents that habe been submitted for nomination and choose those that consider should be nominated. Once this stage of the voting process finishes, CAPIF publishes the official list of nominees.

After the list of nominees has been defined, the voting members must select one winner for each category. This is also made online. Lastly, CAPIF informs the winners in the pre-telecast ceremony and the official awards show ceremony.^[51]

See also

• 19th Annual Premios Gardel
• 21st Annual Premios Gardel
• 23rd Annual Premios Gardel

Notes and References

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3. Fernández Bitas . Marcelo . Gardel Awards Shine a Little Brighter . Billboard . April 23, 2005 . 26 . 22 April 2019.
4. Fernández Bitas . Marcelo . Argentine Awards: Premios Gardel's Successful Debut . Billboard . June 26, 1999 . 111 . 26 . LM-12, LM-24 . 22 April 2019.
5. Web site: Gardel de Oro. Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Spanish. 17 March 2021.
6. Web site: Premio a la confusión. La Nación. 17 March 2021. 13 March 1999. Adriana. Franco. Spanish.
7. Web site: Mercedes Sosa se adjudicó el "Gardel de Oro" 1999. Río Negro. 17 March 2021. 25 April 2000. Spanish.
8. Web site: 3ra Entrega de los Premios Gardel a la Música 2001: El Auténtico León de Oro. Página/12. 17 March 2021. 1 April 2001. Spanish.
9. Web site: El Gardel que no se vio. Clarín. 17 March 2021. 18 April 2002. Spanish.
10. Web site: Charly ya es Gardel, y por duplicado. Página/12. 17 March 2021. 18 March 2003. Spanish.
11. Web site: En la noche de los Premios Gardel, Babasónicos se llevó hasta el oro. Página/12. 17 March 2021. 1 April 2004. Karina. Micheletto. Spanish.
12. Web site: Coronaron el éxito de Bersuit con el Gardel de Oro. El Territorio. 17 March 2021. 14 April 2005. Spanish.
13. Web site: Andrés Calamaro se llevó el Oro y brindó por todos. Página/12. 17 March 2021. 6 April 2006. Spanish.
14. Web site: La fiesta del disco busca triunfadores. Página/12. 17 March 2021. 17 April 2007. Spanish.
15. Web site: En busca de la legitimación. Página/12. 17 March 2021. 28 March 2008. Spanish.
16. Web site: Luis Alberto Spinetta ganó el Gardel de Oro. Infobae. 17 March 2021. 22 July 2009. Spanish.
17. Web site: Premios Gardel 2010: los ganadores. La Nación. 17 March 2021. 4 November 2010. Spanish.
18. Web site: Los ganadores de los premios Gardel son…. Ciudad Magazine. 17 March 2021. 30 November 2011. Spanish.
19. Web site: Premios Gardel 2012: todos los ganadores. La Voz del Interior. 17 March 2021. 8 November 2012. Spanish.
20. Web site: Todos los ganadores de los premios Gardel. La Nación. 17 March 2021. 22 August 2013. Spanish.
21. Web site: Esta noche se entregan los Premios Gardel 2014: mandan Babasónicos, Abel Pintos y Tan Biónica. La Voz del Interior. 17 March 2021. 4 September 2014. Spanish.
22. Web site: Premios Gardel 2015: así comenzó la gran fiesta de la música. Clarín. 17 March 2021. 6 June 2015. Spanish.
23. Web site: Premios Gardel 2016: la ceremonia, en vivo. La Nación. 17 March 2021. 7 June 2016. Spanish.
24. Web site: Premios Gardel 2017: los nominados en cada una de las ternas. Clarín. 17 March 2021. 6 June 2017. Spanish.
25. Web site: Premios Gardel 2018: la ceremonia, minuto a minuto. La Nación. 17 March 2021. 29 May 2018. Spanish.
26. Web site: Cómo se prepara Mendoza para la entrega de los Premios Gardel 2019. Clarín. 12 May 2019. 17 March 2021. Roxana. Badaloni. Spanish.
27. Web site: David Lebón se llevó el «Gardel de Oro» en Premios Gardel 2020. Javier. Marino. CNN en Español. 19 September 2020. 17 March 2021. Spanish.
28. Web site: Premios Gardel 2021: Fito Páez se lleva el Gardel de Oro por "La Conquista del Espacio". 24 June 2021. 3 August 2021. Billboard Argentina. Spanish.
29. Web site: Premios Gardel 2022: a qué hora es, dónde y cómo ver la alfombra roja de la música argentina. 23 August 2022. 28 March 2023. Clarín. es.
30. Web site: Premios Gardel 2023, en vivo: Trueno ganó el Oro. 16 May 2023. 17 May 2023. es. La Nación. Milagros. Amondaray.
31. Web site: Miranda! ganó el Gardel de Oro por "Hotel Miranda!". es. Billboard Argentina. 29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
32. Web site: Definición de Categorías. Premios Gardel. 3 July 2022. Spanish.
33. Web site: Entregaron los premios Gardel a la música popular. Clarín. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 15 April 1999.
34. Web site: Charly ya es Gardel. Página/12. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 18 April 2002.
35. Web site: Charly García ganó el "Gardel de oro". Río Negro. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 18 March 2003.
36. Web site: La Bersuit es Gardel. Infobae. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 16 April 2005. De Brito, Ángel.
37. Web site: El Oro del Gardel fue para Calamaro. La Nación. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 5 April 2006.
38. Web site: En una gran noche, Cerati obtuvo el "Gardel de Oro". Infobae. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 17 April 2007.
39. Web site: Premios Carlos Gardel 2008: Calamaro se llevó el de Oro. Minuto Uno. 27 March 2008 . Spanish. 26 March 2021.
40. Web site: Divididos se llevo el Gardel de Oro 2011. Exitoína. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 30 November 2011.
41. Web site: Premios Gardel 2014: todos los ganadores. La Nación. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 5 September 2014.
42. Web site: Todos los ganadores de los premios Gardel 2015: Axel se llevó el Oro y estalló de emoción. Ciudad Magazine. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 2 June 2015.
43. Web site: Premios Gardel 2016: todos los ganadores. La Nación. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 8 June 2016.
44. Web site: Premios Gardel 2017: todos los ganadores. La Nación. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 6 June 2017.
45. Web site: Premios Gardel 2018: todos los ganadores. La Nación. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 29 May 2018.
46. Web site: Premios Gardel 2019: la lista de ganadores. La Nación. Spanish. 26 March 2021. 15 May 2018.
47. Web site: GANADORES & NOMINADOS 2020. Premios Gardel. Spanish. 26 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123012104/https://premiosgardel.org.ar/ganadores/22. 23 January 2021.
48. Web site: Premios Gardel 2021: Conocé la lista completa de ganadores. Billboard Argentina. Spanish. 3 August 2021. 23 July 2021.
49. Web site: Premios Gardel 2022: todos los ganadores y el Oro para Wos. 24 August 2022. 28 March 2023. La Nación. es.
50. Web site: Premios Gardel 2023, en vivo: Trueno ganó el Oro. 16 May 2023. 17 May 2023. es. La Nación. Milagros. Amondaray.
51. Web site: Proceso de Votación. Premios Gardel. March 27, 2021. Spanish.