Latin Grammy Awards Explained

Latin Grammy Award
Current Awards:25th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
Awarded For:Outstanding achievements in the Latin music industry, primarily for works recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese
Presenter:The Latin Recording Academy
Country:United States
Year:
Network:CBS (2000–2004)
Univision (2005–present)
Election Name:Most recent Latin Grammy Award winners
Election Date:Best in 2022–23
Type:primary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards
Previous Year:2021-22
Next Election:25th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Annual Latin Grammy Awards
Next Year:2023–24
1Blank:Award
2Blank:Winner
1Data1:Album of the Year
2Data1:Karol G
(Mañana Será Bonito)
1Data2:Record of the Year
2Data2:Natalia Lafourcade
("De Todas las Flores")
1Data4:Song of the Year
2Data4:Bizarrap
&<br> Shakira
("")
1Data5:Best New Artist
2Data5:Joaquina
Album of the Year
Before Election:MOTOMAMI
(Digital Album)
After Election:Mañana Será Bonito

The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been released in Ibero-America. Ibero-America, as defined by the Latin Recording Academy, encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States.[1] Submissions of products recorded in languages, dialects or idiomatic expressions recognized in Ibero America, such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Nahuatl, Guarani, Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by a majority vote.[2] Both the regular Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award have similar nominating and voting processes, in which the selections are decided by peers within the Latin music industry.

The first annual Latin Grammys ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13, 2000. Broadcast by CBS, that first ceremony became the first primarily Spanish language primetime program carried on an English language American television network. The 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 16, 2023 at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain.

Since 2005, the awards have been broadcast in the United States by Univision.[3] In 2013, 9.8 million people watched the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision, making the channel a top-three network for the night in the U.S.[4]

History

The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Latin Recording Academy) was formed by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Recording Academy) in 1997. It was founded by Michael Greene and Producers & Songwriters Rudy Pérez & Mauricio Abaroa. Rudy Pérez was the Grammy Florida chapter's first President of the Board. The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music began in 1989.[5] According to organizers, the Latin Grammy Awards was established as the Latin music universe was deemed too large to fit on the Grammy Awards.[6] The Latin Recording Academy defines Latin music as music in Spanish or Portuguese.[7] The Latin Grammy Awards mainly encompasses music released in Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the Latino United States.[8] [9] In 2000, it was announced that the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards would take place at the Staples Center on September 13, 2000. On July 7, 2000, the nominations were announced in Miami, Florida, United States. The Latin Grammys were introduced with over 39 categories included limited to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking recordings. The first telecast took place at the Staples Center and was broadcast. The following year's show was canceled due to the September 11, 2001 attacks, which was the same day the show was to take place.[10] In 2002, the academy elected its first independent board of trustees. In 2005, the broadcast was moved from CBS to Univision where the whole telecast was in Spanish.[11]

Voting members live in various regions in the US and outside of the US including Latin America and Iberia.[12] For a recording to be eligible for a nomination, it must have at least 60% (previously 51% until 2024) of its content recorded in Spanish or Portuguese and commercially released in North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Spain, or Portugal.[13] [14] Products recorded in languages and dialects from Ibero-America such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Nahuatl, Guarani, Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by majority vote of the committees of the Latin Recording Academy. The Latin Recording Academy also accepts Latin instrumental music from Ibero-America as well as compositions that have been composed or interpreted by an Iberian American musician.[15] The eligibility period is June 1 to May 30 for a respective awards ceremony. Recordings are first entered and then reviewed to determine the awards they are eligible for. Following that, nominating ballots are mailed to voting members of the academy. The votes are tabulated and the five recordings in each category with the most votes become the nominees. Final voting ballots are sent out to voting members and the winners are determined. Winners are later announced at the Latin Grammy Awards. The current President & CEO of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is Manuel Abud, who succeeded Gabriel Abaroa in 2021.[16]

Altogether there are three events: the Life Achievement when renowned artists are honored for lifetime achievement; Person of the Year, when one artist is honored at a gala dinner, and Grammy itself, an award that brings together artists from all over Latin America and Iberia and that today is broadcast live to 80 countries, including Brazil, by channel Univision (TNT in Brazil).[17]

Awards

Award categories

See main article: List of Latin Grammy Award categories. Alike from the Grammy Award there is a general field consisting of four genre-less award categories:

The rest of the fields are genre-specific.[18] Special non-competitive awards are also given out for more long-lasting contributions to the Latin music industry.

Ceremonies

YearAlbum of the YearRecord of the YearSong of the YearBest New ArtistMultiple winsMultiple nominations
12000Luis Miguel
Amarte Es Un Placer
Santana
Maná
"Corazón Espinado"
Marc Anthony
"Dímelo"
Ibrahim FerrerLuis Miguel
Santana
Maná (3)
Marc Anthony
Shakira
Fito Páez (5)
[19]
22001Alejandro Sanz
El Alma Al Aire
Alejandro Sanz
"El Alma Al Aire"
Alejandro Sanz
"El Alma Al Aire"
JuanesAlejandro Sanz (4)Juanes (7)[20]
32002Alejandro Sanz
MTV Unplugged
Alejandro Sanz
"Y Solo Se Me Ocurre Amarte"
Alejandro Sanz
"Y Solo Se Me Ocurre Amarte"
Jorge MorenoAlejandro Sanz (3)Carlos Vives (6)[21]
42003Juanes
Un Día Normal
Juanes
"Es Por Ti"
Juanes
"Es Por Ti"
David BisbalJuanes (5)Juanes (5)[22]
52004Alejandro Sanz
No Es Lo Mismo
Alejandro Sanz
"No Es Lo Mismo"
Alejandro Sanz
"No Es Lo Mismo"
María RitaAlejandro Sanz (4)Alejandro Sanz (4)[23]
62005Ivan Lins
Cantando Histórias
Alejandro Sanz
"Tú No Tienes Alma"
Alejandro Sanz
"Tú No Tienes Alma"
BebeJuanes (3)Bebe (5)[24]
72006Shakira
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
Shakira
Alejandro Sanz
"La Tortura"
Shakira
Alejandro Sanz
"La Tortura"
Calle 13Shakira (4)Shakira (5)[25]
82007Juan Luis Guerra
La Llave De Mi Corazón
Juan Luis Guerra
"La Llave De Mi Corazón"
Juan Luis Guerra
"La Llave De Mi Corazón"
Jesse & JoyJuan Luis Guerra (5)Juan Luis Guerra (5)[26]
92008Juanes
La Vida... Es Un Ratico
Juanes
"Me Enamora"
Juanes
"Me Enamora"
Kany GarcíaJuanes (5)Juanes
Café Tacuba
Julieta Venegas (5)
[27]
102009Calle 13
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
Calle 13
Café Tacuba
"No Hay Nadie Como Tú"
Luis Fonsi
Aleks Syntek
Noel Schajris
David Bisbal
"Aquí Estoy Yo"
Alexander AchaCalle 13 (5)Calle 13 (5)[28]
112010Juan Luis Guerra
A Son de Guerra
Camila
"Mientes"
Camila
"Mientes"
Alex CubaCamila
Juan Luis Guerra (3)
Juan Luis Guerra
Jorge Drexler
Alejandro Sanz (4)
[29]
122011Calle 13
Entren Los Que Quieran
Calle 13
"Latinoamérica"
Calle 13
"Latinoamérica"
Sie7eCalle 13 (9)Calle 13 (9)[30]
132012Juanes
MTV Unplugged
Jesse & Joy
"¡Corre!"
Jesse & Joy
"¡Corre!"
3BallMTYJesse & Joy (4)Juan Luis Guerra (6)[31]
142013Draco Rosa
Vida
Marc Anthony
"Vivir Mi Vida"
Carlos Vives
"Volví A Nacer"
Gaby MorenoCarlos Vives
Sergio George (3)
Carlos Vives
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
Javier Garza (5)
[32]
152014Paco de Lucía
Canción Andaluza
Jorge Drexler
Ana Tijoux
"Universos Paralelos"
Enrique Iglesias
Descemer Bueno
Gente de Zona
"Bailando"
Mariana VegaEnrique Iglesias
Descemer Bueno
Gente de Zona (3)
Eduardo Cabra (10)[33]
162015Juan Luis Guerra
Todo Tiene Su Hora
Natalia Lafourcade
"Hasta La Raíz"
Natalia Lafourcade
"Hasta La Raíz"
Monsieur PerinéNatalia Lafourcade (4)Leonel García (6)[34]
172016Juan Gabriel
Los Dúo, Vol. 2
Carlos Vives
Shakira
"La Bicicleta"
Carlos Vives
Shakira
"La Bicicleta"
Manuel MedranoJuan Gabriel
Carlos Vives
Shakira
Manuel Medrano
Yandel
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
Fonseca (2)
Djavan
Fonseca
Jesse & Joy (4)
[35]
182017Rubén Blades
Salsa Big Band
Luis Fonsi
Daddy Yankee
"Despacito"
Luis Fonsi
Daddy Yankee
"Despacito"
Vicente GarcíaLuis Fonsi
Daddy Yankee (4)
Residente (9)[36]
192018Luis Miguel
¡México Por Siempre!
Jorge Drexler
"Telefonía"
Jorge Drexler
"Telefonía"
Karol GJorge Drexler (3)J Balvin (8)[37]
202019Rosalía
El Mal Querer
Alejandro Sanz
Camila Cabello
"Mi Persona Favorita"
Pedro Capó
"Calma"
NellaRosalía
Alejandro SanzEl Guincho (3)
Alejandro Sanz (8)[38]
212020Natalia Lafourcade
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Alejandro Sanz
"Contigo"
Residente
"René"
Mike BahíaRosalía
Natalia Lafourcade
Carlos Vives (3)
J Balvin (13)[39]
222021Rubén Blades
Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
SALSWING!
Caetano Veloso
Tom Veloso
"Talvez"
Yotuel
Gente De Zona
Descemer Bueno
Maykel Osorbo
El Funky
"Patria y Vida"
Juliana VelásquezCamilo (4)Camilo (10)[40]
232022Rosalía
Motomami (Digital Album)
Jorge Drexler & C. Tangana
"Tocarte"
Jorge Drexler & C. Tangana
"Tocarte"
Angela Alvarez
Silvana Estrada
Jorge Drexler (6)Bad Bunny (10)[41]
242023Karol G
Mañana Será Bonito
Natalia Lafourcade
"De Todas las Flores"
Bizarrap & Shakira
JoaquinaKarol G, ShakiraBizarrap, Natalia Lafourcade,Edgar Barrera, Santiago Alvarado (3)Edgar Barrera (13). Shakira, Karol G (7)[42]

Leading winners

See main article: Latin Grammy Award records. With 28 Latin Grammy Awards, Residente has won the most Latin Grammy Awards. Natalia Lafourcade is the biggest winner among female artists with 17 awards. Calle 13, with 22 Latin Grammy Awards, holds the record for most awards won by a group.

TV broadcasts and ratings

YearNetworkViewers Rating/Share (Households)Source
2000CBS7.5 million5.2/9[43]
2001
2002CBS3.9 million2.9/3.1
20034.9 million3.4/3.69[44]
20043.3 million2.4/4[45] [46]
2005Univision5.1 million[47]
20065.7 million[48]
20076.2 million[49]
20085.8 million[50]
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
20154.0 million[51]
20163.20 million
2017
20182.68 million 1.4/3[52]
20193.44 million1.8/4[53]

Criticism

As with its Grammy Awards counterpart, the Latin Grammy Awards has also received criticism from various recording artists and music journalists.

Upon the announcement of the Latin Grammy Awards in 1999, several musical journalists raised concerns about the awards being used as a marketing tool by the mainstream media. Manny S. Gonzalez of the Vista En L.A felt that the award would just be used to advertise artists being promoted by Emilio Estefan. The lack of categories for non Spanish and Portuguese-speaking music has been criticized, namely by artists who consider their work to be "Latin" in sound or origin but are not eligible for a Latin Grammy including those from Haiti (who have compared their compas music to merengue music from the Dominican Republic but is sung in French Creole) and Celtic musicians from the Galicia and Asturias regions of Spain.[6] [54] The linguistic requirement has also been criticized by Tony Succar whose album, , was not eligible for a Latin Grammy Award despite the album being recorded in salsa music. In response to the criticism, a spokesman for the Latin Recording Academy stated: "The Latin Recording Academy considers music based on the contents of the recording itself – the technical elements that go into the art of music making – not based on how a recording or an artist is marketed externally."[55] In 2001, Cuban exiles living in Miami protested at the Latin Grammy Awards for allowing musicians living in Cuba to perform at the stage. This resulted in the Latin Grammys being moved to Los Angeles for the second annual awards (which would in the end be canceled in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks).[56]

In October 2010, a year in which he did not have any new works eligible for the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco De Vitaa previous nomineecalled the Latin Grammys "fake and a lie" and stated that if he were to ever win an award, he would not accept it.[57] The following year, he won his first two Latin Grammy Awards, at the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. American musician Willie Colón observed the relationship between the Latin Grammys and major Latin record labels.[58] Mexican singer-songwriter Aleks Syntek noted that Mexican artists in general were apathetic towards the awards.[59] The Latin Grammys was met with backlash at the 2019 awards ceremony when none of the urbano artists were nominated in the general categories despite its popularity. This led to several reggaeton artists, including Daddy Yankee and J Balvin, boycotting the event. The Latin Recording Academy responded to criticism by requesting the "leaders of the urban community to get involved with the Academy, to get involved with the process, and to get involved with discussions that improve the Academy."[60] Since the late 2010s, the inclusion of artists from Spain in the awards has garnered controversy from social media users who noted the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Academy itself has been accused of whitewashing by favoring Spaniards and White Latin Americans over Afro–Latin Americans (who were the main contributors of many Latin music genres including the urbano field such as reggaeton).[61] [62] [63] Abud has responded to criticism on the inclusion of Spain by pointing out that "Latin music has been defined by Spanish and Portuguese".[64]

Ceremony locations

See main article: List of Latin Grammy Award ceremony locations.

The Latin Grammy Awards are held in Las Vegas the most. The ceremony has been held there 14 times. The ceremony spent its first few years being held in Los Angeles and in 2003 took place in Miami. The ceremony had also been held once in New York City and Houston. In Las Vegas the ceremony has been held at three different venues over the years; the Michelob Ultra Arena, the MGM Grand Garden Arena and the T-Mobile Arena.

The 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 16, 2023, at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, which marked the first time the awards were held outside of the United States. [65]

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

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  4. Web site: The Latin Grammy Awards Celebrates Obama's Immigration Plan. Time. November 21, 2014. November 13, 2013. November 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141121041512/http://time.com/3598813/immigration-latin-grammy-awards-barack-obama/. live.
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  7. Cobo . Leila . 'The Academy's Big Responsibility Is The Diffusion Of Latin Music' . Billboard . September 4, 2004 . 116 . 36 . 62 . September 30, 2019 . 0006-2510 . Q: What is LARAS's definition of Latin music? A: Music in Spanish or Portuguese. . February 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207045932/https://books.google.com/books?id=AhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 . live .
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  13. Web site: LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS CATEGORY DEFINITIONS . Latin Recording Academy . March 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216191750/https://www.latingrammy.com/en/awards/latin-grammy-awards-category-definitions. February 16, 2024.
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