The "1st 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...

" were held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center

Staples Center

Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...

 on Friday, September 13, 2000. The big winners were Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

, Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

 and Maná

Maná

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

 with 3 awards; 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...

, Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

, 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:...

 and Emilio Estefan Jr. received 2 awards each.

Winners were chosen by voting members of the Latin Academy from a list of finalists. The ceremony was broadcast live on CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 and was seen in more than 100 countries across the world. The two-hour show was the first bilingual broadcast ever to air on network television during prime time

Prime time

Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...

.

History

On January 20, 2000 the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences , is a multinational membership-based association composed of music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals...

 announced that the inaugural 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...

 were going to take place on September 15, 2000 in Los Angeles and the awards ceremony would be broadcast in the United States by CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

, which will also distribute it to other countries. Nominations in 40 categories were to be released in August 2000.

The list of nominees for the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards, slated for September 13, 2000 in Los Angeles, was unveiled on Friday, July 7, 2000 in a Miami ceremony hosted by Michael Greene, President of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Leading the chase for statuettes were Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

, Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

 and 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:...

 with five nominations each. 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...

, Carlos Vives

Carlos Vives

Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...

, and Maná

Maná

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

, garnered four nominations. Earning three nominations were Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

, along with La Ley

La Ley (band)

La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...

. Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin

Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

 earned for two nominations. Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

, received a nod on the Latin side of the musical divide for the Spanish-language remake of "Genie in a Bottle

Genie in a Bottle

"Genie in a Bottle" is the second single by American pop recording artist, Christina Aguilera, taken from her self-titled debut album. It was co-written by David Frank, Steve Kipner, and Pamela Sheyne, and produced by Frank and Kipner respectively...

" titled "Genio Atrapado". In addition to the awards, Emilio Estefan Jr. was honored as the Latin Academy's First 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...

. That award was presented during a dinner on September 11, 2000 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

Beverly Hilton Hotel

The Beverly Hilton is a hotel located on an property at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, California, USA...

 in Beverly Hills, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

The awards were organized by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences , is a multinational membership-based association composed of music industry professionals, musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals...

 (LARAS), incorporated by NARAS in 1997. LARAS is a membership-based association of musicians, producers, engineer

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

s and other recording professionals. The list of final nominees revealed was a result of balloting by LARAS members.

Live telecast

The list of hosts for the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards, included Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

, Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

, Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matt Santos on The West Wing...

, Andy García

Andy García

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...

 and Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

, who also was announced to perform her hit single "No Me Ames

No Me Ames

"No me ames" is a song by American recording artists Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, from Lopez's debut studio album, On the 6...

" with Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

, but Anthony (with six nominations that night) did not attend the show citing complications with his (then) wife's pregnancy.

Son By Four

Son By Four

Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....

 also were announced performing a duet with boy band

Boy band

A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...

 'N Sync

'N Sync

N Sync was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich, *NSYNC consisted of JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick...

, with some singing in Spanish by the American band.

The telecast kicked off with a tribute to the late Tito Puente

Tito Puente

Tito Puente, , born Ernesto Antonio Puente, was a Latin jazz and Salsa musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as "El Rey de los Timbales" and "The King of Latin Music"...

 featuring Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin

Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

, Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American salsa singer, and was one of the most successful Salsa performers of the 20th century, having earned twenty-three gold albums...

, and Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

. Performances throughout the show included Santana

Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...

 & Maná

Maná

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

, 'N Sync

'N Sync

N Sync was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich, *NSYNC consisted of JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick...

 & Son By Four

Son By Four

Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....

, Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

, Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

, Miami Sound Machine and Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

.

The two-hour show was the first bilingual broadcast ever to air on network television during prime time. It was broadcast around the world, either simultaneously or live on tape.

Compilation album

On September 12, 2000 Sony Discos released the first "Latin Grammy Nominees CD" to coincide with the inaugural awards with nominees from three categories, 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...

, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Female

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album 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 Best Tropical Song, with a portion of the proceeds to support the Latin Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences for community-outreach efforts. It was expected that various labels

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 took turns releasing Latin Grammy sets each year.

Nominations and winners

The nominations were announced on July 7, 2000 and the winners were revealed on September 13, 2000, including Maná

Maná

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

, Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

 and Santana

Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...

 each grabbing three trophies at the event. Santana and Maná won 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...

 for the track "Corazón Espinado

Corazón Espinado

"Corazón Espinado" is a song by Santana and Fher Olvera of the Latin rock group Maná. The song was written, produced and sung by Fher Olvera, and co-produced by Alex González. It was released on the Santana album Supernatural in 1999, and became a massive hit in Spanish-speaking countries...

" from Santana's album, Supernatural and the same track was honored for Rock Duo or Group with Vocal. Maná also won Best Pop Performance and Santana won Best Pop Instrumental. Amarte Es Un Placer

Amarte Es Un Placer

- Tour :Amarte Es Un Placer Tour was performed between September 1999 and May 2000. It was the highest grossing tour ever made by a Latin artist...

, by Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 pop singer

Pop Singer

"Pop Singer" is the début single from London-based glam rockers Rachel Stamp. It was released in February, 1996 through WEA. The single was released as a 2 track CD Single and limited edition pink 7" vinyl of 1000 copies...

 Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

 won Album of the Year

Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Latin Grammy Award for Album 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...

, Best Pop Album and Best Male Pop Performance. Marc Anthony's "Dímelo

I Need to Know (Marc Anthony song)

"I Need to Know" is a song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the lead single of his first English language album Marc Anthony, in August 1999.-Song information:...

" picked up 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...

, and at age 73, Ibrahim Ferrer

Ibrahim Ferrer

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

 won Best New Artist

Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist

The Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist 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, nationally and internationally...

. Emilio Estefan Jr., who was up for six honors, won only two awards: Producer of the Year and the Music Video award

Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video is given every year since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. The award is given to the performer, director and producer of the video.-2010s:-2000s:...

 for directing his wife Gloria's

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

 "No Me Dejes de Querer

No Me Dejes de Querer

"No Me Dejes de Querer" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from her third Spanish album Alma Caribeña...

". Meanwhile, Carlos Vives

Carlos Vives

Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...

, also with six nominees, went home with no trophies. Tito Puente

Tito Puente

Tito Puente, , born Ernesto Antonio Puente, was a Latin jazz and Salsa musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as "El Rey de los Timbales" and "The King of Latin Music"...

 won posthumously for Traditional Tropical Performance for the title track from his final album, Mambo Birdland. His son and daughter accepted the award on his behalf. Winners were chosen by voting members of the Latin Academy from a list of finalists. The ceremony was broadcast live on CBS and was seen in more than 100 countries across the world.

General

Record of the Year
Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

 featuring Maná

Maná

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

 — "Corazón Espinado

Corazón Espinado

"Corazón Espinado" is a song by Santana and Fher Olvera of the Latin rock group Maná. The song was written, produced and sung by Fher Olvera, and co-produced by Alex González. It was released on the Santana album Supernatural in 1999, and became a massive hit in Spanish-speaking countries...

"

• Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
   — "Dímelo
  I Need to Know (Marc Anthony song)
  "I Need to Know" is a song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the lead single of his first English language album Marc Anthony, in August 1999.-Song information:...
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Tiempos"
• Ricky Martin
  Ricky Martin
  Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
  
   — "Livin' la Vida Loca
  Livin' la Vida Loca
  "Livin' la Vida Loca" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released on March 23, 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts during 1999...
  
  "
• Carlos Vives
  Carlos Vives
  Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
  
   — "Fruta Fresca
  Fruta Fresca
  "Fruta Fresca" is a song released by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives as the first single from his studio album El Amor de Mi Tierra in 1999. The song was written by Martín Madera and produced by Emilio Estefan and Juan Vicente Zambrano and became Vives' first number-one hit in the...
  
  "

Album of the Year
Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

 — Amarte Es Un Placer

Amarte Es Un Placer

- Tour :Amarte Es Un Placer Tour was performed between September 1999 and May 2000. It was the highest grossing tour ever made by a Latin artist...

• 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...
  
   440 — Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
• Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   — MTV Unplugged
  MTV Unplugged (Shakira album)
  Bonus Features# Timeline# Albums# Photo Gallery# Making Of - Chart Performance :- Sales and certifications :- Awards :- Credits :* Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, lead vocals, harmonica, guitar....
  
  
• 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,...
  
   — Livro
  Livro
  Livro is an album by Caetano Veloso, released through the record label Nonesuch in 1998. In 2000, the album earned Veloso the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album and a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Carlos Vives
  Carlos Vives
  Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
  
   — El Amor de Mi Tierra
  El Amor de Mi Tierra
  El Amor de Mi Tierra is the fourth major-label album by Colombian singer/composer Carlos Vives.Released on October 19, 1999 it is Vives's ninth album overall . The album was a return to form for Vives, after the darker and more introspective Tengo Fe...
  
  

Song of the Year
Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

, Robert Blades, Angie Chirino and Cory Rooney

Cory Rooney

Cory Rooney is an American songwriter, record producer, and C.E.O. of Cory Rooney Group. He has written, produced, and developed many hits and careers for artists such as Mariah Carey, Mary J...

 — "Dímelo

I Need to Know (Marc Anthony song)

"I Need to Know" is a song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the lead single of his first English language album Marc Anthony, in August 1999.-Song information:...

" (Marc Anthony)

• Juan Carlos Calderón — "O Tú o Ninguna
  O Tú o Ninguna
  "O Tú o Ninguna" is a song by Mexican recording artist Luis Miguel. It was released as the second single from his studio album Amarte Es Un Placer in 1999. The song was written by Juan Carlos Calderón and produced by Miguel...
  
  " (Luis Miguel
  Luis Miguel
  Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...
  
  )
• 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:...
  
   — "Al Lado del Camino" (Fito Páez)
• 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...
  
   — "El Niágara en Bicicleta
  El Niágara en Bicicleta
  "El Niágara en Bicicleta" is a song written and performed by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his backup vocal group, 4-40. The track was released as the third single released from his eighth studio album, Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual which Guerra produced by himself. The single...
  
  " (Juan Luis Guerra 440)
• Martin Madera — "Fruta Fresca
  Fruta Fresca
  "Fruta Fresca" is a song released by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives as the first single from his studio album El Amor de Mi Tierra in 1999. The song was written by Martín Madera and produced by Emilio Estefan and Juan Vicente Zambrano and became Vives' first number-one hit in the...
  
  " (Carlos Vives
  Carlos Vives
  Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
  
  )

Best New Artist
Ibrahim Ferrer

Ibrahim Ferrer

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

• Café Quijano
  Café Quijano
  Café Quijano is a Spanish pop band formed by three brothers, Manuel, Óscar and Raúl Quijano, all of whom are singers. The brothers are originally from León, along with their father, who ran a musical pub called "la Lola" in the city center, which gave name to one of their most well-known songs...
  
  
• Amaury Gutiérrez
  Amaury Gutiérrez
  Amaury Gutiérrez is a Cuban artist.His first album Amaury Gutiérrez was nominated for a Latin Grammy and sold more than 600 thousand copies...
  
  
• Fernando Osorio
  Fernando Osorio
  Fernando Osorio is a singer-songwriter, born in Santa Fé, Bogotá and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. At age seven, Osorio played the cuatro, violin, flute and viola in school. In 1982, while being a member of the choir of his church, met Juan Carlos Perez and formed the duo Fernando y Juan. They...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

 — "Ojos Así

Ojos Así

"Ojos Así" is a song in Spanish by Colombian singer Shakira, and was released as the fourth single from her album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? on July 23, 1999. Today, "Ojos Así" is one of Shakira's most successful songs of her career...

"

• Christina Aguilera
  Christina Aguilera
  Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
  
   — "Genio Atrapado
  Genie in a Bottle
  "Genie in a Bottle" is the second single by American pop recording artist, Christina Aguilera, taken from her self-titled debut album. It was co-written by David Frank, Steve Kipner, and Pamela Sheyne, and produced by Frank and Kipner respectively...
  
  "
• Zizi Possi
  Zizi Possi
  Maria Izildinha "Zizi" Possi is a Brazilian singer from São Paulo, the daughter of Italian immigrants.She is the mother of another famous Brazilian singer, Luiza Possi.-Discography:All albums are in Portuguese unless noted otherwise....
  
   — "Meu Erro
  Meu Erro
  Meu erro is a rock single by Os Paralamas do Sucesso that was a Brazilian hit.It was released in 1985, a music with a great success among the Brazilian youth that had actually a versions of bands of Cpm 22 and the Banda do Santa....
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Al Despertar"
• Jaci Velasquez
  Jaci Velasquez
  Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez is an American Contemporary Christian and Latin Pop singer—in both English and Spanish languages....
  
   — "Llegar A Ti
  Llegar A Ti
  Llegar a Ti is Christian artist Jaci Velasquez' fifth album, and the first released in Spanish. The title track reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks , making her the first Christian artist to reach No. 1 on any Billboard Latin chart. It received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best...
  
  "

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

 — "Tu Mirada"

• Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
   — "Dímelo
  I Need to Know (Marc Anthony song)
  "I Need to Know" is a song by Marc Anthony, and was released as the lead single of his first English language album Marc Anthony, in August 1999.-Song information:...
  
  "
• Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
  
   — "Quiéreme"
• Ricky Martin
  Ricky Martin
  Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
  
   — "Bella
  She's All I Ever Had
  "She's All I Ever Had" is the second single taken from the multiplatinum first English-language album by Ricky Martin, called simply Ricky Martin. It was released on June 15, 1999...
  
  "
• Carlos Vives
  Carlos Vives
  Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
  
   — "Fruta Fresca
  Fruta Fresca
  "Fruta Fresca" is a song released by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives as the first single from his studio album El Amor de Mi Tierra in 1999. The song was written by Martín Madera and produced by Emilio Estefan and Juan Vicente Zambrano and became Vives' first number-one hit in the...
  
  "

Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Maná

Maná

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

 — "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez

Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez

"Se me olvidó otra vez" is the first radio single release and twelfth track from Maná's second live album, Maná MTV Unplugged in 1999. "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" is a song originally written by Juan Gabriel, from his Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán album in 1990 and later...

"

• Ketama
  Ketama
  Ketama are a Spanish flamenco group in the fusion flamenco style. The leaders of what has been called New Flamenco, they brought a style that was somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa onto the musical scene that drew as much criticism as praise, but which has won over the young public and has...
  
   — "Miénteme"
• Jennifer López
  Jennifer Lopez
  Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
  
   and Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
   — "No Me Ames
  No Me Ames
  "No me ames" is a song by American recording artists Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, from Lopez's debut studio album, On the 6...
  
  "
• Só Pra Contrariar
  Só Pra Contrariar
  Só Pra Contrariar was a Brazilian musical group formed in 1989. The band is more known for its frontman, Alexandre Pires, who has launched a successful solo career after the band's break-up.-Band history:...
  
   featuring Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
   — "Santo Santo
  Santo Santo
  "Santo Santo" is a song by Só Pra Contrariar, released as their first single, taken from the album Juegos de Amor. The tune is an upbeat version of "Oh My Darling Clementine".-Song history:...
  
  "
• Andreas Vollenweider
  Andreas Vollenweider
  Andreas Vollenweider is a Swiss musician. His music has been categorized as World Music, Jazz, New Age and even Classical; two of his albums were number 1 on the Billboard charts simultaneously in the categories Classical, Jazz, Pop and Crossover for more than 11 weeks. His music could be...
  
   and Milton Nascimento
  Milton Nascimento
  -Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
  
   — "Cor Do Amor"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

 — "El Farol"

• Raúl di Blasio
  Raúl di Blasio
  Raúl di Blasio is an Argentine latin jazz and easy listening pianist.- Life :Born in Zapala, Argentina, Raúl Di Blasio showed a great interest in piano at the age of six. After his parents' recommendations that he should study music, he began to pursue piano as a career.Di Blasio practiced piano...
  
   — "El Despertar Escandalo"
• 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...
  
   — "Dois Córregos"
• Frankie Marcos featuring Arturo Sandoval
  Arturo Sandoval
  Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....
  
   — "Oh Havana, When I Think Of You"
• 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...
  
   — "Luna Latina"

Best Pop Vocal Album
Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

 — Amarte Es Un Placer

Amarte Es Un Placer

- Tour :Amarte Es Un Placer Tour was performed between September 1999 and May 2000. It was the highest grossing tour ever made by a Latin artist...

• Ketama
  Ketama
  Ketama are a Spanish flamenco group in the fusion flamenco style. The leaders of what has been called New Flamenco, they brought a style that was somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa onto the musical scene that drew as much criticism as praise, but which has won over the young public and has...
  
   — Toma Ketama!
• Maná
  Maná
  Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo...
  
   — MTV Unplugged
  Maná MTV Unplugged
  Maná MTV Unplugged is a complete live album that was recorded in Miami, FL for MTV by Latin American Mexican rock band Maná. Maná's MTV Unplugged performance was a live show which was performed in an acoustic sound. The live performance was recorded on March 10, 1999 and released in CD and DVD on...
  
  
• Pablo Milanés
  Pablo Milanés
  Pablo Milanés Arias is a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitar player. He studied at a conservatory in Havana. He is considered one of the founders of the Cuban nueva trova, along with Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola...
  
   — Vengo Naciendo
  Vengo Naciendo
  - Certification :...
  
  
• Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   — MTV Unplugged
  MTV Unplugged (Shakira album)
  Bonus Features# Timeline# Albums# Photo Gallery# Making Of - Chart Performance :- Sales and certifications :- Awards :- Credits :* Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, lead vocals, harmonica, guitar....
  
  

Rock

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

 — "Octavo Día

Octavo Día

"Octavo Día" is a song written and performed by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. The song was released only as a radio single in some countries from her multi-platinum album Dónde Están los Ladrones? , but received more attention when it created controversy while performed live in her...

"

• Erica Garcia
  Erica Garcia
  Erica García, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a composer, singer and an actress of Argentinian-American descent. She has been nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2000 for Best Female Rock Artist for her popular tune "Vete Destino".-Musical career:...
  
   — "Vete Destino"
• 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...
  
   — "Algo Natural"
• Rosario
  Rosario Flores
  Rosario Flores is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish gypsy singer and actress.She was born in Madrid, Spain as the daughter of Antonio González and Lola Flores. She is the sister of actress Lolita Flores and singer-songwriter Antonio Flores. She has a daughter with her ex boyfriend...
  
   — "Jugar A La Locura"
• Cecilia Toussaint — "Como La Nada"

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
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:...

 — "Al Lado del Camino"

• 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...
  
   — "El Extranjero"
• 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...
  
   — "Te Quiero Igual"
• Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
  
   — "Bocanada
  Bocanada
  Bocanada is the heavily electronic second solo album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati. This is Cerati's first album release after the breakup of Soda Stereo, although he had been working with Plan V and Ocio, two bands oriented towards electronica. Raíz was the album's first cut played in...
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Sweet Home Buenos Aires"

Best Rock Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Santana

Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...

 featuring Maná

Maná

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

 — "Corazón Espinado

Corazón Espinado

"Corazón Espinado" is a song by Santana and Fher Olvera of the Latin rock group Maná. The song was written, produced and sung by Fher Olvera, and co-produced by Alex González. It was released on the Santana album Supernatural in 1999, and became a massive hit in Spanish-speaking countries...

"

• 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...
  
   — "Depende"
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...
  
   — "La Vida"
• 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:...
  
   — "Fín"
• La Ley
  La Ley (band)
  La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...
  
   — "Aquí"

Best Rock Song
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:...

 — "Al Lado del Camino" (Fito Páez)

• Beto Cuevas
  Beto Cuevas
  Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
  
   and Aldo Nova
  Aldo Nova
  Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...
  
   — "Aquí" (La Ley
  La Ley (band)
  La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...
  
  )
• 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...
  
   — "Fín" (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:...
  
  )
• Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Cerati
  Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
  
   — "Puente" (Gustavo Cerati)
• Fermin Caballero, Raul Chapa and Jason Roberts — "Si Señor" (Control Machete
  Control Machete
  Control Machete is a Mexican hip hop group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its members are Fermin IV , Patricio "Pato" Chapa Elizalde, and Toy Kenobi .-History:...
  
  )

Best Rock Album
Café Tacuba — Revés/Yo Soy

Revés/Yo Soy

Revés/Yo Soy is the fourth album by Café Tacuba. In fact, its two albums - Revés is an instrumental album, Yo Soy a collection of songs the band had been saving up since their second album, Re - but it was sold as a single album...

• 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:...
  
   — Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio
  Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio
  Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio is a two-disc album recorded by Mexican rock band Jaguares and was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2000. The LP was released on September 7, 1999 under the label BMG Entertainment Mexico...
  
  
• Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
  Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
  Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas was an Argentine funk duo formed in 1991 by Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur. In 2001 Dante and Emmanuel split to continue their solo careers...
  
   — Leche
• La Ley
  La Ley (band)
  La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...
  
   — Uno
• 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:...
  
   — Abre

Tropical

Best Salsa Album
Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American salsa singer, and was one of the most successful Salsa performers of the 20th century, having earned twenty-three gold albums...

 — Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa

• 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...
  
   — La Formula Original
• Los Van Van
  Los Van Van
  Los Van Van is a Cuban band led by bassist Juan Formell, it is one of the most recognized post-revolution Cuban bands, while Juan Formell has arguably become the most important figure in contemporary Cuban music....
  
   — Llegó . . . Van Van: Van Van Is Here
• 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:...
  
   — Expresión
• Son By Four
  Son By Four
  Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....
  
   — Son By Four
  Son By Four (album)
  Son by Four is the second studio album released in 2000 by the romantic music group Son by Four. This album received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song, for their number-one hit "A Puro Dolor", and also became their first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.-Track...
  
  

Best Merengue 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...

 440 — Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual

• Elvis Crespo
  Elvis Crespo
  Elvis Crespo , is a Puerto Rican-American Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer.-Early years:Crespo was born in New York City and was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley...
  
   — Píntame
  Píntame
  Píntame is an album by Elvis Crespo. This album received the Grammy Award for Best Merengue Album and a Premio Lo Nuestro award for "Tropical Album of the Year".-Track listing:# "Pintame"# "Besos De Coral"# "Ven"# "Solo Me Miro"# "Si Tu Te Alejas"...
  
  
• Grupo Manía
  Grupo Manía
  Grupo Manía is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s...
  
   — Masters Of The Stage
• Hermanos Rosario — Bomba 2000
• Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   — Olga Viva, Viva Olga

Best Traditional Tropical Album
Tito Puente

Tito Puente

Tito Puente, , born Ernesto Antonio Puente, was a Latin jazz and Salsa musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as "El Rey de los Timbales" and "The King of Latin Music"...

 — Mambo Birdland

• Joe Arroyo
  Joe Arroyo
  Álvaro José Arroyo González was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean music in his country....
  
   — En Sol Mayor
• Cachao
  Cachao López
  Israel "Cachao" López , often known as Cachao, was a Cuban musician and composer who helped popularize mambo in the United States in the early 1950s....
  
   — Cuba Linda
• Ibrahim Ferrer
  Ibrahim Ferrer
  Ibrahim Ferrer was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. He performed with many musical groups including the Conjunto Sorpresa, Orquesta Chepin-Choven and Afro-Cuban All Stars...
  
   — Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
• Carlos Vives
  Carlos Vives
  Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
  
   — El Amor De Mi Tierra

Best Tropical Song
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...

 — "El Niágara en Bicicleta

El Niágara en Bicicleta

"El Niágara en Bicicleta" is a song written and performed by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his backup vocal group, 4-40. The track was released as the third single released from his eighth studio album, Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual which Guerra produced by himself. The single...

" (Juan Luis Guerra 440)

• Omar Alfanno — "A Puro Dolor
  A Puro Dolor
  "Purest of Pain " is a song recorded by Puerto Rican band Son by Four. It was written by Omar Alfanno and released as the first single of the second studio album of the band in 2000...
  
  " (Son By Four
  Son By Four
  Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....
  
  )
• Emilio Estefan Jr. and Kike Santander
  Kike Santander
  Dr. Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, commonly known as Kike Santander, is a Colombian composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne,...
  
   — "Da La Vuelta
  Da La Vuelta
  "Da la Vuelta" is a song written by Kike Santander and Emilio Estefan Jr., and performed by Marc Anthony. It was released as the second single of Anthony's first English language album Marc Anthony...
  
  " (Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
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• Martin Madera — "Fruta Fresca
  Fruta Fresca
  "Fruta Fresca" is a song released by Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives as the first single from his studio album El Amor de Mi Tierra in 1999. The song was written by Martín Madera and produced by Emilio Estefan and Juan Vicente Zambrano and became Vives' first number-one hit in the...
  
  " (Carlos Vives
  Carlos Vives
  Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
  
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• Robert Blades, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
   — "No Me Dejes de Querer
  No Me Dejes de Querer
  "No Me Dejes de Querer" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from her third Spanish album Alma Caribeña...
  
  " (Gloria Estefan)

Regional

Best Ranchero Album
Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

 — Mi Verdad

Mi Verdad

Mi Verdad is the seventh album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez, this album marks the return to the genre that opened the doors him for the success. Videos were created for the songs "Loco" and "Nadie Simplemente Nadie". The songs "Loco", "Nadie Simplemente...

• Antonio Aguilar
  Antonio Aguilar
  José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, nicknamed "El Charro de México", was a Mexican film actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies...
  
   — Consentida
• 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:...
  
   — Por mujeres como tú
• 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...
  
   — Vicente Fernández y los más grandes éxitos de los Dandy's
• Nydia Rojas
  Nydia Rojas
  Nydia Rojas , daughter of Arturo and Olivia Rojas, is an American singer of Mexican/Cuban/Yaqui Indian heritage and active on the mariachi circuit...
  
   — Si me conocieras

Best Banda Album
Banda el Recodo

Banda el Recodo

Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...

 — Lo Mejor De Mi Vida

• Banda Arkángel R-15 — Esperando un ángel
• Banda Machos
  Banda Machos
  Banda Machos is a Mexican band originally from Villa Corona, in the state of Jalisco. The band sings a combination of Banda music, Quebradita, and Ranchera...
  
   — Rancheras de oro
• Banda Maguey
  Banda Maguey
  A favorite during the 1990s banda craze, Banda Maguey took over the radio waves with their debut album Tumbando Caña in 1994, which contained a number of hits including "El Alacran" a cover originally sung by La Sonora Matancera. Signed to Fonovisa a year earlier, Banda Maguey took over their...
  
   — Mil Gracias
• Graciela Beltrán
  Graciela Beltrán
  Graciela Beltrán in the small town of Costa Rica located in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, is a Mexican singer and actress...
  
   — La reina del pueblo con banda
• 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...
  
   — El rey del jaripeo

Best Grupero Album
Los Temerarios

Los Temerarios

Los Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....

 — En La Madrugada se Fue

En La Madrugada se Fue

En La Madrugada se Fue is a studio album released in 2000 by the romantic music band Los Temerarios. This album was awarded with a Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Performance, and became their first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart...

• Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara is a Mexican Latin Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer, and Grammy-nominated recording artist.-Early life and early career:...
  
   — Tu Decisión
• Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
  
   — Morir de Amor
  Morir de Amor
  Morir de Amor is an studio album released in 2000 by norteño music group Conjunto Primavera. This album received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Performance, which was awarded to En La Madrugada se Fue by Los Temerarios, and became their first number-one album in the...
  
  
• Guardianes del amor — Un pedazo de luna
• 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 :...
  
   — Momentos

Best Tejano Album
Los Palominos

Los Palominos

Los Palominos are a tejano group from Uvalde, Texas.Los Palominos were formed in 1986 by four brothers under the name Los Tremendos Pequeños. Their repertory includes polka, rancheras, boleros, ballads, and cumbias. They signed with Sony Discos in 1994 after meeting with Armando Lichtenberger and...

 — Por Eso Te Amo

• David Lee Garza & Los Musicales — Nadie como yo
• Stefani Montiel — Dulce sensación
• Bobby Pulido
  Bobby Pulido
  Roberto Pulido Jr. , better known as Bobby Pulido, is a Mexican-American Tejano music performer who was born in Edinburg, Texas.-Family:...
  
   — El Cazador
• A.B. Quintanilla
  A.B. Quintanilla
  Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III better known as A.B. Quintanilla III or simply A.B. Quintanilla, is an American songwriter, record producer and musician. He is the older brother of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena...
  
   & Los Kumbia Kings
  Kumbia Kings
  Kumbia Kings was a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican cumbia group from Corpus Christi, Texas created by A.B. Quintanilla. Their music encompasses the styles of cumbia , hip hop and R&B. They produce songs in both Spanish and English. The band's producers from the beginning have been A.B. Quintanilla III...
  
   — Amor, Familia Y Respeto
  Amor, Familia Y Respeto
  - Trivia :* "Oh No" was going to be the fifth recorded song by A.B's sister Selena in 1995 in English under the title "Oh No " for her album Dreaming of You but she sadly was killed in the same year. In this album A.B...
  
  

Best Norteño Album
Los Tigres del Norte

Los Tigres del Norte

Los Tigres del Norte is a norteño-band ensemble based out of San Jose, California, hailing from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico.- History :...

 — Herencia de Familia

• Grupo Atrapado — ¡Oh! que gusto
• Intocable
  Intocable
  Intocable is a Tejano/Norteño musical group from Zapata, Texas that was started by friends Ricky Muñoz and René Martínez in the early 90's. Within a couple years as a band, Intocable had already risen to the top of the Tejano and Norteño fields with a musical signature that had fused Tejano's...
  
   — Contigo
• 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...
  
   — Al por mayor
• Cornelio Reyna Jr. featuring Ramón Ayala
  Ramón Ayala
  Ramón Ayala is a Mexican-American musician, composer, and songwriter of norteño and conjunto music. Known as the "King of the Accordion," Ayala has recorded over 105 albums for which he has received four Grammy Awards. Additionally, Ayala has been featured in thirteen movies...
  
   y Sus Bravos Del Norte — La leyenda continúa...

Best Regional Song
Juan Carlos Medrano — "El Carretonero"' (Los Rieleros del Norte

Los Rieleros del Norte

Los Rieleros Del Norte is a Mexican norteño band. Founded in Zacatecas, Close to Villanueva Zacatecas. Los Rieleros del Norte are from Fresa Zacatecas. One of the oldest norteño bands still playing today...

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• Massias — "Loco" (Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
  
  )
• Ricardo Ceratto — "Me Estoy Acostumbrando a Tí" (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:...
  
  )
• Kike Santander
  Kike Santander
  Dr. Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, commonly known as Kike Santander, is a Colombian composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne,...
  
   — "Mi Verdad" (Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
  
  )
• Edel Ramírez — "No Debes Llorar" (Los Cosmos)

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...

 — Misa Criolla

• Hevia
  Hevia
  José Ángel Hevia Velasco, known professionally as Hevia , is a Spaniard bagpiper – specifically, an Asturian gaita player. He commonly performs with his sister, Maria José, on drums...
  
   — Tierra de nadie
• Los Nocheros
  Los Nocheros
  Los Nocheros is a pop/folk music group from Salta, Argentina. Composed of Mario Teruel, Rubén Ehizaguirre, Kike Teruel and Álvaro Teruel , their 1994 debut album was titled Con El Alma. Los Nocheros gained fame during appearances at the National Folklore Festival in Cosquín, Córdoba...
  
   — Nocheros
• Carlos Núñez
  Carlos Núñez
  Carlos Núñez is a Galician musician who plays the gaita, the traditional Galician bagpipe.-Life and career:Nuñez was born in 1971 in Vigo, Galicia, Spain. He began playing the bagpipes when he was eight years old. In his early teens, he was invited to play with the Festival Orchestra of the...
  
   — Os amores libres
• 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...
  
   — Pacantó

Best Tango Album
Lito Vitale

Lito Vitale

Héctor Facundo Vitale, known as Lito Vitale, is an Argentine musician, born in Villa Adelina, Buenos Aires province on December 1, 1961.A talented piano player, he was coached by his mother, renowned music teacher Esther Soto, since childhood...

 and Juan Carlos Baglietto — Postales del Alma

• Nestor Marconi — Trío Bien de arriba
• Rodolfo Mederos
  Rodolfo Mederos
  Rodolfo Mederos is an Argentine bandoneonist, composer and arranger. He lived in Cuba and France; in Argentina, he founded the cult group Generación Cero.- Beginnings :...
  
   — Eterno Buenos Aires
• Nuevo Quinteto Real — Nuevo Quinteto Real
• Quinteto Argentino de Cuerdas — Tangos de terciopelo

Best Flamenco Album
Camarón

Camarón

Camarón is the Spanish word for shrimp. In English it commonly refers to:* Camarón de la Isla, Andalusian Flamenco singer.* Battle of Camarón, part of the French intervention in Mexico...

 and Tomatito

Tomatito

José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito , is a Spanish Romani flamenco guitarist. He grew up in a musical family, including two uncles: Niño Miguel, a flamenco guitarist, and Antonio, a professional guitarist....

 — Paris 87

• Remedios Amaya
  Remedios Amaya
  Remedios Amaya is a flamenco singer and former Eurovision Song Contest contestant. Amaya's first records, Luna nueva and Seda en mi piel were an example of flamenco-rock. She reappeared in 1997, alongside Vicente Amigo, with Turu Turai .-References:...
  
   — Gitana Soy
• Juan Habichuela — De la zambra al duende... un homenaje
• El Lebrijano — Lágrimas de cera
• Miguel Poveda — Suena Flamenco

Jazz

Best Jazz Album
Michel Camilo

Michel Camilo

Michel Camilo is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work...

 and Tomatito

Tomatito

José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito , is a Spanish Romani flamenco guitarist. He grew up in a musical family, including two uncles: Niño Miguel, a flamenco guitarist, and Antonio, a professional guitarist....

 — Spain
Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera

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

 — Tropicana Nights

• Adrian Iaies Trio — Las Tardecitas de Minton's
• Chico O'Farrill
  Chico O'Farrill
  Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill was a composer-arranger best known for his work in the Latin idiom, although he also composed straight-ahead jazz pieces and even symphonic works....
  
   — Heart of a Legend
• Lalo Schifrin
  Lalo Schifrin
  Lalo Schifrin is an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations...
  
   — Latin Jazz Suite

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

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

 — Crooner

• 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....
  
   — Vo Imbola
• Ana Carolina
  Ana Carolina
  Ana Carolina Sousa is a Brazilian singer, composer, and musician.-Career:Carolina has a contralto vocal range. Her musical influence comes from the crib, her grandmother used to sing on the radio, and her great aunt and uncle played percussion, piano, cello, and violin...
  
   — Ana Carolina
• Zizi Possi
  Zizi Possi
  Maria Izildinha "Zizi" Possi is a Brazilian singer from São Paulo, the daughter of Italian immigrants.She is the mother of another famous Brazilian singer, Luiza Possi.-Discography:All albums are in Portuguese unless noted otherwise....
  
   — Puro Prazer
• 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...
  
   — Ivete Sangalo

Best Brazilian Rock Album
Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Acústico MTV

Acústico MTV (Os Paralamas do Sucesso album)

Acústico MTV is the third live album released by brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso at the Parque Lage, in Brazil.-Track listing:All songs written by Herbert Vianna, except where noted:...

• Cássia Eller
  Cássia Eller
  Cássia Rejane Eller was a Brazilian musician. She performed a fusion of rock and MPB.- Biography :After spending most of her adolescence in Brasília, Eller dropped out of high school and returned to her birthplace of Rio de Janeiro, where she began a career as a recording artist...
  
   — Com vocé... meu mundo ficaria completo
• Legião Urbana
  Legião Urbana
  Legião Urbana were a Brazilian rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The band primarily consisted of Renato Russo , Dado Villa-Lobos and Marcelo Bonfá...
  
   — Acústico MTV
• Los Hermanos
  Los Hermanos
  Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo , Rodrigo Amarante , Rodrigo Barba , and Bruno Medina...
  
   — Los Hermanos
• Raimundos
  Raimundos
  Raimundos is one band often categorized as punk/hardcore, sometimes as Forrocore, which plays brazilian hardcore punk. They have some minor influences of Forró and some major influences of 80's punk and hardcore bands, especially Ramones...
  
   — Só no forevis

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Zeca Pagodinho

Zeca Pagodinho

Zeca Pagodinho is a Brazilian singer/songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode.-Biography:...

 — Zeca Pagodinho ao Vivo

• Alcione
  Alcione
  Alcione Dias Nazareth is one of the most successful female sambists in Brazil who first claimed international recognition in the late 1970s, and has had 19 gold records and two platinum records.- Biography :She was born in São Luís, Maranhão...
  
   — Claridade
• Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila is a Brazilian samba musician...
  
   — Lusofonia
• Velha Guarda da Portela — Tudo Azul
• Velha Guarda da Mangueira — Velha Guarda Da Mangueira e convidados

Best MPB Album
Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

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

 — Livro

• Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia Vianna Telles Veloso , better known as Maria Bethânia , is a singer and sister of Caetano Veloso. She started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião"...
  
   — A forca que nunca seca
• Gilberto Gil
  Gilberto Gil
  Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...
  
   — O sol de Oslo
• Joyce
  Joyce (singer)
  Joyce Silveira Moreno, commonly known as Joyce is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, as well as an accomplished guitarist and arranger. She was born in Rio de Janeiro on 31 January 1948...
  
   — Astronauta - Cancões de Elis
• Lenine — Na Pressão

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....

 — Sérgio Reis e Convidados

• Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano
  Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano
  Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano are Brazil's most famous sertanejo/country duo and brothers. They were born in Pirenópolis, Goiás. Zezé is the artistic name for Mirosmar José de Camargo and Luciano the artistic name for Welson David de Camargo....
  
   — Zezé di Camargo y Luciano
• Leonardo — Tempo
• Roberta Miranda
  Roberta Miranda
  Roberta Miranda, artistic name of Maria Albuquerque Miranda, from João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil is a Brazilian singer. She is the third best-selling female artist in Brazil behind Xuxa and Maria Bethania , with 14.2 million discs sold so far. She got her start in the music industry singing in the...
  
   — Ao Vivo - A majestade o sabiá
• Wilson & Soraya — Nada foi em vão

Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album
Paulo Moura

Paulo Moura

Paulo Moura was a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist....

 & Os Batutas — Pixinguinha

• Nilson Chaves — Tempo Destino: 25 anos ao vivo
• Dominguinhos
  Dominguinhos
  Dominguinhos is a Brazilian composer and singer.He has performed with musicians such as Luiz Gonzaga, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa , Zé Ramalho, Toquinho, and Maria Bethânia. Some of his hits were recorded by Bethânia, Gil, Chico Buarque, Elba Ramalho, and Fagner...
  
   — Voce vai ver o que é bom
• Toninho Ferragutti — Sanfonemas
• Carlos Malta and Pife Muderno — Carlos Malta e Pife Muderno

Best Brazilian Song
Djavan

Djavan

Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance...

 — "Acelerou" (Djavan)

• Chico Cesar
  Chico César
  Chico César is a Brazilian singer-composer-songwriter.-Albums:* Aos Vivos * Cuzcuz-Clã* Beleza Mano * Mama Mundi * Respeitem meus cabelos, brancos...
  
   and Vanessa da Mata
  Vanessa da Mata
  Vanessa da Mata - with full name Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira - is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter...
  
   — "A Forca que Nunca Seca" (Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia
  Maria Bethânia Vianna Telles Veloso , better known as Maria Bethânia , is a singer and sister of Caetano Veloso. She started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião"...
  
  )
• Marcelo Camelo
  Marcelo Camelo
  Marcelo de Souza Camelo, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, and poet. He is best known as composer and lead guitarist of the Brazilian band Los Hermanos. Since the end of the band, he continues composing for many interpreters, mainly Maria Rita and Ivete Sangalo...
  
   — "Anna Julia" (Los Hermanos
  Los Hermanos
  Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo , Rodrigo Amarante , Rodrigo Barba , and Bruno Medina...
  
  )
• 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...
  
   — "O Segundo Sol" (Cássia Eller
  Cássia Eller
  Cássia Rejane Eller was a Brazilian musician. She performed a fusion of rock and MPB.- Biography :After spending most of her adolescence in Brasília, Eller dropped out of high school and returned to her birthplace of Rio de Janeiro, where she began a career as a recording artist...
  
  )
• Cristovão Bastos and Aldir Blanc
  Aldir Blanc
  Aldir Blanc is a famous Brazilian author of crônicas [journalistic vignettes, chronicles] and lyricist. He co-composed many songs with singer-songwriterJoão Bosco, guitarist Guinga, and others....
  
   — "Suave Veneno" (Nana Caymmi
  Nana Caymmi
  Nana Caymmi is a Brazilian singer.Caymmi was born in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of Dorival Caymmi and Stella Maris. Her first appearance on record was on her father's album Acalanto. She married Venezuelan doctor Gilberto Aponte Paoli and moved there in 1959. She and her husband divorced in...
  
  )

Children's

Best Children's Album
Miliki — A Mis Niños de 30 Años

• Daniela Luján
  Daniela Luján
  Daniela Luján is a Mexican pop singer and actress.-Biography:Born on April 5, 1988 to Miguel Barrios Luján and Amalia Rodríguez Gómez, she is the youngest of three daughters....
  
   — El diario de Daniela
• Various Artists — Ellas cantan a cri cri
• Maria del Rey — Lullabies of Latin America: canciones de cuna de Latinoamérica
• Eliana Primavera — Eliana Primavera

Classical

Best Classical Album
Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...

 — La Dolores

• Aldo Antognazzi, Paquito D'Rivera
  Paquito D'Rivera
  Paquito D'Rivera is a Cuban alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist. The winner of multiple Grammys and other awards, D'Rivera has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He has worked in a variety of contexts, but is perhaps best known for playing Latin...
  
   and Brenda Feliciano — Música de dos Mundos
• José María Vitier
  José María Vitier
  José María Vitier is a Cuban music composer and pianist. He has made music for movies and television, as well as compositions for piano, symphonic orchestra, chamber orchestra, among other formats....
  
   — Salmo de las Américas
• Esa-Pekka Salonen
  Esa-Pekka Salonen
  Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.-Early career:...
  
   — Sensamayá: The Music of Silvestre Revueltas
• Eduardo Diazmuñoz
  Eduardo Diazmuñoz
  Eduardo Diazmuñoz is a Mexican conductor, composer and arranger.He studied piano, cello, percussion, and conducting at the National Conservatory of Music . In 1978, 1979 he became associate conductor of the newly founded Mexico City Philarmonic. He assisted in preparation for concertos of Leonard...
  
   and La Filarmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico — Twentieth Century Mexican Symphonic Music, Vol. 1

Production

Best Engineered 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...

 440 — Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual

Engineers: Carlos Álvarez, Mike Couzzi, Bolívar Gómez, Miguel Hernández, Luis Mansilla, Carlos Ordehl, Eric Ramos, July Ruiz, and Eric Schilling

• 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:...
  
   — Abre
  • Engineer: Frank Filipetti
    Frank Filipetti
    Frank Filipetti is a music producer, engineer and mixer who was born in Bristol, Connecticut. He was one of the first engineers to embrace digital...
    
    
• Ibrahim Ferrer
  Ibrahim Ferrer
  Ibrahim Ferrer was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. He performed with many musical groups including the Conjunto Sorpresa, Orquesta Chepin-Choven and Afro-Cuban All Stars...
  
   — Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
  • Engineers: Jerry Boys
• João Gilberto
  João Gilberto
  João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto , is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre of Bossa nova in the late 1950s.-Biography:From an early age, music...
  
   — João Gilberto Voz e Violão
  • Engineer: Moogie Canazio
• Café Tacuba — Revés/Yo Soy
  Revés/Yo Soy
  Revés/Yo Soy is the fourth album by Café Tacuba. In fact, its two albums - Revés is an instrumental album, Yo Soy a collection of songs the band had been saving up since their second album, Re - but it was sold as a single album...
  
  
  • Engineer: Joe Chiccarelli

Producer of the Year
Emilio Estefan Jr.

Emilio Estefan

Emilio Estefan, Jr. is a Cuban-American of Lebanese ancestry who is a musician and producer. Estefan's first taste of celebrity came as a member of the Miami Sound Machine, but he is also recognized as the producer of many famous singers. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan...

• Ry Cooder
  Ry Cooder
  Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
  
  
• Rudy Pérez
• KC Porter
• 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,...
  
  

Music Video

Best Music Video
Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

 — "No Me Dejes de Querer

No Me Dejes de Querer

"No Me Dejes de Querer" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from her third Spanish album Alma Caribeña...

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• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...
  
   — "La Vida"
• La Ley
  La Ley (band)
  La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...
  
   — "Aquí"
• Jennifer López
  Jennifer Lopez
  Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
  
   and Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
   — "No Me Ames
  No Me Ames
  "No me ames" is a song by American recording artists Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, from Lopez's debut studio album, On the 6...
  
  "
• Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   — "Ojos Así
  Ojos Así
  "Ojos Así" is a song in Spanish by Colombian singer Shakira, and was released as the fourth single from her album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? on July 23, 1999. Today, "Ojos Así" is one of Shakira's most successful songs of her career...
  
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