The 5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium

Shrine Auditorium

The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue, in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners.-History:...

 in Los Angeles.

This was the last telecast of the awards nationally in the United States in English with a 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...

 contract. Effective in 2005, the awards were announced in Spanish with an exclusive Spanish-language telecast. Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

 was the big winner winning four awards including Album of the Year.

General

Record of the Year
Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

 — "No Es Lo Mismo"

• Maria Rita
  Maria Rita
  Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...
  
   — "A Festa"
• Robi Draco Rosa — "Mas y Mas"
• Skank
  Skank (band)
  Skank is a Brazilian rock/reggae band, begun in 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. , they had sold approximately 5,200,000 copies of their albums...
  
   — "Dois Rios"
• Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club.Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during the 1940s...
  
   and Diego El Cigala
  Diego El Cigala
  Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala , is a famous Spanish Romani Flamenco singer...
  
   — "Lágrimas Negras"
• Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...
  
   — "Andar Conmigo
  Andar Conmigo
  "Andar Conmigo" is the first single from the Mexican singer Julieta Venegas, her third studio album Sí.The song is nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year.-Song information:...
  
  "

Album of the Year
Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

 — No Es Lo Mismo

No Es Lo Mismo

No Es Lo Mismo: Edición Especial Gira is the 2004 re-release of the album No Es Lo Mismo containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 5 new tracks and the DVD contains 11 videos.- CD :# No Es lo Mismo - 6:04# Hoy Llueve, Hoy Duele - 4:52...

• Café Tacuba — Cuatro Caminos
  Cuatro Caminos
  Cuatro Caminos is the fifth album by Café Tacuba, released in 2003.-Track listing:All tracks by Café Tacuba# Cero y Uno – 3:52...
  
  
• Kevin Johansen
  Kevin Johansen
  Kevin Johansen is an Argentine-American rock musician. Born to an Argentine mother, Marta Calvet, and an American father, he lived most of his childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved with his family to Buenos Aires at the age of 12...
  
   — Sur O No Sur
• Maria Rita
  Maria Rita
  Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...
  
   — Maria Rita
• Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club.Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during the 1940s...
  
   and Diego El Cigala
  Diego El Cigala
  Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala , is a famous Spanish Romani Flamenco singer...
  
   — Lágrimas Negras

Song of the Year
Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

 — "No Es Lo Mismo" (Alejandro Sanz)

• Coti Sorokin and Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...
  
   — "Andar Conmigo
  Andar Conmigo
  "Andar Conmigo" is the first single from the Mexican singer Julieta Venegas, her third studio album Sí.The song is nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year.-Song information:...
  
  " (Julieta Venegas)
• Emmanuel del Real — "Eres" (Café Tacuba)
• Kevin Johansen
  Kevin Johansen
  Kevin Johansen is an Argentine-American rock musician. Born to an Argentine mother, Marta Calvet, and an American father, he lived most of his childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved with his family to Buenos Aires at the age of 12...
  
   — "La Procesión" (Kevin Johansen)
• Luis Gómez Escolar, Robi Draco Rosa and Itaal Shur
  Itaal Shur
  Itaal Shur is an American composer, producer and musician. He has written songs for a number of musicians, including Maxwell, Jewel and Enrique Iglesias, and has produced records for various artists, including Kronos Quartet, The Scumfrog and Lucy Woodward...
  
   — "Más y Más" (Robi Draco Rosa)

Best New Artist
Maria Rita

Maria Rita

Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...

• Akwid
  Akwid
  Akwid is an American hip hop group combining hip hop-style vocals with regional Mexican music. An earlier incarnation of the group was known as Juvenile Style...
  
  
• Obie Bermúdez
  Obie Bermúdez
  Obie Bermúdez , is a Puerto Rican-American R&B/Salsa singer and composer.-Early years:Bermúdez was born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico into a family who loved music. His father and grandfather were both musicians. He received his primary education in the town of Aibonito, however in 1992 the family...
  
  
• Mauricio & Palodeagua
  Mauricio & Palodeagua
  Mauricio & Palodeagua is a Colombian tropipop band based around singer Mauricio Rodríguez. Starting in 2003, they have released three albums. They have had numerous hits in Colombian radio as well as some moderate international successes...
  
  
• Superlitio
  Superlitio
  Superlitio is a Latin rock band from Cali, Colombia formed in 1997. Its members are Pedro Rovetto , Pipe Bravo , Alejandro Lozano , Armando Gonzalez and Dino Leandro .-History:...
  
  

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Album
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...

 — De Mil Colores

• Rocío Dúrcal
  Rocío Dúrcal
  Rocío Dúrcal , born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortíz, was a Spanish singer and actress, known artistically as Rocío Durcal. Spanish is the best selling solo albums with more than 80 million to date...
  
   — Caramelito
• Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario
  Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....
  
   — Por Tí
  Por Tí
  Por Ti is the twentieth album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 2003. The album was certified Disco de Oro by the RIAA on January 14, 2004 for selling over 100,000 in the states...
  
  
• Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
   — Pau-Latina
  Pau-Latina
  Pau-Latina is the seventh solo studio album by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. It was released in the United States by Universal Latino on February 10, 2004.-The Album:...
  
  
• Jaci Velasquez
  Jaci Velasquez
  Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez is an American Contemporary Christian and Latin Pop singer—in both English and Spanish languages....
  
   — Milagro
  Milagro (Jaci Velasquez album)
  Milagro is the third Latin album by Christian singer Jaci Velasquez. This record won a Billboard Latin Music Award in the category "Best Christian Album". Although lyrically considered the most secular from all her works. The album was not as successful as her previous Spanish works due to Sony...
  
  

Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

 — No Es Lo Mismo

No Es Lo Mismo

No Es Lo Mismo: Edición Especial Gira is the 2004 re-release of the album No Es Lo Mismo containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 5 new tracks and the DVD contains 11 videos.- CD :# No Es lo Mismo - 6:04# Hoy Llueve, Hoy Duele - 4:52...

• Obie Bermúdez
  Obie Bermúdez
  Obie Bermúdez , is a Puerto Rican-American R&B/Salsa singer and composer.-Early years:Bermúdez was born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico into a family who loved music. His father and grandfather were both musicians. He received his primary education in the town of Aibonito, however in 1992 the family...
  
   — Confesiones
• David Bisbal
  David Bisbal
  David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
  
   — Bulería
  Bulería
  Bulería is the second CD released by David Bisbal, following Corazón Latino. It is primarily dance music, containing both slow and fast pieces. Two of the songs on the album were co-written by Bisbal...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — Almas del Silencio
  Almas del Silencio
  - Charts :- Year-end charts :- Decade-end charts :- Sales and certifications :- Chart procession and succession :- References :...
  
  
• 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"...
  
   — 33
  33 (Luis Miguel album)
  - Sales and certifications :- References :...
  
  

Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Sin Bandera

Sin Bandera

Sin Bandera was a Latin pop duo based in Mexico that consisted of Leonel García, and Noel Schajris. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album "Sin Bandera" was released in 2001.-Biography:...

 — De Viaje

De Viaje

De Viaje is the second album from Sin Bandera. It was released on October 21, 2003. The album earned the band their second Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals.-Track listing:# De Viaje# Amor Real# Ven...

• Area 305 — Hay Que Cambiar
• Estopa
  Estopa
  Estopa are a popular Spanish rock/rumba duo from Cornellà, Spain. The band consists of the brothers José and David Muñoz, who sing a unique blend of sounds reflecting many genres, including rock, rumba, flamenco, and a "sonido callejero" that does not easily fit into categories...
  
   — ¿La calle es tuya?
• La Oreja de Van Gogh
  La Oreja de Van Gogh
  La Oreja de Van Gogh is a Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated Spanish pop band from Donostia-San Sebastian. The name of the band refers to the famous post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh who cut off the lobe of his own ear...
  
   — Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida
  Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías La Dormida
  Lo Que te Conté Mientras te Hacías la Dormida is the third studio album of the Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh issued by Sony Music Entertainment in April 2003. On May 10, 2004, Sony Music issued a special edition of Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida for the French market,...
  
  
• Los Tri-O — Canciones del Alma de Marco Antonio Solís

Urban

Best Urban Music Album
Vico C

Vico C

Vico C is an Puerto Rican rapper and rap artist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rap and has played an influential role in the development of Latin American hip hop....

 — En Honor A La Verdad

En Honor A La Verdad

En Honor a la Verdad is a rap album released by Puerto Rican singer Vico C.The song "5 de Septiembre" is dedicated to Vico C's daughter.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "En Honor A La Verdad"# "Capicú"# "5 De Septiembre" # "Flowowow"...

• Akwid
  Akwid
  Akwid is an American hip hop group combining hip hop-style vocals with regional Mexican music. An earlier incarnation of the group was known as Juvenile Style...
  
   — Proyecto Akwid
  Proyecto Akwid
  Proyecto akwid is the debut album of Mexican rap group Akwid, featuring Jenni Rivera, Adan "Chalino" Sanchez.- Songs :# Un Plan # No Hay Manera# Es Mi Gusto# Taquito de Ojo# Pobre Compa# Un Minutito # Subir Arriba...
  
  
• 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:...
  
   — Uno, Dos: Bandera
• DJ Kane
  DJ Kane
  Jason Cano better known as DJ Kane is a Mexican American singer who is currently recording an album alongside ex Kumbia All Starz vocalist Ricky Rick. He was also the lead vocalist for the Latin Grammy award winning A.B...
  
   — DJ Kane
  DJ Kane (album)
  -Track listing:...
  
  
• Juan Gotti
  Juan Gotti
  Juan Ramos, better known by his stage name Juan Gotti, is an American rapper of Mexican descent, and member of Dope House Records. He raps in both Spanish and English. Billboard has called him "one of the pioneers of the West Coast Latin rap movement"....
  
   — No Sett Trippin

Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas

Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...

 — Sí

• 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...
  
   — Rock & Roll Yo
• 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...
  
   — Lipstick
  Lipstick (album)
  Lipstick is the eleventh studio album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. It was released on March 23, 2004. Was produced by Desmond Child, William Edwards and Jules Gondar ....
  
  
• 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:...
  
   — Naturaleza Sangre
• Luis Alberto Spinetta
  Luis Alberto Spinetta
  Luis Alberto Spinetta , is an Argentine musician. He is one of the most influential rock musicians of South America, and together with Charly García is considered the father of Argentine rock. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the residential neighbourhood of Belgrano...
  
   — Para Los Árboles

Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
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...

 — Libertad

• Bersuit Vergarabat
  Bersuit Vergarabat
  Bersuit, formed formally in 1989, is one of the most important Argentine rock bands of the 1990s/2000s. The previous name of the band was Henry y la Palangana....
  
   — La Argentinidad al Palo
  La Argentinidad al Palo
  La Argentinidad al Palo: Se Es, Lo Que Se Es is the seventh album by the Argentine Rock band Bersuit Vergarabat, released in 2004. Released firstly in two different discs, Se Es as disc 1 and Lo Que Se Es as disc 2.-Disc 1: Se Es:...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — ¡Qué grande es esto del amor!
• Divididos
  Divididos
  Divididos is an Argentine rock band.The band was formed in 1988 after the death of Luca Prodan and the consequent dissolution of the band Sumo...
  
   — Vivo Acá
• El Tri
  El Tri
  El Tri is a Mexican rock band from Mexico City fronted by Alex Lora. Founded in 1968 as Three Souls in My Mind, the group is regarded as influential in the development of Mexican rock music....
  
   — Alex Lora: 35 Años y lo Que le Falta Todavía
  Alex Lora: 35 Años y lo Que le Falta Todavía
  Alex Lora: 35 Años y lo Que le Falta Todavía is the twenty-second album and fifth live album by Mexican Rock, Blues band El Tri....
  
  

Best Alternative Music Album
Café Tacuba — Cuatro Caminos

Cuatro Caminos

Cuatro Caminos is the fifth album by Café Tacuba, released in 2003.-Track listing:All tracks by Café Tacuba# Cero y Uno – 3:52...

• Babasónicos
  Babasónicos
  Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late '80s and early '90s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock...
  
   — Infame
• Kinky
  Kinky (band)
  Kinky is a five-member band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, formed in 1998 as part of the Avanzada Regia musical movement and consisting of Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Góngora, and Cesar Pliego. The band's music is heavily influenced by Latin music, rock, dance, and...
  
   — Atlas
  Atlas (album)
  Atlas is an album by the Mexican Avanzada Regia electro-pop band Kinky. It was released on December 2, 2003 on Nettwerk.Track 2, "The Headphonist" features vocals by John McCrea, lead singer of the American band CAKE.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Ozomatli
  Ozomatli
  Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band...
  
   — Coming Up
• Plastilina Mosh
  Plastilina Mosh
  Plastilina Mosh is a Mexican alternative rock group from Monterrey, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Jonás González is the lead singer and guitar player. Alejandro Rosso is more involved with the creative process, providing most of the instrumentation and occasional...
  
   — Hola Chicuelos
  Hola Chicuelos
  Hola Chicuelos is the third album of Plastilina Mosh, an Avanzada Regia band from Monterrey, Mexico, released in 2003.- Track listing :# Cosmic Lelos# Peligroso Pop# Naranjada# Decatlón# Pekin Jazz# Garret Club# Magic Fever# Houston# Grooveman...
  
  

Best Rock Song
Emmanuel del Real — "Eres" (Café Tacuba)

• Ismael "Tito" Fuentes — "Here We Kum" (Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
  )
• Miguel "Mickey" Huidobro — "Hit Me" (Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
  )
• Desmond Child
  Desmond Child
  Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
  
  , 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...
  
   and Jodi Marr — "Lipstick
  Lipstick (Alejandra Guzman song)
  "Lipstick" is the title of the first single released from the album of the same name by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán in 2004. The song was written by Desmond Child, Lisa Greene, Roger Rusell, Ernest Newsky, N.C. Thanh and Storm Lee and translated to Spanish by Alejandra Guzmán and Jodi Marr...
  
  " (Alejandra Guzmán)
• 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...
  
   — "Mi Ley" (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...
  
  )

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...

 — Regalo del Alma

Regalo del Alma

Regalo del Alma is the title of the last studio album recorded by Celia Cruz. This album became her first number-one hit on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and won the Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album....

• 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....
  
   — Van Van Live at Miami Arena
• Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   — Travesía
  Travesía (album)
  -Chart performance:-Sales and certifications:...
  
  
• Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
   — Tito Nieves canta con el Conjunto Clásico: 25 Aniversario Recuerdos
• Jerry Rivera
  Jerry Rivera
  -Albums:* Empezando a Vivir Sony Music* Abriendo Puertas * Cuenta Conmigo * Cara de Niño...
  
   — Canto a Mi Ídolo… Frankie Ruiz

Best Merengue Album
Johnny Ventura

Johnny Ventura

Juan e Dios Ventura Soriano, better known as Johnny Ventura is a singer and band leader of merengue.- Early History :...

 — Sin Desperdicio

• Alex Bueno
  Alex Bueno
  Alex Bueno is a singer and guitarist from the Dominican Republic, specializing in merengue and bachata music. He joined Gerardo Vera's All-Stars in 1979 and formed Orquesta Liberacion in 1982.- References :...
  
   — 20 Años Después
  20 Años Después
  -External links:***...
  
  
• Gisselle
  Gisselle
  Gisselle Ortíz Cáceres, known simply as Gisselle is a Puerto Rican Merengue singer.-Musical career:...
  
   — Contra la Marea
• 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...
  
   — Hombres de Honor
• Limi-T 21
  Limi-T 21
  Limi-T 21 is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico. The group was formed in 1991 and have been together since....
  
   — Como Nunca… Como Siempre

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Albita

Albita Rodríguez

Albita Rodríguez , known in her music career simply as Albita, is a Grammy-winning Cuban-American singer, producer and composer.Albita was born in Havana, Cuba...

 — Albita Llegó

• Andy Andy
  Andy Andy
  Andy Andy or Andy "Fan" is a Dominican musician from the famed Villalona family. He first started as a merenguero. He struggled with this type of music and decided to cross over to bachata at first with the nickname "Andy Fan". His first music album, Aquí Conmigo , was released in 2002...
  
   — Necesito Un Amor
• Huey Dunbar
  Huey Dunbar
  Huey Dunbar, , is the former singer of Dark Latin Groove. Born to a Puerto Rican mother and a Jamaican father, he was exposed to music since his earliest years due to his parents' musical careers...
  
   — Music For My Peoples
• Frank Reyes
  Frank Reyes
  Frank Reyes , born Francisco López Reyes, is one of the best known bachata artists, famous throughout Latin America. He was born in the town of Tenares in Boba Arriba, Dominican Republic. Reyes discovered his musical talent when he was a young boy. He and his brothers started their own musical...
  
   — Cuando Se Quiere Se Puede
• Mickey Taveras — Sigo Siendo Romántico

Best Traditional Tropical Album
Bebo Valdés

Bebo Valdés

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

 and Diego El Cigala

Diego El Cigala

Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala , is a famous Spanish Romani Flamenco singer...

 — Lágrimas Negras

• Las Hermanas Márquez — Paquito D’Rivera Presents las Hermanas Márquez
• Manny Manuel
  Manny Manuel
  Cruz Manuel Hernández Santiago , known artistically as Manny Manuel, is a Puerto Rican singer of merengue, boleros, and tropical music. He became famous first as a member of the group Los Sabrosos del Merengue, before launching a successful solo career in 1994.-Early life:Manny Manuel was born in...
  
   — Serenata
• Danny Rivera
  Danny Rivera
  Danny Rivera is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who was born in San Juan whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is well-known in Puerto Rico for his political activism.-Musical career:...
  
   and "El Topo" Antonio Cabán Vale
  Antonio Cabán Vale
  Antonio Cabán Vale a.k.a. "El Topo" , is a guitarist, singer and composer of Puerto Rican folklore themes. He is one of the founders of the "new song" movement of the early 1970s...
  
   — Amigos del Alma
• Tropicana All Stars — Tropicana All Stars Recuerda A Benny Moré

Best Tropical Song
Sergio George

Sergio George

Sergio George is a pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well...

 and 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...

 — "Ríe y Llora" (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...

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• Albita
  Albita Rodríguez
  Albita Rodríguez , known in her music career simply as Albita, is a Grammy-winning Cuban-American singer, producer and composer.Albita was born in Havana, Cuba...
  
   — "Albita Llegó" (Albita)
• Raúl del Sol and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Creo en el Amor" (Rey Ruiz
  Rey Ruiz
  Rey Ruiz is a salsa singer from Cuba. Ruiz reached international fame across Latin America, Europe and among Hispanic music fans in the United States.-Biography:...
  
  )
• Gian Marco — "Hoy
  Hoy (Gloria Estefan Single)
  "Hoy" was the second single released by Gloria Estefan on her tenth studio album Unwrapped.-Song history:This single become in one of the most successful Spanish singles ever released on her entire career, being a complete success on the charts, especially in Latin America...
  
  " (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...
  
  )
• Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   — "Tengo Ganas (Salsa)" (Víctor Manuelle)

Singer-Songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter Album
Soraya

Soraya (musician)

Soraya was an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer.A successful Colombian music star, she had two number-one songs on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts...

 — Soraya

• Juan Gabriel
  Juan Gabriel
  Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....
  
   — Inocente de Ti
  Inocente de Ti (Juan Gabriel album)
  Inocente de Ti is the title of a studio album written, produced and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel. It was released on October 21, 2003. It was also the theme song for a Mexican telenovela Inocente de Ti in 2004...
  
  
• León Gieco
  León Gieco
  Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco is a pop-folk music composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and for lyrics with social and political connotations...
  
   — El Vivo de León
• Alejandro Lerner
  Alejandro Lerner
  Alejandro Federico Lerner is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has written and sang countless songs including several hits, and his fame and recognition spread all over South America....
  
   — Buen Viaje
• 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...
  
   — Que Amarren A Cúpido
• Joan Manuel Serrat
  Joan Manuel Serrat
  Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages...
  
   — Serrat Sinfónico

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album
Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

 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...

 — En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez

En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez

En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez is the twelfth album by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Recorded live in a concert with his father Vicente Fernández in Mexico City that concludes their extensive tour that took them through Center and South America, the final concert that lasted more than 5...

• 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:...
  
   — Con Orgullo Por Herencia
• 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...
  
   — Se Me Hizo Tarde la Vida
• Pablo Montero
  Pablo Montero
  Pablo Montero is a popular Mexican singer and actor.- Personal life :Montero was born Oscar Daniel Hernández Rodríguez in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.From about 2000 to 2003, Montero had a relationship with Aracely Arámbula....
  
   — Gracias… Homenaje A Javier Solis
• Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
   — Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio
  Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio
  Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio is the title of a studio album released by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís on May 13, 2003...
  
  

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...

 — Por Ti

• Cuisillos de Arturo Macias
  Cuisillos de Arturo Macias
  Cuisillos de Arturo Macias, formerly known as and still referred to in informal speech as Banda Cuisillos, are a Mexican banda group from the pueblo of Cuisillos, Jalisco. They are well known for being one of the few highly-successful bandas not to originate in Sinaloa, the birthplace and...
  
   — Corazón
• El Coyote y su Banda Tierra Santa — El Rancho Grande
• Los Horóscopos de Durango
  Los Horoscopos de Durango
  Los Horóscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas in Chicago during 1975...
  
   — Puras de Rompe y Rasga
• Lupillo Rivera
  Lupillo Rivera
  Guadalupe Rivera in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.Rivera wanted to be a restaurant...
  
   — Live! en Concierto — Universal Amphitheatre

Best Grupero Album

Alicia Villarreal

Alicia Villarreal

Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer.-Biography:...

 — Cuando el Corazón Se Cruza

• 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:...
  
   — Te Atraparé… Bandido
• Bronco el Gigante de América
  Grupo Bronco
  Grupo Bronco is a Mexican Grupero group from Apodaca, N.L.. Bronco's modern take on the Norteño style in the '80s and '90s helped earn them a number of international hits...
  
   — Siempre Arriba
  Siempre Arriba
  Siempre Arriba is the title of a studio album released by norteño music group Bronco: El Gigante de America. This album became their first number-one hit on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.-Tracklisting:This...
  
  
• Ninel Conde
  Ninel Conde
  Ninel Herrera Conde is a Mexican actress, model, and Latin Grammy Award nominated recording artist, best known for her performances in Rebelde and Fuego En La Sangre.-Career:...
  
   — Ninel Conde
• Mariana
  Mariana Seoane
  Mariana Seoane García is a Mexican actress, model and singer. She is a native of the city of Parácuaro, in the state of Michoacán.-Biography:...
  
   — Seré Una Niña Buena

Best Tejano Album
Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz

Mazz

Mazz is a Grammy Award–winning Tejano band originating from south Texas. They were formed in Brownsville, TX, by singer/guitarists Jimmy González and Joe López, and emerged as one of the most innovative bands in their genre after adding synthesizer to combine traditional Mexican music and popular...

 — Live en el Valle

• La Tropa F
  La Tropa F
  La Tropa F is a Tejano music group from San Antonio, Texas. Originally named Los Hermanos Farias, the group changed its name to La Tropa F in the 1980s...
  
   — Un Nuevo Capítulo
• Little Joe & La Familia — Celebration Of Life - Volume Two Live
• 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:...
  
   — Móntame
• Sólido — Vuelve

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 :...

 — Pacto de Sangre

Pacto de Sangre (album)

-DVD tracklisting:-Chart performance:-Sales and certifications:...

• 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 — Titere en Tus Manos/El Invicto
• 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....
  
   — Decide Tú
• 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...
  
   — Canciones de la Rockola
• Michael Salgado
  Michael Salgado
  Michael Salgado is a popular Tejano artist.Tejano singer/accordionist Michael Salgado gained prominence in the mid-1990s by looking back to the 'norteño' sound influenced by Ramon Ayala, and by susequently introducing the style to the younger generation...
  
   — Entre Copas

Best Regional Mexican Song
Marco Antonio Solís

Marco Antonio Solís

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

 — "Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio

Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio

Tu Amor o Tu Desprecio is the title of a studio album released by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís on May 13, 2003...

" (Marco Antonio Solís)

• Roberto Martínez
  Roberto Martínez
  Roberto Martínez Montoliú is a Spanish former professional footballer and is currently manager of Wigan Athletic.Martínez played as a midfielder and began his career at lower league Spanish side CF Balaguer. Two years later he went to English Division Three side Wigan Athletic...
  
   — "¿A Donde Estabas?" (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...
  
  )
• Mario Quintero Lara — "Imperio" (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...
  
  )
• José Cantoral — "José Pérez León" (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 :...
  
  )
• Freddie Martinez — "Titere en Tus Manos" (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)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album
Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011...

 — Obrigado Brazil Live In Concert

• Armandinho
  Armandinho
  Armandinho is a Brazilian composer and singer. he is son of Osmar Macedo, from the Trio Elétrico de Dodô e Osmar...
  
   — Retocando O Choro
• Paulo Moura
  Paulo Moura
  Paulo Moura was a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist....
  
   — Estação Leopoldina
• Ricardo Silveira — Noite Clara
• Tanghetto
  Tanghetto
  Tanghetto is a musical group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important on the neo tango scene.The style of Tanghetto is a blend of tango and electronic music. Formed in 2001 by producer and composer/songwriter Max Masri . Then Max Masri asked guitarist and composer Diego S...
  
   — Emigrante (Electrotango)

Traditional

Best Folk Album
Kepa Junkera

Kepa Junkera

Kepa Junkera is a Basque musician and composer. A master of the trikitixa, the diatonic accordion, he has recorded more than 10 albums...

 — K

• Manuel Alejandro
  Manuel Alejandro
  Manuel Alejandro is one of the most popular and sought after composers of Latin love songs, which are better known as ballads. He has written, composed, and arranged songs for the likes of Luis Miguel, Plácido Domingo, Julio Iglesias...
  
   — Manuel Alejandro y Punto: Homenaje Al Grupo Haciendo Punto en Otro Son
• Ecos de Borinquen — Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico
• Horacio Guarany — Cantor de Cantores
• Perú Negro
  Perú Negro
  Perú Negro is an Afro-Peruvian musical ensemble founded in 1969 to celebrate and preserve Peru's black culture and música criolla. Ronaldo Campos de la Colina founded the Lima-based group with 12 family members...
  
   — Jolgorio
• Radio Tarifa
  Radio Tarifa
  Radio Tarifa was a Spanish World music ensemble combining Flamenco, Arab-Andalusian music, Arabian music, Moorish music and also influences of the Mediterranean, of the Middle Ages and of the Caribbean. The name of the ensemble comes from an imaginary radio station in Tarifa, a small town in the...
  
   — Fiebre

Best Tango Album
Gerardo Gandini — Postangos en Vivo en Rosario

• Pablo Mainetti — Tres Rincones
• María Estela Monti — Ciudadana
• Orquesta El Arranque
  Orquesta El Arranque
  Orquesta El Arranque is an Argentine tango orchestra formed in Buenos Aires in 1996.-History:Founded by double bassist Ignacio Varchausky and bandoneonist Camilo Ferrero and starting off as a quintet, El Arranque developed a repertoire that was readily embraced by the tango community, and by the...
  
   — En Vivo en el Auditorio de la Rete Due de Suiza
• María Volonté and Horacio Larumbe — Fuimos

Best Flamenco Album
Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez , is a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer. He is considered by many to be one of the finest guitarists in the world and the greatest guitarist of the flamenco genre...

 — Cositas Buenas

• Raimundo Amador — Isla Menor
• El Pele and Vicente Amigo
  Vicente Amigo
  Vicente Amigo Girol is a Spanish flamenco composer and virtuoso guitarist, born in Guadalcanal, near Seville. He has played as backing guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers El Pele, Camarón de la Isla, Vicente Soto, Luis de Córdoba and the rociero band Salmarina, and he has acted as a...
  
   — Canto
• Lebrijano
  Lebrijano
  Juan Peña Fernández, also known as Juan Peña "El Lebrijano" or simply El Lebrijano is a Spanish Gitano musician, the nephew of Perrate de Utrera.- Biography:...
  
   — Yo Me Llamo Juan
• Enrique Morente
  Enrique Morente
  Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer and a controversial figure within the world of contemporary flamenco...
  
   — El Pequeño Reloj

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album
Chucho Valdés

Chucho Valdés

Chucho Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists...

 — New Conceptions

• Jerry González y Los Piratas del Flamenco — Jerry González y los Piratas del Flamenco
• Santos Neto Quinteto — Canto Do Rio Jovino
• Diego Urcola — Soundances
• Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club.Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during the 1940s...
  
   and Federico Britos — We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish language)
Marcos Witt

Marcos Witt

Marcos Witt , is an American, four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Christian singer and pastor.-Biography:Marcos Witt is the second born of three children to Jerry and Nola Witt, a young American missionary couple. The Witt family moved to Durango, México, in 1964 and they started a missionary...

 — Recordando Otra Vez

Recordando Otra Vez

Recordando Otra Vez is the twenty-sixth album released by Christian singer Marcos Witt. The album was recorded live from Los Angeles, California and was winner of the Latin Grammy in the Category of Best Christian album...

• Carlos Guzman — En las Alas de Una Paloma
• Samuel Hernández — Jesús Siempre Llega A Tiempo
• Rojo
  Rojo (band)
  Rojo is a Christian rock band from Mexico. The band was formed in 2000 by bassist Emmanuel Espinosa, with their eponymous debut album released in 2001.-Band history:...
  
   — 24/7
  24/7 (Rojo album)
  -Band members:* Ruben C. Gonzalez – Drums* Linda Espinosa – Composer, vocals, group members* Oswaldo Burruel – Arranger, composer, recording, guitars...
  
  
• Coalo Zamorano — Cosas Poderosas

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)
Aline Barros — Fruto de Amor

• Teus Igreja Batista and Nova Jerusalém — Discípulos
• Fernanda Lara
  Fernanda Lara
  Fernanda Arcevenco Lara is a Brazilian musician. She graduated from Ulbra/Rio Grande do Sul University Brazil with a degree in physiotherapy, although she has been working in the field of gospel music since 1994. Presently she is studying pharmacy.-Biography:She composes and designs her songs in...
  
   y Giordani Vidal — Livre Para Amar
• Padre Marcelo Rossi
  Marcelo Rossi
  Marcelo Mendonça Rossi is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful...
  
   — Maria Mãe Do Filho de Deus (Trilha Sonora Original do Filme)
• Gospel Thales — Acústico

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Carlinhos Brown

Carlinhos Brown

Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. He was born in Candeal Pequeno, a small neighbourhood in the Brotas area of Salvador de Bahia...

 — Carlinhos Brown Es Carlito Marrón

• Roberto Carlos
  Roberto Carlos (singer)
  Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and composer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career, also known as King of Latin Music....
  
   — Pra Sempre
• Jota Quest
  Jota Quest
  Jota Quest is a Brazilian pop rock band. The band was founded in 1995, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais as J. Quest, but due to trademark issues with Hanna-Barbera, they renamed themselves Jota Quest...
  
   — MTV Ao-Vivo
• Rita Lee
  Rita Lee
  Rita Lee Jones Carvalho , simply known as Rita Lee, is a Brazilian rock singer and composer. Lee continues to be a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegetarian...
  
   — Balacobaco
• Daniela Mercury
  Daniela Mercury
  Daniela Mercury , is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian axé, samba-reggae and MPB singer, songwriter and record producer. Since her breakthrough, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling over 20 million albums worldwide...
  
   — Carnaval Eletrônico
• O Esporro O Rappa — O Silêncio Q Precede
• 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...
  
   — Clube Carnavalesco Inocentes Em Progresso

Best Brazilian Rock Album
Skank

Skank (band)

Skank is a Brazilian rock/reggae band, begun in 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. , they had sold approximately 5,200,000 copies of their albums...

 — Cosmotron

• Roberto Frejat
  Roberto Frejat
  Roberto Frejat , is a musician, composer, singer and co-founder of the band Barão Vermelho.Frejat, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, is considered one of the most important persons in the Brazilian Rock scene. He co-founded the band Barão Vermelho in 1981 playing the guitar and writing songs, then...
  
   — Sobre Nós 2 e O Resto Do Mundo
• 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...
  
   — Ventura
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Uns Dias Ao Vivo
  Uns Dias Ao Vivo
  Uns Dias Ao Vivo is the fifth live album by brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso at the Olímpia, São Paulo.-Disc one:#"O Calibre" #"Running On The Spot"...
  
  
• Pitty
  Pitty
  Priscilla Novaes Leone , better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian rock singer.She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her career, being one of the best selling rock artists in the 2000s...
  
   — Admirável Chip Novo

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Nana, Dori and Danilo — Para Caymmi. de Nana, Dori e Danilo

• Jorge Aragão
  Jorge Aragão
  Jorge Aragão , birth name Jorge Aragão da Cruz) is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter, working in the genres of samba and pagode. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and plays the guitar, surdo, cavaco and banjo, among other instruments...
  
   — Da Noite Pro Dia
• Monarco — Uma Historia Do Samba
• Zeca Pagodinho
  Zeca Pagodinho
  Zeca Pagodinho is a Brazilian singer/songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode.-Biography:...
  
   — Acústico MTV
• Velha Guarda Do Salgueiro — Velha Guarda Do Salgueiro

Best MPB Album
Maria Rita

Maria Rita

Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...

 — Maria Rita

• 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"...
  
   — Brasileirinho
• Gal Costa
  Gal Costa
  Gal Costa is a Brazilian singer of popular music.-Early life:...
  
   — Todas As Coisas e Eu
• Guinga
  Guinga
  Guinga is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro...
  
   — Noturno Copacabana
• Cesar Camargo Mariano
  Cesar Camargo Mariano
  Cesar Camargo Mariano is a Brazilian pianist, arranger, composer and music producer. He is one of the most renowned instrumental artists to come out of his home country.-Biography:...
  
   and Pedro Mariano — Piano y Voz

Best Romantic Music Album
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

• Ataíde & Alexandre — Momento Especial
• Bruno & Marrone — Inevitável
• Juliano Cezar — O Cowboy Vagabundo-Vida de Peão
• Leonardo — Brincadeira Tem Hora
• Marciano — Ao Vivo-Meu Ofício É Cantar

Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album
Banda de Pífanos de Caruaru — No Século XXI, No Pátio Do Forró

• Ara Ketu — Obrigado A Você
• Cascabulho
  Cascabulho
  Cascabulho is a village in the east-northeast of the island of Maio in Cape Verde. Cascabulho is linked with a road encircling the island. It is located between Morrinho and Santo António....
  
   — É Caco de Vidro Puro
• Maria Dapaz — Luiz Gonzaga Na Voz de Maria Dapaz-Vida de Viajante
• Liu & Léu — Jeitão de Caboclo
• 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....
  
   and Filhos
  Filhós
  Filhós is a traditional Christmas dessert in Portugal.Filhós are usually made by forming a ball from a mixture of flour, eggs, and pumpkin , which is optional. After the dough has risen, it is molded into a doughnut-like shape. Instead of having a hole in the center, like a doughnut, there is a...
  
   — Violas e Violeiros

Best Brazilian Song
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...

 — "A Festa" (Maria Rita

Maria Rita

Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...

)

• Maluca Joyce — "A Banda" (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...
  
   and Banda Maluca)
• Roberto de Carvalho, Arnaldo Jabor and Rita Lee
  Rita Lee
  Rita Lee Jones Carvalho , simply known as Rita Lee, is a Brazilian rock singer and composer. Lee continues to be a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegetarian...
  
   — "Amor e Sexo" (Rita Lee)
• Lô Borges
  Lô Borges
  Lô Borges is a Brazilian songwriter, singer and guitarist.He was one of the founders of Clube da Esquina, a music collective originating in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. He co-authored with Milton Nascimento the album Clube da Esquina in 1972, which was a milestone in Brazilian popular...
  
  , 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...
  
   and Samuel Rosa
  Samuel Rosa
  Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga is lead singer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank. He has a psychology degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais....
  
   — "Dois Rios" (Skank
  Skank (band)
  Skank is a Brazilian rock/reggae band, begun in 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. , they had sold approximately 5,200,000 copies of their albums...
  
  )
• Roberto Carlos
  Roberto Carlos (singer)
  Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and composer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career, also known as King of Latin Music....
  
   — "Pra Sempre" (Roberto Carlos)
• Lucas, Fernando Mendes
  Fernando Mendes
  Fernando Mamede Mendes is a retired Portuguese football midfielder and manager.-Football career:During his entire professional career, which lasted 13 seasons , Mendes played solely for Sporting Clube de Portugal, also starting and finishing his football formation at the Lisbon club.He played for...
  
   and José Wilson — "Você Não Me Ensinou A Te Esquecer" (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,...
  
  )

Children's

Best Latin Children's Album
Niños Adorando — Niños Adorando 2

• Alegrijes y Rebujos
  Alegrijes y Rebujos
  Alegrijes y Rebujos is a Mexican soap opera or "telenovela" which became very popular between kids and adults in 2003 to 2004. The kid actors all came from the reality show Código F.A.M.A. . The 1st place Miguel Martinez earned the lead role...
  
   — Disco
• Tatiana
  Tatiana (singer)
  Tatiana Palacios Chapa , better known as simply "Tatiana", is a Mexican singer and actress.-Birth and childhood:Tatiana's parents, Dr...
  
   — El Regalo
• Various Artists — Canciones Con Acción Para Niños
• Xuxa
  Xuxa
  Xuxa , Maria da Graça "Xuxa" Meneghel, born March 27, 1963 in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress, singer and children's television show host...
  
   — Só Para Baixinhos 4

Classical

Best Classical Album
Various Artists — Jobim Sinfônico

Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya — Carmen Symphony

• Uakti
  Uakti (band)
  Uakti is a Brazilian instrumental musical group that is composed of Marco Antônio Guimarães, Artur Andrés Ribeiro, Paulo Sérgio Santos, and Décio Ramos. Uakti is known for using custom-made instruments, built by the group itself.-The name:...
  
   — Clássicos
• Various Artists — Eugenio Toussaint Música de Cámara
• Trío Argentino — Schubert - Fauré
• Joao Carlos Assis Brasil — Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras Nº 4 e Cirandas João

Production

Best Engineered Album
Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...

 — No Es Lo Mismo

No Es Lo Mismo

No Es Lo Mismo: Edición Especial Gira is the 2004 re-release of the album No Es Lo Mismo containing a CD and DVD. The CD contains 5 new tracks and the DVD contains 11 videos.- CD :# No Es lo Mismo - 6:04# Hoy Llueve, Hoy Duele - 4:52...

Engineer: Rafa Sardina

• 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"...
  
   — Brasileirinho
  • Engineers: Moogie Canazio and Gabriel Pinheiro
• Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés
  Bebo Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club.Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during the 1940s...
  
   and Diego El Cigala
  Diego El Cigala
  Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala , is a famous Spanish Romani Flamenco singer...
  
   — Lágrimas Negras
  • Engineer: Pepe Loeches
• Maria Rita
  Maria Rita
  Maria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...
  
   — Maria Rita
  • Engineers: Álvaro Alencar and Tom Capone
    Tom Capone
    Tom Capone Born Luiz Antonio Ferreira Gonçalves, Tom Capone was a Brazilian music producer and guitar player. Born in Brasilia, Brazil, he died in Los Angeles hours after leaving the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards show when his motorcycle collided with a car. He had been nominated for five Latin Grammy...
    
    
• Arturo Sandoval
  Arturo Sandoval
  Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....
  
   — Trumpet Evolution
  • Engineers: Eric Schilling, Al Schmit and Armin Steiner

Producer of the Year
Javier Limón

Javier Limón

Javier Limón is a record producer, singer and songwriter born and raised in Madrid, Spain. Limón has worked with several artists, mainly from Spain, since he incorporates elements of flamenco rhythm to his work. Besides his work as producer has also dabbled as an interpreter and has released three...

• Claudia Brant, Chuy Flores, Jeeve and Gen Rubin
• Tom Capone
  Tom Capone
  Tom Capone Born Luiz Antonio Ferreira Gonçalves, Tom Capone was a Brazilian music producer and guitar player. Born in Brasilia, Brazil, he died in Los Angeles hours after leaving the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards show when his motorcycle collided with a car. He had been nominated for five Latin Grammy...
  
  
• Sebastian Krys
• Gustavo Santaolalla
  Gustavo Santaolalla
  Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla is an Argentine musician, film composer and producer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, for Brokeback Mountain in 2005 and Babel in 2006.-Life and career:...
  
  

Music Video

Best Music Video
Robi Draco Rosa — "Más y Más"

• Café Tacuba — "Eres"
• Kevin Johansen
  Kevin Johansen
  Kevin Johansen is an Argentine-American rock musician. Born to an Argentine mother, Marta Calvet, and an American father, he lived most of his childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved with his family to Buenos Aires at the age of 12...
  
   — "La Procesión"
• Molotov
  Molotov (band)
  Molotov is a four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City on September 23, 1995. Their lyrics feature a mixture of Spanish and English, rapped and sung by all members of the group. Musically, Molotov blends heavy basslines with heavy guitar riffs...
  
   — "Hit Me"
• Roselyn Sánchez
  Roselyn Sanchez
  Roselyn Sánchez is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, model, actress, producer and writer of film and television.-Early life:...
  
   — "Amor Amor"

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• 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...
  
  
• José José
  José José
  José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz , known by his artistic name José José, is a Mexican singer.Referred in the entertainment world as "El Príncipe de la Canción" , José José is best known for his romantic ballads and renowned for his vocals...
  
  
• Roberto Carlos
  Roberto Carlos (singer)
  Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and composer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career, also known as King of Latin Music....
  
  
• Willie Colón
  Willie Colón
  William Anthony Colón is a Nuyorican salsa musician. Primarily a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in municipal politics in New York City.-Early years:...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Trustees Award

• Manuel Esperón
  Manuel Esperón
  Manuel Esperón González was a Mexican song writer and composer. He wrote many songs for Mexican films, including Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! for the 1941 film of the same name, Cocula for El peñón de las ánimas , and Amor con Amor Se Paga for Hay un niño en su futuro...