The 7th 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 for the first time in New York City, NY

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. The awards show was held at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

 on Thursday, November 2, 2006. 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...

 was the big winner winning Album of the Year, one of four awards that she won. She is the first female artist to win Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year.

General

Record of the Year
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...

 featuring 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...

 — "La Tortura

La Tortura

"" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...

"

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — "Acompáñame A Estar Solo"
• Fonseca
  Juan Fernando Fonseca
  Fonseca is the artistic name of Juan Fernando Fonseca, a Colombian singer who was born on May 29, 1979 in Bogotá.He debuted in 2002 with his first CD, Fonseca, which was popular in his home country...
  
   — "Te Mando Flores"
• Sérgio Mendes
  Sergio Mendes
  Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
  
   featuring The Black Eyed Peas
  The Black Eyed Peas
  The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
  
   — "Mas Que Nada
  Mas Que Nada
  -Song information:In 2006, Mendes re-recorded the song with The Black Eyed Peas and additional vocals by Mendes' wife, Gracinha Leporace; a version that is included on his album Timeless. In Brazil, the song is well-known for being the theme song for the local television channel Globo's Estrelas....
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Me Voy
  Me voy
  "Me Voy" is a song by the Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her fourth studio album, Limón y Sal. It was released in Mexico on March 27, 2006. Was written by Julieta Venegas. The music video, directed by Picky Tallarico. Is the most successful song of the singer...
  
  "

Album of the Year
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...

 — Fijación Oral Vol. 1

Fijación Oral Vol. 1

Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It is also the first Spanish language album released by the multilingual songwriter since 1998. The album has won numerous awards worldwide, including five Latin Grammy Awards and a Grammy Award. This album...

• 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...
  
   — Ahí vamos
  Ahí vamos
  Ahí Vamos is a 2006 studio album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati. The album met with both positive reviews by critics and popularity, especially in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. The first single released from the album was "Crimen", which received airplay starting in April 2006...
  
  
• Chayanne
  Chayanne
  Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
  
   — Cautivo
  Cautivo
  -Personnel:*Carlos Alvarez - Mezcla*Gustavo Arenas - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Programming*Carlos Bedoya - Engineer*Manny Benito - Vocal Director*Claudia Brant - Composer*Richard Bravo - Percussion*Ed Calle - Saxophone*Jorge Casas - Bajos...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias
  Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias
  The nomination was shared with Luis Gurevich , Osqui Amante, Gustavo Borner , and Tom Baker ....
  
  
• 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...
  
   — Limón y Sal
  Limón y Sal
  -Personnel:* Julieta Venegas - Vocals, vocals , accordion, guitar , keyboards, programming, composer* Juanchi Baleiron - Guitar , guitar , baritone guitar...
  
  

Song of the Year
Luis F. Ochoa and 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...

 — "La Tortura

La Tortura

"" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...

" (Shakira featuring 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...

)

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — "Acompáñame A Estar Solo" (Ricardo Arjona)
• Pablo Manavello and Ricardo Montaner
  Ricardo Montaner
  Ricardo Montaner is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.-Early years:Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in...
  
   — "Cuando A Mi Lado Estas" (Ricardo Montaner)
• Amaury Gutierrez
  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...
  
   — "Nada Es Para Siempre
  Nada Es Para Siempre
  "Nada Es Para Siempre" is a song written by Amaury Gutiérrez and recorded by Luis Fonsi in 2005. The song was the third number-one hit for Luis Fonsi.-Background:...
  
  " (Luis Fonsi
  Luis Fonsi
  Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
  
  )
• Lena — "Tu Corazón" (Lena featuring 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...
  
  )

Best New Artist
Calle 13

Calle 13 (band)

Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...

• Céu
  CEU
  CEU may refer to:*Continuing education units in the United States*Central European University in Budapest, Hungary*College of Eastern Utah*Centro Escolar University in the Philippines*Centro de Estudios Universitarios in Spain...
  
  
• Inés Gaviria
  Ines Gaviria
  Ines Gaviria is a Colombian singer-songwriter based in Miami, Florida. Her first album with the Respek Label, and distributed by Universal Records, was released in June 2005. She was nominated for the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards....
  
  
• Lena
• Pamela

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Album
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...

 — Fijación Oral Vol. 1

Fijación Oral Vol. 1

Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It is also the first Spanish language album released by the multilingual songwriter since 1998. The album has won numerous awards worldwide, including five Latin Grammy Awards and a Grammy Award. This album...

• Anaís
  Anaís
  -Notable TV Guest Appearances:*Premios Juventud*Latin Grammys*Latin Grammy Celebra Marco Antonio Solís*Al Despertar 41*El Show de Cristina*Escándalo TV*Anda Pa'l Cará*El Gordo y la Flaca*Despierta América*Premios Casandras 2007...
  
   — Así Soy Yo
  Así Soy Yo
  Así Soy Yo is the debut album from latin music singer and winner of the second season of "Objetivo Fama" Anaís. It was released in the U.S. on April 18, 2006. "Lo Que Son Las Cosas" peaked at number 79 in the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in the Hot Latin Tracks chart...
  
  
• Inés Gaviria
  Ines Gaviria
  Ines Gaviria is a Colombian singer-songwriter based in Miami, Florida. Her first album with the Respek Label, and distributed by Universal Records, was released in June 2005. She was nominated for the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards....
  
   — A Mi Manera
• Niña Pastori
  Niña Pastori
  Niña Pastori is a Spanish flamenco singer . She was born María Rosa García García in San Fernando on 15 January 1978. The youngest of five siblings and only daughter of a military man and gypsy flamenco singer 'La Pastori', she started her artistic career at a young age...
  
   — Joyas Prestadas
• 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...
  
   — Contigo Me Voy
• Thalía
  Thalía
  Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
  
   — El Sexto Sentido: Re+Loaded

Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona

Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...

 — Adentro

Adentro

Adentro is the tenth studio album by singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, released on December 6, 2005. It was named best Latin Pop Album for 2007 at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.-Track listing:#Para Bien o Para Mal#De Vez En Mes...

• Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
  
   — Amor
• Chayanne
  Chayanne
  Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
  
   — Cautivo
  Cautivo
  -Personnel:*Carlos Alvarez - Mezcla*Gustavo Arenas - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Programming*Carlos Bedoya - Engineer*Manny Benito - Vocal Director*Claudia Brant - Composer*Richard Bravo - Percussion*Ed Calle - Saxophone*Jorge Casas - Bajos...
  
  
• Luis Fonsi
  Luis Fonsi
  Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
  
   — Paso a Paso
  Paso a Paso
  Paso a Paso, released in 2005, is the sixth album by Luis Fonsi. The album was certified Disco De Platino for shipments of 200,000 units in the United States.-Track listing:# "Nada Es Para Siempre" – 3:59# "Arrópame" – 3:31# "Escondido" – 4:13...
  
  
• Ricardo Montaner
  Ricardo Montaner
  Ricardo Montaner is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.-Early years:Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in...
  
   — Todo y Nada

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

 — Guapa

Guapa

Guapa is the fourth studio album released on April 25, 2006, by Spanish Pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh. On December 5, 2006, Más guapa was released exclusively in Spain and Mexico. Two months later, on February 13, 2007, the album was also released in Chile...

• Belanova
  Belanova
  Belanova are a Mexican synthpop band that formed in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 2000. The group consists of Denisse Guerrero , Edgar Huerta , and Ricardo "Richie" Arreola...
  
   — Dulce Beat
  Dulce Beat
  Dulce Beat is the second album from the Mexican electropop band Belanova.The album was recorded between 2004–2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It was officially released in Mexico on June 21, 2005, following the single "Me Pregunto". The album was produced by...
  
  
• La 5a Estación
  La 5a Estación
  La Quinta Estación were a Spanish pop/rock band composed of two musicians from Madrid: Natalia Jiménez and Ángel Reyero...
  
   — Acústico
  Acústico (La 5ª Estación album)
  Acústico is a studio album/DVD combination from Spanish/Mexican pop rock group La 5ª Estación. The album features acoustic renditions of songs that were originally recorded on the band's first two albums, Primera Toma and Flores De Alquiler....
  
  
• RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   — Nuestro Amor
  Nuestro Amor
  Nuestro Amor is RBD's second studio album.The album was released on September 22, 2005 in Mexico, selling over 127,000 in its first seven hours of release, and 160,000 in the first week, enough for being certified platinum. It was eventually certified 3× Platinum+ Gold. In the U.S, the album was...
  
  
• Servando y Florentino — Servando y Florentino
• 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:...
  
   — Mañana
  Mañana (Sin Bandera album)
  Mañana is the third album from Sin Bandera. It was released on November 22, 2005.-Track listing:# Que Me Alcance La Vida# No Voy# A Ti# Tócame# Junto a Ti # Lo Que Llamas Amor...
  
  

Urban

Best Urban Music Album
Calle 13

Calle 13 (band)

Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...

 — Calle 13

Calle 13 (album)

Calle 13 is the eponymous debut studio album of Puerto Rican Urban/hip hop duo Calle 13, released on November 29, 2005, by White Lion Records.-Album details:...

• Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   — Barrio Fino En Directo
  Barrio Fino en Directo
  Barrio Fino en Directo is the second live album by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee, released on December 13, 2005, by El Cartel Records. The album is a live collection of songs from Daddy Yankee's previous album Barrio Fino...
  
  
• Don Omar
  Don Omar
  Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
  
   — King of Kings
  King of Kings (album)
  King of Kings is Don Omar's second studio album. It was released on May 23, 2006 three years after his debut studio album The Last Don. Songs in this album are deep and worthy of reflection, especially for sociopolitical-minded Latinos...
  
  
• Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   — Pa'l Mundo
  Pa'l Mundo
  Pa'l Mundo is the fifth studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, released on November 8, 2005 by Machete Music. It is notable for being their first commercially successful album. It has sold over 3,000,000 albums worldwide...
  
  

Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
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...

 — Ahí Vamos

Ahí vamos

Ahí Vamos is a 2006 studio album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati. The album met with both positive reviews by critics and popularity, especially in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. The first single released from the album was "Crimen", which received airplay starting in April 2006...

• Belen Arjona
  Belén Arjona
  Belén Arjona García is a singer of Pop-Rock been born in Madrid, Spain.The influence of her music includes great names like Janis Joplin, Alanis Morissette, Skunk Anansie, Guano Apes, Ella Fitzgerald, Prodigy, Garbage, MUSE or Alicia Keys.-Biography:Oldest daughter of Rosa García and Agustín...
  
   — Infinito
• Fabiana Cantilo
  Fabiana Cantilo
  Fabiana Cantilo is a singer and songwriter from Argentina. She has sold more than 5 million records in her career.- Soloist :* Detectives * Fabiana Cantilo y los Perros Calientes...
  
   — Inconsciente Colectivo
• 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...
  
   — Indeleble
  Indeleble
  Indeleble is the twelfth studio album released by Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán. The album was produced by Loris Ceroni and features songs written by Mario Domm, lead singer of the Mexican group Camila and Kalimba....
  
  
• Ariel Rot
  Ariel Rot
  Ariel Rot is an Argentine musician.He went to Spain when he was young and became a member of the group Tequila. Later he started a musical career alone, after which he became a member of the group Los Rodríguez .More recently he has returned to solo performing...
  
   — Ahora Piden Tu Cabeza

Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Natalia y La Forquetina

Natalia Lafourcade

Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina.-Biography:...

 — Casa

Casa (album)

Casa is the second album by Mexican pop-rock singer Natalia Lafourcade, using the name Natalia y La Forquetina . Casa was released in 2005. On the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards won Best Rock Album By A Duo Or Group With Vocals...

• Black Guayaba
  Black Guayaba
  Black Guayaba, often spelled Black:Guayaba, is a Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rock band that was formed in 2000.-Band history:Black Guayaba is formed by Gustavo González , Javier Morales , Carlos Ortíz , Carlos Colón , and Gabriel Calero...
  
   — Lo Demas es Plastico
• Motel
  Motel (band)
  Motel is a Mexican Rock band created in 2002, consisting of Guillermo Méndez, Rodrigo Dávila Chapoy, José Damián and Rubén Puente.-History:...
  
   — Motel
• Polbo
  Polbo
  Polbo is a rock en Español band from Puerto Rico. Its members are Jorge Colón , Alberto Colón , Harold Sanders , Eric de la Cruz , and Josean Rosario . Their debut album was nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006 for Best Rock Album.-External links:* *[ Allmusic.com review of Polbo] *...
  
   — Polbo
• Rata Blanca
  Rata Blanca
  Rata Blanca is a heavy metal band from Argentina formed in the 1980s.-Biography:The band was founded by Walter Giardino after he left V8. Rata Blanca played together for about two years before their debut on August 15, 1987 in the theater "Luz y Fuerza" in Buenos Aires...
  
   — La Llave de la Puerta Secreta

Best Alternative Music 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...

 — Limón y Sal

Limón y Sal

-Personnel:* Julieta Venegas - Vocals, vocals , accordion, guitar , keyboards, programming, composer* Juanchi Baleiron - Guitar , guitar , baritone guitar...

• 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...
  
   — Anoche
  Anoche
  Anoche is the eighth album by Argentine rock group Babasónicos. The album was composed in Córdoba in March 2005, and then recorded and produced by Andrew Weiss, as well as by the band themselves, in May 2005.- Track listing :...
  
  
• Café Tacuba — Un Viaje
  Un Viaje
  Un Viaje is Café Tacvba's first live album and seventh overall. The album consist of the songs played in the El Palacio de los Deportes concert...
  
  
• Nortec Collective
  Nortec Collective
  Nortec Collective is a musical ensemble formed by various individual one or two man production projects. The group came together in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Their sound genre mixes electronica with musical elements and instrumentation of Tambora and Norteño music, resulting in the nortec ...
  
   — Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3
• Pastora
  Pastora
  Pastora are a Spanish/Catalan electronic group from Barcelona, consisting of Dolo Beltrán , Caïm Riba Pastor and Pauet Riba Pastor...
  
   — La Vida Moderna

Best Rock Song
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...

 — "Crimen" (Gustavo Cerati)

• Chetes
  Chetes
  Luis Gerardo Garza Cisneros , better known as his stage name Chetes, is a Mexican rock musician, well known for being the leader of the influential Avanzada Regia rock bands Zurdok, Vaquero and eventually, his own solo career.-Biography:Chetes grew up in the Bay Area...
  
   — "Completamente" (Chetes)
• Rodrigo Dávila — "Dime Ven" (Motel
  Motel (band)
  Motel is a Mexican Rock band created in 2002, consisting of Guillermo Méndez, Rodrigo Dávila Chapoy, José Damián and Rubén Puente.-History:...
  
  )
• Jorge Pardo — "Un Dia No Vuelvo A Empezar" (Jorge Pardo)
• Mario Domm
  Mario Domm
  Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar , known professionally as Mario Domm, is a Mexican pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Torreón, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, he enrolled in various performing arts schools, where he studied singing on stage...
  
   and 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...
  
   — "Volverte a Amar
  Volverte a Amar
  "Volverte a Amar" is the first single from Alejandra Guzmán's twelfth studio album Indeleble. The song was produced by Loris Ceroni and written by Mario Domm and Alejandra Guzmán. The song was very successful in Mexico and United States.In Mexico, the ringtone of this single was certified...
  
  " (Alejandra Guzmán)

Tropical

Best Salsa Album
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:...

 — Directo Al Corazón

• La India
  La India
  La India , known also as "La Princesa de la Salsa" , is a singer of salsa. She has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.-Early years:...
  
   — Soy Diferente
• 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...
  
   — Decisión Unánime
• Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
   — Hoy, Mañana y Siempre
• 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:...
  
   and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico — Asi Es Nuestra Navidad

Best Merengue Album
Milly Quezada

Milly Quezada

Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer. She is a singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States...

 — MQ

• Grupo Mania
  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...
  
   — La Hora de la Verdad
• Eddy Herrera
  Eddy Herrera
  Eddy Jose Herrera de los Rios, also known as Eddy Herrera, is a merengue singer and winner of more than seven Casandra Awards. Born on 30 April 1964 in the Dominican Republic, in the city of Santiago de Los Caballeros.-History :...
  
   — Amor de Locos
• 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....
  
   — Rankeao
• Johnny Ventura
  Johnny Ventura
  Juan e Dios Ventura Soriano, better known as Johnny Ventura is a singer and band leader of merengue.- Early History :...
  
   — 103 Boulevard

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
Los Hermanos Zuleta

Los Hermanos Zuleta

Los Hermanos Zuleta are a renowned vallenato musical group that won the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006. Their name refers to the brothers Emiliano Alcides Zuleta and Tomás Alfonso Zuleta, who founded the group and are sons of Emiliano Zuleta, creator of the famously renown song La Gota Fria. La monda...

 — Cien Días de Bohemia

• Alfa 8 — Yo Bailo Cumbia
• Binomio de Oro de América
  Binomio de Oro de América
  Binomio de Oro de América is a vallenato musical group from Colombia. It was founded by lead singer Rafael Orozco and accordionist Israel Romero in the Caribbean Region of Colombia on June 16, 1976...
  
   — Grafiti de Amor
• Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...
  
   and Jimmy Zambrano — Grandes Exitos En Vivo
• Iván Ovalle — Veinte Años Después...

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
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:...

 — Una Nueva Mujer

• Cabas — Puro Cabas
• Ciclón — Ciclón
• Fonseca
  Juan Fernando Fonseca
  Fonseca is the artistic name of Juan Fernando Fonseca, a Colombian singer who was born on May 29, 1979 in Bogotá.He debuted in 2002 with his first CD, Fonseca, which was popular in his home country...
  
   — Corazón
• Chichi Peralta
  Chichi Peralta
  Chichi Peralta is a Singer, musician, arranger and producer, from the Dominican Republic.-Biography:Chichi Peralta was born on July 9, 1966 in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. His musical career began at the age of four, when he built his first drum...
  
   — Más Que Suficiente

Best Traditional Tropical Album
Andy Montañez

Andy Montañez

Andrés Montañez , better known as Andy Montañez, is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.-Early life:Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan. He is known by the nickname "El Godfather de la Salsa"...

 and 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...

 — AM/PM Líneas Paralelas

• Chucho Avellanet
  Chucho Avellanet
  Armando Hipólito Avellanet González , nicknamed "Chucho" is a Puerto Rican singer and comedic actor...
  
   — Esta Noche Está Para Boleros
• Juan de Marcos
  Juan de Marcos González
  Juan de Marcos González is a Cuban bandleader and musician, best known for his work with the Buena Vista Social Club.-Biography:Resume....
  
   and the Afro-Cuban All Stars — Step Forward - The Next Generation
• Compay Segundo
  Compay Segundo
  Compay Segundo was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.-Biography:...
  
   — Siempre Compay
• Melina León
  Melina León
  Melina León is a Puerto Rican merengue singer and actress. From an early age she performed with several groups including The Rubi, Girls of Puerto Rico and The Cherries, with whom she appeared in several San Juan hotels...
  
   and Los Tri-O — Serenata En San Juan
• Plena Libre — Evolución

Best Tropical Song
Fonseca

Juan Fernando Fonseca

Fonseca is the artistic name of Juan Fernando Fonseca, a Colombian singer who was born on May 29, 1979 in Bogotá.He debuted in 2002 with his first CD, Fonseca, which was popular in his home country...

 — "Te Mando Flores" (Fonseca)

• 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...
  
   — "Dos Soneros, Una Historia" (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:...
  
   and Víctor Manuelle)
• Yoel Henríquez and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Esa Boquita" (Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
  )
• 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...
  
   — "I Love Salsa!" (N'Klabe
  N'Klabe
  N'Klabe is a Puerto Rican Salsa group formed in 2003.-History:N'Klabe was formed in 2003 by Félix Javier "Felo" Torres, Ricky Luis Porrata, and Héctor Torres Donato...
  
  )
• Cabas 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,...
  
   — "La Cadena de Oro" (Cabas)

Singer-Songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter Album
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...

 — Como un Campo de Maíz

• Chico Buarque
  Chico Buarque
  Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
  
   — Carioca
• Leon 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...
  
   — Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias
  Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias
  The nomination was shared with Luis Gurevich , Osqui Amante, Gustavo Borner , and Tom Baker ....
  
  
• 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...
  
   — Acariocando
• Joaquín Sabina
  Joaquín Sabina
  Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums...
  
   — Alivio de Luto

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album
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:...

 — Historias de Mi Tierra

Historias de Mi Tierra

Historias de Mi Tierra is title of a studio album released by Mexican performer Pepe Aguilar. It was released in October 18, 2005 by Sony BMG. Aguilar was awarded the Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album at the 49th Grammy Awards and Best Ranchero Album at the Latin Grammy Awards of...

• Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
  
   — Dos amores un amante
  Dos amores un amante
  Dos amores un amante is the 20th studio album by Mexican pop singer Ana Gabriel. It was released on 2005. It was produced by herself...
  
  
• 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....
  
   — A Toda Ley
• 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...
  
   — El Rey de las Cantinas
• Alicia Villarreal
  Alicia Villarreal
  Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer.-Biography:...
  
   — Orgullo de Mujer

Best Banda Album
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...

 — Más Allá Del Sol

• 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...
  
   — Hay Amor
• 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...
  
   — Rancherísimas Con Banda
• El Coyote y Su Banda Tierra Santa
  El Coyote
  El Coyote , is the lead performer and vocalist of El Coyote y su Banda Tierra Santa. El Coyote y su Banda Tierra Santa are with Record label Universal Music Latin Entertainment, and formerly Univision Music Group. El Coyote was born in the town of Coyotitán in Sinaloa, Mexico but was raised in...
  
   — Prohibido
• 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...
  
   — Antes Muertas Que Sencillas

Best Grupero Album
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...

 — En El Auditorio Nacional

• 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:...
  
   — No Es Brujería
• Grupo Bronco
  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...
  
   — Por Ti
• Grupo Bryndis
  Grupo Bryndis
  Grupo Bryndis is an internationally known Mexican musical group. Originated in Santa Paula, California, U.S.A . by their leader, guitarist and song-writer Mauro Posadas in 1983. Grupo Bryndis is also a Latin Grammy Award winner for best album in 2007...
  
   — Por Muchas Razones Te Quiero
• Guardianes del Amor — Decórame El Corazón

Best Tejano Album
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 :...

 — Nuevamente

• 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...
  
   — Mejor Que Nunca
• Las 3 Divas — Las 3 Divas
• Little Joe & La Familia — Chicanisimo
• Joe Posada — Amor y Fuego

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 :...

 — Historias Que Contar

• 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 — Ya No Llores
• Palomo — Pasión
• Pesado — Tu Sombra
• 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...
  
   — Volver Volver

Best Tropical Regional Mexican Album
A.B. Quintanilla III & 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...

 — Kumbia Kings Live

Kumbia Kings Live

Kumbia Kings Live is a live album and tenth album by A.B. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia Kings. It was released on April 4, 2006. The concert took place in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. A DVD of the concert was also released. The song "Pachuco" is a studio recording that was released as a single to...

• 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...
  
   — Capitulo II: Brinca
  Capitulo II: Brinca
  Capitulo II: Brinca is the second studio album by DJ Kane. It was released on September 13, 2005.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Los Acosta — Amor y Delirio
• Los Angeles de Charly
  Los Angeles de Charly
  Los Angeles de Charly are a Mexican musical group led by their namesake vocalist Carlos "Charly" Becíes. The group formed in 1999 after Charly Becíes and fellow vocalist Guillermo "Memo" Palafox left the popular group Los Angeles Azules...
  
   — Cuando Te Enamoras
• Los Angeles Azules — Interpretan Éxitos de Juan Gabriel
• Tropical Panama — 13 Cumbias Revolucionadas

Best Regional Mexican Song
Edgar Cortazar, Ernesto Cortazar and Tony Melendez — "Aun Sigues Siendo Mia" (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....

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• Mauricio L. Arriaga and J. E. Murgia — "Contra Viento y Marea" (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...
  
  )
• Freddie Martínez, Sr. — "Corazón De Fierro" (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...
  
  )
• 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...
  
   — "Más Allá del Sol" (Joan Sebástian)
• Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
  
   — "Sin Tu Amor" (Ana Gabriel)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental 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...

 — Bebo

• Banda Mantiqueira — Terra Amantiquira
• 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...
  
   — The Jazz Chamber Trio
• Luis Salinas
  Luis Salinas
  Luis Salinas is an Argentine jazz guitarist who plays both electric and nylon string guitars. His music includes elements of bossa nova, Brazilian samba, Afro-Uruguayan candombe, salsa, boleros and jazz....
  
   — Luis Salinas y Amigos En España
• Mario Adnet & Zé Nogueira — Moacir Santos: Choros y Alegría

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...

 — Corazón Libre

• Quique Domenech and Alejandro Croatto — Con El Corazón...
• Grupo Renacer — Puerto Rico Te Saluda...
• Chango Spasiuk
  Chango Spasiuk
  Horacio "Chango" Spasiuk is an Argentine chamamé musician and accordion player.Of Ukrainian grandparents, El Chango had a strong Polka music influence from his early days; Eastern European musical influences were also already present in the chamamé music of the region...
  
   — Tarefero de Mis Pagos
• Cacho Tirao — La Guitarra Argentina
• Yoruba Andabo — Rumba En La Habana Con...

Best Tango Album
Various Artists — Café de Los Maestros

• Gerardo Gandini — Flores Negras Postangos En Vivo en Rosario Vol. II
• María Estela Monti — Ciudad Secreta
• 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...
  
   — Letters from Argentina

Best Flamenco Album
Diego El Cigala

Diego El Cigala

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

 — Picasso En Mis Ojos

• 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...
  
   — Un Momento En El Sonido
• 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...
  
   — Limón
• Morente
  Enrique Morente
  Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer and a controversial figure within the world of contemporary flamenco...
  
   — Sueña La Alhambra
• Estrella Morente
  Estrella Morente
  Estrella Morente is a Spanish flamenco singer. She was born on August 14, 1980 in Las Gabias, Granada Province in southern Spain...
  
   — Mujeres

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album
Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Gonzalo Rubalcaba is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca was born in Havana, Cuba, May 27, 1963, into a musical family rich in the traditions of the country’s artistic past...

 — Solo

• Ed Motta
  Ed Motta
  Ed Motta , is a Brazilian MPB, rock, soul music, funk and jazz musician. He is nephew of late Brazilian singer Tim Maia....
  
   — Aystelum
• Eddie Palmieri
  Eddie Palmieri
  Eddie Palmieri , is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.-Early years:...
  
   — Listen Here!
• Jovino Santos Neto — Roda Carioca
• Dave Valentin
  Dave Valentin
  Dave Valentin is a jazz flutist.He learned latin percussion first when he was a teenager, and then switched to flute. Valentin's teacher, Hubert Laws, suggested that he not double on saxophone because of his attractive sound on the flute. He studied at the Bronx Community College...
  
   — World On A String

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...

 — Dios es Bueno

Dios es Bueno

Dios es Bueno is the twenty-ninth album released by Marcos Witt. This album was recorded live in Puerto Rico. It also included a DVD which contains four music videos...

• Aline Barros — Aline
• Daniel Calveti — Vivo Para Ti
• Jesus Adrian Romero
  Jesus Adrian Romero
  Jesus Adrian Romero is a Mexican author, Christian music singer, composer and pastor from Hermosillo, Sonora in Mexico.- Biography :Jesús Adrián Romero was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, México...
  
   — El Aire de tu Casa

Best Christian Album (Portuguese language)
Aline Barros — Aline Barros y Cia

• Mara Maravilha — Jóia Rara
• Cristina Mel — As Canções da Minha Vida 15 Anos - Ao Vivo
• Soraya Moraes
  Soraya Moraes
  Soraya Moraes is a Brazilian gospel singer.Moraes was born in São Paulo and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, Guerra, was released in 1993. In 1998, she signed with Gospel Records as a solo artist, and her debut, Pensando...
  
   — Promessas
• Robson Nascimento — Tudo O Que Soul

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Sérgio Mendes

Sergio Mendes

Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....

 — Timeless

Timeless (Sergio Mendes album)

Timeless is a 2006 album by Sérgio Mendes. It features neo soul and alternative hip hop guest artists, most prominently will.i.am, who also produced most of the songs. It was released February 14, 2006 by Concord Records and will.i.am music group...

• 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...
  
   — Até Onde Vai
  Até Onde Vai
  Até onde Vai is a studio album recorded by Brazilian pop-rock/black music quintet Jota Quest. It was released in 2005.-Track listing:# "Libere a Mente"# "Sunshine in Ipanema"# "Além do Horizonte"# "Até Onde Vai"# "O Sol"...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — 4
• Margareth Menezes
  Margareth Menezes
  Margareth Menezes is a Brazilian singer from Salvador, Bahia.Her style is considered axé but her music also steers into samba and MPB territory, at times drawing on African rhythms and reggae....
  
   — Pra Você
• Marisa Monte
  Marisa Monte
  Marisa de Azevedo Monte is a Brazilian popular singer. As of 2011, she has sold 10 million albums worldwide.- Biography :...
  
   — Infinito Particular
  Infinito Particular
  Infinito Particular is an album by Brazilian singer Marisa Monte, released in 2006. It includes the considerable hits "Infinito Particular", "Vilarejo" and "Pra Ser Sincero"...
  
  
• Sandy & Junior
  Sandy & Junior
  Sandy & Junior was a Brazilian pop music duo consisting of siblings Sandy Leah Lima and her brother Durval de Lima Junior . They have one of the 10 best-selling albums ever in Brazil...
  
   — Sandy e Junior
• 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...
  
   — As Super Novas

Best Brazilian Rock Album
Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Hoje

Hoje

Hoje is the eleventh studio album by brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso. The songs were composed after Herbert Vianna's accident, unlike Longo Caminho...

• Barão Vermelho
  Barão Vermelho
  Barão Vermelho is a Brazilian rock band. Formed in 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, it was originally led by songwriting duo Cazuza and Roberto Frejat , which assumed the vocals after Cazuza's departure in 1986...
  
   — MTV Ao Vivo
• Charlie Brown Jr.
  Charlie Brown Jr.
  Charlie Brown Jr. is a Brazilian rock band, from the city of Santos, São Paulo. Their biggest influences are The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Suicidal Tendencies and Rage Against the Machine.-Current formation:* Chorão - Vocals...
  
   — Imunidade Musical
• O Rappa
  O Rappa
  O Rappa is a Brazilian reggae/rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They combine many styles such as Rock, Reggae, Funk, Hip hop and Samba...
  
   — Acústico MTV
• 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...
  
   — Sim e Não
  Sim e Não
  Sim e Não is the fifth album released by Brazilian band Nando Reis e os Infernais.- Track listing :#Sim - 3:56#Sou Dela - 4:58#N - 3:33#Monóico - 4:20#Os Seus Olhos - 3:44...
  
  

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Marisa Monte

Marisa Monte

Marisa de Azevedo Monte is a Brazilian popular singer. As of 2011, she has sold 10 million albums worldwide.- Biography :...

 — Universo Ao Meu Redor

• Alcione — Uma Nova Paixão Ao Vivo
• Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila is a Brazilian samba musician...
  
   — Brasilatinidade Ao Vivo
• Demônios da Garoa
  Demônios da Garoa
  Demonios da Garoa are a São Paulo-based Brazilian samba group. Having existed for over sixty years, they are one of the most famous practitioners of samba paulista, a notable regional style distinct to São Paulo...
  
   — Ao Vivo
• Jair Rodrigues
  Jair Rodrigues
  Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira is a Brazilian musician and singer, a pioneer of the funk in the country. He is the father of Luciana Mello and Jair Oliveira, who also followed in his footsteps and became musicians....
  
   — Alma Negra

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...

 — Segundo

• João Bosco
  João Bosco
  João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco is a noted Brazilian singer-songwriter with a distinctive style as a guitarist...
  
   — Obrigado, Gente!
• 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...
  
   and Seu Jorge
  Seu Jorge
  Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba...
  
   — Ana e Jorge Ao Vivo
• Gal Costa
  Gal Costa
  Gal Costa is a Brazilian singer of popular music.-Early life:...
  
   — Hoje
• Jane Duboc — Uma Voz... Uma Paixão
• Simone
  Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
  Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, better known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer and a major performer of Música Popular Brasileira who has recorded more than 31 albums.-Biography:...
  
   — Simone - Ao Vivo

Best Romantic Music Album
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....

 — Roberto Carlos

• Alaíde Costa — Tudo Que O Tempo Me Deixou
• Daniel — Amor Absoluto
• Leonardo — De Corpo E Alma
• Tânia Mara
  Tânia Mara
  Tânia Mara Araújo Almeida is a Brazilian singer and actress.-Music career:Mara is best known for the songs "Se Quiser", a cover of Kelly Clarkson's 2003 song "Anytime" included on the soundtrack to the telenovela Páginas da Vida, and "Sonho Lindo", which is used as the theme for the telenovela...
  
   — Louca Paixão

Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album
Chitãozinho & Xororó

Chitãozinho & Xororó

Chitãozinho & Xororó are a Brazilian sertanejo duo. Chitãozinho is the stage name of José Lima Sobrinho and Xororó that of Durval de Lima. Their music, which combines traditional Brazilian caipira with pop, was instrumental in establishing the sertanejo genre...

 — Vida Marvada

• Frank Aguilar
  Frank Aguilar
  Frank Aguilar served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 24th district from 2002 to 2004, becoming the only Hispanic American of his party in the General Assembly. Aguilar was defeated in 2004 by Democrat Michelle Chavez in a race that was thought to be...
  
   — Sou Brasileiro
• Banda Calypso
  Banda Calypso
  Banda Calypso is a Brazilian musical duo, especially popular in Northern and Northeastern regions of the country. It was formed in the late 1990s by guitarist and producer Chimbinha and his singer/dancer wife Joelma....
  
   — Volume 8
• Caju & Castanha — Levante A Taça
• 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....
  
   — Para Toda A Família

Best Brazilian Song
Rodrigo Maranhão — "Caminho das Águas" (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...

)

• Gigi — "Abalou" (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...
  
  )
• 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...
  
   — "Balé De Berlim" (Gilberto Gil)
• Arnaldo Antunes
  Arnaldo Antunes
  Arnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
  
  , 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...
  
   and Marisa Monte
  Marisa Monte
  Marisa de Azevedo Monte is a Brazilian popular singer. As of 2011, she has sold 10 million albums worldwide.- Biography :...
  
   — "O Bonde do Dom" (Marisa Monte)
• Chico Buarque
  Chico Buarque
  Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
  
   — "Ela Faz Cinema" (Chico Buarque)

Children's

Best Latin Children's Album
Adriana Partimpim — Adriana Partimpim - O Show

• Griselle Bou, Victor Meléndez and Annette Bou — Canciones y Cantos-Juegos Infantiles del Folklore Puertorriqueño
• 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 2
• 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 6

Classical

Best Classical 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 Ernest Martínez Izquierdo — Rhapsody In Blue

• Jeff Von Der Schmidt — Carlos Chávez: Complete Chamber Music Volume 3
• Manuel Barrueco
  Manuel Barrueco
  Manuel Barrueco is a Cuban virtuoso classical guitarist. He was born in 1952 in Santiago de Cuba, on Cuba's southeastern shore. He has toured in the U.S., Europe and Japan, and serves on the faculty of Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.-Biography:...
  
   and Victor Pablo Pérez — Concierto Barroco
• Edson Cordeiro
  Edson Cordeiro
  Edson Cordeiro is a sopranist countertenor and pop and jazz singer.He was born in Santo André . He began singing at 6 years old, when he joined a church choir called "Cordeirinhos do Senhor". He went on to become famous as a street singer. He had his first TV performance with his own version of...
  
   — Contratenor
• Eduardo Marturet
  Eduardo Marturet
  Eduardo Marturet is a Venezuelan conductor and composer.Born in Caracas, Marturet studied in Cambridge, England, where he obtained a degree in piano, percussion, conducting, and composition...
  
   conducting the Berliner Symphoniker
  Berliner Symphoniker
  Berliner Symphoniker ia a Symphony orchestra in Berlin, Germany.The orchestra began its performing activity on 1 September 1967 as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin. In 1990 it was renamed Berliner Symphoniker...
  
   — Encantamento
• Mauro Senise and Jota Moraes — Tempo Caboclo

Recording Package

Best Recording Package
Various Artist — Café de Los Maestros

Art director: Laura Varsky

• Los Pinguos — Live In Los Angeles
  • Art director: Alexandra Lahr
• La Pestilencia — Productos Desaparecidos
  • Art director: Omar Delgado
• Péri — Samba Passarinho
  • Art director: Marcelo Kertész
• Nortec Collective
  Nortec Collective
  Nortec Collective is a musical ensemble formed by various individual one or two man production projects. The group came together in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Their sound genre mixes electronica with musical elements and instrumentation of Tambora and Norteño music, resulting in the nortec ...
  
   — Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3
  • Art directors: Fritz Torres and Jorge Verdin
• Sérgio Mendes
  Sergio Mendes
  Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
  
   — Timeless
  Timeless (Sergio Mendes album)
  Timeless is a 2006 album by Sérgio Mendes. It features neo soul and alternative hip hop guest artists, most prominently will.i.am, who also produced most of the songs. It was released February 14, 2006 by Concord Records and will.i.am music group...
  
  
  • Art director: Edward Martínez

Production

Best Engineered Album
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...

 — Fijación Oral Vol. 1

Fijación Oral Vol. 1

Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It is also the first Spanish language album released by the multilingual songwriter since 1998. The album has won numerous awards worldwide, including five Latin Grammy Awards and a Grammy Award. This album...

Engineers: Gustavo Celis

Gustavo Celis

Gustavo Celis is an award-winning music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Shakira Gustavo Celis is an award-winning music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Shakira Gustavo Celis is an...

, Serban Ghenea

Serban Ghenea

Serban Ghenea is a four-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award-winning mixer. He has mixed songs for such artists as Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Jewel, Santana, Ozomatli, Shakira, Jill Scott, R. Kelly, Rod Stewart, and Dave Matthews Band...

, Mauricio Guerrero, Rob Jacobs, Kevin Killen and Dave Way

Dave Way

Dave Way is a successful mixer, producer and audio engineer, based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Savage Garden, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Babyface, TLC, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Ziggy Marley,...

; Mastering engineer: Vlado Meller

• Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
  
   — Amore
  • Engineers: Valerio Calisse, Hernan Gatica, Humberto Gatica
    Humberto Gatica
    Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer anda long-time collaborator with producer David Foster....
    
    , Pierpaolo Guerrini, Alejandro Rodríguez and Jochen van der Saag; Mastering engineer: Vlado Meller
• Chico César
  Chico César
  Chico César is a Brazilian singer-composer-songwriter.-Albums:* Aos Vivos * Cuzcuz-Clã* Beleza Mano * Mama Mundi * Respeitem meus cabelos, brancos...
  
   — De Uns Tempos Pra Cá
  • Engineers: Cotô Guarino, Swami Junior and André "K-belo" Sangiácomo; Mastering engineer: Carlos Freitas
• Marcos Valle
  Marcos Valle
  Marcos Kostenbader Valle is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, incidental music and fusions of American/European rock, soul and dance music with Brazilian styles.-Biography:Valle's talent was evident from...
  
   — Jet - Samba
  • Engineer: Duda Mello; Mastering engineer: Carlos Freitas
• Pastora
  Pastora
  Pastora are a Spanish/Catalan electronic group from Barcelona, consisting of Dolo Beltrán , Caïm Riba Pastor and Pauet Riba Pastor...
  
   — La Vida Moderna
  • Engineers: José Luis Crespo, Sancho Gómez Escobar and Joaquín Pizarro; Mastering engineer: Jesús N. Gómez

Producer of the Year
Cachorro López

Cachorro López

Gerardo López , known professionally as Cachorro López, is an Argentine record producer, musician and songwriter. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he enrolled in various musical ensembles, including Zas and Los Abuelos de la Nada...

• 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:...
  
  
• Moogie Canazio
• Lenine and 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...
  
  
• 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 Short Form Music Video
Calle 13

Calle 13 (band)

Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...

 — "Atrévete-te-te

Atrévete-te-te

"Atrévete-te-te" is a Grammy-Nominated reggaeton song by Puerto Rican urban duo Calle 13 from their eponymous debut album Calle 13, released in February 2006, by White Lion Records. It is one of the duo's well-known songs. It was a hit single in many Spanish American countries...

"

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — "Mojado"
• Chayanne
  Chayanne
  Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
  
   — "Te Echo de Menos"
• 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...
  
   featuring 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...
  
   — "La Tortura
  La Tortura
  "" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Me Voy
  Me voy
  "Me Voy" is a song by the Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her fourth studio album, Limón y Sal. It was released in Mexico on March 27, 2006. Was written by Julieta Venegas. The music video, directed by Picky Tallarico. Is the most successful song of the singer...
  
  "

Best Long Form Music Video
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...

 — Blanco y Negro En Vivo

Café Tacuba — Un Viaje

Un Viaje

Un Viaje is Café Tacvba's first live album and seventh overall. The album consist of the songs played in the El Palacio de los Deportes concert...

• 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...
  
   — Baile Barroco
• O Rappa
  O Rappa
  O Rappa is a Brazilian reggae/rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They combine many styles such as Rock, Reggae, Funk, Hip hop and Samba...
  
   — Acústico MTV
• Simone
  Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
  Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, better known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer and a major performer of Música Popular Brasileira who has recorded more than 31 albums.-Biography:...
  
   — Simone - Ao Vivo

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Graciela
  Graciela
  Graciela was a Cuban-American singer of Latin Jazz, known as The First Lady of Latin Jazz.-Biography:Graciela Pérez-Gutiérrez was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in the Afro-Cuban Jesús María neighborhood. A pioneer in music, as a black Cuban woman, in a so-called man's world, she opened doors for...
  
  
• Paloma San Basilio
  Paloma San Basilio
  Paloma San Basilio is a Spanish singer. Although she was born in Madrid, at the age of 6 months the family moved to Sevilla , where she was raised till the age of 8...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• César 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:...
  
  
• Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz
  Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz
  Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz are an American musical duo consisting of Ricardo "Richie" Ray and Roberto "Bobby" Cruz. The duo was formed in 1963 and rose to fame in the mid 1960s. They are one of the most famous interpreters of 'salsa brava' music....
  
  
• Alberto Vázquez
• Johnny Ventura
  Johnny Ventura
  Juan e Dios Ventura Soriano, better known as Johnny Ventura is a singer and band leader of merengue.- Early History :...
  
  

Trustees Awards

• Alejandro Quintero
• Rafael Escalona
  Rafael Escalona
  Rafael Calixto Escalona Martinez was a Colombian composer and troubadour. He was known for being one of the most prominent vallenato music composers and troubadours of the genre and for being the co-founder of the Vallenato Legend Festival, along with Consuelo Araújo and Alfonso López Michelsen.He...
  
  

Performers

• 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...
  
   featuring 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...
  
   — "La Pared / La Tortura
  La Tortura
  "" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...
  
  "
• Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
  
   — "Siete Veces, Siete Más"
• Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
  
   — "Bésame Mucho
  Bésame Mucho
  "Bésame Mucho" is a Spanish language song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez.-Inspiration:According to Velázquez herself, she wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time, and kissing as she heard was considered a sin.She was inspired by the piano...
  
  "
• Thalía
  Thalía
  Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
  
   — "Seducción
  Seducción
  "Seducción" is the third single from Thalía's tenth studio album El Sexto Sentido . The song was written by Estéfano and Julio Reyes and produced by Estéfano...
  
  "
• 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...
  
   featuring 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...
  
   — "Labios Compartidos
  Labios Compartidos
  "Labios Compartidos" is the first single released from Maná's seventh studio album, Amar es Combatir . It became one of the band's most recognized songs, topping the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for eight consecutive weeks.-Song information:The song deals with the theme of falling in love with...
  
   / Bendita tu luz
  Bendita tu luz
  "Bendita Tu Luz" is a bachata song, the second single released from Maná's seventh studio album, Amar es Combatir . The song, which features Juan Luis Guerra on the vocals.-Chart success:...
  
   / Oye Mi Amor"
• Luis Fonsi
  Luis Fonsi
  Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
  
   and Billy Gibbons
  Billy Gibbons
  William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
  
   — "Nada Es Para Siempre
  Nada Es Para Siempre
  "Nada Es Para Siempre" is a song written by Amaury Gutiérrez and recorded by Luis Fonsi in 2005. The song was the third number-one hit for Luis Fonsi.-Background:...
  
  "
• Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   — "Pam Pam
  Pam Pam
  "Pam Pam" is a single by Wisin & Yandel from the deluxe edition of their fifth studio album Pa'l Mundo. The song reached big recognition in many Spanish-speaking countries and among Latin community in the United States....
  
  "
• Hector "El Father", Tonny Tun Tun, Ivy Queen
  Ivy Queen
  Ivy Queen is a Puerto Rican Latin Grammy nominated reggaeton composer and singer. She is most commonly known as "La Reina del Reggaeton" . She is also known as the Queen of Rivalries.-Early years:...
  
   and Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   — "Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor)"
• 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...
  
   featuring La Mari and Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
  
   — "Tu Recuerdo / Pégate
  Pégate
  "Pégate" is the second single from Ricky Martin's album MTV Unplugged. It was released on December 19, 2006.-Composition:...
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Eso y Más / Más Allá del Sol"
• 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 — "Las Avispas"
• RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   — "Tras de Mí"
• Special salsa
  Salsa music
  Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
  
   tribute performance by 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:...
  
  , Fania All-Stars
  Fania All-Stars
  The Fania All-Stars was a musical ensemble established in 1968 by the composer, Johnny Pacheco, as a showcase for the musicians on the record label Fania Records, the leading salsa record company of the time.-Beginnings:...
  
  , Anaís
  Anaís
  -Notable TV Guest Appearances:*Premios Juventud*Latin Grammys*Latin Grammy Celebra Marco Antonio Solís*Al Despertar 41*El Show de Cristina*Escándalo TV*Anda Pa'l Cará*El Gordo y la Flaca*Despierta América*Premios Casandras 2007...
  
  , Andy Montañez
  Andy Montañez
  Andrés Montañez , better known as Andy Montañez, is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.-Early life:Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan. He is known by the nickname "El Godfather de la Salsa"...
  
  , Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
   and 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:...
  
   — "Quimbara / Idilio / El Cantante / La Conciencia / Un Verano en Nueva York / Mi Gente"

Presenters

• Fonseca
  Juan Fernando Fonseca
  Fonseca is the artistic name of Juan Fernando Fonseca, a Colombian singer who was born on May 29, 1979 in Bogotá.He debuted in 2002 with his first CD, Fonseca, which was popular in his home country...
  
   — presented Best Salsa Album
• Catalina Sandino Moreno
  Catalina Sandino Moreno
  Catalina Sandino Moreno is a Colombian actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Maria Full of Grace .-Life and career:...
  
   and John Leguizamo
  John Leguizamo
  Jonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo is an Colombian-American actor, producer, voice artist, and comedian.-Early life:...
  
   — presented Best Short Form Music Video
• Calle 13
  Calle 13 (band)
  Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...
  
   and 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...
  
   — presented Best Pop Vocal Album, Duo or Group
• Adamari López
  Adamari López
  Adamari López Torres is a Puerto Rican actress famous for participating in several Puerto Rican and Mexican soap operas.-Early career:...
  
   — presented Song of the Year
• 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:...
  
   — presented Best New Artist
• Galilea Montijo
  Galilea Montijo
  Galilea Montijo Torres is a Mexican actress, show host, and comedian. She currently hosts Hoy, a morning show of Televisa, and El gran show de los Peques...
  
   and 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...
  
   — presented Best Tropical Song
• Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Bosé
  Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...
  
   — presented People of the Year
• 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:...
  
   and Andy Montañez
  Andy Montañez
  Andrés Montañez , better known as Andy Montañez, is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.-Early life:Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan. He is known by the nickname "El Godfather de la Salsa"...
  
   — presented Best Urban Music Album
• 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...
  
   — presented Record of the Year
• Paloma San Basilio
  Paloma San Basilio
  Paloma San Basilio is a Spanish singer. Although she was born in Madrid, at the age of 6 months the family moved to Sevilla , where she was raised till the age of 8...
  
   and Paz Vega
  Paz Vega
  Paz Campos Trigo , better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress.- Early life :Vega was born in Seville, Andalusia, Spain to a homemaker mother and a retired bullfighter father. Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamenco dancer. Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic....
  
   — presented Album of the Year

• Ricardo Montaner
  Ricardo Montaner
  Ricardo Montaner is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.-Early years:Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Sofía Vergara
  Sofía Vergara
  Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian actress, comedian, television hostess and model.Vergara had been widely known for co-hosting two TV shows for Univisión in the late 1990s. Her TV career opened up for her a window of exposure to North American audiences prior to her first notable...
  
  
• Alejandra Barros
  Alejandra Barros
  - Biography :Barros studied in New York in The Reads Strasberg Theater Institute to study acting; she later transferred over to Actor's Studio Film & T.V School where she studied film and television, and in the Broadway Dance Center, tap and jazz...
  
  
• Alexa Damian
• 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...
  
  
• Lena
• 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....
  
  
• Ludwika Paleta
  Ludwika Paleta
  Ludwika Paleta is a Polish-Mexican actress. She is the daughter of musician Zbigniew Paleta and Barbara Paciorek Paleta, and the sister of actress Dominika Paleta.-Early Life and Career:...
  
  
• Milly Quezada
  Milly Quezada
  Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer. She is a singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States...
  
  
• Johnny Ventura
  Johnny Ventura
  Juan e Dios Ventura Soriano, better known as Johnny Ventura is a singer and band leader of merengue.- Early History :...
  
  
• Anaís
  Anaís
  -Notable TV Guest Appearances:*Premios Juventud*Latin Grammys*Latin Grammy Celebra Marco Antonio Solís*Al Despertar 41*El Show de Cristina*Escándalo TV*Anda Pa'l Cará*El Gordo y la Flaca*Despierta América*Premios Casandras 2007...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  

External links

• 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
• SIN VUELTAS "La Musica Anticipada"
• Nominations
• Univision