The 12th 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...

was held on November 10, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center

Mandalay Bay Events Center

Mandalay Bay Events Center is a 12,000 seat indoor arena, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, on the Las Vegas Strip, in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by MGM Resorts International.It has hosted many music, boxing and mixed martial arts events....

 in Las Vegas and was hosted by Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente

Cristián de la Fuente

Cristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...

. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The show will be aired on Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

.

Puerto Rican band 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...

 were the big winners of the night with nine awards (breaking the previous record of five wins in a single ceremony) including Album of the Year

Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...

 for Entren Los Que Quieran

Entren Los Que Quieran

Entren Los Que Quieran is the fourth studio album from Puerto Rican duo Calle 13. It was released on November 22, 2010. The album won a total of nine Latin Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.-Album information:...

; and Record of the Year

Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year

The Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...

 and Song of the Year

Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year

The Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...

 for "Latinoamérica

Latinoamérica (song)

Latinoamérica is a song by Puerto Rican Alternative hip hop band Calle 13, released September 27, 2011, as the fifth single from their fourth studio album, Entren Los Que Quieran...

". The Best New Artist

Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist

The Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists, nationally and internationally...

 award went to Sie7e

Sie7e

David Rodríguez is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Siete .-Career:...

. 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 honored as the Person of the Year

Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year is an award presented annually by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the Latin music industry and dedication to...

 the night before the telecast and she also won the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for Sale El Sol

Sale el Sol

Sale el sol is the seventh studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on October 19, 2010. The album cover was released on August 31, 2010...

.

General

Record of the Year
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...

 featuring Totó la Momposina

Totó la Momposina

Sonia Bazanta Vides, better known as Totó la Momposina, is a Colombian singer of traditional mixed indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music. She was born in the northern Colombian town of Talaigua Nuevo near Mompox in the Bolívar Department...

, Susana Baca

Susana Baca

Susana Esther Baca de la Colina is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter; two-times Latin Grammy Award winner. She has been a key figure in the revival of Afro-Peruvian music within Peru....

 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...

 — "Latinoamérica

Latinoamérica (song)

Latinoamérica is a song by Puerto Rican Alternative hip hop band Calle 13, released September 27, 2011, as the fifth single from their fourth studio album, Entren Los Que Quieran...

"

Producers: Rafa Arcaute and Calle 13; Engineers/mixers: Felipe Alvarez, Rafa Arcaute, Eduardo Cabra, David Cárdenas, Iván Gutiérrez, Ramón Martínez, Edgardo Matta, Daniel Ovie and Carlos Velazquez

• Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...
  
   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...
  
   — "Tan Sólo Tú
  Tan Sólo Tú
  "Tan Sólo Tú" is a Latin pop song by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita from his third live album En Primera Fila...
  
  "
  • Producers: David Cabrera and Franco De Vita; Engineers/mixers: Juan Pablo Falluca and Sebastian Krys
• 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 :...
  
   — "Gritar"
  • Producer: Armando Avila; Engineers/mixers: Armando Avila, Luis Fonsi, Sebastian Krys, Juan Carlos Moguel, Francisco Oroz and Pepe Ortega
• 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 :...
  
   featuring Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
   — "Golpes en el Corazón"
  • Producers: Gustavo Borner and Los Tigres del Norte; Engineers/mixers: Nick Baxter, G. Borner, Juan Pablo Falluca and Justin Moshkevich
• 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 Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento is a Spanish singer. She is the lead singer of the Spanish pop band La 5a Estacion.-Early life:Jiménez was born to a Spanish father who was a singer; and her mother is Portuguese.-Career:...
  
   — "Lo Mejor de Mi Vida Eres Tú
  The Best Thing About Me Is You
  "The Best Thing About Me Is You" is a song by the Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin, taken from his ninth studio album Música + Alma + Sexo. It was released as the lead single from the album to iTunes on November 2, 2010. The song had earlier premiered on radio's Ryan Seacrest show...
  
  "
  • Producer: Desmond Child
    Desmond Child
    Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
    
    ; Carlos Álvarez, Chris Baseford, Bob Clearmountain
    Bob Clearmountain
    Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...
    
    , Jules Gondar, Enrique Larreal, J.C. Monterrosa and Jon Vella

Album of the Year
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...

 — Entren Los Que Quieran

Entren Los Que Quieran

Entren Los Que Quieran is the fourth studio album from Puerto Rican duo Calle 13. It was released on November 22, 2010. The album won a total of nine Latin Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.-Album information:...

Producers: E. Abraham, Rafa Arcaute, Calle 13; Engineers/mixers: Felipe Álvarez, Rafa Arcaute, J. Blais, Eduardo Cabra, David Cárdenas, Iván Gutierrez, L. Levin, J. Martínez, Ramón Martinez, Edgardo Matta, Daniel Ovie, Carlos Velazquez, C. Wakeman and D. Warner; Mastering engineer: J. Cruz

• Alex, Jorge y Lena
  Alex, Jorge y Lena
  Alex, Jorge y Lena is a Latin supergroup formed in 2010. The group consists of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Lena Burke, Álex Ubago and Jorge Villamizar. Their sound reflects influences from all three members, who played instruments and wrote all the tracks on the album Alex, Jorge...
  
   — Alex, Jorge y Lena
  • Producer: Aureo Baqueiro; Engineers/mixers: Nick Baxter and Gustavo Borner; Mastering engineer: Tom Baker
• Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...
  
   — En Primera Fila
  En Primera Fila
  En primera fila is the third live album by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita. It was released by Sony Music on May 31, 2011, after a three-year gap since the release of his last studio album. De Vita worked as producer, along with David Cabrera...
  
  
  • Producers: David Cabrera and Franco De Vita; Engineers/mixers: Juan Pablo Falluca and Sebastian Krys; Mastering engineer: Mike Couzzi
• Enrique Iglesias
  Enrique Iglesias
  Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
  
   — Euphoria
  Euphoria (Enrique Iglesias album)
  Euphoria is the ninth studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias. The album is a joint-release by Universal Republic and Universal Music Latino and was released on July 5, 2010 internationally and in the US on July 6, 2010...
  
  
  • Producers: Fernando Garibay
    Fernando Garibay
    Fernando Garibay is a Mexican music producer, DJ, and songwriter. He was the official musical director for musician Lady Gaga during the making of her third album Born This Way.Garibay has been making records since the age of sixteen...
    
    , Nesty
    Nesty "La Mente Maestra"
    Nesty "La Mente Maestra" is a Puerto Rican reggaeton music producer. He is currently signed with Machete Music...
    
    , Carlos Paucar, RedOne
    RedOne
    Nadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
    
    , Mark Taylor and Victor "El Nasi"; Engineers/mixers: Kiko Hurtado, Nesty, Rob Orton, Carlos Paucar, RedOne, P. Tann; Mastering engineer: Brian Gardner
    Brian Gardner
    Brian Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner is a mastering engineer. He has worked on countless recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk, and dance pop. He is perhaps best known for his work on hip hop albums and in...
    
    
• 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...
  
   — Sale el Sol
  Sale el Sol
  Sale el sol is the seventh studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on October 19, 2010. The album cover was released on August 31, 2010...
  
  
  • Producers: Shakira, Josh Abraham
    Josh Abraham
    Josh Abraham is a Grammy-winning record producer and co-owner of Pulse Management and Check Your Pulse Publishing. He has produced songs and albums for many of the industry's most successful artists such as Velvet Revolver, 30 Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson and Courtney Love...
    
    , Lukas Burton, 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...
    
    , 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...
    
    , El Cata
    El Cata
    Edward Bello Pou, better known by his stage name El Cata, is a Dominican rapper, songwriter, record producer, who emerged in the music scene in 1999, born and raised in Barahona, Dominican Republic.-Early life:...
    
    , John Hill
    John Hill (musician)
    John Hill is an American guitarist best recognized as a member of The Apples in Stereo and Dressy Bessy.Hill, a college friend of drummer Hilarie Sidney and bassist Jim McIntyre, joined The Apples in January, 1994 after the departure of lead guitarist Chris Parfitt...
    
    , Lester Mendez
    Lester Mendez
    Lester Mendez is an American record producer and songwriter. His production/writing credits include a multitude of successful hits including Shakira's "Underneath Your Clothes" and "La Tortura", Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair", and Nelly Furtado's "Te Busqué".Mendez worked with Carlos Santana...
    
    , Alberto Menéndez, Luis Fernando Ochoa and Oligee; Engineers/mixers: Eduardo Bergallo, Michael Brauer, Gustavo Celis, Dave Clauss, Alex Leader, Lester Mendez, Mark Needham, Joel Numa, Andros Rodriguez, Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Ed Williams; Mastering engineer: Stephen Marcussen
    Stephen Marcussen
    Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer of Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California. Marcussen is one of the most sought-after mastering engineers in the music industry and his expertise has been coveted by a wide range of artists over the years...
    
    

Song of the Year
Rafa Arcaute and 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...

 — "Latinoamérica

Latinoamérica (song)

Latinoamérica is a song by Puerto Rican Alternative hip hop band Calle 13, released September 27, 2011, as the fifth single from their fourth studio album, Entren Los Que Quieran...

" (Calle 13 featuring Totó la Momposina

Totó la Momposina

Sonia Bazanta Vides, better known as Totó la Momposina, is a Colombian singer of traditional mixed indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music. She was born in the northern Colombian town of Talaigua Nuevo near Mompox in the Bolívar Department...

, Susana Baca

Susana Baca

Susana Esther Baca de la Colina is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter; two-times Latin Grammy Award winner. She has been a key figure in the revival of Afro-Peruvian music within Peru....

 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...

)

• Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
   — "A Dónde Vamos a Parar
  A Dónde Vamos a Parar
  "A Dónde Vamos a Parar" is the first single of the album En Total Plenitud. The song was written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís. The song was nominated for Song of the Year in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011....
  
  " (Marco Antonio Solís)
• Jorge Drexler
  Jorge Drexler
  Jorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
  
   — "Que El Soneto Nos Tome Por Sorpresa" (Jorge Drexler)
• Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz best known as Pablo Alborán is a Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer.-Biography:...
  
   — "Solamente Tú
  Solamente Tú (song)
  "Solamente Tú" is the debut single by Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer Pablo Alborán, from his self-titled debut album. It was released on 14 September 2010 as a digital download in Spain. The song peaked to number 1 on the Spanish Singles Chart...
  
  " (Pablo Alborán)
• Eric Bazilian
  Eric Bazilian
  Eric M. Bazilian , is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:...
  
  , Claudia Brant
  Claudia Brant
  Claudia Brant is an Argentina singer and composer of international acclaim. She has composed songs for singers like Il Divo, Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Tito Nieves, Olga Tañón, Paulina Rubio, La Ley, Gisselle or Víctor Manuelle...
  
  , Andreas Carlsson
  Andreas Carlsson
  Andreas Carlsson is a Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.-Biography:Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2001....
  
  , Desmond Child
  Desmond Child
  Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
  
   and 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...
  
   — "Lo Mejor de Mi Vida Eres Tú
  The Best Thing About Me Is You
  "The Best Thing About Me Is You" is a song by the Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin, taken from his ninth studio album Música + Alma + Sexo. It was released as the lead single from the album to iTunes on November 2, 2010. The song had earlier premiered on radio's Ryan Seacrest show...
  
  " (Ricky Martin featuring Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento is a Spanish singer. She is the lead singer of the Spanish pop band La 5a Estacion.-Early life:Jiménez was born to a Spanish father who was a singer; and her mother is Portuguese.-Career:...
  
  )

Best New Artist
Sie7e

Sie7e

David Rodríguez is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Siete .-Career:...

• Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz best known as Pablo Alborán is a Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer.-Biography:...
  
  
• Max Capote
• Paula Fernandes
  Paula Fernandes
  Paula Fernandes is a Brazilian sertanejo and country singer.- Biography :Born in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Paula Fernandes started singing when she was eight years-old, releasing her first album two years later. Her second album, named Voarei, was released in 1995, and was inspired by the Ana...
  
  
• Il Volo
  Il Volo
  Il Volo is a trio of Italian operatic pop teenage tenors, consisting of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble.-Personal:...
  
  

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...

 — Sale el Sol

Sale el Sol

Sale el sol is the seventh studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on October 19, 2010. The album cover was released on August 31, 2010...

• Claudia Brant
  Claudia Brant
  Claudia Brant is an Argentina singer and composer of international acclaim. She has composed songs for singers like Il Divo, Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Tito Nieves, Olga Tañón, Paulina Rubio, La Ley, Gisselle or Víctor Manuelle...
  
   — Manuscrito
• Myriam Hernández
  Myriam Hernández
  Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro is a Chilean singer-songwriter and television presenter. She is known throughout Latin America for her romantic ballads.-Biography:Myriam Hernández began her career in the late 80's...
  
   — Seducción
• Malú
  Malú
  Malú is a Spanish multi-selling singer.She is the niece of the famous flamenco composer and guitarist Paco de Lucía and is known for songs such as "Aprendiz", "Como Una Flor", "Toda", "Diles", "Si Estoy Loca" and "No Voy a Cambiar".-Discography:*”Aprendiz”*”Dondequiera que estés”*”Reflejo” *”Como...
  
   — Guerra Fría
• Merche
  Merche
  Mercedes Trujillo Callealta , best known as Merche, is a Spanish singer.-Early life:When she was a child, she acted in school plays and wished to be a singer, and received her first guitar as a gift at age six. She finished school, high school and university, and became a music teacher...
  
   — Acordes de Mi Diario

Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Franco De Vita

Franco De Vita

Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...

 — En Primera Fila

En Primera Fila

En primera fila is the third live album by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita. It was released by Sony Music on May 31, 2011, after a three-year gap since the release of his last studio album. De Vita worked as producer, along with David Cabrera...

• Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz best known as Pablo Alborán is a Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer.-Biography:...
  
   — Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Alborán (album)
  Pablo Alborán is the debut album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Alborán. Produced by Manuel Illán, many of the songs included in the album had already achieved YouTube attention before its release, as home videos featuring Alborán performing in front of a webcam, alone with his guitar...
  
  
• Reyli
  Reyli
  Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....
  
   — Bien Acompañado
• Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
  
   — Viva el Príncipe
  Viva el príncipe
  Viva el principe is the thirteenth studio album by Mexican pop singer Cristian Castro by Universal Music Latino. The album is a tribute to José José whom Castro considers his musical idol. The album consists of ten tracks in addition to a poem recited by José José...
  
  
• Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
   — En Total Plenitud
  En Total Plenitud
  En total plenitud is the title of the 9th studio album released by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís on October 12, 2010...
  
  

Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Alex, Jorge y Lena

Alex, Jorge y Lena

Alex, Jorge y Lena is a Latin supergroup formed in 2010. The group consists of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Lena Burke, Álex Ubago and Jorge Villamizar. Their sound reflects influences from all three members, who played instruments and wrote all the tracks on the album Alex, Jorge...

 — Alex, Jorge y Lena

• 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...
  
   — Sueño Electro I
  Sueño Electro I
  Sueño Electro I is the Grammy Award-nominated fourth studio album from the Mexican electropop band Belanova, and the first half of the Sueño Electro project. It was originally announced through the band's official Twitter page, along with a redesigned band logo and concept art image...
  
  
• Il Volo
  Il Volo
  Il Volo is a trio of Italian operatic pop teenage tenors, consisting of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble.-Personal:...
  
   — Edición En Español
  Il Volo (album)
  Il Volo is the self-titled debut album from the pop-opera trio Il Volo, formed on the Italian singing competition Ti lascio una canzone. The album, produced by Humberto Gatica and Italian singer-producer Tony Renis, was released in Italy on November 30, 2010 and in the United States on May 17, 2011...
  
  
• Río Roma — Al Fin Te Encontré
• Siam — Siam

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...

 — Entren Los Que Quieran

Entren Los Que Quieran

Entren Los Que Quieran is the fourth studio album from Puerto Rican duo Calle 13. It was released on November 22, 2010. The album won a total of nine Latin Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.-Album information:...

• 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:...
  
   — Don Omar Presents: Meet the Orphans
• Pitbull
  Pitbull (rapper)
  Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
  
   — Armando
  Armando (Pitbull album)
  Armando is the first Spanish studio album by Miami rapper Pitbull. It was released on November 2, 2010.Three songs have been released as singles and receive airplay on Spanish radio and in Latin American countries....
  
  
• 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:...
  
   — Drama Queen
  Drama Queen (Ivy Queen album)
  Drama Queen is the seventh studio album by reggaeton singer Ivy Queen and was released on July 13, 2010 with collaborations from Franco El Gorila, Jadiel, De La Ghetto, Frank Reyes, and Wisin & Yandel.-Promotion:...
  
  
• 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....
  
   — Los Vaqueros: El Regreso

Best Urban Song
Rafa Arcaute and 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...

 — "Baile de los Pobres" (Calle 13)

• Renato Carosone, Mathew Handley, Duncan Maclennas, Nicola Salerno, Andrew Stanley and Pitbull
  Pitbull (rapper)
  Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
  
   — "Bon, Bon
  Bon, Bon (Pitbull song)
  "Bon, Bon" is a song by American rapper Pitbull from his fifth studio album, Armando. It was released as the album's third official single on October 25, 2010. The single peaked at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the Billboard Top Latin Songs...
  
  " (Pitbull)
• 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:...
  
   and Lucenzo
  Lucenzo
  Filipe Oliveira , commonly known by his stage name Lucenzo, is a Portuguese-French singer, songwriter, and producer. His parents emigrated to France from Bragança, north of Portugal. Lucenzo signed with the Universal Music record label.He is best known for his recent dance hit "Vem dançar kuduro"...
  
   — "Danza Kuduro
  Danza Kuduro
  "Danza Kuduro" is a hit song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as the lead single from the album on August 15, 2010 through Machete Music and VI Music. It features singer Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin...
  
  " (Don Omar featuring Lucenzo)
• 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....
  
   — "Estoy Enamorado
  Estoy Enamorado
  "Estoy enamorado" is the third single of the live album Primera fila by Mexican singer Thalía and is a duet with new Puerto Rican musician Pedro Capó...
  
  " (Wisin & Yandel)
• 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,...
  
   and Prince Royce
  Prince Royce
  Geoffrey Royce Rojas , known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from New York City, New York. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music and into his teenage years, began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen, Royce met...
  
   — "Ven Conmigo
  Ven Conmigo (Daddy Yankee song)
  "Ven Conmigo" is the first official single by Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee featuring bachata singer Prince Royce from Daddy Yankee's sixth studio album, Daddy Yankee Prestige . The single was released to radios on April 12, 2011 and digitally on April 19, 2011. The song was produced...
  
  " (Daddy Yankee featuring Prince Royce)

Rock

Best Rock Album
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...

 — Drama y Luz

Drama y Luz

Drama y Luz is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record...

• Don Tetto — Mienteme - Prometeme
• Saúl Hernández
  Saúl Hernández
  Saúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada , is the former lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Caifanes, a famous Mexican rock en español group formed in 1986.In 1996, Saúl Hernández sang a duet with Algerian raï singer Khaled...
  
   — Remando
• Jarabe de Palo
  Jarabe de Palo
  Jarabe de Palo is a Latin rock group from Spain led by Pau Donés , singer, songwriter, and guitarist.- History :Pau Donés, born in Montanuy Huesca, Aragon and raised in Barcelona, worked for various groups before being able to take on his current project, Jarabe de Palo. He began at age 15 with his...
  
   — ¿Y Ahora Qué Hacemos?
  ¿Y Ahora Qué Hacemos?
  "¿Y ahora qué hacemos?" is the ninth album by the Spanish Latin rock group Jarabe de Palo, released on March 1, 2011, following the release of the single "¿Y ahora que hacemos?" on February 8.-Jarabe de Palo chronology:*1m2 Un Metro Cuadrado...
  
  
• La Vida Bohème
  La Vida Bohème
  La Vida Bohème is an alternative independent band from Caracas, Venezuela, formed by Rafael Perez, Daniel De Sousa, Sebastian Ayala, and Henry D'Arthenay in late 2006 and mid 2007. The band takes influence from late '80s punk, disco, funk, electronic music, jazz, salsa, reggae and dance music...
  
   — Nuestra
• No Te Va Gustar
  No Te Va Gustar
  No Te Va Gustar, also known by its initials NTVG, is a rock band from Uruguay. The members are: Emiliano Brancciari , Guzmán Silveira , Diego Bartaburu , Gonzalo Castex , Martín Gíl , Denis Ramos , Mauricio Ortiz , Marcel Curuchet and Pablo Coniberti...
  
   — Por Lo Menos Hoy

Best Rock Song
León Larregui and Zoé

Zoé

Zoé is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative/psychedelic band. They initially formed in Mexico City in 1994, although membership started to stabilize in 1997...

 — "Labios Rotos" (Zoé)

• Marcelo Corvalan, Hernan Terry Langer & Andres Vilanova — "Ácido" (Carajo
  Carajo
  Carajo is a rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 2001 with Marcelo "Corvata" Corvalan on bass and vocals, Andres "Andy" Vilanova on drums and Hernan "Tery" Langer on guitar and backing vocals...
  
  )
• Emiliano Brancciari — "Chau" (No Te Va Gustar
  No Te Va Gustar
  No Te Va Gustar, also known by its initials NTVG, is a rock band from Uruguay. The members are: Emiliano Brancciari , Guzmán Silveira , Diego Bartaburu , Gonzalo Castex , Martín Gíl , Denis Ramos , Mauricio Ortiz , Marcel Curuchet and Pablo Coniberti...
  
  )
• Gustávo Napoli — "Poder" (La Renga
  La Renga
  La Renga are a hard rock and Heavy Metal band from Argentina, formed in 1988.They have a moderate success with the albums A Dónde Me Lleva La Vida and Bailando en una pata, between 1993 and 1995, but it was the release of Despedazado por Mil Partes, in 1996, that made them nationally famous.With...
  
  )
• La Vida Bohème
  La Vida Bohème
  La Vida Bohème is an alternative independent band from Caracas, Venezuela, formed by Rafael Perez, Daniel De Sousa, Sebastian Ayala, and Henry D'Arthenay in late 2006 and mid 2007. The band takes influence from late '80s punk, disco, funk, electronic music, jazz, salsa, reggae and dance music...
  
   — "Radio Capital" (La Vida Bohème)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album
Zoé

Zoé

Zoé is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative/psychedelic band. They initially formed in Mexico City in 1994, although membership started to stabilize in 1997...

 — MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo

MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo

MTV Unplugged: Música de fondo is the second live album recorded by Mexican alternative rock band Zoé. It was released on March 22, 2011 and it debuted at number one of the Mexican albums chart...

• Doctor Krápula — Corazón Bombea/Vivo
• Fidel Nadal — Forever Together
• Carla Morrison — Mientras Tu Dormias
• Mr. Pauer — Soundtrack

Best Alternative Song
Rafa Arcaute and 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...

 — "Calma Pueblo" (Calle 13 featuring Omar-Rodríguez-López)

• Pascual Reyes — "Salgamos de Aquí" (San Pascualito Reyes)
• Doctor Krápula — "Somos" (Doctor Krápula)
• DJ Blass and Fidel Nadal — "Te Robaste Mi Corazón" (Fidel Nadal)
• Sie7e
  Sie7e
  David Rodríguez is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Siete .-Career:...
  
   — "Tengo Tu Love" (Sie7e
  Sie7e
  David Rodríguez is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Siete .-Career:...
  
  )

Tropical

Best Salsa Album
Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...

 and Seis Del Solar — Todos Vuelven Live

• José Alberto El Canario
  José Alberto
  José Alberto is a Dominican salsa singer. José Alberto moved to Puerto Rico with his family at the age of 7, and inspired by Latin music went on to polish his singing at Las Antillas Military Academy...
  
   — Original
• Edwin Bonilla — Homenaje A Los Rumberos
• Spanish Harlem Orchestra
  Spanish Harlem Orchestra
  Spanish Harlem Orchestra is a Latin dance music orchestra based in the United States, founded by Aaron Levinson and Oscar Hernandez.Their debut album was released in October 2002...
  
   — Viva La Tradición
• Various Artists — Salsa: Un Homenaje A El Gran Combo

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
Juan Carlos Coronel — Tesoros

• Silvestre Dangond
  Silvestre Dangond
  Silvestre Francisco Dangond Corrales aka Silvestrong is a Colombian Vallenato singer, composer and Timbales player. Dangond is considered one of the mainstream representatives of the "new wave" of vallenato musicians.-Early years:Silvestre F...
  
   & Juancho De La Espriella — Cantinero
• El Binomio de Oro
  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...
  
   — Corazón de Miel
• Peter Manjarrés & Sergio Luis Rodríguez — Tu Número Uno
• Felipe Peláez — De Otras Manera
• Iván Villazón
  Iván Villazón
  Iván Francisco Villazón Aponte was born October 25, 1959 in the city of Valledupar, Colombia. He is one of the most renowned vallenato singers in Colombia...
  
   and Ivan Zulueta
  Ivan Zulueta
  Juan Ricardo Miguel Zulueta Vergarajauregui known as Ivan Zulueta was a designer and film director...
  
   — Dando Lidia

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Tito El Bambino

Tito El Bambino

Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....

 — El Patrón: Invencible

El Patrón: Invencible

El Patrón: Invencible, or simply Invencible, is the fourth studio album by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito El Bambino, released on February 8, 2011 by Siente Music. It was produced by Urba & Monserrate, Nérol, Marioso, Mambo Kingz, and among others. It is considered to some fans as a part two...

• Héctor Acosta — Obligame
• Monchy & Nathalia — Monchy & Nathalia
• Daniel Santacruz
  Daniel Santacruz
  Daniel Santacruz is a singer-songwriter, recording artist and music producer. Born in New Jersey and raised in the Dominican Republic to a cuban father and a dominican mother, Santacruz is a three time Latin Grammy Award nominee....
  
   — Bachata Stereo
• Paula Zuleta — Mezcla Soy

Best Traditional Tropical Album
Cachao López

Cachao López

Israel "Cachao" López , often known as Cachao, was a Cuban musician and composer who helped popularize mambo in the United States in the early 1950s....

 — The Last Mambo

• Albita
  Albita Rodríguez
  Albita Rodríguez , known in her music career simply as Albita, is a Grammy-winning Cuban-American singer, producer and composer.Albita was born in Havana, Cuba...
  
   — Toda Una Vida (Cuban Masterworks)
• Adalberto Álvarez
  Adalberto Álvarez
  Adalberto Álvarez is a Cuban pianist, director and composer.During the 1970s, Álvarez attended the National School of Arts in Havana. He started the Cuban band Son 14 in the 1970s and disbanded it in the 1980s. In 1984, Álvarez started the group Adalberto Alvarez y su Son, which he directs today...
  
   — El Son de Altura
• Esencia — Con La Fuerza de un Tren
• Septeto Santiaguero — Oye Mi Son Santiaguero

Best Tropical Song
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...

 — "Vamo' A Portarnos Mal" (Calle 13)

• Juan Magan — "Bailando Por Ahí" (Juan Magan)
• Alex Bandana, Gloria Estrada & La Marisoul — "La Negra" (La Santa Cecilia)
• Rafi Monclova & 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:...
  
   — "Me Cambiaron Las Preguntas" (Gilberto Santa Rosa)
• Yoel Henríquez — "Me Duele la Cabeza" (Yoel Henríquez)

Singer-Songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter Album
Amaury Gutiérrez

Amaury Gutiérrez

Amaury Gutiérrez is a Cuban artist.His first album Amaury Gutiérrez was nominated for a Latin Grammy and sold more than 600 thousand copies...

 — Sesiones Intimas

Gian Marco — Días Nuevos

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — Poquita Ropa
  Poquita Ropa
  -Personnel:*Ricardo Arjona - Composer, chorus*Ahmed Barroso - Tres Cubano*Doug Emery - Hammond B3, Piano*Gianko Gomez - Chorus*Brian Lang - Bass*Victor Parton - Piano*Roger Silvestre Ramírez - Chorus*Matt Rollins - Piano*Ismael Vergara - Sax...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — Diminuto
• Alberto Cortez
  Alberto Cortez
  Alberto Cortez is an Argentine singer and songwriter. Cortez and his wife live in Madrid.Cortez was born in Rancul, La Pampa Province, Argentina, March 13, 1938. At the age of six entered in the elementary school and at the same time to the conservatory Alberto Williams. He begins to compose songs...
  
   — Tener En Cuenta

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album
Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández

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

 — El Hombre Que Mas Te Amó

El Hombre Que Más Te Amó

El hombre que más te amó is the 81st studio album released by Mexican singer Vicente Fernández on October 5, 2010 by Sony BMG.-Track listing:-Sales and certifications:-External links:*...

• 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:...
  
   — Bicentenario 1810 / 1910 / 2010
• Lucía Méndez
  Lucía Méndez
  Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer that has sold over 10 million records world wide.- Early success :...
  
   — Canta Un Homenaje A Juan Gabriel
• Paquita la del Barrio
  Paquita la del Barrio
  Paquita la del Barrio is the stage name of Francisca Viveros Barradas , a Mexican singer of rancheras and other Mexican styles. She was born in Alto Lucero, Veracruz and started her career in Mexico City in 1970. Her songs usually take a stance against Mexico's sexist male culture. This has made...
  
   — Eres Un Farsante
• Joan Sebastián
  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...
  
   — Huevos Rancheros

Best Banda Album
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De René Camacho — Todo Depende De Tí

• Banda Los Recoditos — A Toda Madre
• Banda Machos — 20 Años de Éxitos en Vivo
• El Güero y Su Banda Centenario — Estaré Mejor
• Espinoza Paz
  Espinoza Paz
  Isidro Chávez Espinoza and best known as Espinoza Paz, is a Mexican musician and composer of Mexican Regional music. He is now a banda and norteña music composer in Mexico.-Early career:...
  
   — Del Rancho Para El Mundo
• Jenni Rivera — La Gran Señora En Vivo

Best Tejano Album
Little Joe & La Familia — Recuerdos

• Chente Barrera — El Número Siete
• Joe Posada — In The Pocket
• Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso — Camaleón
• Tortilla Factory — Cookin

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 :...

 — MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends

MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends

MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends is a live album by Mexican recording artists Los Tigres del Norte. Released by Fonovisa Records on May 24, 2011, it was recorded before a live audience at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, on February 8, 2011...

• 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...
  
   — Intocable 2000
• Los Huracanes del Norte
  Los Huracanes del Norte
  Los Huracanes del Norte are a Mexican Norteño group, originally from Tangancicuaro, Michoacan but based out of San Jose, California, USA. They are one of the genre's most popular performers....
  
   — Soy Mexicano
• Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Latino Regional Band founded on April 13, 1987 by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of talented friends in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. From humble beginnings, starting their musical career by playing at nightclubs they rose to become the most successful...
  
   — Árbol
• Pesado — Desde La Cantina, Volumen II

Best Regional Song
Marco Antonio Solís

Marco Antonio Solís

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

 — "Tú Me Vuelves Loco" (Marco Antonio Solís)

• Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
   — "A Dónde Vamos a Parar
  A Dónde Vamos a Parar
  "A Dónde Vamos a Parar" is the first single of the album En Total Plenitud. The song was written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís. The song was nominated for Song of the Year in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011....
  
  " (Marco Antonio Solís)
• Mario Quintero Lara
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Latino Regional Band founded on April 13, 1987 by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of talented friends in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. From humble beginnings, starting their musical career by playing at nightclubs they rose to become the most successful...
  
   — "El Jefe de la Sierra" (Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Latino Regional Band founded on April 13, 1987 by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of talented friends in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. From humble beginnings, starting their musical career by playing at nightclubs they rose to become the most successful...
  
  )
• Joan Sebastián
  Joan Sebastian
  Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...
  
   — "El Padrino" (Joan Sebastián)
• Joan Sebastián
  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...
  
   — "Huevos Rancheros" (Joan Sebastián)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album
Chick Corea

Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...

, Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...

 and Lenny White

Lenny White

Leonard White III, better known as Lenny White is an American jazz fusion drummer, who is best known for playing in Chick Corea's Return to Forever.-Biography:...

 — Forever

• Al Di Meloa — Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody
• Escalandrum — Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla
• Luis Salinas — Sin Tiempo
• Omar Sosa — Calma

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...

 — Deja La Vida Volar - En Gira

• Eva Ayllón
  Eva Ayllón
  Eva Ayllón , a composer and singer, is one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the country's most enduring stars.-Biography:...
  
   & Perú Negro — 40 Años de Clasicos Afro Peruanos
• Jorge Pardo — Música Tradicional Peruana Homenaje A Arturo Zambo Cavero Y Oscar Aviles
• Soledad Pastorutti
  Soledad Pastorutti
  Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti is an Argentine folk singer, who brought the genre to the younger generations at the end of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st....
  
   — Vivo En Arequito
• Santoral — Más Que Enamorao

Best Tango Album
Diego El Cigala

Diego El Cigala

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

 — Cigala & Tango

• Leopoldo Federico and El Arranque — Raras Partituras 6
• Orquesta del Tango de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires and Susana Rinaldi
  Susana Rinaldi
  Susana Natividad Rinaldi is an Argentine tango singer.Dubbed "La Tana", she was born Susana Natividad Rinaldi in Buenos Aires on December 25, 1935. The daughter of a wealthy father and a poor mother, she spent her childhood moving throughout different provinces of Argentina...
  
   — En Vivo - Homenaje A Cátulo Castillo & Anibal Troilo
• Orquesta del Tango de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires — 30 Años
• Susana Rinaldi
  Susana Rinaldi
  Susana Natividad Rinaldi is an Argentine tango singer.Dubbed "La Tana", she was born Susana Natividad Rinaldi in Buenos Aires on December 25, 1935. The daughter of a wealthy father and a poor mother, she spent her childhood moving throughout different provinces of Argentina...
  
   and Leopoldo Federico — Vos y Yo

Best Flamenco Album
Niña Pastori — La Orilla de mi Pelo

• Josemi Carmona — Las Pequeñas Cosas
• Chano Domínguez — Piano Ibérico
• Ojos de Brujo — 10 Años - Corriente Vital
• Pastora Soler — 15 Años

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album
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...

 — Panamericana Suite

• Paquito D'Rivera
  Paquito D'Rivera
  Paquito D'Rivera is a Cuban alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist. The winner of multiple Grammys and other awards, D'Rivera has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He has worked in a variety of contexts, but is perhaps best known for playing Latin...
  
   and Pepe Rivero — Clazz: Continental Latin Jazz. Live At Barcelona, Teatre Paral.lel 2011
• Bobby Sanabria
  Bobby Sanabria
  Bobby Sanabria is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, producer, and writer specializing in Latin jazz.-Biography:Sanabria was born at St. Francis Hospital in the South Bronx, where he grew up...
  
   conducting The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra — Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!
• Chucho Valdés
  Chucho Valdés
  Chucho Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists...
  
   — New York Is Now! / Viva El Sonido Cubano
• 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...
  
   — Pure Imagination

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
Alex Campos

Alex Campos

Édgar Alexánder Campos Mora Better known as Alex Campos is a Christian singer that is popular in Latin America and in Spanish speaking countries. In 2001 he founded his musical company, Misión Vida, to promote his ministry...

 — Lenguaje De Amor

• Moisés Angulo — Alégrense!
• Marco Barrientos
  Marco Barrientos
  Marco Barrientos is a Mexican Contemporary Christian Music singer. Also known as Marco Barrientos Band composed by Marco Barrientos , Julián Collazos , Keith Banks , Daniel Bustamante and Justin Loose .Is best known for songs like "Será Llena La Tierra" , "Levántate Y Resplandece"...
  
   — Transformados
• Funky — Reset
• Ingrid Rosario — Cuan Gran Amor
• Tercer Cielo — Viaje A Las Estrellas
• Giuseppe Davi — Amor Y Nada mas

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)
Aline Barros — Extraordinário Amor De Deus

• Ministério Adoração e Vida — Em Santidade
• Rosa de Saron — Horizonte Vivo Distante
• Various Artists — Uma História Em Canções
• Pe. Zezinho, scj — Quando Deus Se Calou

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
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...

 — Quinze

• 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...
  
   — Arnaldo Antunes Ao Vivo Lá Em Casa
• Vanessa da Mata
  Vanessa da Mata
  Vanessa da Mata - with full name Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira - is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter...
  
   — Bicicletas, Bolos e Outras Alegrias
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Multishow Ao Vivo Paralamas Brasil Afora
• 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...
  
   — Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden
  Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden
  Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden is the eleventh album by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo, released on December 7, 2010. The album was recorded during a single concert performed on September 4, 2010, at Madison Square Garden in New York and will be the fourth...
  
  
• Seu Jorge e Almaz — Seu Jorge e Almaz

Best Brazilian Rock Album
Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

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

 — Zii e Zie - Ao Vivo

• Fresno
  Fresno (band)
  Fresno is a Brazilian emo band formed in Porto Alegre in 1999. Currently, members are Lucas Silveira , Rodrigo Tavares , Gustavo Mantovani and Bell Ruschel...
  
   — Revanche
• Os Mutantes
  Os Mutantes
  Os Mutantes ) are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. It was formed by two brothers and a vocalist, but has gone through numerous personnel changes throughout its existence...
  
   — Haih Or Amortecedor
  Haih Or Amortecedor
  Haih Or Amortecedor is the eighth album by the Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes, being their first studio album since 1974's Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol and the first one of new material since 1976's Mutantes Ao Vivo....
  
  
• Pitty
  Pitty
  Priscilla Novaes Leone , better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian rock singer.She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her career, being one of the best selling rock artists in the 2000s...
  
   — A Trupe Delirante no Circo Voador
• Plebe Rude
  Plebe Rude
  Plebe Rude is a Brazilian rock band. It was formed in Brasília in 1981.-History:Plebe is a band formed in 1981 by Philippe Seabra, Gurje, Andre X and Jander Bilaphra. They began gaining popularity in the punk rock scene in 1982. They later went to São Paulo where they played with Ira! and then to...
  
   — Rachando Concreto Ao Vivo Em Brasília

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Exaltasamba

Exaltasamba

Exaltasamba is a Brazilian pagode music group, formed in 1983 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.-Members:* Thiaguinho - banjo and vocals* Péricles - banjo and vocals* Pinha - repique of the hand* Brilhantina - cavaquinho* Thell - rebolo-Albums:...

 — Exaltasamba 25 Anos - Ao Vivo

• Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila
  Martinho da Vila is a Brazilian samba musician...
  
   — Filosofia de Vida
• Fundo de Quintal — Nossa Verdade
• Diogo Nogueira
  Diogo Nogueira
  Diogo Nogueira is a singer and songwriter from Brazil. He is the son of composer João Nogueira and Ângela Maria Nogueira...
  
   — Sou Eu - Ao Vivo
• Zeca Pagodinho
  Zeca Pagodinho
  Zeca Pagodinho is a Brazilian singer/songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode.-Biography:...
  
   — Vida da Minha Vida

Best MPB Album
Djavan

Djavan

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

 — Ária

• Milton Nascimento
  Milton Nascimento
  -Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...
  
   — E A Gente Sonhando
• Mônica Salmaso
  Monica Salmaso
  Mônica Salmaso is a Música Popular Brasileira singer.-Career:Mônica Salmaso started her career in the play "O Concílio do Amor", directed by Gabriel Villela in 1989....
  
   — Alma Lírica Brasileira
• Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...
  
   and Maria Gadú
  Maria Gadú
  Maria Gadú , is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has been nominated twice for a Latin Grammy Award. She released her first album in 2009, self-titled Maria Gadú...
  
   — Multishow Ao Vivo Caetano e Maria Gadú
• Yeahwon — Yeahwon

Best Sertaneja Music Album
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...

 & Vinícius — João Bosco & Vinícius

• Paula Fernandes
  Paula Fernandes
  Paula Fernandes is a Brazilian sertanejo and country singer.- Biography :Born in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Paula Fernandes started singing when she was eight years-old, releasing her first album two years later. Her second album, named Voarei, was released in 1995, and was inspired by the Ana...
  
   — Paula Fernandes Ao Vivo
• Leonardo — Alucinação
• Roberta Miranda
  Roberta Miranda
  Roberta Miranda, artistic name of Maria Albuquerque Miranda, from João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil is a Brazilian singer. She is the third best-selling female artist in Brazil behind Xuxa and Maria Bethania , with 14.2 million discs sold so far. She got her start in the music industry singing in the...
  
   — Sorrir Faz A Vida Valer
• Michel Teló — Ao Vivo

Best Native Brazilian Roots Album
Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....

 — Sinfonia & Batuques

• Geraldo Azevedo
  Geraldo Azevedo
  Geraldo Azevedo is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is famous for his contributions to the Brazilian Popular Music scene, especially his partnerships with Alceu Valença and Zé Ramalho.- Discography :...
  
   — Salve São Fransisco
• 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...
  
   — Fé Na Festa Ao Vivo
• Paulo César Pinheiro — Capoeira de Besouro
• Elba Ramalho
  Elba ramalho
  Elba Ramalho, is a Brazilian songwriter, performer, poet and actress. She is sometimes called "The Queen of Forró"....
  
   — Marco Zero Ao Vivo

Best Brazilian Song
Nando Reis

Nando Reis

Nando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...

 and Samuel Rosa

Samuel Rosa

Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga is lead singer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank. He has a psychology degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais....

 — "De Repente" (Skank

Skank (band)

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

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• Gigi, Dan Kambaiah, Fabinho O'Brian and Magno Sant'Anna — "Acelera Aê (Noite do Bem)
  Acelera Aê (Noite do Bem)
  "Acelera Aê " is a song performed by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo, taken from her third live album Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden. Written by Gigi, Magno Sant'Anna, Fabinho O'Brian e Dan Kambaiah, the song is a axé pop song, that talks about getting ready...
  
  " (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...
  
  )
• Ná Ozzetti and Luiz Tatit — "Equilíbrio" (Ná Ozzetti)
• Adriana Calcanhotto
  Adriana Calcanhotto
  Adriana Calcanhotto is a Brazilian singer/composer. Her melancholic songs are often categorized as belonging to the MPB genre...
  
   — "Mais Perfumado" (Adriana Calcanhotto)
• Eliane Elias
  Eliane Elias
  Eliane Elias is a Brazilian jazz pianist, arranger, vocalist and songwriter.-Biography:...
  
   — "What About The Heart (Bate Bate)" (Eliane Elias)

Children's

Best Latin Children's Album
Pato Fu — Música de Brinquedo

• Claraluna — Un Mundo de Navidad
• Piero — Sinfonia Inconclusa En 'L'a Mar
• Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo
  Omara Portuondo Peláez is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the original members of the Cuarteto d'Aida, and has performed with Ignacio Piñeiro, Orquesta Anacaona, Orquesta Aragón, Nat King Cole, Adalberto Álvarez, Los Van Van, the Buena Vista...
  
   — Reír y Cantar
• Jessyca Sarango — Henry El Camioncito Verde
• Topa & Muni — La Casa de Playhouse Disney
• Various Artists — Cantando Aprendo A Hablar: Vamos A Jugar

Classical

Best Classical Album
Brazilian Guitar Quartet

Brazilian Guitar Quartet

The Brazilian Guitar Quartet was formed in 1998 to interpret the repertoire for four guitars and make transcriptions of works from diverse periods and styles...

 — Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos

• Adonis González — Adios A Cuba
• Clara Sverner — Chopin
• Francis Hime
  Francis Hime
  Francis Hime is a composer, arranger, pianist and singer from Brazil.-Discography:*2007 - CHORO - DVD*2007 - Francis Ao Vivo*2006 - Arquitetura da Flor*2005 - Essas Parcerias*2004 - Álbum Musical...
  
   and Nelson Ayres — Concertino Para Percussão e Concerto Para Violão
• José Serebrier
  José Serebrier
  José Serebrier is a Uruguayan conductor and composer. He married American soprano Carole Farley in 1969.- Youth :Serebrier was born in Montevideo, and first conducted an orchestra at the age of eleven, while at school. The school orchestra toured the country, which meant he was able to notch up...
  
   — José Serebrier: Sinfonia No. 1
• 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:...
  
   — Tárrega!
• Villa-Lobos Trio — Villa-Lobos Trio Play: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla & Lucio Bruno-Videla

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
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...

 — "Panamericana Suite" (Paquito D'Rivera)

• Javier Álvarez — "Le Repas Du Serpent" (Iracema de Andrade)
• Orlando Jacinto García
  Orlando Jacinto Garcia
  Orlando Jacinto Garcia is a Cuban-American composer of contemporary classical music.He received a DMA degree in composition from the University of Miami in 1985. He studied composition with Morton Feldman....
  
   — "Mixtura" (Iracema de Andrade)
• 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...
  
   — "Romerías" (Sergio Puccini)
• Sergio Roberto de Oliveira — "Umas Coisas do Coração (i- Agitado)" (Armildo Uzeda)

Recording Package

Best Recording Package
Various Artists — Chico & Rita

Art director: Javier Mariscal

Vicentico

Vicentico

Gabriel Julio Fernández Capello is a musician and composer better known by his stage name Vicentico. Co-founder and vocalist of the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs along with Flavio Cianciarulo...

 — Solo Un Momento

Art director: Alejandro Ros

• Marta Gómez
  Marta Gómez
  Marta Gómez is a Colombian singer and songwriter. After obtaining a Best Achievement Scholarship, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Berklee College of Music. She lives currently in the United States. Gómez and her group perform a large repertoire of songs with a mixture of rhythms that range...
  
   — El Corazón y El Sombrero
  • Art directors: Natalia Ayala, Carlos Dussan Gomez and Juliana Jaramillo
• Fangoria
  Fangoria (band)
  Fangoria is an electro-pop band, the brainchild of Alaska and Nacho Canut. They have sold over 1,200,000 CDs.In 1977 Alaska, along with Nacho Canut and Carlos Berlanga, formed the band Alaska y los Pegamoides. Later, in 1982, they changed the name to Alaska y Dinarama...
  
   — El Paso Trascendental del Vodevil a la Astracanada
  • Art director: Juan Gatti
• Miki González — Fiesta Inkaterra
  • Art directors: Allan Castañeda and Sandra Masías

Production

Best Engineered Album
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...

 — Drama y Luz

Drama y Luz

Drama y Luz is the eighth studio album released by the Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná. This album was released in three formats CD, CD with DVD, and 12" LP vinyl record...

Engineers: Benny Faccone and Thom Russo

Thom Russo

Thom Russo is an American record producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter. His works range from Anglo-American pop/rock to Alternative Latin. He is a recipient of 13 Grammy awards, most of them in recognition to his work with Latin music.-Life and education:...

; Mastering engineer: Tom Baker

• Gian Marco — Días Nuevos
  • Engineers: Rafo Arbulú, Carlos Castro, Humberto Gatica, Guillermo 'Memo' Gil, Allan Leschhorn, Cristian Robles, Andrés Saavedra and Rodolfo Vázquez; Mastering engineer: Bernie Grundman
• 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...
  
   — Diminuto
  • Engineers: Valter Costa, Beto Neves, Flávio Sena, Alê Siqueira, Flávio Souza and William Jr; Mastering engineer: Carlos Freitas
• Edwin Bonilla — Homenaje a Los Rumberos
  • Engineers: Ricky Campanelli and Juan Cristóbal Losada; Mastering engineer: Juan Cristóbal Losada
• Claudia Brant
  Claudia Brant
  Claudia Brant is an Argentina singer and composer of international acclaim. She has composed songs for singers like Il Divo, Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Tito Nieves, Olga Tañón, Paulina Rubio, La Ley, Gisselle or Víctor Manuelle...
  
   — Manuscrito
  • Engineers: Moogie Canazio and Brad Haenel; Mastering engineer: Ron Mc Master

Producer of the Year
Rafael Arcaute and 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...

• Aureo Baqueiro
• Desmond Child
  Desmond Child
  Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
  
  
• Isidro Infante
• 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...

 — "Calma Pueblo"

Director and Producer: Alejandro Santiago Ciena

• Alexander Acha
  Alexander Acha
  Alexander Acha Alemán is a Latin Grammy winning Mexican singer-songwriter.The son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel, Alexander Acha is also a pianist and a Berklee College of Music alum. He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic and he still attends the Mass at the Church...
  
   — "Amiga"
  • Director: Esteban Madrazo; Producer: Ricardo Gascón
• Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...
  
   with 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...
  
   — "Tan Sólo Tú
  Tan Sólo Tú
  "Tan Sólo Tú" is a Latin pop song by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita from his third live album En Primera Fila...
  
  "
  • Director: Diego Álvarez; Producer: Vicente Solís
• 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...
  
   — "Lluvia al Corazón
  Lluvia al Corazón
  "Lluvia al Corazón" is the first single from Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná's upcoming eighth studio album Drama y Luz. The song is produced by Fher Olvera & Alex González..-Chart performance:...
  
  "
  • Director: Hydra; Producer: Eric Berkowitz
• 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...
  
   — "Lo Mejor de Mi Vida Eres Tú
  The Best Thing About Me Is You
  "The Best Thing About Me Is You" is a song by the Puerto Rican recording artist Ricky Martin, taken from his ninth studio album Música + Alma + Sexo. It was released as the lead single from the album to iTunes on November 2, 2010. The song had earlier premiered on radio's Ryan Seacrest show...
  
  "
  • Director: Carlos Perez; Producer: Felipe Niño
• 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...
  
   — "Loca
  Loca (Shakira song)
  "Loca" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It was released as the lead single from her third bilingual and seventh studio album Sale el Sol. Two versions of the song were recorded, one in English, that features vocals from British rapper Dizzee Rascal, and one in Spanish that...
  
  "
  • Director: Jaume de Laiguana
    Jaume de Laiguana
    Jaume de Laiguana is a Spanish music video director from Barcelona, born on June 14, 1966. He is best-known for directing the video for Shakira's "No"...
    
    ; Producers: Pablo Martinez and Gloria Marzabal

Best Long Form Music Video
Franco De Vita

Franco De Vita

Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...

 — En Primera Fila

En Primera Fila

En primera fila is the third live album by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita. It was released by Sony Music on May 31, 2011, after a three-year gap since the release of his last studio album. De Vita worked as producer, along with David Cabrera...

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Director: Diego Alvarez; Producer: Vicente Solís

• Huáscar Barradas
  Huáscar Barradas
  Huáscar Barradas is a Venezuelan flutist and Professor of flute at the "Instituto Universitario de de Estudios Musicales" in Caracas. As a flutist he has represented Venezuela at a range of international festivals and as both soloist and symphonic musician plays a wide range of music types...
  
   — Entre Amigos 2 En Vivo
  • Director: Héctor Palma; Producers: Lorena Salazar and Rafael Soler
• Rubén Blades
  Rubén Blades
  Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
  
   and Seis del Solar — Todos Vuelven Live DVD Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
  • Director and Producer: Ariel Rivas
• 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...
  
   — Drama y Luz
  Drama y Luz World Tour
  The Drama y Luz World Tour 2011–2012 is the seventh current concert tour by Mexican rock band Maná. The tour is in support of their eighth studio album Drama y Luz...
  
  
  • Directors: Rubén R. Bañuelos and Iván López Barba; Producer: Antonio "Toiz" Rodríguez Íñiguez
• 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...
  
   — Canciones Para Un Paraíso: En Vivo
  • Director: Fernando Olmo; Producer: Teresa Ortíz
• Zoé
  Zoé
  Zoé is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative/psychedelic band. They initially formed in Mexico City in 1994, although membership started to stabilize in 1997...
  
   — MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo
  MTV Unplugged/Música de Fondo
  MTV Unplugged: Música de fondo is the second live album recorded by Mexican alternative rock band Zoé. It was released on March 22, 2011 and it debuted at number one of the Mexican albums chart...
  
  
  • Director: Miguel Roldán; Producer: José "Fidji" Viggiano

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Joe Arroyo
  Joe Arroyo
  Álvaro José Arroyo González was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean music in his country....
  
  
• Gal Costa
  Gal Costa
  Gal Costa is a Brazilian singer of popular music.-Early life:...
  
  
• José Feliciano
  José Feliciano
  José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...
  
  
• Alex Lora
  Alex Lora
  José Alejandro Lora Serna , better known by his stage name Alex Lora, is a Mexican musician and composer. He has been the frontman of the Spanish rock band El Tri for over 40 years...
  
  
• Les Luthiers
  Les Luthiers
  Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish-speaking countries such as Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela. They were formed in 1967 by Gerardo Masana, during the height of a period of very...
  
  
• Rubén Rada
  Rubén Rada
  Rubén Rada is an Afro-Uruguayan percussionist, composer and singer. He is closely associated with Candombe, an Afro–Uruguayan rhythmic style music, which is based on the sound of three types of drums: ´chico´, ‘repique’ and ‘piano’...
  
  
• Linda Ronstadt
  Linda Ronstadt
  Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
  
  

Trustees Award

• Manuel Alejandro
  Manuel Alejandro
  Manuel Alejandro is one of the most popular and sought after composers of Latin love songs, which are better known as ballads. He has written, composed, and arranged songs for the likes of Luis Miguel, Plácido Domingo, Julio Iglesias...
  
  
• Jesús "Chucho" Ferrer
• Ray Santos

Person 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...
  
  

Performers

• 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...
  
  , Gustavo Dudamel
  Gustavo Dudamel
  Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is currently the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California...
  
   and Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
  Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
  The Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar is a Venezuelan orchestra. It is the apex of the nation's system of youth orchestras under the auspices of Fundacion del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela, known colloquially as El Sistema...
  
   — "Latinoamérica
  Latinoamérica (song)
  Latinoamérica is a song by Puerto Rican Alternative hip hop band Calle 13, released September 27, 2011, as the fifth single from their fourth studio album, Entren Los Que Quieran...
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Antes de las Seis"
• 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 :...
  
   featuring Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
   — "Golpes en el Corazón"
• 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 Prince Royce
  Prince Royce
  Geoffrey Royce Rojas , known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from New York City, New York. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music and into his teenage years, began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen, Royce met...
  
   — "Lluvia al Corazón
  Lluvia al Corazón
  "Lluvia al Corazón" is the first single from Mexican Latin pop/Rock en Español band Maná's upcoming eighth studio album Drama y Luz. The song is produced by Fher Olvera & Alex González..-Chart performance:...
  
   / El Verdadero Amor Perdona"
• Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita
  Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...
  
   featuring 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...
  
   — "Tan Sólo Tú
  Tan Sólo Tú
  "Tan Sólo Tú" is a Latin pop song by Venezuelan recording artist Franco De Vita from his third live album En Primera Fila...
  
  "
• 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....
  
   and Sean Kingston
  Sean Kingston
  Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...
  
   — "Estoy Enamorado
  Estoy Enamorado (Wisin & Yandel song)
  "Estoy Enamorado" is the first single released by Reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their live album La Revolución: Live. The song was released digitally on July 27, 2010. The song was also included on the deluxe edition from Los Vaqueros: El Regreso...
  
   / Fever"
• Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
   — "A Dónde Vamos a Parar
  A Dónde Vamos a Parar
  "A Dónde Vamos a Parar" is the first single of the album En Total Plenitud. The song was written and performed by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís. The song was nominated for Song of the Year in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011....
  
  "
• 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...
  
   — "Devoción / Loca
  Loca (Shakira song)
  "Loca" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It was released as the lead single from her third bilingual and seventh studio album Sale el Sol. Two versions of the song were recorded, one in English, that features vocals from British rapper Dizzee Rascal, and one in Spanish that...
  
  "
• Paula Fernandes
  Paula Fernandes
  Paula Fernandes is a Brazilian sertanejo and country singer.- Biography :Born in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Paula Fernandes started singing when she was eight years-old, releasing her first album two years later. Her second album, named Voarei, was released in 1995, and was inspired by the Ana...
  
   and Romeo — "Meu Eu em Você"
• Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Alborán
  Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz best known as Pablo Alborán is a Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer.-Biography:...
  
   featuring Demi Lovato
  Demi Lovato
  "She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...
  
   — "Solamente Tú
  Solamente Tú (song)
  "Solamente Tú" is the debut single by Latin Grammy nominated Spanish singer Pablo Alborán, from his self-titled debut album. It was released on 14 September 2010 as a digital download in Spain. The song peaked to number 1 on the Spanish Singles Chart...
  
  "
• Sie7e
  Sie7e
  David Rodríguez is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who uses the stage name Siete .-Career:...
  
   featuring Taboo
  Taboo (rapper)
  Jaime Luis Gómez , better known by his stage name Taboo, is an American singer, actor, and rapper best known as a member of the group The Black Eyed Peas.-Personal life:...
  
   — "Tengo Tu Love"
• Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
  
   — "El Triste
  El Triste
  El Triste is a song written by Mexican composer Roberto Cantoral. It was performed for the first time on March 25, 1970, at the "Latin Song Festival II" by the Mexican singer José José...
  
  "
• 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:...
  
   — "Canción mexicana
  Canción mexicana
  The canción mexicana is a Mexican stylized song, commonly accompanied by guitar or piano. The lyrics of songs are typically of a poetic and romantic nature, in free prose. Popular composers were Manuel Ponce and Tata Nacho.-External links:**...
  
  "
• Pitbull
  Pitbull (rapper)
  Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
  
   featuring 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...
  
   — "Vida 23 / Rain Over Me
  Rain Over Me
  "Rain Over Me" is a song by American rapper Pitbull from his sixth studio album, Planet Pit. It features vocals from Puerto Rican-American singer Marc Anthony. The Eurodance song was written by Pitbull, RedOne, Marc Anthony, Bilal "The Chef" Hajji, AJ Janussi and Rachid Aziz, and it was produced by...
  
  "
• Romeo featuring Usher
  Usher (entertainer)
  Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...
  
   — "Promise
  Promise (Romeo Santos song)
  "Promise" is a Latin pop song by American recording artist Romeo Santos from his debut album Formula, Vol. 1 . The track was co-written and produced by Rico Love and features vocals by American performer Usher...
  
  "
• Alex, Jorge y Lena
  Alex, Jorge y Lena
  Alex, Jorge y Lena is a Latin supergroup formed in 2010. The group consists of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Lena Burke, Álex Ubago and Jorge Villamizar. Their sound reflects influences from all three members, who played instruments and wrote all the tracks on the album Alex, Jorge...
  
   — "La Canción del Pescado"
• 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...
  
   — "Prometí"
• Reyli
  Reyli
  Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....
  
   and 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:...
  
   — "Al Fín Me Arme de Valor"

Presenters

• Lucero, Zoe Saldana
  Zoe Saldana
  Zoe Saldana , sometimes stylized Zoë Saldaña, is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2000 film Center Stage and later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and a starring role...
  
   and 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...
  
   — introduced the show
• Angelique Boyer
  Angelique Boyer
  Angelique Boyer is a French-born Mexican actress, model, and singer. She started her career playing secondary roles in the telenovelas Rebelde, Muchachitas como tú, and Corazón Salvaje. In 2010, she was given her first protagonist role in Teresa, a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name...
  
   — presented Best Regional Song
• Saúl Hernández
  Saúl Hernández
  Saúl Alfonso Hernández Estrada , is the former lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Caifanes, a famous Mexican rock en español group formed in 1986.In 1996, Saúl Hernández sang a duet with Algerian raï singer Khaled...
  
   and Blanca Soto
  Blanca Soto
  Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...
  
   — presented Best New Artist
• Chiquinquira Delgado
  Chiquinquirá Delgado
  María Chiquinquirá Delgado Díaz is a TV host, model, and actress. She is currently the host of ¡Despierta América!, the morning show on the Univision network in the United States...
  
   and Juan Manuel Marquez
  Juan Manuel Márquez
  Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...
  
   — presented Best Urban Music Album
• Banda Los Recoditos
  Banda Los Recoditos
  Banda Los Recoditos is a Mexican band formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was founded in 1989 by friends and family members of Banda el Recodo by Cruz Lizárraga. Alfonso Lizárraga and Pancho Barraza, the first vocalists, were two of the more than dozen bandmembers comprising the original incarnation of...
  
   and Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento is a Spanish singer. She is the lead singer of the Spanish pop band La 5a Estacion.-Early life:Jiménez was born to a Spanish father who was a singer; and her mother is Portuguese.-Career:...
  
   — presented Best Contemporary Tropical Album
• Sandra Echeverría
  Sandra Echeverría
  Sandra Echeverría Gamboa is a Mexican actress and singer.Best known for her starring role in the Telemundo series Marina.- Biography :...
  
   and Erik Estrada
  Erik Estrada
  Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada is an American police officer and actor, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 United States police television series CHiPs...
  
   — presented Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
• 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...
  
   — presented Person of the Year
• Héctor Acosta and Myriam Hernández
  Myriam Hernández
  Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro is a Chilean singer-songwriter and television presenter. She is known throughout Latin America for her romantic ballads.-Biography:Myriam Hernández began her career in the late 80's...
  
   — presented Best Urban Song
• Adrienne Bailon
  Adrienne Bailon
  Adrienne Eliza Bailon is an American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, and television personality. She was a member of former girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls, and is also known for her roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and latter sequels which brought the group to...
  
   and Tito El Bambino
  Tito El Bambino
  Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
  
   — presented Best Rock Album
• Zoe Saldana
  Zoe Saldana
  Zoe Saldana , sometimes stylized Zoë Saldaña, is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2000 film Center Stage and later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and a starring role...
  
   — presented Record of the Year
• Denisse Guerrero
  Denisse Guerrero
  Denisse Guerrero Flores is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the Mexican electropop band Belanova. She was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, on August 8, 1980. Despite her fashion designer professional degree, she had always wanted to perform in a band...
  
   and Prince Royce
  Prince Royce
  Geoffrey Royce Rojas , known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from New York City, New York. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music and into his teenage years, began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen, Royce met...
  
   — presented Best Male Pop Vocal Album
• Silvia Navarro
  Silvia Navarro
  Silvia Angelica Navarro Barva is a Mexican actress who began as a contract player for TVAzteca, where she starred in the telenovelas Perla and Montecristo....
  
   — presented Best Norteño Album
• David Zepeda
  David Zepeda
  David Zepeda Quintero , represented Mexico and placed first runner-up to Australia's Brett Wilson in the Manhunt International 2000 pageant, held in Singapore on September 29, 2000.-Biography:...
  
   — presented Song of the Year
• Lucero and Kermit the Frog
  Kermit the Frog
  Kermit the Frog is puppeteer Jim Henson's most famous Muppet creation, first introduced in 1955. He is the protagonist of many Muppet projects, most notably as the host of The Muppet Show, and has appeared in various sketches on Sesame Street, in commercials and in public service announcements over...
  
   — introduced 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...
  
  
• Sebastián Rulli
  Sebastián Rulli
  -Biography:Before becoming the successful actor that he is today, Sebastián Rulli began his career modeling in many different countries in Europe, namely Spain, Italy and France as well as in Mexico and the United States...
  
   — presented Best Female Pop Vocal Album
• Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
   and Gustavo Dudamel
  Gustavo Dudamel
  Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is currently the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California...
  
  — presented Album of the Year

External links

• Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences