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2018 Latin Grammys: Jorge Drexler, Luis Miguel & Rosalía

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Venezuelan TV host Chiquinquirá Delgado on the red carpet at the 2018 Latin Grammys. Courtesy Univision.

Venezuelan TV host Chiquinquirá Delgado on the red carpet at the 2018 Latin Grammys. Courtesy Univision.

The 19th Latin Grammys will be broadcast live on Univision from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas Nevada on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 8 – 11pm.

Our favorite singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler (Jewish-Uruguayan) won big with Telefonía taking “Record of the Year” and “Song of the Year” honors.

Luis Miguel (Mexican) won “Album of the Year” for ¡México Por Siempre!, but his absence from the Awards drew boos from the crowd.

Marc Anthony, Bad Bunny and Will Smith sang Esta Rico. Ozuna sang El Farsante / Unica. Sebastian Yatra and Halsey sang No Hay Nadie Mas / Without Me. Best new artist Karol G sang Mi Cama.

But it was Rosalía (Spanish) who rocked the house with her performance of Malamente which won “Best Alternative Song” and “Best Urban/Fusion Performance.”

https://youtu.be/817M2FGeR-w

Drexler has been a favorite of ours for years. Rosalía is going to be a favorite for years to come.

2018 Winners and Nominees

Here’s the full list. There is so much good music that we listen to and a few artists and friends from New York City.

1. Record Of The Year

Telefonía – Jorge Drexler

2. Album Of The Year

¡México Por Siempre! – Luis Miguel

3. Song Of The Year

Telefonía – Jorge Drexler, songwriter (Jorge Drexler)

4. Best New Artist

Karol G

5. Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album

F.A.M.E. – Maluma

6. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Hazte Sentir – Laura Pausini

7. Best Urban Fusion / Performance

Malamente – Rosalía

8. Best Urban Music Album

Vibras – J Balvin

9. Best Urban Song

Dura – Daddy Yankee, Urbani Mota Cedeño, Juan G. Rivera Vazquez & Luis Jorge Romero

10. Best Rock Album

Expectativas – Bunbury

11. Best Pop/Rock Album

Geometría del Rayo – Manolo García

12. Best Rock Song

Tu Vida Mi Vida – Fito Páez

13. Best Alternative Music Album

Claroscura – Aterciopelados

14. Best Alternative Song

Malamente – Antón Alvarez Alfaro, Pablo Diaz-Reixa & Rosalía, songwriters (Rosalía)

15. Best Salsa Album

25/7 ~ Victor Manuelle

16. Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

Esto es Vida ~ Silvestre Dangond

17. Best Contemporary Tropical Album

Vives ~ Carlos Vives

18. Best Traditional Tropical Album

A Mí Qué – Tributo a Los Clásicos Cubanos ~ José Alberto El Canario & El Septeto Santiaguero

19. Best Tropical Fusion Album

Como Anillo Al Dedo – Aymee Nuviola

20. Best Tropical Song

Quiero Tiempo – Juan Carlos Luces & Víctor Manuelle, songwriters (Víctor Manuelle Featuring Juan Luis Guerra)

21. Best Singer-Songwriter Album

Salvadidas de Hielo – Jorge Drexler

22. Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album

¡MÉXICO Por Siempre! ~ Luis Miguel

23. Best Banda Album

Los Gustos Que Me Doy ~ Banda Los Recoditos

24. Best Tejano Album

Tex Mex Funk ~ Roger Velásquez & The Latin Legendz

25. Best Norteño Album

TIE
Guerra De Poder ~ Calibre 50
Los Ángeles Existen ~ Pesado

https://youtu.be/VqHtmAHy-iQ

26. Best Regional Song

Probablemente – Christian Nodal, songwriter (Christian Nodal)

27. Best Instrumental Album

Identidad ~ Miguel Siso

28. Best Folk Album

Musas – Natalia Lafourcade

29. Best Tango Album

Vigor Tanguero – Pedro Giraudo

30. Best Flamenco Album

Al Este Del Cante ~ Arcángel

31. Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album

Natureza Universal – Hermeto Pascoal & Big Band

32. Best Christian Album

Setenta Veces Siete ~ Alfareros

33. Best Portuguese Language Christian Album

Som Da Minha Vida ~ Fernanda Brum

34. Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album

Noturno ~ Anaadi

35. Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album

Lenine Em Trânsito ~ Lenine

36. Best Samba/Pagode Album

Amor E Música ~ Maria Rita

37. Best MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) Album

Caravanas – Chico Buarque

38. Best Sertaneja Music Album

Elas Em Evidências ~ Chitãozinho & Xororó

39. Best Portuguese Language Roots Album

+AR – Almir Sater & Renato Teixeira

40. Best Portuguese Language Song

As Caravanas ~ Chico Buarque, songwriter (Chico Buarque). Track from: Caravanas

41. Best Latin Children’s Song

Imaginare ~ Claraluna

42. Best Classical Album

Mágica y Misteriosa ~ Claudia Montero; José Manuel Domenech & Claudia Montero

43. Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Luces y Sombras. Concierto Para Guitarra y Orquesta De Cuerdas ~ Claudia Montero, composer (Claudia Montero)
Track from: Mágica y Misteriosa

44. Best Arrangement

Se Le Ve ~ Milton Salcedo, arranger (Milton Salcedo Featuring Amaury Gutiérrez, Carlos Oliva y Michel Puche). Track from: Presenta: Swing 80

45. Best Recording Package

Diferentes Tipos De Luz ~ Carlos Sadness, art director (Carlos Sadness)

46. Best Engineered Album

50 Años Tocando Para Ti ~ Rafa Sardina, engineer; Rafa Sardina, mixer; Eric Boulanger, mastering engineer (Orquesta Filarmónica De Bogotá)

47. Producer of the Year

Linda Briceño
• 11 (Linda Briceño Featuring Ella Bric & The Hidden Figures) (S)
• Segundo Piso (Mv Caldera) (A)

48. Best Short Form Music Video

Pa Dentro ~ Juanes

Duele ~ Bomba Estéreo

Sexo ~ Residente & Dillon Francis featuring Ile

Guerra ~ Residente

Malamente ~ Rosalía

49. Best Long Form Music Video

En Letra De Otro – Documentary ~ Pedro Capó

Felicitaciones! (Congratulations) to all the nominees and winners.

Nominations

Colombian J Balvin Leads the Pack

Colombian romantic reggaeton singer J Balvin leads nominations with eight.

He has two nominations for record of the year: Mi Gente with William and X with Nicky Jam.  His album Vibras is up for album of the year.

Balvin has three hits in the urban fusion/performance category: Downtown with Anitta, Sensualidad with Bad Bunny and Prince Royce, and X with Nicky Jam.

Beyonce’s cover of Mi Gente earned another nomination in the best urban fusion / performance category.

It’s all very listenable. Hopefully romantic reggaeton is here to stay. It’s evolving in the way rock became soft rock and salsa became romantic salsa. Parents complained at first and then fell in love with the music. Balvin is the leading light of the trend. He says he wants his grandma to be able to listen to the music without blushing too much.

Rosalía’s Millenial Flamenco Pop Claps Its Hands

Catalan Spanish singer Rosalía broke out of her Spanish Flamenco roots with five nominations for Malamente from El mal querer.

The album is about a toxic relationship (oh that one, ouch). It’s inspired by the 13th century French Occitan novel Flamenca. Occitan is a language of southern France to which Catalan is related.

New Yorkers Get Some Nominations

Nicky Jam was a New Yorker although after burning out, he resurrected himself in Medellín, Colombia.

There’s Romeo Santos from The Bronx, and FANIA legend Rubén Blades.

In the Tango, Daniel Binelli, Nick Danielson, and Pedro Giraudo got nominations. Danielson plays in Tango bands around town, but he  is the assistant concertmaster of the New York City Ballet Orchestra.

Friends from Miami

Tony Succar and Jorge Mejia earned nominations. Succar did a great Michael Jackson tribute as salsa.

Media happens to be the President of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He gets up at 5am to practice his piano before running off to work to manage a publishing of a lot of other nominees’ work.

The one constant in all this music is that everybody works their butt off.

 

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