MIAMI, FL. (Recording Academy) - The Latin Recording Academy announced today that the 6th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will take center stage on Thursday, Nov. 3 and for the second straight year will originate from Los Angeles' historic Shrine Auditorium. The show -- which will feature performances from the hottest, chart-topping names in Latin music -- will be broadcast for the first time on the Univision Network from 8 - 11 p.m. (ET/PT). In addition to its U.S. broadcast, the 6th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast in approximately 100 countries worldwide.
The 6th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will feature 43 categories, including Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist. Nominations for the 6th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be announced on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at The Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood.
"The Latin GRAMMYs recognizes musical excellence while spotlighting the very best in Latin music from around the world," said Latin Recording Academy President Gabriel Abaroa. "With our new broadcast partner Univision, we look forward to giving music fans everywhere three hours of live performances they'll never see anywhere else but on a Latin GRAMMY stage."
"We are thrilled to be working with the Latin Recording Academy(R)," said Alina Falcon, Executive Vice President and Operating Manager, Univision Television Network. "We are especially excited that, for the first time, the Latin GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live in the language and on the network Hispanic America prefers."
As this country's No. 1 Spanish-language network, Univision consistently delivers record-breaking audiences for its specials. In the '04 - '05 season, Univision broadcast all of the top 30 entertainment specials among Hispanics of all ages, including the key demographics of Adults 18 - 34 and 18 - 49. This season also increasingly saw the No. 1 Spanish-language network take its place in the "Big 4" network landscape. Univision was the No. 1 network in primetime among all Adults 18 - 34, regardless of language, on 35 nights so far this season.
Univision will handle production of the music celebration in conjunction with The Latin Recording Academy. John Cossette, recent executive producer of the Latin GRAMMY Awards and current co-executive producer of the GRAMMY telecasts, will serve as consulting producer.
The Latin Recording Academy is an international, membership-based organization comprised of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking recording artists, musicians, songwriters, producers and other creative and technical recording professionals. The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for Latin music and its makers. In addition to producing the Latin GRAMMY Awards to honor excellence in the recorded arts and sciences, The Latin Recording Academy provides educational and outreach programs for the Latin music community. For more information about The Latin Recording Academy, please visit www.latingrammy.com.
Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN) is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the United States reaching 98 percent of U.S. Hispanic households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85 percent of U.S. Hispanic households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 27 Univision Network television stations and one non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 33 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group, which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and four stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50 percent interest in Mexico-based Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the United States located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50 percent interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the United States, and a non-voting 27 percent interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
NOTE: Nominees for the 6th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be announced August 23. Media credentialing instructions will be posted in the Press section of GRAMMY.com in conjunction with the Nominations Press Conference.
