Thirteen Berklee Alumni Nominated For Latin Grammy Awards

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Berklee College of Music) Thirteen Berklee alumni working in one of the most vital segments of the music industry have been nominated for Latin Grammy Awards. The majority of nominees are Music Production and Engineering (MP&E) alumni, 10 in all, some of whom are competing against each other in the Record and Album of the Year categories. Others appear in the Best Engineered Album and Producer of the Year categories. Three MP&E alumni nominees are multi Latin Grammy Award winners: Benny Faccone with seven, Gustavo Borner with six, and five-time winner Gustavo Celis. Aureo Baqueiro, with two previous awards, is up for Producer of the Year for his work on recordings by six different artists.

Alumni nominated in performance categories were Al Di Meola, Bobby Sanabria, and Alexander Acha, who won the Best New Artist Latin Grammy in 2009.

Winners will be announced at the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, November 10, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The Univision Network will broadcast the proceedings live at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Since the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences founded the awards in 2000, 19 Berklee alumni have received 54 Latin Grammy Awards. Berklee alumni have received a total of 205 Grammy Awards.

The complete list of Berklee alumni Latin Grammy Award nominees follows.

Record Of The Year
�Golpes En El Coraz�n�
Los Tigres Del Norte Featuring Paulina Rubio
Gustavo Borner '89, producer
Nick Baxter '07,
 Gustavo Borner, Justin Moshkevich '07,
 engineers/mixers
Track from: Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends MTV Unplugged

�Lo Mejor De Mi Vida Eres T��
Ricky Martin Featuring Natalia Jim�nez
Enrique Larreal '04, J.C. Monterrosa '97, engineers/mixers
Track from: Musica + Alma + Sexo

Album Of The Year
Alex, Jorge Y Lena
Alex, Jorge Y Lena
Aureo Baqueiro '92, producer
Nick Baxter '07, Gustavo Borner '89, engineers/mixers

Euphoria
Enrique Iglesias

Carlos Paucar '93, producer
Carlos Paucar, engineer/mixer

Sale El Sol
Shakira

Gustavo Celis '94, Alex Leader '05, engineer/mixer

Best Engineered Album
Drama Y Luz
Benny Faccone '78, engineer

Producer Of The Year
Aureo Baqueiro '92
� A Tiempo (Ha*ash)
� Afortunadamente No Eres T� (Paty Cant�)
� Alex, Jorge Y Lena (Alex, Jorge y Lena)
� Dos Mundos Revoluci�n En Vivo (Alejandro Fern�ndez)
� La Marcha De La Vida (Benny)
� T� (Leonel Garc�a)

Best Instrumental Album
Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
Al Di Meola �74

Best Latin Jazz Album
Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!
Bobby Sanabria �79 conducting The Manhattan School of Music
Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Best Short Form Music Video
�Amiga�
Alexander Acha
 �03
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