XIII Annual Latin Grammy Nominations Announced

Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) Nominations for the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards (www.latingrammy.com) were announced today at a press conference attended by national and international media at the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The event was streamed live on LatinGRAMMY.com (and is now available as video on demand) and was hosted by The Latin Recording Academy President/CEO Gabriel Abaroa Jr., and Univision television personality Giselle Blondet. Artists reading nominations this morning included: Maria Barracuda of pop/rock group Jotdog; Miguel "Slow" Martinez and Carlos "Tostao" Valencia of hip-hop/funk trio ChocQuibTown; pop vocalist Shaila Dúrcal; singer/songwriter Kany García; pop duo Jesse & Joy; international superstar Juanes; singer/songwriter Gian Marco; Latin pop group Reik; Norteño band Los Tucanes de Tijuana; and pop/rock artist Ana Victoria. The XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, set for Nov. 15 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, will be broadcast live on the Univision Network (www.univision.com) from 8 - 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central). For a complete list of nominees, media credentialing instructions and more information, please visit www.latingrammy.com. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Latin Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter (www.twitter.com/latingrammys) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/latingrammys).
 
Juan Luis Guerra tops the nominations with six; Jesse & Joy garner five nods; Ricardo Arjona, Edgar Barrera, Juanes, Carla Morrison, Arturo Sandoval, Ivete Sangalo, and 2012 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Caetano Veloso are up for four awards; Chico Buarque, ChocQuibTown, Don Omar, Rafael Dragaud, Gregg Field, Javier Garza, Gilberto Gil, Ulises Hadjis, Roberto Talma, and Martin Terefe are among those who each received three nominations.
 
"The Latin GRAMMY nominations continue to highlight a varied and wide-ranging group of Latin music makers that reflects emerging talent as well as established artists," said Abaroa. "It is always encouraging to see creative professionals across the worldwide Latin music community acknowledging their peers and recognizing excellence in recorded Latin music. We look forward to another year of celebrating the best and brightest in Latin music, and to presenting another stellar telecast in Las Vegas on Nov. 15 with our friends and partners at Univision and Mandalay Bay."

As announced earlier this year, each of the four categories in the General Field (Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist) now include 10 nominations; the three categories in the Pop Field (Best Female Pop Vocal Album, Best Male Pop Vocal Album, and Best Pop Album By A Duo Or Group With Vocal) are now combined into two categories: Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album; Best Pop/Rock Album has been added in the Rock Field; and Best Tropical Fusion Album has been added to the Tropical Field.
 
Following is a sampling of nominations in 47 categories from the Latin GRAMMY Awards' 18 Fields, featuring a diverse array of musical styles and artists, and some of the most prominent names and brightest newcomers in Latin music:

GENERAL FIELD
Album Of The Year
Independiente — Ricardo Arjona
Un Pokito De Rocanrol — Bebe
Chico — Chico Buarque
Eso Es Lo Que Hay — ChocQuibTown
¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? — Jesse & Joy
MTV Unplugged — Juanes
Déjenme Llorar — Carla Morrison
Peligro — Reik
Dear Diz (Everyday I Think Of You) — Arturo Sandoval
Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano — Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil & Ivete Sangalo
 
Record Of The Year
"Fuiste Tú" — Ricardo Arjona con Gaby Moreno
"Calentura" — ChocQuibTown Featuring Tego Calderón & Zully Murillo
"Que Te Vaya Mal" — Kany García
"En El Cielo No Hay Hospital" — Juan Luis Guerra
"¡Corre!" — Jesse & Joy
"Azul Sabina" — Juanes Featuring Joaquín Sabina
"Hasta Que Te Conocí" — Maná
"Atrás Da Porta" — Ivete Sangalo
"No Me Compares" — Alejandro Sanz
"Bésame Mucho" — Zoé

Song Of The Year
"Azul Sabina" — Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes & Joaquín Sabina, songwriters
(Juanes Featuring Joaquín Sabina)
"¡Corre!" — Jesse & Joy & Tommy Torres, songwriters (Jesse & Joy)
"Creo En Tí" — Kiko Cibrián, Gilberto Marín, Julio Ramírez & Mónica Vélez, songwriters (Reik)
"Déjenme Llorar — Carla Morrison, songwriter (Carla Morrison)
"En El Cielo No Hay Hospital" — Juan Luis Guerra, songwriter (Juan Luis Guerra)
"Estoy Hecho De Pedacitos De Ti" — Jose Luis Latorre, Antonio Orozco & Xavi Pérez, songwriters
(Antonio Orozco Featuring Alejandro Fernández)
"Extranjero" — Maycon Ananias & Cassyano Correr, songwriters (Maria Gadú)
"Fuiste Tú" — Ricardo Arjona, songwriter (Ricardo Arjona con Gaby Moreno)
"Invisible" — Amaury Gutiérrez & Gian Marco, songwriters (Gian Marco)
"No Me Compares" — Alejandro Sanz, songwriter (Alejandro Sanz)
 
Best New Artist
Gaby Amarantos
Deborah De Corral
Elain
Ulises Hadjis
Los Mesoneros
Juan Magán
Rosario Ortega
Piso 21
3BallMTY
Ana Victoria 

POP FIELD
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
En Acústico — Pablo Alborán
Chambao — Chambao
¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? — Jesse & Joy
Bela y Sus Moskitas Muertas — Beatriz Luengo
Reconocer — Pamela Rodríguez

URBAN FIELD
Best Urban Music Album
Otro Nivel De Música Reloaded — J. Álvarez
The Original Gallo Del País — Tego Calderón
The Most Powerful Rookie — Farruko
MT02 New Generation — Don Omar
La Bala — Ana Tijoux
 
ROCK FIELD
Best Pop/Rock Album
Porfiado — El Cuarteto De Nos
Turista Del Amor — Jotdog
Diciembre — Leiva
Camino A Encontrarte — Los Claxons
La Cuenta Atrás — Vega

ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album
Mundo Anfibio — Lisandro Aristimuño
Eso Es Lo Que Hay — ChocQuibTown
Cosas Perdidas — Ulises Hadjis
Sueño De La Máquina — Kinky
Déjenme Llorar — Carla Morrison
 
TROPICAL FIELD
Best Salsa Album
Eba Say Ajá — Rubén Blades & Cheo Feliciano
Soy y Seré — Luis Enrique
Watch Out! ¡Ten Cuidado! — Mambo Legends Orchestra
Busco En Pueblo — Victor Manuelle
Mi Última Grabación — Tito Nieves
 
Best Tropical Fusion Album
Afronauta — Caseroloops
Ilusión+ — Fonseca
Una y Otra Vez — Sergent Garcia
The King Of Dance — Juan Magán
Phase II — Prince Royce

REGIONAL MEXICAN FIELD
Best Ranchero Album
Más De Un Camino — Pepe Aguilar
Así — Shaila Dúrcal
No Que No… — Pedro Fernández
Aquí En El Rancho — Miguel y Miguel
Trio Ellas — Trio Ellas
 
Best Regional Mexican Song
"Ay Mi Mexico" — Ismael Gallegos & Alberto "Beto" Jimenez Maeda, songwriters
(Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea)
"Como Me Acuerdo De Ti" — Charlie Corona & Jesse Turner, songwriters (Siggno)
"El Día Que Me Fuí" — Luis Carlos Monroy & Adrián Pieragostino, songwriters (Shaila Dúrcal)
"El Mejor Perfume" — Luis Carlos Monroy & Adrián Pieragostino, songwriters
            (La Original Banda El Limón De Salvador Lizárraga)
"Vivo Contenta" — Manuel Eduardo Toscano, songwriter (Paquita La Del Barrio)

BRAZILIAN FIELD
Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album
Oásis De Bethânia — Maria Bethânia
João Bosco 40 Anos Depoís — João Bosco
Amorágio — Ivan Lins
O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade — Marisa Monte
Raiz — Leila Pinheiro
Elo — Maria Rita
Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano — Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil & Ivete Sangalo
 
Best Brazilian Song (Portuguese Language)
"A Doida" — Pretinho Da Serrinha, Leandro Fab & Seu Jorge, songwriters (Seu Jorge)
"Ai Se Eu Te Pego" — Antonio Dyggs & Sharon Axé Moi, songwriters (Michel Teló)
"Ainda Bem" — Arnaldo Antunes & Marisa Monte, songwriters (Marisa Monte)
"Amor É Pra Quem Ama" — Lenine & Ivan Santos, songwriters (Lenine)
"Querido Diário" — Chico Buarque, songwriter (Chico Buarque)

Producer Of The Year nominations go to Moogie Canazio, Gregg Field & Arturo Sandoval, Sergio George, Juan Luis Guerra, and Martin Terefe.

This year's Latin GRAMMY Awards process registered a record-breaking more than 7,500 submissions over a 12-month eligibility period (Jul. 1, 2011 - June. 30, 2012), and all members of The Latin Recording Academy were able to submit entries for consideration through an online entry process for the first time. Latin GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Oct. 2 to the voting members of The Latin Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm Deloitte by Oct. 23, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the XIII Latin GRAMMY telecast. This year, for the first time, The Latin Recording Academy and Spotify will be working together to offer voting members and all music fans the opportunity to listen to nominated music for the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. More details to be announced shortly.
 
The XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be supported on radio via Univision Radio (the official Spanish-language radio network of the Latin GRAMMY Awards), and highlighted on the Internet at www.latingrammy.com and www.univisionmusica.com, featuring video interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from today's nominations announcement. Additionally, the telecast will be distributed internationally to more than 100 countries. A limited number of tickets to the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be available for sale to the public, and may be purchased at the Mandalay Bay Events Center box office (877.632.7400; www.mandalaybay.com) or through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com). On-sale date and further information will be announced soon.