13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

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The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It was the fifth time the awards was held at this venue and in Las Vegas. It also marks the last year in the Latin Recording Academy's contract where the Mandalay Bay Events Center hosted. It is unknown if the awards will continue to be held at this location beyond 2012.

DateNovember 15, 2012
Person of the YearCaetano Veloso
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13th Latin Grammy Awards
DateNovember 15, 2012
VenueMandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada
Hosted byLucero and Cristián de la Fuente
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Person of the YearCaetano Veloso
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NetworkUnivision
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Recordings must have been released between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 in order to be eligible for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced on September 25, 2012.[1] Juan Luis Guerra led the nominations field with six; Jesse & Joy earned five nods; Ricardo Arjona, Edgar Barrera, Juanes, Carla Morrison, Arturo Sandoval, Ivete Sangalo, and Caetano Veloso each received four nominations.[2] The telecast was aired on Univision at 8pm/7c.[1] Caetano Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 14, 2012.[3]

Jesse & Joy won four awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "¡Corre!", Juanes took the Album of the Year for MTV Unplugged and 3BallMTY was named Best New Artist.[4][5][6]

Changes to award categories

On May 10, 2012 the Latin Recording Academy announced that The Academy's Trustees approved changes in the general and pop fields and expanded the Rock and Tropical fields, bringing the total number of categories from 46 to 47:[7]

Awards

The following is a list of nominees:[8]

Bold indicates winner.

General

Record of the Year

Jesse & Joy — "¡Corre!"

Album of the Year

Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged

Song of the Year

Jesse & Joy and Tommy Torres — "¡Corre!" (Jesse & Joy)

Best New Artist

3Ball MTY

Pop

Best Contemporary Pop Album

Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?

Best Traditional Pop Album

David Bisbal — Una Noche en el Teatro Real

Urban

Best Urban Music Album

Don Omar — Don Omar Presents MTO²: New Generation

Best Urban Song

Don Omar — "Hasta Que Salga el Sol"

Rock

Best Rock Album

Molotov — Desde Rusia Con Amor

Best Pop/Rock Album

El Cuarteto de Nos — Porfiado

  • Jotdog — Turista de Amor
  • Leiva — Diciembre
  • Los Claxons — Camino A Encontrarte
  • Vega — La Cuenta Atrás
Best Rock Song

Roberto Musso — "Cuando Sea Grande" (El Cuarteto de Nos)

  • Manuel Diquez — "Anti Idolo"
  • Leo Felipe Campos and Ulises Hadjis — "Dónde Va" (Ulises Hadjis)
  • Doctor Krápula — "Exigimos"
  • Luis Jiménez — "Indeleble" (Los Mesoneros)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar

Best Alternative Song

Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar"

Tropical

Best Salsa Album

Luis Enrique — Soy y Seré

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

Juan Piña — Le Canta A San Jacinto

Best Contemporary Tropical Album

Milly Quezada — Aquí Estoy Yo

Best Traditional Tropical Album

Eliades Ochoa — Un Bolero Para Tí

  • Miguel García — Guarachando
  • Plenealo — Soy Yo
  • Quinteto Criollo — La Trova de Siempre
  • Son de Tikiza — Bolero
Best Tropical Fusion Album

Fonseca — Ilusión+

Best Tropical Song

Yoel Henríquez and Alex Puentes — "Toma Mi Vida" (Milly Quezada featuring Juan Luis Guerra)

Singer-Song Writer

Best Singer-Song Writer Album

Gian Marco — 20 Años

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album

Pepe Aguilar — Mas de Un Camino

Best Banda Album

La Arrolladora Banda El Limón — Irreversible... 2012

  • Cristina — Golpes de Pecho
  • La Adictiva Banda San José de Mesillas — Nada Iguales
  • Fidel Rueda — Sinaloense Hasta Las Cachas
  • Beto Zapata — Prisionero de tus Brazos
Best Tejano Album

Joe Posada — Algo Esta Pasando

  • Avizo — Mas Amigos
  • Los Desperadoz — Sunset Run
  • Los Hermanos Farías — Back On Track
  • Jay Perez — The Voice of Authority
Best Norteño Album

Los Tucanes de Tijuana — 365 Días

  • Regulo Caro — Amor En Tiempos de Guerra
  • Duelo — Vuela Muy Alto
  • Implakable — Simplemente
  • Gerardo Ortíz — Entre Dios Y El Diablo
  • Siggno — Lo Que Me Dejaste
Best Regional Mexican Song

Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Mejor Perfume" (La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga)

  • Ismael Gallegos and Alberto "Beto" Jimenez Maeda — "Ay Mi México" (Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea)
  • Charlie Corona and Jesse Turner — "Como Me Acuerdo de Ti" (Siggno)
  • Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Día Que Me Fuí" (Shaila Dúrcal)
  • Manuel Eduardo Toscano — "Vivo Contenta" (Paquita la del Barrio)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album

Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian — Further Explorations

Traditional

Best Folk Album

Lila Downs — Pecados y Milagros

Best Tango Album

Arturo Sandoval — Tango Como Yo Te Siento

  • Carlos Bosio — El Tango Lo Siento Así
  • Cuartetango String Quartet — Masters of Bandoneon
  • Susana Rinaldi — Experimentango
  • Tango VIP — Grandes Varones del Tango
Best Flamenco Album

Paco de Lucía — En Vivo Conciertos España 2010

  • Antonio Cortés — Cuando Quieras
  • Niño Josele — El Mar de Mi Ventana
  • Diana Navarro — Flamenco
  • Various Artists — México Flamenco

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album

Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)

Marcos Witt — 25 Concierto Conmemorativo

  • Paulina Aguirre — Rompe El Silencio
  • Carlos Carcache — Aquí En Tu Presencia
  • Generasion — Yo Soy Generasion
  • Jacobo Ramos — Dile Al Corazón Que Camine
  • Tercer Cielo — Lo Que El Viento Me Enseñó
Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)

Aline Barros — Aline Barros & Cia 3

  • Paulo César Baruk e Banda Salluz — Eletro Acústico 3
  • Cantores de Deus — Mulheres Ao Vivo
  • Grupo Chamas — Inquieto Coraçao
  • Ministério de Louvor Diante do Trono — Diante do Trono 14 - Sol da Justiça

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album

Seu Jorge — Músicas Para Churrascos Vol. 1

Best Brazilian Rock Album

Beto Lee — Celebração & Sacrificío

  • CPM 22 — Depois de Um Longo Inverno
  • Ira! e Ultraje A Rigor — Ao Vivo no Rock in Rio
  • NX Zero — Multishow ao Vivo NX Zero 10 Anos
  • RPM — Elektra
Best Samba/Pagode Album

Beth Carvalho — Nosso Samba Tá na Rua
Emilio Santiago — So Danço Samba ao Vivo

  • Alcione — Duas Faces ao Vivo na Mangueira
  • Sorriso Maroto — 15 Anos ao Vivo
  • Thiaguinho — Ousadia & Alegria
Best MPB Album

Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano

Best Sertaneja Music Album

Chitãozinho & Xororó — Chitãozinho & Xororó - 40 Anos - Sinfônico

Best Brazilian Roots Album

Dominguinhos — Iluminado

Best Brazilian Song

Chico Buarque — "Querido Diário"

Children's

Best Latin Children's Album

María Teresa Chacín — María Teresa Chacín Canta Cuentos

Classical

Best Classical Album

Cuarteto Latinoamericano — Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone

  • Guillermo Figueroa, I Solisti di Zagreb and Pepe Romero — Cordero: Caribbean Concertos For Guitar and For Violin
  • Javier Perianes and Josep Pons — Da Falla: Noches En Los Jardines de España
  • José Serebrier — Dvorak Symphony No. 7; In Nature's Realm, Scherzo Capriccioso
  • Gabriel Castagna — Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works
  • Quarteto Radamés Gnattali — Prelúdio 21: Quartetos das Ordas
Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Yalil Guerra — "Seducción" (Elizabeth Rebozo)

  • Tania León — "Inura"
  • Gustavo Casenave — "Miñoqui"
  • Aurelio de la Vega — "Preludio No. 1" (Elizabeth Rebozo)
  • Leo Brouwer — "Quartet No. 4 - Rem Tene Verba Sequentur (Know the Matter and the Word Will Follow)" (Havana String Quartet)
  • Tim Rescala — "Quarteto Circular"
  • Carlos Franzetti — "Stringazo" (Cuartetango String Quartet)

Recording Package

Best Recording Package

Miguel Masa — Cambié de Nombre (Viniloversus)

  • MZK — Bixinga 70 (Bixiga70)
  • Alejandro Ros — Canciones Para Aliens (Fito Páez)
  • Pablo Martínez — Indeleble (Los Mesoneros)
  • Mago — Ves Lo Que Quieres Ver (Bareto)

Production

Best Engineered Album

Gregg Field, Don Murray and Paul Blakemore — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) (Arturo Sandoval)

  • Madre Música and André Dias — Brasilianos 3 (Hamilton de Holanda)
  • Bruno Giorgi and Carlos Freitas — Chão (Lenine)
  • Julio Boscher, Walter Costa, Duda Mello, Leonel Pereda, Carlos Toré and Ricardo Garcia — Liebe Paradiso (Celso Fonseca e Ronaldo Bastos)
  • Alexandre Gaiotto — O Canto da Sereia (Regina Benedetti)
Producer of the Year

Juan Luis Guerra

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video

Jesse & Joy — "Me Voy"

  • Catupecu Machu — "Metrópolis Nueva"
  • Georgina — "Rara"
  • Nevilton — "Tempos de Maracujá"
  • Rakel — "En El Tiempo"
Best Long Form Music Video

Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Trustees Award
Person of the Year

Performers

Presenters

References

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