15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

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The 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 20, 2014, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This was the first time that Latin Grammys has been held at this location. The main telecast was broadcast on Univision at 8:00PM EST.

DateNovember 20, 2014
Person of the YearJoan Manuel Serrat
NetworkUnivision
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DateNovember 20, 2014
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada
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The nominations were announced on September 24, 2014.[1] Puerto Rican musician Eduardo Cabra led the nominations with ten nominations each.[2] Joan Manuel Serrat was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 19, the day prior to the Latin Grammy Awards.[3]

Awards

The following is a list of nominees and winners (in bold):[1]

General

Record of the Year

Jorge Drexler featuring Ana Tijoux — "Universos Paralelos"

Album of the Year

Paco de Lucía — Canción Andaluza

Song of the Year

Descemer Bueno, Gente de Zona and Enrique Iglesias — "Bailando"

Best New Artist

Mariana Vega

Pop

Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album

Camila — Elypse

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Fonseca and the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia — Sinfónico

Urban

Best Urban Performance

Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona — "Bailando"

Best Urban Music Album

Calle 13 — Multi Viral

Best Urban Song

Descemer Bueno, Gente de Zona and Enrique Iglesias — "Bailando"

Rock

Best Rock Album

Molotov — Agua Maldita

  • Enrique Bunbury — Palosanto
  • Doctor Krápula — Ama-Zonas
  • Don Tetto — Don Tetto
  • Luz Verde — El Final Del Mundo Vol. II: Nada Es Imposible
Best Pop/Rock Album

Juanes — Loco de Amor

Best Rock Song

Andrés Calamaro — "Cuando No Estás"

  • Rubén Albarrán, Doctor Krápula, Roco Pachukote and Moyenei Valdez — "Ama-Zonas"
  • Enrique Bunbury — "Despierta"
  • Emmanuel Del Real and Juanes — "Mil Pedazos" (Juanes)
  • Clemente Castillo, Charly Castro and Flip Tamez — "Sin Respuesta" (Jumbo)
  • Jarabe de Palo — "Somos" (Jarabe De Palo featuring Gabylonia and Montse "La Duende")

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Babasónicos — Romantisísmico

  • Caloncho — Fruta
  • Los Cafres — Los Cafres - 25 Años De Música!
  • Siddhartha — El Vuelo Del Pez
  • Sig Ragga — Aquelarre
Best Alternative Song

Calle 13 — "El Aguante"

  • Gustavo Cortés and Sig Ragga — "Chaplin" (Sig Ragga)
  • Jesús Báez Caballero and Siddhartha — "El Aire" (Siddhartha)
  • Adrián Rodríguez and Diego Rodríguez — "La Lanza" (Babasónicos)
  • Yayo González — "Vamos A Morir" (Paté de Fuá featuring Catalina García)

Tropical

Best Salsa Album

Marc Anthony — 3.0

  • Maite Hontelé — Déjame Así
  • Tito Nieves — Mis Mejores Recuerdos
  • Aymee Nuviola — First Class To Havana
  • Mario Ortiz All Star Band — 50 Aniversario
Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

Jorge Celedón and Various Artists — Celedón Sin Fronteras 1

  • Dubán Bayona & Jimmy Zambrano — Métete en el Viaje
  • Diomedes Díaz and Álvaro López — La Vida del Artista
  • Alejandro Palacio — La Voz del Ídolo
  • Juan Piña — Cantándole a Mi Valle
Best Contemporary Tropical Album

Carlos Vives — Más Corazón Profundo

  • Julio César — Todo Empieza Soñando
  • Jorge Luis Chacín — El Color De Mi Locura...
  • Palo! — Palo! Live
  • Prince Royce — 'Soy el Mismo
Best Traditional Tropical Album

La Sonora Santanera — Grandes Exitos de Las Sonoras: Con La Más Grande, La Sonora Santanera

  • Alquimia La Sonora Del XXI — Sentimiento Anacobero
  • Eliades Ochoa and El Cuarteto Patria — El Eliades Que Soy
  • Pijuan and Los Baby Boomer Boys — Solo Pa' Los Jóvenes... de Corazón
  • Viento de Agua — Opus IV
Best Tropical Song

Andrés Castro and Carlos Vives — "Cuando Nos Volvamos a Encontrar" (Carlos Vives featuring Marc Anthony)

Singer-songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter Album

Jorge Drexler — Bailar en la Cueva

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album

Pepe Aguilar — Lástima Que Sean Ajenas

  • Oscar Cruz — ¿Quien Dice Que No?
  • Vicente Fernández — Mano a Mano Tangos a La Manera de Vicente Fernández
  • Olivia Gorra — Bésame Mucho España
  • Juan Montalvo — Mujeres Divinas
Best Banda Album

Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarraga — Haciendo Historia

  • Cristina — Grandes Canciones
  • La Arrolladora Banda El Limón — Gracias Por Creer
  • La Original Banda El Limón De Salvador Lizárraga — Fin De Semana'
  • Luz María — Lágrimas y Lluvia
Best Tejano Album

Jimmy González & Grupo Mazz — Forever Mazz

Best Norteño Album

Conjunto Primavera — Amor Amor

  • El Poder Del Norte — XX Años
  • Los Rieleros del Norte — En Tus Manos
  • Pesado — Por Ti
  • Polo Urias y Su Máquina Norteña — Clásicas De Ayer Y Siempre
Best Regional Song

Marco Antonio Solís — "De Mil Amores"

  • José Luis Roma — "Amor Amor" (Conjunto Primavera)
  • Mario Alberto Zapata — "Cuando Estás De Buenas" (Pesado)
  • Paulina Aguirre and Alberto "Beto" Jiménez Maeda — "Mirando Hacia Arriba" (Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea)
  • Afid Ferrer — Tonto Corazón (Siggno)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album

Arturo O'Farrill and the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra — Final Night at Birdland

  • Antonio Adolfo — O Piano de Antonio Adolfo
  • Yamandu Costa — Continente
  • Hamilton de Holanda — Caprichos
  • Mónica Fuquen — Esferas de Creación

Traditional

Best Folk Album

Lila Downs, Niña Pastori and Soledad — Raíz

Best Tango Album

Rubén Blades — Tangos

Best Flamenco Album

Paco de Lucía — Canción Andaluza

  • Juan Carmona — Alchemya'
  • Enrique Morente — Morente
  • Juan Pinilla and Fernando Valverde — Jugar Con Fuego
  • Rosario La Tremendita — Fatum

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album

Chick Corea — The Vigil
Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente — Song For Maura

  • Juan Garcia-Herreros — Normas
  • Arturo O'Farril and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra — The Offense Of The Drum
  • Luisito Quintero — 3rd Element

Christian

Best Spanish Christian Album

Danilo Montero — La Carta Perfecta - En Vivo

  • Amor Mercy — Desde Arriba Todo Se Ve Differente
  • Lenny Salcedo — Nuevo
  • Nirlon Sánchez — Es El Tiempo De Dios
  • Marcos Vidal — Sigo Esperándote
  • Marcos Witt — Sigues Siendo Dios
  • Coalo Zamorano — Confesiones De Un Corazón Agradecido
Best Portuguese Christian Album

Aline Barros — Graça

  • Anderson Freire — Anderson Freire E Amigos
  • Jotta A — Geração De Jesus
  • Soraya Moraes — Céu Na Terra
  • Renascer Praise — Renascer Praise 18 - Canto De Sião

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album

Ivete Sangalo — Multishow Ao Vivo – Ivete Sangalo 20 Anos

Best Brazilian Rock Album

Erasmo Carlos — Gigante Gentil

Best Samba/Pagode Album

Maria Rita — Coração a Batucar

Best MPB Album

Marisa Monte — Verdade, Uma Ilusão

Best Sertaneja Music Album

Sérgio Reis — Questão De Tempo

  • Chitãozinho & Xororó — Do Tamanho Do Nosso Amor - Ao Vivo
  • Paula Fernandes — Multishow Ao Vivo – Um Ser Amor
  • Rick & Renner — Bom De Dança Vol. 2
  • Victor & Leo — Viva Por Mim
Best Brazilian Roots Album

Falamansa — Amigo Velho

  • Cajú & Castanha — Meu Deus Que País É Esse!
  • Toninho Ferragutti e Neymar Dias — Festa Na Roça
  • Tavinho Moura — Minhas Canções Inacabadas
  • Quinteto Violado — Quinteto Canta Gonzagão
  • Alceu Valença — Amigo Da Arte
Best Brazilian Song

Caetano Veloso — "A Bossa Nova É Foda"

Children's

Best Latin Children's Album

Marta Gómez and Friends — Coloreando: Traditional Songs For Children In Spanish

Classical

Best Classical Album

Plácido Domingo — Verdi

  • Facundo Ramírez — A Piazzolla A Ramírez
  • Allison Brewster Franzetti — Alma - Piano Music Of Argentina
  • José Serebrier — Dvorák: Symphony No. 2 - 3 Slavonic Dances
  • Manuel Barrueco and the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife — Medea
  • National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica — Musica De Compositores Costarricenses Vol.1
  • Berta Rojas — Salsa Roja
Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Claudia Montero — "Concierto Para Violín y Orquesta de Cuerdas"

  • Gustavo Casenave — "Bicho Feeling Home Piano Solo"
  • Arlene Sierra — "Moler"
  • Yalil Guerra — "String Quartet No.2"
  • Gabriela Ortiz — "¡Únicamente La Verdad!, La Auténtica Historia de Camelia La Texana"

Recording Package

Best Recording Package

Wed 21 — Alejandro Ros (Juana Molina)

  • Alfredo Enciso — Activistas (Nonpalidece)
  • Rafael Rocha — Antes Que Tu Conte Outra (Apanhador Só)
  • Giovanni Nésterez — Combi (Lucho Quequezana)
  • Laura Varsky — Ocho(Marco Sanguinetti)

Production

Best Engineered Album

Juber Anbín, Johnnatan García, Rodner Padilla, Eduardo Pulgar, Vladimir Quintero Mora, Jean Sánchez, Alexander Vanlawren, Germán Landaeta, Darío Peñaloza and Germán Landaeta — De Repente (C4 Trío and Rafael "Pollo" Brito)

  • Facundo Rodríguez — Miss Delirios (Sandra Márquez)
  • Javier Limón, Salomé Limón, Marian G. Villota and Caco Refojo — Promesas De Tierra
  • Roger Freret, Claudio Spiewak and Felipe Tichauer — Rio, Choro, Jazz... (Antonio Adolfo)
  • Juan Switalski — 21st Century Lyrical Clarinet Concertos (Eleanor Weingartner)
Producer of the Year

Sergio George

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video

La Vida Bohème — "Flamingo"

Best Long Form Music Video

Café Tacuba — El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco, La Película

  • Jesse & Joy — Soltando al Perro
  • Santana — Corazón: Live From Mexico - Live It To Believe It
  • Various Artists — Música En Tiempos
  • Various Artists — Triana Pura y Pura

Special Merit Awards

The following is a list of special merit awards [5]

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Trustees Award

Performers

Presenters

Changes to award categories

Best Tropical Fusion Album was combined with Best Contemporary Tropical Album.

References

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