Likewise, Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Ruben Blades won two awards, including album of the year, for his Salswing! out on his own label. They include best long form music video for his HBO Max special Entre Mar y Palmeras, produced by Guerra’s manager Amarilys German, his son Jean Guerra, and Nelson Albareda and Edgar Martínez of event promotion and marketing firm Loud and Live. Among the veteran, but beloved, guard, the top winner was Juan Luis Guerra, with three nods. “Maykel is the first Cuban political prisoner who wins two Latin Grammys,” said an emotional Bueno. Backstage, the group acknowledged co-writer Beatriz Luengo (who is married to Romero) and rapper Maykel Osorbo, who is jailed in Cuba because of his participation in the song. “This is dedicated to all mothers who fight for their children,” said an emotional Romero to chants of “Patria y Vida,” which also won best urban song.
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Tangana, whose wins included best alternative song for “Nominao” alongside Jorge Drexler and best pop/rock song for “Hong Kong” alongside Andrés Calamaro, both from his critically acclaimed El Madrileño (Sony Music).Īnd the emotional high note, at every level, was the song of the year win, to Cuban liberty anthem “Patria y Vida,” performed by Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, Yotuel Romero and newly arrived Cuban rapper El Funky, who performed dressed in white and surrounded by candles in an emotional rendition that got the audience at the MGM Grand Garden Arena to their feet.
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Camilo was the tip of a small, but growing iceberg of young talent that is making different kinds of waves in Latin music, not just gaining commercial success but also defying the longstanding notion that these awards always tend to go to established names.įollowing Camilo in number of wins, with three each, was 31-year-old Mexican songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera, who won producer of the year, including for his work on Camilo’s Mis Manos, and co-wrote the winning single “Vida de Rico.” Also taking home three trophies was Spaniard C. “Because this album is a celebration of my country, one of the places with the most biodiversity in the world, and that’s where I’m from and what informs my music,” he said, with typical heartfeltness. That persona was manifest at the Latin Grammy ceremony, where, after thanking his wife, parents, label and management, he dedicated a win to his soon-to-be-born baby Indigo (the sex will be a surprise until birth) and to Colombia.
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Meet Juliana Velásquez, Best New Artist Winner at the 2021 Latin Grammys