The Latin Recording Academy honored and celebrated this yr’s Main Latin Girls throughout an intimate luncheon on Tuesday (Nov. 15) that formally kicked off Latin Grammys week.
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Hosted by Gloria “Goyo” Martínez, the emotional occasion provided an area for each ladies and men within the trade to applaud the contributions made by the honorees, which included singer-songwriter Kany García; pianist, arranger and musical director Janina Rosado; Amazon Music’s world head of Latin music Roció Guerrero; and Rosa Lagarrigue, CEO of artist administration firm RLM.
The almost three-hour ceremony included shifting speeches by the honorees who had been offered with the award by their mentors, fellow recording artists or executives who’ve supported them alongside the way in which.
Rebeca Leon, who was a part of the Main Latin Girls class of 2017, was the primary to take the stage to current the award to Guerrero for her strides in Latin music and for pioneering the first-ever Latin playlist: Spotify’s Baila Reggaeton.
Different executives who took the stage had been Afo Verde, chairman/CEO of Sony Music Latin-Iberia, who, together with Sony Music Latin Puerto Rico’s VP, Tuti Bou, offered García. “Kany is clever, proficient, and I’ve the consideration of working along with her for a very long time. She defends her flags, opens many roads, and provides voice to the unvoiced,” he expressed. In the meantime, merengue icon Milly Quezada launched Rosado and Spanish artist Ana Torroja took the stage to current the award to her longtime supervisor Lagarrigue.
Launched in 2016, the Academy’s Main Latin Girls initiative was created to honor and acknowledge “skilled and socially-conscious girls throughout the arts and leisure fields who’ve made vital contributions and impressed the subsequent technology of feminine leaders,” in response to the Academy.
Moreover, the Main Girls of Leisure joined forces with She Is The Music for a second consecutive yr on their collaborative “Main Girls Join TogetHER” mentorship program, the place a former honoree might be invited to mentor a She Is The Music mentee.
The 2022 Latin Grammy Awards ceremony is going down Thursday (Nov. 17) reside from the Michelob Extremely Enviornment at Mandalay Bay Resort and On line casino in Las Vegas. The telecast will air on Univision at 8 p.m. ET, and it’ll even be accessible on HBO Max.
Beneath, try 5 greatest moments from the luncheon:
Rocío Guerrero on her message to the subsequent technology of feminine leaders: “It is a duty I don’t take flippantly,” she began her speech. “To the brand new generations of ladies and younger girls that might be our future: I hope you develop up understanding that something is feasible with exhausting work, danger taking, ambition and ethics. I imply every of these issues. It doesn’t matter what you look or sound like, you are able to do it. I hope you may see your self in girls like us. I hope we is usually a reminder that there aren’t any limits to your progress.”
Kany García on turning into her personal position mannequin: “Why am I shaking? It’s simpler to sing than to do that speech,” the “Aguita e coco” singer joked. “Since I used to be little I’ve felt completely different and I’m not speaking about that second while you really feel ‘particular’ however while you really feel such as you don’t match anyplace. They advised me so many issues about my voice, so many no’s amassed that they made me a girl who was scared and full of insecurities. I do not forget that little lady who by no means discovered a girl on tv who represented her. A lady who didn’t have shake her hips or a girl who appreciated girls but in addition appreciated sporting excessive heels, attire and placing on make-up. Not the everyday stereotype of the ladies in my neighborhood who is meant to be the alternative of that. So, I needed to turn into my very own position mannequin. I owe this to my youthful self, who struggled a lot to really feel represented.”
Janina Rosado on not being mediocre: “I’ve to start out by thanking God as a result of He wished me to be right here and for me to be a musician and to be born right into a household the place music was our language. We solely spoke about music,” Rosado, who’s produced for artists equivalent to Juan Luis Guerra, mentioned. “I come from a household that marked me. They gave me the arrogance and my father would inform me, ‘You are able to do it. Don’t be mediocre. When you’re going to go to high school and examine, you may’t count on to cross by with mediocre grades. You must put in all of your effort to all the pieces you do.” Which is what I’ve at all times executed, and it’s gotten me right here.”
Rosa Lagarrigue on being an optimist: “I’m so emotional,” mentioned Lagarrigue, who’s managed the careers of artists like Alejandro Sanz and Miguel Bosé, to call just a few. “After working within the music trade for 44 years, I really feel so proud to be acknowledged. We’re nonetheless lacking many ladies in related positions, however I’m an optimist. I need to particularly level out the nice relationships there are between us and a type of complicity. We’ll obtain to fill in these positions. We must always give alternatives to girls, to variety and younger individuals.”
