The 2023 Latin Grammys are a wrap. This 12 months, there was nobody massive winner. Karol G, Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade tied with three main awards every. Venezuelan singer-songwriter Joaquina received greatest new artist. So you possibly can say that girls had been the large winners of the night time.
Karol received album of the 12 months and greatest city album for Mañana Será Bonito, and “TQG,” her collaboration with Shakira, received greatest city/fusion efficiency. In the meantime, Shakira received track of the 12 months and greatest pop track together with Bizarrap for “Shakira: Bzrp Music Periods, Vol. 53.” As for Lafourcade, she received greatest singer-songwriter album for De Todas Las Flores and greatest singer-songwriter track for the monitor of the identical title. She additionally received report of the 12 months for “De Todas Las Flores.”
See the complete list of winners here.
The present, co-hosted by Danna Paola, Sebastián Yatra, Roselyn Sánchez and Paz Vega, was held for the primary time outdoors the US in Seville, Spain, on Thursday (Nov. 16). The twenty fourth annual awards present passed off on the Convention and Exhibition Centre (FIBES) and aired on Univision, UniMás and Galavisión.
Most of the awards went as anticipated. Mexican hitmaker Edgar Barrera received the first-ever songwriter of the 12 months award and producer of the 12 months. Shakira and Bizarrap’s “BZRP Music Periods #53” took track of the 12 months. And Karol G received album of the 12 months for her history-making Mañana Será Bonito. “I wish to say that it’s an honor to obtain this in entrance of so many individuals that I love in music,” Karol mentioned in her speech, visibly emotional. “To have the album of the 12 months is just too cool. This album is tremendous particular, it modified my life. Thanks all very a lot.”
Whereas the Latin Recording Academy obtained it proper in lots of the classes, there have been a couple of snubs and surprises. See under:
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Snub: Camilo
A seven-time nominee, Camilo was, surprisingly, not one of many massive winners of the night time. Surprisingly as a result of he’s a Grammy darling and had formidable initiatives, together with his album De Adentro Pa Afuera and his track “NASA” with Alejandro Sanz in prime classes, he didn’t win. Whereas he had a lesser shot at profitable album of the 12 months and track of the 12 months, two extraordinarily robust classes, it was nearly a certain wager he’d no less than win greatest pop vocal album. He didn’t. As an alternative, the award went to Julieta Venegas for Tu Historia.
Out of his seven nominations, Camilo received greatest lengthy kind music video for El Primer Tour De Mi Vida.
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Shock: Bizarrap & Quevedo
Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “BZRP Music Periods #52” profitable greatest city track (an award given to songwriters) was surprising however a nice shock. The much less “city” of all the opposite nominated songs, together with “Coco Chanel” by Eladio Carrión and Dangerous Bunny and Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG,” Biza and Quevedo’s music session was undoubtedly a world smash hit when it was unleashed final 12 months. “Spectacular the popularity given to this challenge that I began in my room with a pc,” the Argentine producer mentioned in his speech whereas accepting the award. “I wish to dedicate it to all of the girls and boys who’re beginning out, in order that they will see that with little or no you’ll be able to obtain lots.”
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Shock: Julieta Venegas
Even Julieta Venegas expressed that she was stunned she had received the class for greatest pop vocal album. It was in any case a troublesome one with all bets on Camilo to win for his critically and commercially acclaimed De Adentro Pa Afuera. As stunned as she was, Venegas was additionally being modest. Her profitable album, Tu Historia, produced by Chilean artist Alex Anwandter, is a beautiful and formidable greatest pop vocal album.
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Snub: Shakira & Bizarrap
Sure, Shakira and Bizarrap received track of the 12 months for his or her now iconic collab “BZRP Music Periods #53,” however they had been handed over within the report of the 12 months class — which really made sense for the track to win. As Billboard‘s Leila Cobo put it in our predictions post: “The way in which Bizarrap produced this monitor is de facto masterful — what he did right here, identical to quoting her previous songs and making the references which might be each lyrical and musical, is so intelligent. He was in a position to learn her. There’s lots to find in that track, and I feel from a manufacturing standpoint, it was brilliantly finished.”
The profitable track was Natalia Lafourcade’s “De Todas Las Flores,” a stunning recording produced by Adan Jodorowsky, the French-Mexican producer and musician.
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Shock: Tego Calderón
Secure to say that nobody noticed this one coming. In a class that included nominees Karol G, Feid, Maria Becerra and Ozuna, style pioneer Tego Calderon took house greatest reggaeton efficiency due to his comeback single “La Receta.” Stunning? Sure. But in addition deserving.
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Shock: Luis Fernando Borjas
Maybe the outlier of the pack, Venezuelan artist Luis Fernando Borjas vas victorious in the perfect up to date tropical album class — shared with nominees Make Bahía, Silvetre Dangond, Gusi and Ilegales. Previously a member of group Guaco, he received along with his debut album as a soloist, 5:10. “It was a problem to reinvent myself and create a brand new path in my music after so a few years of performing a unique style,” Borjas mentioned whereas accepting the award.
