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 finest new artist. So you could possibly say that girls have been the large winners of the night time.
Karol received album of the 12 months and finest city album for Mañana Será Bonito, and “TQG,” her collaboration with Shakira, received finest city/fusion efficiency. In the meantime, Shakira received tune of the 12 months and finest pop tune together with Bizarrap for “Shakira: Bzrp Music Classes, Vol. 53.” As for Lafourcade, she received finest singer-songwriter album for De Todas Las Flores and finest singer-songwriter tune for the observe of the identical identify. She additionally received report of the 12 months for “De Todas Las Flores.”
See the whole checklist of winners right here.
The present, co-hosted by Danna Paola, Sebastián Yatra, Roselyn Sánchez and Paz Vega, was held for the primary time outdoors the USA in Seville, Spain, on Thursday (Nov. 16). The twenty fourth annual awards present befell 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 Classes #53” took tune 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 like in music,” Karol stated 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 acquired 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 tune “NASA” with Alejandro Sanz in high classes, he didn’t win. Whereas he had a lesser shot at profitable album of the 12 months and tune of the 12 months, two extraordinarily robust classes, it was nearly a certain wager he’d a minimum of win finest 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 finest lengthy type music video for El Primer Tour De Mi Vida.
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Shock: Bizarrap & Quevedo
Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “BZRP Music Classes #52” profitable finest city tune (an award given to songwriters) was sudden however a pleasing 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 undertaking that I began in my room with a pc,” the Argentine producer stated 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’ll see that with little or no you may obtain so much.”
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Shock: Julieta Venegas
Even Julieta Venegas expressed that she was stunned she had received the class for finest pop vocal album. It was in spite of everything a tricky 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 finest pop vocal album.
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Snub: Shakira & Bizarrap
Sure, Shakira and Bizarrap received tune of the 12 months for his or her now iconic collab “BZRP Music Classes #53,” however they have been handed over within the report of the 12 months class — which truly made sense for the tune to win. As Billboard‘s Leila Cobo put it in our predictions submit: “The way in which Bizarrap produced this observe is basically masterful — what he did right here, identical to quoting her outdated 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 so much to find in that tune, and I believe from a manufacturing standpoint, it was brilliantly completed.”
The profitable tune 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 finest reggaeton efficiency because of his comeback single “La Receta.” Shocking? Sure. But additionally deserving.
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Shock: Luis Fernando Borjas
Maybe the outlier of the pack, Venezuelan artist Luis Fernando Borjas vas victorious in one of the best modern 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 distinct style,” Borjas stated whereas accepting the award.
