Honoring Latino Music at the Grammy’s

Just recently, EMI announced the list of nominated Latin Music for this year’s Latin Grammy Awards. The list is composed of 32 Latin Music, of which EMI Televisa Music’s Juan Luis Guerra led the nomination for 6 categories. Guerra will also be honored as the Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy during the Latin Grammy week.

On November 8, 2007, the 2007 Latin Grammy Award Telecast will take place in the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas. The said event will be televised live in the US by Univision at 8:00 PM eastern time (7:00 PM central time).

Here’s the complete list of nominated artists and songs. Check it out, one of your favourites may be in there.

Record Of The Year
*La Llave De Mi Corazón, Juan Luis Guerra 440
Juan Luis Guerra, producer; Allan Leschhorn, Luis Mansilla & Ronnie Torres, engineered [EMI/Televisa]

Album Of The Year
*La Llave De Mi Corazón, Juan Luis Guerra 440
Juan Luis Guerra, producer; Allan Leschhorn, Luis Mansilla & Ronnie Torres, engineers; Adam Ayan, engineered master [EMI/Televisa]

Song Of The Year
*Bella Traición, Belinda, Kara Dioguardi & Nacho Peregrin, composers (Belinda) Album: Utopía [EMI/Televisa]
*La Llave De Mi Corazón, Juan Luis Guerra, composer (Juan Luis Guerra 440) Album: La Llave De Mi Corazón [EMI/Televisa]

Best New Artist
*Tulsa [EMI Music Spain]

Best Female Pop Vocal Album
*Utopía, Belinda [EMI/Televisa]
*Recordando…, Shaila Dúrcal [EMI]
*Allá En El Sur, Ilona [Virgin Colombia]

Best Male Pop Vocal Album
*Lección De Vuelo, Aleks Syntek [EMI Music México]

Best Pop Album By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
*El Disco De Tu Corazón, Miranda! [Pelo Music]

Best Urban Music Album
*Antidiotico, Orishas [EMI Spain]

Best Urban Song
*Hay Un Son, Orishas [EMI Spain]

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
*Pisando Lo Fregao, Belo y Los Susodichos [Capitol Spain/ EMI]

Best Rock Song
*Yendo A La Casa De Damián, Roberto Musso, composer (El Cuarteto De Nos) Disco: Raro [Virgin Records/EMI]

Best Alternative Music Album
*Oye, Aterciopelados [Nacional Records]
*Memo Rex Commander y El Corazón Atómico De La Vía Láctea
Zoé [EMI/Noiselab Records]

Best Alternative Song
*Complemento, Héctor Buitrago & Andrea Echeverri, composers (Aterciopelados) Album: Oye [Nacional Records]
*No Me Destruyas, León Larregui & Zoé, composers (Zoé)
Album: Memo Rex Commander y El Corazón Atómico De La Vía Láctea
[EMI/Noiselab Records]

Best Merengue Album
*La Llave De Mi Corazón, Juan Luis Guerra 440 [EMI/Televisa]

Best Tropical Song
*La Llave De Mi Corazón
Juan Luis Guerra, songwriter (Juan Luis Guerra 440)
Album: La Llave De Mi Corazón [EMI/Televisa]

Best Ranchero Album
*Enamorado, Pepe Aguilar [EMI/Televisa]

Best Norteno Album
*Crossroads – Cruce De Caminos, Intocable [EMI/Televisa]

Best Regional Mexican Song
*Por Amarte, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Eduardo Murguia, composers (Pepe Aguilar) [Televisa EMI Music]
*Por Ella (Poco a Poco), Luis “Louie” Padilla, composer (Intocable)
Album: Crossroads – Cruce De Caminos [EMI/Televisa]

Best Flamenco Album
*Azul, Calima [Capitol Records Spain/ Colorecords/ EMI]

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
*Prisma, Paulo Ricardo [EMI]

Best Brazilian Roots / Regional Album
*Brasileira – Ao Vivo, Margareth Menezes [EMI]
*Balé Mulato Ao Vivo, Daniela Mercury [EMI]

Best Classic Album
*Gitano, Rolando Villazon; Daniel Zalay, producer [Virgin Classics]

Best Engineered Album
*La Llave De Mi Corazón, Allan Leschhorn, Luis Mansilla y Ronnie Torres, engineers; Adam Ayan, engineered master (Juan Luis Guerra 440) [EMI/Televisa]

Best Short Form Music Video
*Hay Un Son, Orishas [EMI Spain]

Producer of the Year
*Phil Vinall, Zoé
*Memo Rex Commander y El Corazón Atómico De La Vía Láctea (Zoé) (A)

…credited for their work with EMI artists are:

*Benny Faccone / Alla En El Sur (Ilona) (A)
*Carlos Jean / Faltan Lunas (Fey) (A)
*Sebastian Krys / Lo Que Trajo El Barco (Obie Bermúdez) (A)
*Cachorro López / El Disco De Tu Corazón (Miranda!) (A) y (+D) Más (Diego) (A)