The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music began in 1989. Rudy Pérez was the Grammy Florida chapter's first President of the Board. It was founded by Michael Greene and Producers & Songwriters Rudy Pérez & Mauricio Abaroa.
The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Latin Recording Academy) was formed by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Recording Academy) in 1997. In 2013, 9.8 million people watched the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision, making the channel a top- three network for the night in the U.S. Since 2005, the awards have been broadcast in the United States by Univision. The most recent ceremony, the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, was held on Novemat MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Broadcast by CBS, that first ceremony became the first primarily Spanish language primetime program carried on an English language American television network. The first annual Latin Grammys ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13, 2000. Both the regular Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award have similar nominating and voting processes, in which the selections are decided by peers within the Latin music industry. Submissions of products recorded in languages, dialects or idiomatic expressions recognized in Ibero-America and the Iberian Peninsula, such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Nahuatl, Guarani, Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by a majority vote. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been released either in Ibero-America, the Iberian Peninsula, or the United States. The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. Yotuel, Gente De Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo & El Funky Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Most recent Latin Grammy Award winners ← 2019-20 Outstanding achievements in the Latin music industry, primarily for works recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese We think you'll enjoy these related videos below and for more great content featuring your favorite artists, sign up for Fuse+ to access all our videos.Accolade by The Latin Recording Academy for music in Spanish and Portuguese Check out our forecast, and tell us what you think! Also, check out our best new artist predictions here. Here are our official predictions for the five songs that will have their titles called when the record of the year nominees are announced next week. Who will follow up Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” win in 2015? We’ll find out in February, but we have a pretty good idea as to who will be competing come GRAMMY night. Record of the year is going to be a stuffed category, with several award-show darlings boasting big pop hits and a few outsiders believing that they have a legitimate shot at the shortlist. 7), so it’s time to start wrapping up the predictions for the big four categories: album of the year, record of the year, song of the year and best new artist. Nominations for the 58th annual GRAMMY awards will be revealed on Monday (Dec.