2013 Latin Grammy Winners

The 14th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards were held recently. If, like me, you missed it, you missed more than just the red carpet before the show… here’s the list of the winners:

Album Of The Year — Vida — Draco Rosa

Record Of The Year — “Vivir Mi Vida” — Marc Anthony

Best New Artist — Gaby Moreno

Song Of The Year — “Volví A Nacer” —  Andrés Castro & Carlos Vives, songwriters (Carlos Vives)

Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album — “La Música No Se Toca” — Alejandro Sanz

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album — “Lo Mejor Que Hay En Mi Vida” — Andrés Cepeda

Best Urban Performance — “Echa Pa’llá (Manos Pa’rriba)” — Pitbull Featuring Papayo

Best Urban Music Album — Bruja — Mala Rodríguez

Best Urban Song — “Ula Ula”– Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas

Best Rock Album — Será — La Vida Bohème

Best Pop/Rock Album — Transformación — Beto Cuevas

Best Rock Song — “Creo Que Me Enamoré” — Cachorro López and Vicentico

Best Alternative Music Album — Mujer Divina — Homenaje A Agustín Lara — Natalia Lafourcade

Best Alternative Song — “Pena En Mi Corazón” — Bajofondo

Best Salsa Album — Sergio George Presents Salsa Giants — Varios Artistas

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album — Diferente — Felipe Peláez and Manuel Julián

Best Contemporary Tropical Album — Asondeguerra Tour  — Juan Luis Guerra

Best Traditional Tropical Album — Un Siglo De Pasión — Arturo Sandoval

Best Tropical Fusion Album — Corazón Profundo — Carlos Vives

Best Tropical Song — “Volví a Nacer” — Andrés Castro and Carlos Vives

Best Singer-Songwriter Album — Abraçaço — Caetano Veloso

Best Ranchero Album — Hoy — Vicente Fernández

Best Banda Album — TIED

• El Free — Banda Los Recoditos
• La Original y Sus Boleros de Amor — La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga

Best Tejano Album — Just Friends — David Lee Garza

Best Norteño Album — En Peligro de Extinción — Intocable

Best Regional Song — “Cachito de Cielo” — Pedro Fernández

Best Instrumental Album — Presente — Bajofondo

Best Folk Album — El Caballo de Oro — Reynaldo Armas

Best Tango Album — Romance de la Luna Tucumana — Diego El Cigala

Best Flamenco Album — Soy Flamenco — Tomatito

Best Latin Jazz Album — What’s Up? — Michel Camilo

Best Spanish Christian Album — Regreso A Ti — Alex Campos

Best Portuguese Christian Album — Profeta Da Esperança — Kleber Lucas

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album — Músicas Para Churrasco Vol. 1 Ao Vivo — Seu Jorge

Best Brazilian Rock Album — Ao Vivo: Rock In Rio — Jota Quest

Best Samba/Pagode Album — Eletrosamba – Ao Vivo — Alexandre Pires

Best MPB Album — Redescobrir – Ao Vivo — Maria Rita

Best Sertaneja Music Album — Ao Vivo em Floripa — Victor & Leo

Best Brazilian Roots Album — Salve Gonzagão 100 Anos — Various Artists

Best Brazilian Song — “Esse Cara Sou Eu” — Roberto Carlos

Best Latin Children’s Album — ¡Fantástico! — Lucky Díaz y La Familia Música

Best Classical Album — Brasileiro — Nelson Freire

Best Classical Contemporary Composition — “Zingaros” — Carlos Franzetti

Best Recording Package — Abraçaço (Caetano Veloso) — Tonho Quinta-Feira and Fernando Young

Best Engineered Album — Kany García (Kany García) — Edgar Barrera, Sebastian de Peyrecave, Javier Garza, Julio Reyes Copello and Mike Fuller

Producer of the Year — Sergio George

Best Short Form Music Video — “Eres Tú” — Alex Cuba

Best Long Form Music Video — Mujer Divina, Homenaje A Agustín Lara — Natalia Lafourcade

The following is a list of special merit awards [5]

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Oscar D’León
• Juan Formell
• Roberto Menescal
• Totó La Momposina
• Palito Ortega
• Eddie Palmieri
• Miguel Ríos

Trustees Award

• Mario Kreutzberger “Don Francisco”
• Pedro Ramírez Velázquez

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Resource: Wikipedia’s Latin Grammy Awards of 2013