13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the fifth time the awards was held at this venue and in Las Vegas. It also marks the last year in the Latin Recording Academy's contract where the Mandalay Bay Events Center hosted. It is unknown if the awards will continue to be held at this location beyond 2012.
Recordings must have been released between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 in order to be eligible for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced on September 25, 2012. Juan Luis Guerra led the nominations field with six; Jesse & Joy earned five nods; Ricardo Arjona, Edgar Barrera, Juanes, Carla Morrison, Arturo Sandoval, Ivete Sangalo, and Caetano Veloso each received four nominations. The telecast was aired on Univision at 8pm/7c. Caetano Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 14, 2012.
Jesse & Joy won four awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "¡Corre!", Juanes took the Album of the Year for MTV Unplugged and 3BallMTY was named Best New Artist.
Changes to award categories
On May 10, 2012 the Latin Recording Academy announced that The Academy's Trustees approved changes in the general and pop fields and expanded the Rock and Tropical fields, bringing the total number of categories from 46 to 47:- Each of the four categories in the general field will now include 10 nominees.
- The Pop Field: The three categories will now be combined in two new categories: Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
- The Rock Field: A new category, called Best Pop/Rock Album, was added.
- The Tropical Field: A new category, called Best Tropical Fusion Album, was added.
- The Alternative Field: Both categories will now accept recordings in the Portuguese language.
- The Brazilian field: The category Best Native Brazilian Roots Album is now called Best Brazilian Roots Album.
Awards
Bold indicates winner.
General
;Record of the YearJesse & Joy — "¡Corre!"
- Ricardo Arjona and Gaby Moreno — "Fuiste Tú"
- ChocQuibTown featuring Tego Calderón and Zully Murillo — "Calentura"
- Kany García — "Que Te Vaya Mal"
- Juan Luis Guerra — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital"
- Juanes featuring Joaquín Sabina — "Azul Sabina"
- Maná — "Hasta Que Te Conocí"
- Ivete Sangalo — "Atrás da Porta"
- Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares"
- Zoé — "Bésame Mucho"
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged
- Ricardo Arjona — Independiente
- Bebe — Un Pokito de Rocanrol
- Chico Buarque — Chico
- ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay
- Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?
- Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar
- Reik — Peligro
- Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz
- Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil E Caetano
Jesse & Joy and Tommy Torres — "¡Corre!"
- Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes and Joaquín Sabina — "Azul Sabina"
- Kiko Cibrián, Gilberto Marín, Julio Ramírez and Mónica Vélez — "Creo en Ti"
- Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar"
- Juan Luis Guerra — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital"
- Jose Luis Latorre, Antonio Orozco and Xavi Pérez — "Estoy Hecho de Pedacitos de Ti"
- Ricardo Arjona — "Fuiste Tú"
- Amaury Gutiérrez and Gian Marco — "Invisible"
- Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares"
3Ball MTY'''
- Gaby Amarantos
- Deborah del Corral
- Elaín
- Ulises Hadjis
- Los Mesoneros
- Juan Magan
- Rosario Ortega
- Piso 21
- Ana Victoria
Pop
Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?
- Pablo Alborán —
David Bisbal — Una Noche en el Teatro Real
- Pepe Aguilar — Negociaré con la pena
- Sergio Dalma — Vía Dalma II
- Presuntos Implicados — Banda Sonora
- Pasión Vega — Sin Compasión
Urban
Don Omar — '
- J Alvarez — Otro Nivel de Música Reloaded
- Tego Calderón — The Original Gallo del País
- Farruko — The Most Powerful Rookie
- Ana Tijoux — La Bala
Don Omar — "Hasta Que Salga el Sol"'''
- Max Deniro, Sak Noel, Pitbull, William Reyna and DJ Buddha — "Crazy People"
- Don Omar and Milton "Alcover" Restituyo — "Dutty Love"
- Alexis & Fido — "Energía"
- Daddy Yankee — "Lovumba"
Rock
Molotov — Desde Rusia Con Amor
- Los Mesoneros —
El Cuarteto de Nos — Porfiado
- Jotdog — Turista de Amor
- Leiva — Diciembre
- Los Claxons — Camino A Encontrarte
- Vega — La Cuenta Atrás
Roberto Musso — "Cuando Sea Grande"
- Manuel Diquez — "Anti Idolo"
- Leo Felipe Campos and Ulises Hadjis — "Dónde Va"
- Doctor Krápula — "Exigimos"
- Luis Jiménez — "Indeleble"
Alternative
Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar
- Lisandro Aristimuño — Mundo Anfibio
- ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay
- Ulises Hadjis — Cosas Perdidas
- Kinky — Sueño de la Máquina
Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar"
- Bebe — "Mi Guapo"
- Juan Campodónico and Jorge Drexler — "1987"
- John King, Kinky and Mala Rodríguez — "Negro Día"
- Caetano Veloso — "Neguinho"
Tropical
Luis Enrique — Soy y Seré
- Rubén Blades and Cheo Feliciano —
Juan Piña — Le Canta A San Jacinto
- Jorge Celedón and Jimmy Zambrano — Lo Que Tú Necesitas
- Silvestre Dangond and Juancho De la Espriella — No Me Compares Con Nadie
- Diomedes Díaz and Álvaro López — Con Mucho Gusto Caray
- Omar Geles — Histórico - A Duo Con Los Grandes
Milly Quezada — Aquí Estoy Yo
- Elain —
Eliades Ochoa — Un Bolero Para Tí
- Miguel García — Guarachando
- Plenealo — Soy Yo
- Quinteto Criollo — La Trova de Siempre
- Son de Tikiza — Bolero
Fonseca — Ilusión+
- Caseroloops — Afronauta
- Sergent Garcia — Una y Otra Vez
- Juan Magan — The King of Dance
- Prince Royce — Phase II
Yoel Henríquez and Alex Puentes — "Toma Mi Vida"
- Tamela — "¡Acércate!"
- Alejandro Bassi and Fonseca — "Desde Que No Estás"
- Chino & Nacho and Pablo Villalobos — "El Poeta"
- Yoel Henríquez, Horacio Palencia and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Eres Linda"
Singer-Song Writer
Gian Marco — 20 Años
- Ricardo Arjona — Independiente
- Chico Buarque — Chico
- José Luis Perales — Calle Soledad
- Rosana — ¡¡Buenos Dias, Mundo!!
Regional Mexican
Pepe Aguilar — Mas de Un Camino
- Shaila Dúrcal —
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón — Irreversible... 2012
- Cristina — Golpes de Pecho
- La Addictiva Banda San José de Mesillas — Nada Iguales
- Fidel Rueda — Sinaloense Hasta Las Chachas
- Beto Zapata — Prisionero de tus Brazos
Joe Posada — Algo Esta Pasando
- Avizo —
Los Tucanes de Tijuana — 365 Días
- Regulo Caro — Amor En Tiempos de Guerra
- Duelo — Vuela Muy Alto
- Implakable — Simplemente
- Gerardo Ortíz — Entre Dios Y El Diablo
- Siggno — Lo Que Me Dejastes
Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Mejor Perfume"
- Ismael Gallegos and Alberto "Beto" Jimenez Maeda — "Ay Mi México"
- Charlie Corona and Jesse Turner — "Como Me Acuerdo de Ti"
- Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Día Que Me Fuí"
- Manuel Eduardo Toscano — "Vivo Contenta"
Instrumental
Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian — Further Explorations
- Paquito D'Rivera and Berta Rojas — Día y Medio
- Guinga + Quinteto Villa-Lobos — Rasgando Seda
- Hamilton de Holanda — Brasilianos 3
- Miguel Zenón — Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
Traditional
Lila Downs — Pecados y Milagros
- Reynaldo Armas —
Arturo Sandoval — Tango Como Yo Te Siento
- Carlos Bosio — El Tango Lo Siento Así
- Cuartetango String Quartet — Masters of Bandoneon
- Susana Rinaldi — Experimentango
- Tango VIP — Grandes Varones del Tango
Paco de Lucía — En Vivo Conciertos España 2010
- Antonio Cortés — Cuando Quieras
- Niño Josele — El Mar de Mi Ventana
- Diana Navarro — Flamenco
- Various Artists — México Flamenco
Jazz
Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz
- Jerry Gonzalez and El Comando de la Clave — Jerry González and El Comando de la Clave
- Tania Maria — Tempo
- Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard — Chano y Dizzy!
- Chuchito Valdes — Live in Chicago
Christian
Marcos Witt — 25 Concierto Conmemorativo
- Paulina Aguirre —
Aline Barros — Aline Barros & Cia 3
- Paulo César Baruk e Banda Salluz — Eletro Acústico 3
- Cantores de Deus — Mulheres Ao Vivo
- Grupo Chamas — Inquieto Coraçao
- Ministério de Louvor Diante do Trono — Diante do Trono 14 - Sol da Justiça
Brazilian
Seu Jorge — Músicas Para Churrascos Vol. 1
- Céu —
Beto Lee — Celebração & Sacrificío
- CPM 22 — Depois de Um Longo Inverno
- Ira! e Ultraje A Rigor — Ao Vivo no Rock in Rio
- NX Zero — Multishow ao Vivo NX Zero 10 Anos
- RPM — Elektra
Beth Carvalho — Nosso Samba Tá na Rua
Emilio Santiago — So Danço Samba ao Vivo
- Alcione — Duas Faces ao Vivo na Mangueira
- Sorriso Maroto — 15 Anos ao Vivo
- Thiaguinho — Ousadia & Alegria
Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano
- Maria Bethânia — Oásis de Bethânia
- João Bosco — 40 Anos Depois
- Ivan Lins — Amorágio
- Marisa Monte — O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade
- Leila Pinheiro — Raiz
- Maria Rita — Elo
Chitãozinho & Xororó — Chitãozinho & Xororó - 40 Anos - Sinfônico
- Daniel — Pra Ser Feliz
- Fernando & Sorocaba — Acústico na Ópera de Arame
- Paula Fernandes — Meus Encantos
- Luan Santana — Quando Chega a Noite
- Michel Teló — Michel na Balada
- Victor e Leo — Amor de Alma
Dominguinhos — Iluminado
- Gaby Amarantos — Treme
- Oswaldinho ao Accordion — Forró Chorado
- Jammil — Jammil na Real
- Daniela Mercury — Canibália - Ritmos do Brasil
Chico Buarque — "Querido Diário"
- Pretinho da Serrinha, Leandro Fab and Seu Jorge — "A Doida"
- Antonio Dyggs and Sharon Axé Moi — "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"
- Arnaldo Antunes and Marisa Monte — "Anda Bem"
- Lenine and Ivan Santos — "Amor é Pra Quem Ama"
Children's
María Teresa Chacín — María Teresa Chacín Canta Cuentos
- Miguelito — Tiempo de Navidad
- Rita Rosa y Amigos — Canciones de Agua
- Various Artists — Disney's Los Muppets Banda Sonora Original de Walt Disney Records
- Xuxa — Xuxa só para Baixinhos 11 - Sustentabilidade
Classical
Cuarteto Latinoamericano — Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
- Guillermo Figueroa, I Solisti di Zagreb and Pepe Romero — Cordero: Caribbean Concertos For Guitar and For Violin
- Javier Perianes and Josep Pons — Da Falla: Noches En Los Jardines de España
- José Serebrier — Dvorak Symphony No. 7; In Nature's Realm, Scherzo Capriccioso
- Gabriel Castagna — Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestal Works
- Quarteto Radamés Gnattali — Prelúdio 21: Quartetos das Ordas
Yalil Guerra — "Seducción"
- Tania León — "Inura"
- Gustavo Casenave — "Miñoqui"
- Aurelio de la Vega — "Preludio No. 1"
- Leo Brouwer — "Quartet No. 4 - Rem Tene Verba Sequentur "
- Tim Rescala — "Quarteto Circular"
- Carlos Franzetti — "Stringazo"
Recording Package
Miguel Masa — Cambié de Nombre
- MZK — Bixinga 70
- Alejandro Ros — Canciones Para Aliens
- Pablo Martínez — Indeleble
- Mago — Ves Lo Que Quieres Ver
Production
Gregg Field, Don Murray and Paul Blakemore — Dear Diz
- Madre Música and André Dias — Brasilianos 3
- Bruno Giorgi and Carlos Freitas — Chão
- Julio Boscher, Walter Costa, Duda Mello, Leonel Pereda, Carlos Toré and Ricardo Garcia — Liebe Paradiso
- Alexandre Gaiotto — O Canto da Sereia
Juan Luis Guerra
- Moogie Canazio
- George Field
- Sergio George
- Martin Terefe
Music Video
Jesse & Joy — "Me Voy"
- Catupecu Machu — "Metrópolis Nueva"
- Georgina — "Rara"
- Nevilton — "Tempos de Maracujá"
- Rakel — "En El Tiempo"
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged
- Enrique Bunbury — Licenciado Cantinas, The Movie
- Manuel Galbán — Blue Cha Cha
- Shakira — Live from Paris
- Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gilberto e Caetano
Special Awards
- Luz Casal
- Leo Dan
- Rita Moreno
- Milton Nascimento
- Daniela Romo
- Poncho Sanchez
- Toquinho
- Juan Carmona Habichuela
- Yomo Toro
- Caetano Veloso
Performers
- Intro
- Pitbull — "Don't Stop the Party"
- Pedro Fernández — "No Que No"
- Pablo Alborán — "Perdóname"
- Juanes featuring Carlos Santana — "Fíjate Bien"
- Joan Sebastian — "Diséñame"
- 3Ball MTY, featuring El Bebeto, América Sierra and SkyBlu — "Inténtalo "
- Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares"
- Michel Teló and Blue Man Group — "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"
- Jesse & Joy — "¡Corre!"
- Juan Luis Guerra 440 — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital"
- Shaila Dúrcal with Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles — "El Día Que Me Fui"
- David Bisbal — "Lloraré Las Penas"
- Lila Downs, Celso Piña and Totó la Momposina — "Zapata Se Queda"
- Prince Royce featuring Joan Sebastian — "Incondicional"
- Víctor Manuelle — "Si Tú Me Besas"
- Gerardo Ortíz — "Aquiles Afirmo"
- Kany García — "Alguien"
- Daniela Romo and Sergio Dalma — "Yo No Te Pido la Luna"
- Juan Magan — "Se Vuelve Loca / No Sigue Modas"
- Caetano Veloso and Arturo Sandoval — "Capullito de Alelí"
- Sensato featuring Pitbull and Sak Noel — "Crazy People"
Presenters
- Jaime Camil and Ninel Conde — presented Record of the Year
- Deborah del Corral and Chino & Nacho — presented Best Traditional Pop Album
- Reik — presented Best Contemporary Tropical Album
- Galilea Montijo and Sebastián Rulli — presented Best Tropical Fusion Album
- Marcelo Córdoba and Ana Victoria — presented Best Norteño Album
- ChocQuibTown — Best New Artist
- Nelly Furtado and Mark Tacher — presented Song of the Year
- Zuria Vega and Gabriel Soto — presented Best Long Form Music Video
- Anita Tijoux and Fonseca — Best Contemporary Pop Album
- Antonio Orozco and Milly Quezada — presented Best Ranchero Album
- Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente — announced Person of the Year C
- Ana Brenda Contreras and Tommy Torres — presented Best Alternative Music Album
- Natalie Cole and Pepe Aguilar — presented Album of the Year