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For the last couple of years, the name pablopablo has been jumping out of song credits and straight into the spotlight. The Spanish singer, songwriter, and producer has crafted Latin Grammy-winning hits for Nathy Peluso, C. Tangana, and Jorge Drexler and now, he’s reshaping global pop with a futuristic folk edge — and releasing his debut album Canciones En Mi.

“It feels really nice to be exploring my identity as a frontman,” he tells Rolling Stone on a recent Zoom call. “I feel like I know a lot about love...

2025 is shaping up to be a big year for rising star Pablopablo, and if you need proof, just check out “Eso Que Tú Llamas Amor.” The anti-Valentine’s Day anthem is the indie hitmaker’s biggest swing yet, and he’s teamed up with Mexican heavyweight Carin León and fellow genre disruptor Ralphie Choo for maximum power.

Pablopablo, who was born Pablo Drexler, hails from Madrid like his frequent collaborators Choo and C. Tangana. In 2022, he won his first two Latin Grammy awards for Song of the Year and Record...

Two years ago, the singer-songwriter Elena Rose was in the studio with her producer Maff and her little sister Cristina “Pichu” Hernández. They were listening to a breezy, beach-like beat that would become the massive hit “Caracas En El 2000,” and Rose was brainstorming lyrics to go along with the song. Her first thought was to write about her childhood back in Venezuela: “It felt very tropical, and so I had the idea of [talking about] having fun and not having plans or anything to worry about. I just wanted to speak about my childhood,...

Happy silver anniversary to the Latin Grammys! After the Spanish bombast of the 2023 celebration in Sevilla, the Latin Grammys celebrated its 25th year on Thursday night at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Were Latin music’s biggest night a person, she would be old enough to rent a car (sans the young-driver tax) and cruise down Collins Avenue with her messiest and most glamorous girlfriends.

She’d never get that messy, though. The Person of the Year honoree Carlos Vives opened the show with a regal power stance, and blazed...

We’re back in Miami! On Thursday night, the Latin Recording Academy returned to Florida for its annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, where it’s celebrating the best Latin music of the year.

Before the official ceremony, Mexican American producer and songwriter Edgar Barrera led the pack of nominees, with nine nods for his work with artists like Shakira and Grupo Frontera. He ended up earning wins for both Songwriter and Producer of the Year, and Best Reguinal Song for “Amor de Su Vida” by Frontera and Grupo Firme.

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The winners of the 25th Annual Latin Grammys were announced on Thursday, Nov. 14. The first results were revealed at the Premiere Ceremony at 1:15pm Eastern. Then the rest of the prizes were handed out during an event that aired live at 8:00pm Eastern on Univision, Galavisión, and ViX.

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Record of the Year

“Mil Veces,” Anitta

“Monaco,” Bad Bunny

“Una Vida Pasada,” Camilo & Carín León

“Catalina,” Cimafunk & Monsieur Periné

“Derrumbe,” Jorge Drexler

“Con Dinero y Sin Dinero,” Fonseca & Grupo Niche

“Mi Ex Tenía Razón,” Karol G

X — “Mambo 23,” Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40

“Tenochtitlán,” Mon Laferte

“Igual Que Un Ángel,” Kali Uchis & Peso Pluma

Album of the Year

Bolero, Ángela Aguilar

Cuatro, Camilo

Xande Canta Caetano, Xande De Pilares

Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season), Karol G

García, Kany García

X — Radio Güira, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Autopoiética, Mon Laferte

Boca Chueca,...

The Latin Recording Academy announced the nominations for the 2024 Latin Grammys — and for the second year in a row, the sought-out producer and songwriter Edgar Barrera is at the top of the pack, with nine nods for his work with artists like Shakira, Grupo Frontera, Karol G, and more. Just behind him are Bad Bunny and Karol G, who cinched eight nods each for the albums they released last year: Bad Bunny saw several songs from Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana make it into major categories, including Record Of The Year,...

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival lineup is expanding thanks to the newly unveiled Immersive competition.

The inaugural offering includes location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, projection mapping, and holographic works. Actors such as Colin Farrell (“Gloomy Eyes”), Olivia Cooke (“Emperor”), Jessica Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown, and Patti Smith (“Spheres”) lend their respective voices to the projects created with cutting-edge technology.

The festival will host eight projects as part of the Immersive Competition, ushering in a new era of storytelling while “challenging convention, embracing new technologies, and above all celebrating new artists as well as old,” per the official press statement.

Outside of the competition, six non-competitive works will be featured at the exhibition exploring the evolution of the medium and drawing parallels between virtual reality, virtual production, cinema, and collective storytelling.

The Best Immersive Work Award will be presented by the President of the Jury at the Closing Ceremony on...

Cannes Film Festival (May 15-24) has unveiled the eight titles for its inaugural immersive competition, including projects featuring Cate Blanchett, Millie Bobby Brown, Patti Smith, Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain.

The competition includes location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, as well as projection mapping and holographic works.

Evolver is voiced by Blanchett, and has previously played at Tribeca and Geneva International Film Festiva. It is helmed by Barnaby Steel, Ersin Han Ersin and Robin McNicholas of London-based art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast. Dirty Films is also a production company, and Coco Francini, Blanchett, and Andrew Upton are executive producers on the virtual reality project,...

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the inaugural lineup for its Immersive Competition section, the first-ever selection of augmented and virtual reality works to screen at the austere French film fest.

The 8 competition titles and 6 out-of-competition screenings include works featuring such talents as Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Millie Bobby Brown, and Tahar Rahim. The lineup highlights cutting-edge VR and Ar techniques and includes location-based virtual reality, mixed reality experiences, projection mapping, and holographic works.

Introducing the new immersive section, Cannes said it hoped to “spotlight the next generation of international artists who are redefining storytelling and inventing new narrative-driven experiences that move beyond the traditional two-dimensional cinema screen.” The section is being organized with support from the French national film board, the Cnc. The immersive works will be presented at an exhibition space in the Cannes Cineum complex on the outskirts of the city and at the campus of Cannes’s Georges Méliès film school.

The Cannes Film Festival has announced the selections for its Immersive lineup, including projects voiced by stars like Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain.

According to a press release, the Immersive competition includes “collective location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, and projection mapping and holographic works. These carefully selected immersive works showcase the cutting edge of this new era in storytelling, challenging convention, embracing new technologies, and above all celebrating new artists as well as old.”

The eight projects in competition include the French premiere of “Evolver,” voiced by Blanchett, and the European premiere of “Maya: The Birth of a Superhero,” which counts “Bridgerton” star Charithra Chandran among its voice cast.

The out-of-competition lineup comprises six projects, including “Emperor” with “House of the Dragon” star Olivia Cooke; “Gloomy Eyes,” the English version of which is voiced by Farrell; and Eliza McNitt’s “Spheres” with Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown and Patti Smith.

Christmas movies are one of the most beloved genres in cinema history with every film fan having their own select favorite that they watch and rewatch every year. However, while the genre is treasured, the Oscars haven’t rewarded it as much as you might think or hope. There are several movies, however, that have found their way into Oscars lineups. We’ve detailed just five of those Christmas movies that have managed Oscar nominations or wins.

By the way, “The Apartment” is not included on this list (but might be in a future article). The Billy Wilder movie won five Academy Awards including Best Picture (1961) but there seems to be debate around whether it actually qualifies as a Christmas movie or not. It’s set during the holiday period, but some feel that isn’t enough for it to be an out-and-out Christmas movie. Perhaps that’s one for our forums.

This Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 8:00 Pm, PBS will be airing the next episode of “Austin City Limits,” now in its 49th season. “Austin City Limits” is a long-running concert series that showcases a diverse array of musical artists performing live.

In this particular episode, viewers can look forward to a performance by the talented musician Jorge Drexler. While the description provides minimal details, “Austin City Limits” is renowned for presenting artists from various musical genres, ensuring a broad spectrum of musical styles and tastes.

For those who appreciate live music and the opportunity to witness musicians in action, “Austin City Limits” has been a staple in the world of televised concerts. It provides an unfiltered and authentic experience of artists performing their craft.

Tune in this Saturday at 8:00 Pm on PBS to enjoy the music of Jorge Drexler and to experience the magic of live music through “Austin City Limits.

The 95th Academy Awards are behind us now, and one of the most interesting categories was Best Original Song. Winning an Oscar for an original song is definitely a prestigious honor, but perhaps the second most coveted prize for original movie music is the Grammy. Being voted on by two different academies means there’s bound to be a lot of discrepancies between the awards, especially with different voting deadlines and eligibility rules. With that in mind, what Oscar winning songs have also managed to get at least one Grammy nomination?

SEE2023 CMT Music Awards nominations list: Lainey Wilson on top with 4 bids

Two 2020s Oscar winners were also Grammy winners, albeit in different categories. Billie Eilish’s “No Time To Die” (from the film of the same name) won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media, the direct equivalent of Oscar’s Best Original Song. Meanwhile, H.E.R....

Every year, there are some truly exceptional songs featured in motion pictures.

Disney and Bond films are almost always guaranteed nominations from the Academy in the Best Original Song category, often winning (as "No Time To Die" did last year).

However, there are plenty of songs that have stood the test of time that you may not even know were Oscar-nominated -- or even that they were originally from a film!

Plenty of nominated songs have gone on to outlast tthe films they came from.

Here's a list to remind you how random, enduring, and inclusive the Best Original Song category has been over the decades.

"9 to 5" - 9 to 5 (1980)

Dolly Parton's first Academy Award nomination was for her upbeat ode to the working woman from the film of the same name.

That year, Best Original Song was a tough category, with "Fame" from Fame taking the prize.

Though Parton lost the Oscar,...

The Latin Recording Academy and the Government of Andalucía have reached an agreement that will likely see the 2023 Latin Grammys move to Spain for the first time in its 23-year history.

It was during a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 22 that the “historic and unprecedented agreement” was announced that would make the region of Andalucía “host of several events in the next 3 years.” Sevilla is said to be the front-running city that would play host to the 24th Annual Latin Grammys.

“We are considering Sevilla to celebrate the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards this November, but we are still working through the logistics with our partners TelevisaUnivision. We will share additional details about the date and location of the next Latin Grammys soon,” Manuel Abud, CEO of The Latin Recording Academy, said in a statement.

Production for the show would be a collaboration between TelevisaUnivision and Spanish broadcaster Rtve (Radio...

The most-anticipated night in music is finally here!

On Sunday, the biggest names in music gathered for the 65th Grammy Awards, marking the ceremony’s official return to Los Angeles following a Covid-induced move to Las Vegas last year.

The competition is fierce this year, with Beyoncé leading all nominees, earning nine for her celebrated album, Renaissance. Lamar’s Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers helped him earn eight nominations, while Adele and Brandi Carlile tied with seven for their records, 30 and In These Silent Days, respectively.

Trevor Noah, who...

Bringing together the best of music from Spanish-speaking countries, the Latin field at the Grammys is always one of the most diverse and exciting. With the rapidly-growing exposure of Latin music to global audiences, this year’s nominees reflect a mix of huge names like Rosalía, Bad Bunny, and Christina Aguilera, as well as Latin legends like Rubén Blades and Fito Páez. But alas, only one will be walking away with each honor.

SEEHow hard is it to complete your Egot with a Grammy? Best Música Urbana Album

There is virtually no way Bad Bunny doesn’t go home with this award. “Un Verano Sin Ti” is not only the most successful album in this category, it’s the most successful album of the entire year. It is also critically acclaimed, more than anything else nominated here. The Maluma record was virtually unknown. The Rauw Alejandro and Farruko albums each...

Across their EP Abismos, sisters Valeria and Valentina Perez are perfectly in sync, their diaphanous voices winding in and out of each other to create unexpected harmonies at every turn. As preternatural as it sounds, they admit it took them a while to find the stunning sense of unity that’s defined them as a duo. “In the beginning, we were like, ‘Ok, how do we sing in a way where our voices flow completely together?'” says Valeria. “But we started practicing and singing to the point where now,...

Ahead of the Latin Grammys, Rolling Stone En Español and Amazon Music teamed up for a star-studded bash on Nov. 16, full of artists who came by to enjoy the party and a few huge names who took the stage. There were major performances from the 23-year-old Mexican power player Christian Nodal, who has shot to global attention since getting his start as a young prodigy, and the Spanish newcomer Guitarricadelafuente, known for a unique sound that riffs on tradition.

Other special guests — including pop dynamo Becky G, the rising Argentine rapper Trueno,...

The 2022 Latin Grammy Awards were full of dazzling performances and surprises last night in Las Vegas. The highlights came from all kinds of artists: Chiquis, who won her second Latin Grammy for Best Banda Album, proudly represented música Mexicana with Banda Los Recoditos, joining forces for moving renditions of their songs “Entre Besos y Copas” and “Me Siento a Todo Dar.” Carlos Vives shared the stage with fellow Colombian act Camilo and Best New Artist nominees Nicole Zignago and Silvana Estrada, each putting their own spin on Vives and Camilo’s duet “Baloncito Viejo.

The Latin Recording Academy shared its list of nominees for the 2022 Latin Grammys on Sept. 20. Bad Bunny swept the nominations, netting 10 nods overall. His chart-topping album "Un Verano Sin Ti" received nominations for album of the year and best urban music album. Rauw Alejandro, Christina Aguilera, and Rosalía also received a number of noms. On the evening on Nov. 17. Singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler took the most awards home, leading with six wins including record and song of the year for

"Tocarte" with C. Tangana, Best Pop Song for "La Guerrilla de la Concordia," Best Alternative Song for "El día que estrenaste el mundo," Best Singer/Songwriter album for "Tinta y Tiempo," and Best Portuguese Language Song (alongside Marisa Monte in "Vento Sardo"). Bad Bunny who wasn't present at the award show followed with five awards including Best Urban Album for "Un Verano Sin Ti," Best Urban Fusion Performance, and Best...

Rolling Stone was on the red carpet for this year’s 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards. This year’s ceremony takes place in Las Vegas for the second year in a row, this time at the Michelob Ultra Arena. Our video team caught up with several acts making appearances at this year’s show, including Rauw Alejandro, Becky G, Tainy and Jorge Drexler, among others.

Tainy

Tainy has had a huge few years and is being recognized in the Producer of the Year category, among several other nominations. “To be...

The 23rd annual Latin Grammys are in full swing and the award list is already full of surprises. Bad Bunny, who led this year nominations with 10 nods, has already snagged some big awards, while Christina Aguilera walked away with a major award in the pop category. The Best New Artist category also saw an unexpected tie between 95-year-old Angela Alvarez, who broke records as the oldest person nominated in the category, and Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada. See the full list of winners so far below:

Best Pop Vocal Album

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The Latin Recording Academy has revealed Karol G and Romeo Santos have joined as performers for the upcoming Latin Grammys, taking place on Nov. 17 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.

Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation scholarship recipients Xavier Cintrón, Valentina Garcia, Nicolle Horbath and Sergio De Miguel Jorquera will also take the stage alongside previously announced performer, Nicky Jam.

Karol G is nominated in three categories including record of the year and song of the year for her and Ovy on the Drums’ “Provenza.” Romeo Santos is a nominee in the best long-form music video category for his documentary “Romeo Santos: King of Bachata”; and as a member of Aventura, he is nominated for best urban fusion/performance.

They join previously announced artists Banda Los Recoditos, Camilo, Ángela Aguilar, Elvis Costello, Chiquis, Jorge Drexler, Silvana Estrada, Gente de Zona, Goyo, Jesse & Joy, John Legend, Carin León, Los Bukis, Mariachi...

Rosalía, Carlos Vives, Silvana Estrada, Gente de Zona, Aymée Nuviola, Nicole Zignago, and Los Bukis will join a star-studded lineup of performers who will take the stage at the 23rd annual Latin Grammys, the Latin Recording Academy has announced.

The group rounds out a list of previously announced artists, including Rauw Alejandro, Jesse & Joy, Sebastián Yatra, Chiquis, Marco Antonio Solís, Nicky Jam, Banda los Recoditos, Angela Aguilar, Carin León, Marc Anthony, Sin Bandera, Christina Aguilera, Camilo, Christian Nodal, Elvis Costello, Jorge Drexler, John Legend, and Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández.

The celebration of the best in Latin music is upon us with the Latin Grammys 2022 and new performers have been added to the gala set to take place in Las Vegas.

Christina Aguilera, Camilo, Elvis Costello, Jorge Drexler, John Legend, Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández and Christian Nodal have all been confirmed by the Latin Recording Academy to take the stage at the Mandalay Bay in Sin City on Thursday, November 17.

The musical acts joined previously announced stars like Ángela Aguilar, Rauw Alejandro, Marc Anthony, Banda Los Recoditos, Chiquis, Nicky Jam, Jesse & Joy, Carin León, Sin Bandera, Sebastián Yatra and the 2022 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Marco Antonio Solís.

The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards promise to honor the legacy, celebrate the present and embrace the future of Latin music, with deliberate consciousness, paying it forward to the next generations of music creators.

Univision will air the ceremony on Thursday,...

Natalia Lafourcade received a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall before she uttered a single note.

The singer-songwriter filled the venue with her unmistakable voice during a dazzling performance on Oct. 27, appearing onstage in a shiny black dress with a long train, her loose hair a complement to the flow of the fabric. Shortly after the show began, David Byrne, dressed in a dapper black suit, joined her and recited an English translation of “Muerte,” a key track from De Todas Las Flores — Lafourcade’s first album of original music in seven years.

The Latin Grammys have officially named the hosts for this year’s awards show. On Friday, the Latin Recording Academy announced that Anitta, Luis Fonsi, Laura Pausini, and Thalia will be in charge of emceeing the celebration of Latin music in Las Vegas next month.

Anitta, who is representing Brazil at the awards show, is the only host with nominations this year. She received nods in both the Record of the Year and Best Reggaeton Performance categories for “Envolver.”

Some hosts shared their excitement for the gig on social media.

The Latin Recording Academy has announced the first round of acclaimed artists who will perform at the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards. The first slate of stars set to take the stage at the awards ceremony scheduled for Nov. 17 include Rauw Alejandro, Jesse & Joy, Sebastián Yatra, Chiquis, and Marco Antonio Solís.

A mix of past winners and current nominees, the Latin Grammy Awards maintains a commitment to honoring the past, present, and future of Latin music. Alejandro is one of this year’s most nominated artists, trailing Bad Bunny’s 10 nominations with eight.

Even critically acclaimed icons have bouts of insecurity. For Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, Tinta y Tiempo was an album that “almost didn’t happen.” In the past, the Oscar-winning veteran had stepped out in the world and shared bits and pieces of unfinished tunes with fellow artists — something that had been a vital part of his songwriting process. But confined to his home in Spain during the pandemic, he found himself without that nurturing feedback to support him, and many songs remained incomplete. “Two years went by, and I still couldn’t finish them,...

The 2022 Latin Grammy nominations were announced on September 20, with the awards going out November 17. So who will win Latin music’s top songwriting award, Song of the Year?

SEE2022 Latin Grammy predictions: Record of the Year is a battle between young stars and old favorites

Let’s go through the process of elimination here. Ricky Martin‘s “A Veces Bien y A Veces Mal,” Daddy Yankee‘s “Agua,” and Mon Laferte‘s “Algo Es Mejor” are probably here in part due to being alphabetically high on the ballot, and since none of them made much noise, they will likely not win. While Carla Morrison and Fonseca are both highly respected artists, their respective songs “Encontrarme” and “Besos En La Frente” also didn’t really make much of an impact. Those five are likely the filler nominees.

A few other nominees have a slight chance. “Hentai” by Rosalía might be too polarizing for most voters,...

I’ve discussed a couple of possible Latin Grammy winners for Album of the Year this year, but what about another general field category? Let’s look at the contenders for Record of the Year.

Alas, Pablo Alborán (“Castillos De Arena”), Camilo (“Pegao”), and Marc Anthony (“Pa’lla Voy”) are just here to fill up space. While Bad Bunny and Bomba Estéreo‘s “Ojitos Lindos” was a big hit and one of the best songs of the year, the academy has tended to shy away from rewarding Benito in the top categories, so I wouldn’t place it among the top contenders. Similarly, Shakira and Rauw Alejandro‘s “Te Felicito” was successful, but not the most successful here, and it isn’t as highly acclaimed as some of its rivals.

Both “Pa Mis Muchachas” by Christina Aguilera, Becky G, Nicki Nicole, and Nathy Peluso and “Baloncito Viejo” by Carlos Vives and Camilo could win,...

Bad Bunny is having the year of his life. The Puerto Rican artist has been on top of charts across the globe with his massive record “Un Verano Sin Ti.” The album is easily the biggest of the year both in the US and in Latin America, producing multiple hit singles as well. So it’s not surprising that he was this year’s biggest nominee at the Latin Grammys, racking up 10 nominations across the general field and the urban music field. However, the Latin Grammys are not the Billboard Awards, and as such Bad Bunny is not assured big wins just based on sales. But what if he actually does take the big awards?

Bad Bunny has a few advantages. As mentioned above, he easily has the most successful record in the category. That isn’t always an important factor, but it could be when you take into account...

2022 has been a great year for Latin music. Artists like Bad Bunny, Karol G, and Anitta have found crossover success and critical acclaim. Rosalía deserves to be in that conversation too. Her third studio album, “Motomami,” broke streaming records upon arrival and became the most acclaimed album of the year, across all languages. This acclaim and commercial success resulted in Rosalía earning a slew of nominations at the 23rd Latin Grammy Awards, including the prestigious Album of the Year. With one win in that category already for her previous record, “El Mal Querer,” will Rosalía manage to achieve another?

SEE2022 Latin Grammy nominations list: Bad Bunny leads with 10, but can he finally win Album of the Year?

The Latin Grammys can be hard to predict. This is mostly due to their tendency to award older artists in the top categories, especially those that emerged from the ’90s and early 2000s.

Bad Bunny leads the 2022 Latin Grammy Award nominations with 10 bids including Album of the Year (“Un Verano Sin Ti“) and Record of the Year (“Ojitos Lindos”), but can he finally win top honors from the academy? Scroll down for the complete list of contenders in all categories.

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The Latin Recording Academy has been somewhat ambivalent about Bad Bunny, judging from his track record over the years. He has won four times, but only in urban genre categories. He lost his three previous Album of the Year bids (for “Yhlqmdlg” and “Oasis” in 2020 and “El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo” in 2021) and his previous Record of the Year nom (for “Vete” in 2020). However, Bad Bunny has emerged as the biggest crossover Latin star in the world. “Un Verano Sin Ti” has topped the all-genre, all-language Billboard 200 albums chart for 11 weeks, which is more than any album in six years.

Bad Bunny’s major year continues: The Puerto Rican artist received the most nominations for the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, which the Latin Recording Academy announced on Tuesday morning.

Bad Bunny secured nods in several major categories: His song with Bomba Estereo, “Ojitos Lindos,” is nominated for Record of the Year, and his latest album, Un Verano Sin Ti, is nominated for Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album. He competes with himself in a few categories: “Titi Me Pregunto” and the Aventura collaboration “Volvi” are up for Best Urban Fusion Performance,...

The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards nominations are due on September 20, honoring the best music released from June 2021 through May 2022. This year the ceremony might see the return of veterans and buzzy superstars, all competing for top honors for their incredible work in Latin music. Let’s take a look at the biggest contenders.

Bad Bunny is poised to have a big nominations day. The urban star’s fourth album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” has been a massive success and is arguably the biggest album of the year, topping Spotify charts all over the world and spending multiple weeks atop the Billboard 200 in the US. Bad Bunny is also no stranger to Latin Grammy success. His first album, “X100PRE,” won the Latin Grammy for Best Urban Music Album. He followed that up with “Yhlqmdlg,” which earned him five nominations including his first for Album of the Year; he ended...

Early in the pandemic, when so many musicians were recording stripped-back albums that reflected the quiet interiority of lockdown living, the Uruguayan artist Jorge Drexler thought he could try the same thing, making music using only the tools he had at his fingertips. “So many of us enclosed ourselves in our immediate worlds, with their guitars and our laptops,” Drexler says on a recent call from Spain. “There have been so many records made in a bedroom with whatever artists had at their disposal, so just a guitar, their voice,...

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Best Original Song

Updated: March 24, 2022

Awards Prediction Commentary:

Many potential records could be broken in the original song race,...

Elvis Costello and the Imposters have shared their new song “Paint the Red Rose Blue,” the second single off the singer’s upcoming album The Boy Named If.

“Paint the Red Rose Blue” is “the account of someone who has long-courted theatrical darkness, only for its violence and cruelty to become all too real,” Costello said in a statement. “In its wake, a bereft couple learn to love again, painting a melancholy blue over the red of romance.”

Costello has been especially prolific over the pandemic: The Boy Named If,...

Spanish rapper C. Tangana sat at a table covered in fruits and wine and looked ready for a feast when he took the stage at the 2021 Latin Grammys to perform “Ingobernable” with his family of collaborators. The ensemble sang and clapped along during the flamenco-inspired performance, which also included Nathy Peluso and Natalia Lafourcade.

Tangana is nominated for five Latin Grammy Awards this year, among the most of any artist, and has already picked up wins for Best Engineered Album (El Madrileño), Best Alternative Song (“Nominao” featuring Jorge Drexler), and...

Update (11/15): The Latin Grammys has finalized its performance lineup, tapping Gloria Estefan to open the 22nd iteration of the show. Estefan, per a press release, will kick things off with a three-song medley (“Abriendo Puertos,” “Cuando Hay Amor,” and “Magalenha”) and she’ll be joined on stage by an array of guests including Anitta, Carlinhos Brown, Laércio da Costa, Pedro Capó, Farina Giulia Be and Diego Torres.

Update (11/2): Christina Aguilera will return to the Latin Grammys for the first time in over 20 years for an “extended performance” at this year’s ceremony.

A new documentary series will explore Elvis Costello’s upcoming album Spanish Model, a project in which he and producer Sebastian Krys invited artists from across the Spanish-speaking world to adapt the songs from Costello’s seminal 1978 LP This Year’s Model in an entirely new language.

The artists, who include Fito Páez, Juanes, La Marisoul, Luis Fonsi, Fuego, and Jorge Drexler, helped recreate the tracks by performing over the original master recordings — an experience they’ll discuss in the documentary.

A short trailer offers a glimpse into the series,...

Elvis Costello doesn’t speak Spanish, but on at least one occasion, he’s dreamt in it.

Back in 2018, the television writer David Simon had reached out to him about transforming “This Year’s Girl,” the prickling cut from his pivotal 1978 LP This Year’s Model, into a duet for the second season of The Deuce. The thought of reworking a classic might have unnerved a less adventurous artist, but Costello, ever the shapeshifter, was intrigued. He and his frequent collaborator, the Grammy-winning Argentinean producer Sebastian Krys, dug into the...

If “Io Sì (Seen)” wins the song Oscar on April 25, it will mark only the fourth time in Oscar history that a foreign-language lyric has taken the prize. Diane Warren’s song for “The Life Ahead,” which co-lyricist Laura Pausini sings in Italian, is the 10th song not in the English language to be nominated.

The winners were the title song from 1960’s “Never on Sunday,” in Greek; “Al Otro Lado Del Rio,” from 2004’s “The Motorcycle Diaries,” in Spanish; and “Jai Ho,” from 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire,” a mix of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi languages.

One of its strongest competitors is “Husavik,” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” which is sung partly in Icelandic.

A non-English lyric is not necessarily a handicap. Multiple factors go into an Oscar song win, and it isn’t always just the competition. Manos Hadjidakis’ song “Never on Sunday” — from Jules Dassin...

This piece was originally published as a cover story in the March issue of Rolling Stone Colombia. Translated from Spanish by Diego Ortiz.

November 19th, 2020: C. Tangana is in Madrid. At midnight he receives an invitation from Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler to go into the studio and finish a pending session. The meeting — which coincided with the Latin Grammys, where Drexler was competing for Song of the Year — ended up being the foundation of “Nominao,” a set of hard rhymes to the beat of three chords and a bass drum.

Exclusive: CAA has inked acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker, documentarian, and philanthropist Walter Salles.

A USC alum, Salles has been a filmmaker for 35 years, his 1995 feature Foreign Land selected by over 40 film festivals and being local hit in his homeland.

His 1998 drama Central Station about a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother recently died died, searching for the father he never knew; was nominated for two Oscars — Best Foreign Language Film and Fernanda Montenegro for Best Actress– and won the Foreign Language Film Golden Globe, blasted him off to a career in Hollywood. The movie also won a BAFTA, and the Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear.

His 2004 feature The Motorcycle Diaries from Focus Features, about an early road trip made by Che Guevara and Alberto Granado through South America that defined their revolutionary beginnings, grabbed a Golden Globe nom, and won...

The 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were presented on Thursday, November 19. They awarded the best Latin music released within the eligibility period of June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020. So who were the big winners? Scroll down to see the complete list in all 53 categories, updated throughout the event.

J Balvin led the nominations with 13 bids including two for Album of the Year: “Colores” and “Oasis,” the latter of which was his collaboration with Bad Bunny. Balvin also had two nominations for Record of the Year, for his own “Rojo” and as a featured artist on Anuel AA‘s “China.” In the last five years J Balvin has won a total of four Latin Grammys, but he had never won in the general field.

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Bad Bunny was next in line with nine nominations. Like J Balvin, he had two chances to claim Album of the Year,...

The 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards will be held tonight, November 19, during a ceremony broadcast on Univision and hosted by salsa singer Victor Maneulle, Oscar nominee Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma“) and actress Ana Brenda Contreras. But who will win? Scroll down for our official odds in 13 categories including the top four general field races. Nominees are listed in order of their likelihood of winning with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

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Our odds were calculated by combining the predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users, and they expect good news for urban artists, especially Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican rapper has nine bids overall and is predicted to win Album of the Year and Best Urban Music Album for his crossover hit “Yhlqmdlg.” His frequent collaborator J Balvin has even more nominations,...