USA: LATIN GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

Record ID: 392130

  • Title: USA: LATIN GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
  • Date: 17th July 2001
  • Summary: MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JULY 17, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) PAN BUILDING EXTERIORS WIDE OF PODIUM WITH MEDIA IN FOREGROUND SV PRESENTERS ANNOUNCES RECORD OF THE YEAR NOMINEES SV (SOUNDBITE)(English) PRESENTER SAYING: "And the nominees are: Christina Aguilera, But I remember you, Aterciopelados for El album, Gilberto Gil for Esper
  • Embargoed: 1st August 2001 13:00
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  • Location: MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVAE399CWZA48T73IXPPFF6DPZ6Z
  • Story Text: Colombian rock artist Juanes was nominated on Tuesday (July 17) for six Latin Grammy awards including record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist, the Latin Recording Academy announced.
    Juanes began his music career with a band 15 years ago. Even though he never considered giving up, the most trying part of his journey to success was having patience, he told reporters after the announcements.
    Another strong contender in the Sept. 11 awards in Miami will be Spanish artist Alejandro Sanz, who received five nominations -- for record of the year, album of the year and song of the year. Sanz also was nominated for best male pop vocal.
    The singer/songwriter, whose wife is expecting their first child any day, was on tour in Spain and could not be in Miami for the nominations.
    Pop sensation Christina Aguilera got two nominations including best record of the year for "Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti"

    ("But I remember you").
    The nominees were read by a group of Latin artists including Alejandro Lerner from Argentina, who was nominated for best songwriter and later joked that the hardest part of the day was reading Portuguese.
    Also announcing Grammy contenders were Jon Secada, Emilio Estefan and heart-throb Carlos Ponce at a ceremony launching an event that Miami has been eagerly looking forward to as a chance to hone its reputation as a glitzy gateway to Latin America and a leading centre of Latin music.
    "It's just great to see the excitement building up, new artists, new songs, it's making the whole thing a lot more international which is really great and that's what everybody wants, to have a feel for Latin music from all over the world," said an excited Jon Secada. "We're gonna have it, it's gonna be great, the arena is ready and we're ready, it's hot."
    Last year's first Latin Grammy awards were held in Los Angeles. Miami, home to recording icons Ricky Martin, Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan and Latin American headquarters of Sony Music and MTV and scores of other music labels, missed out largely because of the city's anti-Cuba policies and because of past protests by Cuban American exiles against Cuban artists who have occasionally performed in the city.
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