- Title: USA: NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE LATIN GRAMMY MUSIC AWARDS
- Date: 24th July 2002
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 24, 2002) (REUTERS) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BEST NEW ARTIST NOMINEE GIAN MARCO SAYING "I am very thankful with life for giving me the opportunity to choose this career that I love and respect." (2.37)
- Embargoed: 8th August 2002 13:00
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- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA2JABPY68734A3ZCY972P5NHQ8
- Story Text: Colombian artist Carlos Vives has picked up six Latin Grammy nominations, beating out salsa legend Celia Cruz, who garnered four nods.
Vives and Cruz, both previous winners, led a field that included three nominations apiece for Alejandro Sanz, Miguel Bose, Emilio Estefan, Juanes, and Gian Marco.
The artists singled out in the nominations hail from Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and other countries, which Fernandez said shows the genre's vitality and reach.
The nominations for "Album of the Year" also tapped a spectrum of musical personalities, including pop star Sanz, salsa queen Cruz, tropical folk artist Vives, rocker Bose and Brazilian pop artist Ivan Lins.
Nominees in the Best New Artist category included Cabas, Circo, Jorge Moreno and Sin Bandera, and Gian Marco.
"I am very thankful with life for giving me the opportunity to choose this career that I love and respect,"
said Gian Marco.
The academy also added two new categories this year: Best Contemporary Tropical Album and Best Christian Album, bringing the number of categories to 41.
The third annual Latin Grammys ceremony are planned for September 18 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
Last year's ceremony, scheduled for Septtember 11 in Los Angeles, was cancelled because of the hijacking attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.
The artists, stranded in Los Angeles by the shut-down of U.S. airports following the attacks, held a benefit concert for the survivors of the attacks three days later. The awards were subsequently handed out without fanfare.
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