21st Latin Grammy Awards
DateNovember 19, 2020
VenueAmerican Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Hosted byYalitza Aparicio, Ana Brenda Contreras and Victor Manuelle
Highlights
Most awardsNatalia Lafourcade and Rosalía (3 each)
Person of the YearN/A (see Background)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTelevisaUnivision
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The 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on Thursday, November 19, 2020 and broadcast on TelevisaUnivision. The 2020 Latin Grammy ceremony was anchored from the American Airlines Arena in Miami,[1] though the health protocols enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant there was no live audience in the venue, and performances were presented from remote locations from many parts of the world. The telecast marked the 21st anniversary of the Latin Grammy Awards and honored musical releases within Latin music released from June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020. Nominations were announced on September 29.[2]

Background

On March 28, 2020, less than three weeks after the March 11 declaration by the World Health Organization that the COVID-19 outbreak was officially a pandemic,[3] the Latin Recording Academy announced that its annual gala was still set for November 2020.

Starting in 2020, the Latin Grammys would include a category exclusively focused on reggaeton to prevent of the controversies and calls for boycott experienced the year before. Thus, a new category named "Best Reggaeton Performance" was introduced this year.

Also starting with the 2020 awards, the Latin Recording Academy announced that it would stop using the term "urban music" in response to controversies which had led its sister organization, The Recording Academy, to announce changes to the names of some that academy's Grammy Awards categories six months after its own January 2020 awards presentations.[4] "Best Pop/Rock Song" and "Best Rap/Hip Hop Song" replaced the "urban" categories, with the latter one including trap music.[5] The "Best Flamenco Album" category made its return to the Latin Grammys after being erased in 2018, due to the lack of competition.[6]

On August 18, the Latin Recording Academy announced the official date for the gala's celebration and its format. Under the slogan "Music Humanizes Us", the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards was returning to Miami, for the first time since the 2003 ceremony. In that announcement, the Latin Grammys organization stated: "If local conditions are favorable in November, The Latin Academy will consider hosting a live audience telecast composed primarily of nominees, presenters and performers."[7]

In November, due to the ongoing pandemic, the ceremony was held without a live audience in the venue, and featured remote performances from all around the world. As a result of the pandemic, the special awards, namely the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Latin Grammy Trustees Award, were not presented this year.[8]

Originally, Carlos Rivera and Roselyn Sánchez were announced as hosts for the ceremony but Sánchez could not continue as host due to health issues.[9] Later, actresses Yalitza Aparicio and Ana Brenda Contreras were announced as hosts alongside Rivera,[10] but a few days later Rivera cancelled his participation due to a COVID-19 case in his team.[11] Then, singer Victor Manuelle was announced as performer and also host with Aparicio and Contreras. [12]

Performances

Artist(s) Song(s) Ref.
Rauw Alejandro
Ivy Queen
Victor Manuelle
Ricardo Montaner
Jesús Navarro
Tribute to Héctor Lavoe
"El Cantante"
[13][14]
Debi Nova
Raquel Sofía
Alex Cuba
"Amor en Cuarentena"
"Esta Situación"
Lupita Infante
Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández
Tribute to Pedro Infante
"Amorcito Corazón"
Karol G "Tusa"
José Luis Perales "Y Como es Él"
"Te Quiero"
J Balvin "Rojo"
Guaynaa
Sebastián Yatra
"Chica Ideal"
"Three Little Birds"
Alejandro Fernández
Calibre 50
Christian Nodal
"Decepciones"
"Ay Ay Ay"
"Más No Puedo"
Carla Morrison
Ricky Martin
"Recuerdo"
"Tiburones"
Fito Paez
Nathy Peluso
"La Conquista del Espacio"
"Buenos Aires"
Pitbull "I Believe That We Will Win"
Kany García
Nahuel Pennisi
Pedro Capó
Camilo
"Lo que en ti veo"
"Titanic"
"Tutu"
Los Tigres del Norte "Tres Veces Mojado"
Bad Bunny "Bichiyal"
"Si Veo a Tu Mamá"
Julio Reyes Copello
Marc Anthony
"Un Amor Eterno"
Anitta "Mas, que Nada!"
"Me Gusta"
Natalia Jimenez
Juanes
Prince Royce
Leslie Grace
Tribute to Julio Iglesias
"Hey"
Tribute to Roberto Carlos
"Un Gato en la Oscuridad"
Tribute to Juan Luis Guerra
"Burbujas de Amor"
Anuel AA "Estrés Postraumático"
"El Manual"

Presenters

Winners and nominees

The following is the list of nominees.[15]

General

Record of the Year
Album of the Year

Natalia LafourcadeUn Canto por México, Vol. 1

Kiko Campos, album producer; José Luis Fernández & Rubén López Arista, album recording engineers; Rubén López Arista, album mixer; Natalia Lafourcade, songwriter; Michael Fuller, album mastering engineer

Song of the Year
Best New Artist

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Album

Ricky MartinPausa

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Andrés Cepeda and FonsecaCompadres

Best Pop Song

"Tutu" — Camilo, Jon Leone & Richi López, songwriters (Camilo featuring Pedro Capó)

Urban

Best Urban Fusion/Performance

Rosalía and Ozuna — "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi"

Best Reggaeton Performance

Bad Bunny — "Yo Perreo Sola"

Best Urban Music Album

ColoresJ Balvin

Best Rap/Hip Hop Song

"Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe" — Residente, songwriter (Residente)

Best Urban Song

"Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi" — Pablo Diaz-Reixa "El Guincho", Ozuna and Rosalía, songwriters (Rosalía & Ozuna)

Rock

Best Rock Album

¿Dónde jugaran lxs niñxs? (Desde el Palacio de los Deportes)Molotov

Best Rock Song

"Biutiful" — Mon Laferte, songwriter (Mon Laferte)

Best Pop/Rock Album

La Conquista del EspacioFito Páez

Best Pop/Rock Song

"La Canción de las Bestias" — Fito Páez, songwriter (Fito Páez)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

SobrevolandoCultura Profética

Best Alternative Song

"En Cantos" — Ismael Cancel, Ile and Natalia Lafourcade, songwriters (Ile & Natalia Lafourcade)

Tropical

Best Salsa Album

40Grupo Niche

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe)Jorge Celedón and Sergio Luis Rodríguez

Best Merengue/Bachata Album

AhoraEddy Herrera

LarimarDaniel Santacruz

Best Traditional Tropical Album

ÍconoOrquesta Aragón

Best Contemporany Tropical/Tropical Fusion Album

CumbianaCarlos Vives

Best Tropical Song

"Canción para Rubén" — Rubén Blades and Carlos Vives, songwriters (Carlos Vives & Rubén Blades)

Songwriter

Best Singer-Songwriter Album

Mesa Para DosKany García

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album

Hecho en MéxicoAlejandro Fernández

Best Banda Album

PlaylistChiquis

Best Tejano Album

Live in MéxicoLa Mafia

Best Norteño Album

Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom PrisonLos Tigres Del Norte

Best Regional Song

"Mi Religión" — Natalia Lafourcade, songwriter (Natalia Lafourcade)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album

Terra — Daniel Minimalia

Traditional

Best Folk Album

A Capella: Grabado en Casa Durante la CuarentenaSusana Baca

Best Tango Album

Fuelle y Cuerda — Gustavo Casenave Quartet

Best Flamenco Album

Flamenco sin FronterasAntonio Rey

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album

Puertos: Music from International Waters — Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)

SoldadosAlex Campos

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)

ReinoAline Barros

Portuguese Language

Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album

Apká!Céu

Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album

AmarEloEmicida

Best Samba/Pagode Album

Samba Jazz de Raiz, Cláudio Jorge 70 — Cláudio Jorge

Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album

Belo Horizonte — Toninho Horta & Orquestra Fantasma

Best Sertaneja Music Album

Origens (Ao vivo em Sete Lagoas, Brazil/2019)Paula Fernandes

Best Portuguese Language Roots Album

Veia Nordestina — Mariana Aydar

Best Portuguese Language Song

"Abricó-de-Macaco" — Francisco Bosco and João Bosco, songwriters (João Bosco)

Children's

Best Latin Children’s Album

Canta y Juega — Tina Kids

Classical

Best Classical Album

Eternal Gratitude — Paulina Leisring & Domingo Pagliuca; Samuel Pilafian, album producer

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

"Sacre" — Carlos Fernando López & José Valentino, composers (Carlos Fernando López)

Arrangement

Best Arrangement

"La Flor de la Canela"

Lorenzo Ferrero, arranger (Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra)

Recording Package

Best Recording Package

Soy Puro Teatro - Homenaje a La Lupe

Pedro Fajardo, art director (Mariaca Semprún)

Production

Best Engineered Album

3:33

Daniel Bitrán Arizpe, Daniel Dávila, Justin Moshkevich, George Noriega, Erick Roman, Paul Rubinstein & JC Vertti, engineers; Miles Comaskey, Najeeb Jones & Tony Maserati, mixers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Debi Nova)

Producer of the Year

Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video

"TKN" — Rosalía and Travis Scott

Canadá, video director; Oscar Romagosa & Laura Serra Estorch, video producers

Best Long Form Music Video

El Mundo Perdido de CumbianaCarlos Vives

Carlos Felipe Montoya, video director; Isabel Cristina Vásquez, video producer

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