Music awards presented Sept 2002
The 3rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Kodak Theatre[1] on Wednesday, September 18, 2002. Alejandro Sanz was the night's big winner,[2] winning a total of three awards including Album of the Year. The ceremony returned in style after the 2001 ceremony was cancelled[3] because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks across America.
Awards
Winners are in bold text.
General
- Record of the Year
Alejandro Sanz — "Y Sólo Se Me Ocurre Amarte"
- Album of the Year
Alejandro Sanz — MTV Unplugged
- Song of the Year
Alejandro Sanz — "Y Sólo Se Me Ocurre Amarte"
- Best New Artist
Jorge Moreno
Pop
- Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Rosario — Muchas Flores
- Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Miguel Bosé — Sereno
- Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Sin Bandera — Sin Bandera
- Best Pop Instrumental Album
Chucho Valdés — Canciones Inéditas
Rap/Hip-Hop
- Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album
Vico C — Vivo
- Camorra — Vírus
- Nilo MC — Guajiro Del Asfalto
- Nocaute — CD Pirata
- X-Alfonso — X - Moré
Rock
- Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
Alejandra Guzmán — Soy
- Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
La Ley — MTV Unplugged
- Best Rock Song
Juanes — "A Dios le Pido"
Tropical
- Best Salsa Album
Celia Cruz — La Negra Tiene Tumbao
- Best Merengue Album
Olga Tañón — Yo Por Ti
- Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Carlos Vives — Déjame Entrar
- Best Traditional Tropical Album
Bebo Valdés Trio with Israel López "Cachao" and Carlos "Patato" Valdés — El Arte del Sabor
- Best Tropical Song
Andrés Castro, Martín Madera and Carlos Vives — "Déjame Entrar" (Carlos Vives)
Regional Mexican
- Best Ranchero Album
Vicente Fernández — Más Con El Número Uno
- Best Banda Album
Cuisillos de Arturo Macias — Puras Rancheras Con Cuisillos
- Best Grupero Album
Joan Sebastian — Lo Dijo El Corazon
- Grupo Bryndis — En El Idioma Del Amor
- Guardianes Del Amor — Muriendo De Frio
- Los Mismos — Perdón Por Extrañarte
- Priscila & Sus Balas De Plata — Para Mi Amor
- Best Tejano Album
Jimmy González & El Grupo Mazz — Siempre Humilde
- David Lee Garza & Los Musicales — Estamos Unidos
- Ram Herrera — Ingrata
- La Mafia — Inconfundible
- Los Desperadoz — Desde El Corazón
- Best Norteño Album
Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte — El Número Cien
- Best Regional Mexican Song
Freddie Martínez — "Del Otro Lado Del Porton" (Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte)
Traditional
- Best Folk Album
Susana Baca — Lamento Negro
- Best Tango Album
Sérgio & Odair Assad — Sérgio & Odair Assad Play Piazzolla
- Adrián Iaies — Tango Reflections
- Raul Jaurena — Tango Bar
- Néstor Marconi — Sobre Imágenes
- Julia Zenko — Tango Por Vos
- Best Flamenco Album
Antonio Núñez — Mis 70 Años Con El Cante
Jazz
- Best Latin Jazz Album
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio — Supernova
Christian
- Best Christian Album
Padre Marcelo Rossi — Paz - Ao Vivo
- Ileana Garcés — El Amor Tiene Un Valor
- Roberto Orellana — Mi Nuevo Amor
- Rabito — Viva La Vida
- 33 DC — Ven, Es Tiempo de Adorarle
Brazilian
- Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Lenine — Falange Canibal
- Best Brazilian Rock Album
Cássia Eller — Acústico MTV
- Best Samba/Pagode Album
Zeca Pagodinho — Deixa a Vida Me Levar
- Martinho da Vila — Da Roca e da Cidade
- Claudio Jorge — Coisa de Chefe
- Riachão — Humanenochum
- Nelson Sargento — Flores em Vida
- Best MPB Album
Chico Buarque and Edu Lobo — Cambaio
- Best Sertaneja Music Album
Bruno & Marrone — Acústico – Ao Vivo
- Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album
Gilberto Gil — São João Vivo
- Best Brazilian Song
Dori Caymmi and Paulo César Pinheiro — "Saudade de Amar" (Nana Caymmi)
Children's
- Best Latin Children's Album
Xuxa — Só Para Baixinhos 2
Classical
- Best Classical Album
Quarteto Amazonia — Adiós Nonino - Quarteto Amazônia Toca Astor Piazzolla
- Pablo Roberto Diemecke and Jorge Federico Osorio — Chávez: Conciertos Para Violin y Piano
- María Guinand — Golijov: La Pasión Según San Marcos
- Luiz De Moura Castro and María José Montiel — Modinha - Brazilian Songs
- Cuarteto Latinoamericano — Villa-Lobos: String Quartets, Vol. 6
Production
- Best Engineered Album
Andrés Bermúdez, Joel Numa and Silvio Richetto — Alexandre Pires (Alexandre Pires)
- Producer of the Year
Kike Santander
Music Video
- Best Music Video
Shakira — "Suerte"