Latin Grammy Awards of 2008

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date = November 13 2008
venue = Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
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Persona Del Ano= Gloria Estefan
network = UnivisionThe 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards will take Place on November 13, 2008. It will be held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and will be aired on Univision. Nominees Will be announced on September 10 2008. In addition to that the Academy's Persona Del Ano Will be Gloria Estefan. [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/News/Default.aspx?newsID=3009&newsCategoryID=1] , She will be the first female honoree for the award. In addition she will become the first artist to receive this honor as well as the MusiCares Person of the Year honor which she received in 1994 prior to the Grammy Awards. Special award recipients and hall of fame inductees will be announced later. [ [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/5683313.html Latin Grammy Awards show to be held in Houston] ] The show will honor the best in Latin Music for releases between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. Nominations were announced on September 10, 2008. Academy members have been mailed their final voting ballot where they will determine the winners of the awards.

Performers

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Presenters

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Nominees

Record of the Year

*"" — Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini
**Humberto Gatíca & Tony Renis, producers; Humberto Gatíca & Alejandro Rodríguez, engineers/mixers
*"Bonita" — Cabas
**Cabas & Carlos Jean, producers; José Luis Crespo & Raúl Quílez, engineers/mixers
*"Volver a Comenzar" — Café Tacvba
**Café Tacvba, Tony Peluso & Gustavo Santaolalla, producers; Emmanuel del Real & Tony Peluso, engineers/mixers
*"Me Enamora" — Juanes
**Juanes & Gustavo Santaolalla, producers; Jorge Da Silva & Thom Russo, engineers/mixers
*"El Presente" — Julieta Venegas
**Jaques Morelenbaum & Julieta Venegas, producers; Gustavo Borner, engineer/mixer

Album of the Year

*"Niña de Fuego" — Buika
**Javier Limón, producer; Oscar Clavel & Melisa Nanni, engineers/mixers; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer
*"Si No" — Café Tacvba
**Café Tacvba, Tony Peluso & Gustavo Santaolalla, producers; Emmanuel del Real & Tony Peluso, engineers/mixers; Tom Baker, mastering engineer
*"Para Siempre" — Vicente Fernández
**Joan Sebastian, producer; Dennis Parker, engineer/mixer and mastering engineer
*"Cualquier Dia" — Kany García
**Guillermo Gil, Pancho Ruíz & Mario Santos, producers; Memo Gil, engineer/mixer; Güicho Gil, mastering engineer.
*"La Vida... Es un Ratico" — Juanes
**Juanes & Gustavo Santaolalla, producers; Steve Churchyard, Jorge Da Silva, Juanes, Anibal Kerpel & Thom Russo, engineers/mixers; Tom Baker, mastering engineer

ong of the Year

*"El Presente" — Julieta Venegas
*"Esta Vez" — Café Tacvba
*"Hoy Ya Me Voy" — Kany García
*"Me Enamora" — Juanes
*"Todavía" — Aureo Baqueiro and Gian Marco

Best New Artist

*Kany García
*Mónica Giraldo
*Diogo Nogueira
*Roberta Sá
*Ximena Sariñana

Best Female Pop Vocal Album

*"Arpeggios de Amor: Requiem por Tres Almas" — Ana Gabriel
*"Cualquier Dia" — Kany García
*"Fuerza" — Alejandra Guzmán
*"Real" — Ednita Nazario
*"Parte de Mí" — Rosario Flores

Best Male Pop Vocal Album

*"Quién Dijo Ayer" — Ricardo Arjona
*"Un Día Más en el Gran Circo" — Jeremías
*"La Vida... Es un Ratico" — Juanes
*"Enojado" — Alejandro Lerner
*"Desde Adentro" — Gian Marco

Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals

*"Fantasía Pop" — Belanova
*"10" — Hombres G
*"Nadha" — Kudai
*"A.B. Quintanilla presenta Kumbia All Starz Planeta Kumbia" — Kumbia All Starz
*"Empezar Desde Cero" — RBD

Best Urban Music Album

*"Sobrenatural" — Alexis & Fido
*"El Abayarde Contra Ataca" — Tego Calderón
*"Te Quiero" — Flex
*"It's My Time" — Tito El Bambino
*"" — Wisin y Yandel

Best Urban Song

*"Al Son del Boom" — "Tingui" & Daddy Yankee
*"El Tra" — Tito El Bambino
*"Ni Fu Ni Fa" — Tego Calderón
*"Soy Igual Que Tú" — Alexis, Fido & Toby Love
*"Te Quiero" — Flex

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album

*"La Lengua Popular" — Andrés Calamaro
*"Efecto Dominó" — Chetes
*"Necia" — Alih Jey
*"Energía Divina" — Juanse
*"Balmoral" — Loquillo
*"Why You?" — Siddhartha

Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals

*"Bersuit" — Bersuit
*"Laberintos Entre Artistas y Dialectos" — Catupecu Machu
*"Tour 2007" — Héroes del Silencio
*"Eternamiente — Molotov
*"Sinfonia Soledad" — Panda

Best Rock Song

*"Ayer" — Javier Morales
*"Carnaval de Brasil" — Andrés Calamaro & Cachorro López
*"Esta Vez" — Café Tacvba
*"Mi Gin Tonic" — Andrés Calamaro
*"Yofo" — Molotov

Best Alternative Music Album

*"Mucho" — Babasonicos
*"Si No" — Café Tacvba
*"Cursi" — Circo
*"La Radiolina" — Manu Chao
*"MTV Unplugged" — Julieta Venegas

Best Alternative Song

*"Alguien" — Aureo Baqueiro & Edgardo Santiago
*"5 Minutos Más (Minibar)" — Andrés Calamaro
*"El Mareo" — Juan Campodónico & Fernando Santullo
*"Normal" — Ximena Sariñana
*"Papeles Mojados" — María del Mar Rodríguez Carnero
*"Volver a Comenzar" — Café Tacvba

Best Salsa Album

*"El Cantante" — Marc Anthony
*"Auténtico" — Grupo Galé
*"Soy" — Victor Manuelle
*"Puro Corazón..." — Maelo Ruiz
*"Contraste" — Gilberto Santa Rosa

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

*"Chicas de Canela" — Chicas de Canela
*"Somos La Esencia" — El Combo de las Estrellas
*"La Mandarina" — Gusi & Beto
*"Sólo Clásicos" — Peter Manjarrés, Emiliano Zuleta y Sergio Luis
*"Palabra de Honor" — Emilianito Zuleta y Toba Zuleta

Best Contemporary Tropical Album

*"El Súper Joe" — Joe Arroyo
*"Señor Bachata" — José Feliciano
*"Gratitud" — Fonseca
*"Porro Nuevo" — Adriana Lucía
*"Exitos en Dos Tiempos" — Olga Tañón

Best Traditional Tropical Album

*"Cuba: Un Viaje Musical" — Albita, Rey Ruiz y Donato Poveda
*"Bohemio" — Chucho Avellanet with Trío Los Andinos
*"El Cuarto Puertorriqueño... Reafirmación" — Edwin Colón Zayas
*"90 Millas" — Gloria Estefan
*"Una Navidad A Mi Estilo" — Victor Manuelle

Best Tropical Song

*"Conteo Regresivo" — Juan José Hernández
*"Llegó El Amor" — Victor Manuelle
*"Me Vió Llorar" — Jorge Celedón
*"Píntame de Colores" — Emilio Estefan, Jr., Gloria Estefan, Alberto Gaitan & Ricardo Gaitan

Best Singer-Songwriter Album

*"Matizes" — Djavan
*"Banda Larga Cordel" — Gilberto Gil
*"Regalo" — Pablo Milanés
*"Rodolfo" — Fito Páez
*"Tarde O Temprano" — Tommy Torres

Best Ranchero Album

*"100% Mexicano" — Pepe Aguilar
*"Dime Mi Amor" — Pedro Fernández
*"Para Siempre" — Vicente Fernández
*"Recuerdos del Alma" — Los Temerarios
*"La Vida En Vivo!!" — Jenni Rivera

Best Banda Album

*"Que Bonito... ¡Es Lo Bonito!" — Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga
*"Mis Rancheras Consentidas" — El Chapo
*"Listos, Montados y Armados" — Los Creadorez Del Pasito Duranguense de Alfredo Ramirez
*"Ayer, Hoy y Siempre" — Los Horóscopos de Durango
*"No Es De Madera" — Joan Sebastian

Best Tejano Album

*"Music Lessons" — Chente Barrera y Taconazo
*"Incomparable" — Jimmy González y Grupo Mazz
*"The Legend Returns" — Freddie Martínez
*"De Nuevo" — Emilio Navaira
*"Domingo" — Elida Reyna

Best Norteño Album

*"Que Ganas de Volver" — Conjunto Primavera
*"Me Enamoré de un Angel" — Los Palominos
*"Raíces" — Los Tigres del Norte
*"Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor" — Pesado
*"Six Pack" — Siggno

Best Regional Mexican Song

*"Búscame En El Cielo" — Freddie Martínez, Jr.
*"Decirte Te Quiero" — Charlie Corona & Jesse Turner
*"Estos Celos" — Joan Sebastian
*"Si Tú Te Vas" — Adolfo Angel

Best Instrumental Album

*"Rhythm & Romance" — Kenny G
*"Pra Cá E Para Lá" — Paulo Moura
*"Orquesta Filarmómoca de Bogotá - 40 Años" — Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá
*"Avatar" — Gonzalo Rubalcaba
*"Live at the Village Vanguard" — Bebo Valdés & Javier Colina

Best Folk Album

*"Mil Caminos" — Damaris
*"Terra" — Mariza
*"Zamba Malató" — Perú Negro
*"20 Éxitos" — Walter Silva
*"Caballo!" — Cholo Valderrama

Best Tango Album

*"Milongueros" — Esteban Morgado Cuarteto
*"Tango" — Luis Salinas
*"Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango" — Varios Artists
*"Astos Piazzolla/Heitor Villa-Lobos" — Javier Vinasco & Edith Ruiz
*"Buenos Aires Report" — Pablo Ziegler, Quique Sinesi & Walter Castro

Best Flamenco Album

*"Río de los Canasteros" — Diego Amador
*"Reencuentro" — Camarón de la Isla
*"Recuerdos" — Esperanza Fernández
*"Una Guitarra En Granada" — Juan Habichuela
*"Metáfora" — Lole

Best Latin Jazz Album

*"Afro Bop Alliance" — Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels, Harry Appelman, Andy Axelrad, Nick Cooper, Dan Drew, Luis Hernández, Rob Holmes, Joe McCarthy, Jim McFalls, Mark Morgan, Max Murray, Vince Norman, Ben Patterson, Roberto Quintero, Greg Reese, Tim Stanley, Chris Walter, Steve Williams& JJ Wright, group members
*"Brasilianos 2" — Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto
*"Nonada" — Pau Brasil
*"Cultural Survival" — David Sánchez
*"Charlie Sepulveda & The Turnaround" — Charlie Sepúlveda & The Turnaround

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)

*"Refréscate!" — Aline Barros
*"Cuidaré de Tí" — Alex Campos
*"Tengo Sed de Tí" — Soraya Moraes
*"Ayer Te Ví... Fue Más Claro Que La Luna" — Jesús Adrián Romero
*"Sinfonía del Alma" — Marcos Witt

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)

*"Aline Barros & CIA 2" — Aline Barros
*"Cura-Me" — Fernanda Brum
*"Som Da Chuva" — Soraya Moraes
*"E Impossivel Mas Deus Pode" — Toque No Altar
*"Sobrenatural" — Andre Valadao
*"Deus Sonha Com Vocé" — Italo Villar

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album

*"Ao Vivo No Estúdio" — Arnaldo Antunes
*"Música Nova" — Danni Carlos
*"Sim" — Vanessa Da Mata
*"Inflassificáveis" — Ney Matogrosso
*"Romance" — Rosa Passos

Best Brazilian Rock Album

*"Ritmo, Ritual e Responsa" — Charlie Brown Jr.
*"Cidade Cinza" — CPM 22
*"O Retorno De Saturno" — Detonautas Roque Clube
*"Fome de Tudo" — Nação Zumbii
*"{Des}concerto Ao Vivo - 06-07-07 Traje: (Rock Fino)" — Pitty

Best Samba/Pagode Album

*"Canta O Samba Da Bahia Ao Vivo" — Beth Carvalho
*"Sambista Perfeito" — Arlindo Cruz
*"Acústico MTV" — Paulinho Da Viola
*"Estação Melodia" — Luiz Melodia
*"Samba Meu" — Maria Rita

Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album

*"Dentro Do Mar Tem Rio - Ao Vivo" — Maria Bethânia
*"Chico Buarque Carioca - Ao Vivo" — Chico Buarque
*"América Brasil o Disco" — Seu Jorge
*"Omara Portuondo e Maria Bethânia" — Omara Portuondo and Maria Bethânia
*"Que Belo Estranho Dia Pra Se Ter Alegria" — Roberta Sá
*"Multishow Ao Vivo Cê" — Caetano Veloso

Best Romantic Music Album

*"Acústico II - Volume 1" — Bruno & Marrone
*"Difícil Năo Falar de Amor" — Daniel
*"Coração Bandido" — Leonardo
*".com Você" — César Menotti & Fabiano
*"Senhora Raiz" — Roberta Miranda

Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album

*"50 Anos de Mariachis & Grandes Sucessos Sertanejos" — Pedro Bento & Zé Da Estrada
*"Fandango!" — Renato Borghetti
*"Companheiro é Companheiro" — Cezar & Paulinho
*"Grandes Clássicos Sertanejos Acústico I" — Chitãozinho & Xororó
*"Toda Vez Que Eu Dou Um Passo O Mundo Sai Dolugar" — Siba E A Fuloresta

Best Brazilian Song (Portuguese Language)

*"Acode" — Vanessa Da Mata & Sergio Mendes
*"Coisas Que Eu Sei" — Dudu Falcão
*"Delírio Dos Mortais" — Djavan
*"Ela Une Todas As Coisas" — Jota Maranhão & Jorge Vercillo
*"Som Da Chuva" — Marco Moraes & Soraya Moraes

Best Latin Children Album

*"Un Lugar Llamado Colombia" — Claraluna
*"Hora de Dormir" — Raquel Durães
*"El Heredero" — Miguelito
*"Niños Adorando 3" — Niños Adorando
*"Alegrate" — Remi
*"Acordes para Hormiguitas y Menudas Criaturas" — Strings For Kids

Best Classical Album

*"Fiesta" — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Sid McLauchlan, producer
*"Jardim Abandonado" — Sérgio y Odair Assad; Françoise-Emmanuelle Denis, producer
*"Pasión Española" — Plácido Domingo; Sid McLauchlan, producer
*"Violão Sinfônico" — Sílvio Barbato & Turíbio Santos; Maria Clara Barbosa & Sérgio Barboza, producers

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

*"Barcelonazo"
**Jorge Liderman
*"Concierto del Sol" — (Orquesta Filarmónica de Costa Rica)
**Carlos José Castro, composer;
*"Non Divisi" — (Camerata Romeu)
**Roberto Valera, composer
*"Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina"
**Sérgio Assad, composer
*"Variación del Recuerdo" — (The North/South Chamber Orchestra)
**Aurelio De La Vega, composer

Best Recording Package

*"Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango" — Various Artists
**Leicia Gotlibowski, Daniel Kotliar, Karina Levy, Andres Mayo & Mercedes Sencio, art directors
*"Cara B" — Jorge Drexler
**Santiago Velazco-Land, art director
*"Fome de Tudo" — Nação Zumbi
**Jorge Du Peixe & Valentina Trajano, art directors
*"Gózalo" — Orquesta La 33
**Gaspar Guerra, art director
*"Tijuana Sound Machine" — Nortec Collective presents Bostich y Fussible
**Fritz Torres, art director

Best Engineered Album

*"David Cavazos" — David Cavazos
**Humberto Gatica, engineer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
*"Dentro Do Mar Tem Rio - Ao Vivo" — Maria Bethânia
**Moogie Canazio, engineer; Moogie Canazio & Luiz Tornaghi, mastering engineers
*"Evolution" — Bobby Valentín
**Gabriel Peña, Héctor Iván Rosa & Bobby Valentín, engineers; José Lugo, mastering engineer
*"Obra Inversa" — Obra Inversa
**Ariel Alejandro Gato, engineer and mastering engineer
*"Rhythm & Romance" — Kenny G
**Chris Brooke, Steve Churchyard, Humberto Gatica & Rodolfo Vazquez, engineers; Stephen Marcussen, mastering engineer
*"Romance" — Rosa Passos
**Carlos "KK" Akamine & Al Schmitt, engineers; Doug Sax, mastering engineer

Producer Of The Year

*Alejandro Acosta, Bob Benozzo and Roberto Cantero
**"Con Otro Aire" — Chambao

*Sergio George
**"El Cantante" — Marc Anthony
**"Historia de Taxi" — Ricardo Arjona featuring Marc Anthony
**"La Vida Se Va" — Gloria Trevi
**"Mi Mayor Sacrificio" — Tito Nieves & Marco Antonio Solís
**"Quiero Decirte Que Te Amo" — DLG featuring Ness
**"Toro Mata" — DLG featuring Napoles & Ness

*Tweety González and Ximena Sariñana
**"Mediocre" — Ximena Sariñana
**"No Vuelvo Más" — Ximena Sariñana
**"Pocas Palabras" — Ximena Sariñana
**"Reforma" — Ximena Sariñana
**"Un Error" — Ximena Sariñana
**"Vidas Paralelas" — Ximena Sariñana

*Javier Limón
**"La Falsa Moneda" — Buika
**"La Felicidad" — Solé Giménez
**"Niña de Fuego" — Buika
**"Terra" — Mariza

*Cachorro Lopez
**"Cuando No Estás" — Valeria Gastaldi
**"Fantasía Pop" — Belanova
**"La Lengua Popular" — Andrés Calamaro
**"Noa Noa" — Vicentico

Best Short Form Music Video

*"Pijamas" — Babasonicos
**Agustin Alberdi, video director; Juan Taylor, video producer
*"Pa' Bailar" — Bajofondo
**Pablo Casacuberta, video director; Laura Gutman, video producer
*"Me Enamora" — Juanes
**Agressive, video director; Cathy Pellow, video producer
*"Me Llaman Calle" — Manu Chao
**Fernando León de Aranoa, video director and producer
*"Yofo" — Molotov
**Rita Marimen, video director; Andrés Martínez, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video

*"Papitour" — Miguel Bosé
**Eduardo Sánchez, video director; Manolo Roldán, video producer
*"90 Millas" — Gloria Estefan
**Emilio Estefan, Jr., video director and producer
*"Dos Pajaros de un Tiro" — Joan Manuel Serrat and Joaquin Sabina
**Luis Parraga, video director; Caster Films S.L., video producer
*"Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango" — Various Artists
**Omar Quiroga & Fabio Zabrowski, video directors; Andres Mayo, video producer
*"MTV Unplugged" — Julieta Venegas
**Milton Lage, video director; Michael Dagnery & Jose Tillan, video producers

External Links

*Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences: http://www.grammy.com/Latin/
*Univision Site: http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml;jsessionid=1GNYIPOFOHW4CCWIAAOSFFQKZAAB2IWC?chid=10383&schid=11335

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