Latin Grammy 2024: who were the winners of the award ceremony – El Sol de Mazatlán

Juan Luis Guerra is crowned with Latin Grammy for Best Album of the Year thanks to Radio Güira, in the 25th edition that took place this Thursday at the Kaseya Center, in Miami, Florida.

With four decades of career, the 67-year-old Dominican singer-songwriter achieved three more gramophones in the categories of Record of the Year, Merengue/Bachata Album, Tropical Song for the song “Mambo 23”.

“It is a great privilege to be with you, I love you, I admire you and After 40 years of career I feel joyful to be with you“, thanked the singer on stage.

“The idea for this album was from Jesus, he gave us wisdom, understanding, all the glory and honor for whoever receives grace, raise his head to heaven, glory to God, thank you very much,” he added.

For its part, in the area of Song of the Year, Jorge Drexler He was the winner with his song “Collapse”. The Uruguayan musician and composer seemed surprised when receiving the award, especially because At no time did he believe that his 2 minute and 6 second song was considered between songs by other exponents that he admires.

Best Pop Vocal Album went to Luis Fonsi for his album The trip with which he celebrates 25 years of musical career. In his speech, he also thanked God, as well as his wife and two children. Your prize will keep it in the “most beautiful place in the world” he said, his native Puerto Rico.

Another Puerto Rican who also won was Kany Garcia with his disk Garcia in the categories of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Singer-Songwriter Song.

“What a beautiful joy! an album with my dad’s last name brought me luckI feel super happy, excited, a few seconds ago I was talking to Mon Laferte and we agreed that Everything that happens to women, believe me, takes us three times as long as it does to men. That’s why I celebrate with so much joy.

Long live the women, long live the music Kany Garcia

“Long live women, long live music, thanks to my producer, my record label, my beautiful wife who two women together it is impossible for us not to be unstoppable” said the 42-year-old singer.

Regarding urban music, Karol G triumphed with the album Tomorrow will be nice which she dedicated to her family, friends and fans who have followed her around the world.

México was present in the artistic field thanks to Carin Leon who won Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album by Boca Chueca, Vol. 1.

Best Pop/Rock Album it was for Draco Rosa by Reflections of the eternal while the Best New Artist it was for Ela Taubert.

Mexican Edgar Barrera achieves 3 Latin Grammys after being the most nominated

The Mexican Edgar Barrera achieved nine nominations in the 25th edition of the Latin Grammy, positioning itself as the most mentioned above Karol G and Bad Bunny which obtained eight mentions.

Before starting the televised gala from the Kaseya Center, in Miami, The music producer won three awards one like Composer of the Year the second consecutive that he achieves, as well as Producer of the Year and Best Regional Mexican Song for the topic “The love of his life“, which he created with Keityn.

He also fought in that same category, but with the song “On the contrary“, however, the prize was not achieved, but presented the song assuming a role as guitarist, alongside Becky G and the Aguilar siblings, Leonardo and Ángela.

In his speech, Barrera dedicated his trophy to his newborn daughter and appreciated the importance now given to composers, as well as artists.

Carlos Vives, person of the year

The award to Person of the Year 2024 received it Carlos Vives who, with 18 Latin Grammys and 20 unreleased albums, was one of the most applauded of the night.

Before giving him the commemorative gramophone, a video was shown in which a brief description of the artist’s personality was given in the voice of his friends as J Balvin, Camilo, Juanes, Sofía Vergara and Fito Páez.

“I am still a child from Santa Martha, a young man from Bogotá, I am also still born in this city of Miami, which I am from a country that is Colombia, which is a musical crossroads.. This award means that music has no borders that rhythms and genres are like trees that seem seemingly unconnected, but sIf we go down to the earth, we see that the roots are connected”, stated the one also known as “the son of vallenato” in his award acceptance speech.

“This is for my country Colombia because I continue to believe that music contains the ideas to live united in diversity.“, added the artist who was in charge of opening the ceremony by performing hits such as “Fruta fresco”, “La Bicicleta”, “Tierra del olvido”, “I was born again”, “Robarte un kiss” and “Pa’ Mayte”.

Live performances stole the night

Throughout the night, Latinos demonstrated the versatility they have in music. Juan Luis Guerra presented his song “Mambo 23”with which he won in the Recording of the Year category; Quevedo for his part, sang “Until he met me” and “Duro.”

A trio that reflected the strength and empowerment that can occur if women come together were Kali Uchis, Elena Rose and Emilia who sang “Te mata”, “Caracas en el 2000” and “No se ve”.

México was also present in the shows performed by the voices of Carin Leon with the theme “Say goodbye well” and Border Group with “The love of his life.”

For its part, Joe Jonas debuted at the Latin Grammys next to a 23-year-old Colombian named Ela Taubert which won the gramophone in the category of Best New Artist both interpreted “I don’t know how it happened“, simple that will premiere in the early hours of November 15 on digital platforms.

The most explosive collaboration was the merger between Pitbull and Bon Jovi who sang a remastered version of “It’s my Life”, but now under the title of “Now Or Never”.

Anita, Mike Towers, Danny Ocean, Darumas, Luis Fonsi There were a few more who shared their talent on stage.

Telepromter complicated the conduct of the Latin Grammy

Although it seemed that the event was carried out successfully, some presenters complained live that the teleprompter that is, the camera that includes an accessory that projects what the drivers will say, did not have the appropriate font size, so they had complexities when reading it.

Chiquis Rivera assured that he was not going as fast as she spoke, while Pepe Aguilar and Juanes assured that they simply could not see it.

Complete list of Latin Grammy 2024 winners

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album

• Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 – Carin León

Best pop/rock album

• Reflections of the eternal – Draco Rosa

Best urban music album

• Tomorrow will be nice Bichota Season – Karol G

Best Pop Vocal Album

Recording of the year

• Mambo 23 – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Best new artist

song of the year

album of the year

• Radio güira – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Best urban song

best rock song

• Don’t ask me (live) – Draco Rosa

Best pop/rock song

• 5 hours less – Knowing Russia ft. Natalia Lafourcade

Best Urban Fusion/Performance

Best Rap/Hip Hop Song

• Learning to love – Nathy Peluso

Best tropical song

• Mambo 23 – Juan Luis Guerra

Best Latin Electronic Music Performance

• BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 53 (Tiësto Remix) – Bizarrap and Shakira

Best Reggaeton Performance

• Black Dog – Bad Bunny Bunny ft. Feid

Best Alternative Music Album

• Autopoietics – Mon Laferte

Composer of the Year

Best alternative music song

• The day I lost my youth – Nathy Peluso

Best salsa album

• Sowing: 45th Anniversary (Live at the Puerto Rico Coliseum, May 14, 2022) – Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado and Orchestra

Best merengue/bachata album

• Radio Güira – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Best Traditional Tropical Album

• Rolling Around the World – José Alberto “El Canario”

Best Contemporary Tropical Album

Best northern music album

• The Beginning – Frontera Group

Best Band Music Album

Best singer-songwriter album

Best singer-songwriter song

Best rock album

• El dorado (live) – Aterciopelados

Best cumbia/vallenato album

• ‘Ta Malo – Silvestre Dangond

Best Regional Mexican Song

• The love of his life – Grupo Frontera and Grupo Firme

Best ranchero/mariachi music album

• I carry you in my blood – Alejandro Fernández