18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

The 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 16, 2017, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was broadcast on Univision at 8PM ET\PT. This marked the tenth year Las Vegas hosts the Latin Grammy Awards and also marked the telecasts return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

18th Latin Grammy Awards

Date

November 16, 2017

Venue

MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada

Hosted by

Roselyn Sanchez and Jaime Camil

Highlights

Most awards

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (4 each)

Most nominations

Residente (9)

Person of the Year

Alejandro Sanz

Television/radio coverage

Network

Univision

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Performers

Residente – "Hijos del Cañaveral"
Alejandro Fernández – "Quiero Que Vuelvas" and "México Lindo y Querido"
Natalia Lafourcade with Carlos Rivera, Flor de Toloache and Los Macorinos – "Mexicana Hermosa" and "Tú Si Sabes Quererme"
Maluma – "Felices los 4"
Alejandro Sanz – "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", "No Es Lo Mismo" and "Corazón Partío"
J Balvin with Bad Bunny, French Montana and Steve Aoki – "Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola", "Unforgettable" and "Mi Gente"
Rubén Blades – "Arayue"
Juanes with Logic and Alessia Cara – "Es Tarde" and "1-800-273-8255"
CNCO – "Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)"
Banda El Recodo and Lila Downs – "En mi Viejo San Juan"
Nicky Jam – "El Amante"
Sebastián Yatra and Carlos Vives – "Devuélveme El Corazón" and "Robarte un Beso"
Ha*Ash and Grupo Bronco – "Adoro"
Mon Laferte – "Amárrame"
Vicente García – "Carmesí" / Danay Suárez – "Yo Aprendí" / Sofía Reyes – "Llegaste Tú"
Luis Fonsi with Bomba Estéreo, Victor Manuelle and Diplo – "Despacito"

Postponement of Nominations Announcement

Nominations were to be announced on September 20, 2017. However, due to the earthquake in Mexico which occurred a previous day, as well as other natural disasters that affected Spanish-speaking communities, the Latin Recording Academy did not announce the nominations until Tuesday, September 26.^[1]

This marked the second time when the Latin Recording Academy had to delay or cancel one of their signature events. In 2001, the Latin Recording Academy was forced to cancel the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards due to the September 11 attacks. Instead, the winners of those awards were announced at a press conference the following month.^[2]^[3] The 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were still held on time, on November 16, 2017, despite the delay of the announcement of the nominations.

Nominees and winners

The following is the list of nominees.^[4]

General

Record of the Year

Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee — "Despacito"

Rubén Blades — "La flor de la canela"
Jorge Drexler — "El Surco"
Alejandro Fernández — "Quiero Que Vuelvas"
Juanes featuring Kali Uchis — "El Ratico"
Mon Laferte featuring Juanes — "Amárrame"
Maluma — "Felices los 4"
Ricky Martin featuring Maluma — "Vente Pa' Ca"
Residente — "Guerra"
Shakira featuring Maluma — "Chantaje"

Album of the Year

Rubén Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — Salsa Big Band

Song of the Year

Daddy Yankee, Erika Ender and Luis Fonsi — "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee)

Mon Laferte — "Amárrame" (Mon Laferte featuring Juanes)
Kevin Mauricio Jiménez Londoño, Bryan Snaider Lezcano Chaverra, Joel Antonio López Castro, Maluma and Shakira — "Chantaje" (Shakira featuring Maluma)
Descemer Bueno and Melendi — "Desde Que Estamos Juntos" (Melendi)
Ricardo Arjona — "Ella"
Mario Cáceres, Kevin Mauricio Jiménez Londoño, Maluma, Servando Primera, Stiven Rojas and Bryan Snaider Lezcano Chaverra — "Felices los 4" (Maluma)
Residente and Jeff Trooko — "Guerra" (Residente)
Diana Fuentes and Tommy Torres — "La Fortuna"
Natalia Lafourcade — "Tú Sí Sabes Quererme"
Nermin Harambasic, Maluma, Ricky Martin, Mauricio Montaner, Ricky Montaner, Lars Pedersen, Carl Ryden, Justin Stein, Ronny Vidar Svendsen and Anne Judith Stokke Wik — "Vente Pa' Ca" (Ricky Martin featuring Maluma)

Best New Artist

Vicente García

Paula Arenas
CNCO
Martina La Peligrosa
Mau y Ricky
Rawayana
Sofía Reyes
Rosalía
Danay Suárez
Sebastián Yatra

Pop

Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album

Shakira — El Dorado

David Bisbal — Hijos del Mar
Alejandro Fernández — Rompiendo Fronteras
Camila Luna — Flora y Faῦna
Sebastián Yatra — Extended Play Yatra

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Lila Downs — Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo

Franco De Vita — Libre
Juan Gabriel — Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes
Ednita Nazario — Una Vida
Yordano — El Tren de los Regresos

Urban

Best Urban Fusion/Performance

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber — "Despacito" (Remix)

J Balvin featuring Bad Bunny — "Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola"
Nicky Jam — "El Amante"
Residente — "Dagombas En Tamale"
Shakira featuring Maluma — "Chantaje"

Best Urban Music Album

Residente — Residente

J Álvarez — Big Yauran
Kase.O — El Círculo
Arianna Puello — Rap Komunion
Rael — Coisas Do Meu Imaginário

Best Urban Song

Rafael Arcaute, Igor Koshkendey and Residente — "Somos Anormales" (Residente)

Emicida and Rael — "A Chapa É Quente!" (Língua Franca)
Luis Díaz, Alejandro Estrada, Bruno Og and Jonathan Torres — "Coqueta" (Ghetto Kids)
Nicky Jam, Juan Diego Medina Vélez and Cristhian Mena — "El Amante" (Nicky Jam)
J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Phillip Kembo, Johnny Michell, Pitbull, Rosina "Soaky Siren" Russell, Jamie Sanderson and Tinashe "T-Collar" Sibanda — "Hey Ma (Spanish version)" (Pitbull and J Balvin featuring Camila Cabello)
Lápiz Consciente and Vico C — "Papa"

Rock

Best Rock Album

Diamante Eléctrico — La Gran Oscilación

Daniel Cadena — Mutante
De la Tierra — II
Eruca Sativa — Barro y Fauna
Utopians — Todos Nuestros Átomos

Best Pop/Rock Album

Juanes — Mis Planes Son Amarte

Mikel Erentxun — El Hombre Sin Sombra
Jarabe de Palo — 50 Palos
Miranda! — Fuerte
Joaquín Sabina — Lo Niego Todo

Best Rock Song

Diamante Eléctrico — "Déjala Rodar" (tie) Andrés Calamaro — "La Noche" (tie)

Eruca Sativa — "Armas Gemelas"
Rafa Bonilla and Jorge Holguín "Pyngwi" — "Días Contados" (Rafa Bonilla)
Emiliano Brancciari — "Para Cuando Me Muera" (No Te Va Gustar)
Enrique Rangel — "Que No" (Café Tacvba)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Café Tacvba — Jei Beibi

El Cuarteto de Nos — Apocalipsis Zombi
Mon Laferte — La Trenza
Sig Ragga — La Promesa de Thamar
Danay Suárez — Palabras Manuales

Best Alternative Song

Mon Laferte — "Amárrame" (Mon Laferte featuring Juanes)

Sig Ragga — "Antonia"
Robert Musso — "Apocalipsis Zombi" (El Cuarteto de Nos)
Rafael Arcaute and Residente — "Apocaliptico" (Residente)
Stephen Marley and Danay Suárez — "Integridad" (Danay Suárez)

Tropical

Best Salsa Album

Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — Salsa Big Band

Alberto Barros — Tributo a La Salsa Colombiana 7
Juan Pablo Díaz — Fase Dos
Alain Pérez — ADN
Various Artists / Isidro Infante (producer) — Isidro Infante Presenta: Cuba y Puerto Rico, Un Abrazo Musical Salsero

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

Jorge Celedón and Sergio Luis Rodríguez — Ni Un Paso Atrás

Silvestre Dangond — Gente Valiente
El Gran Martín Elías and Rolando Ochoa — Sin Límites
Juventino Ojito and Su Son Mocaná — Cumbia Del Río Magdalena
Jorge Oñate and Alvaro López — Patrimonio Cultural

Best Contemporary Tropical Album

Guaco — Bidimensional

Lucas Arnau — Teatro
Gaitanes — La Parranda De Gaitanes
Frank Reyes — Devuélveme Mi Libertad
Prince Royce — FIVE

Best Traditional Tropical Album

Jon Secada featuring The Charlie Sepúlveda Big Band — To Beny Moré with Love

Albita — Albita
El Septeto Santiaguero — Raíz
La Colmenita (Various Artists) — El Añejo Jardín
Babalú Quinteto — Cuba Sobre Cuerdas

Best Tropical Fusion Album

Olga Tañón — Olga Tañón y Punto.

Colectro — Coletera
Gabriel — Contra Corriente
Adriana Lucía — Porrock
Salsangroove — Salsangroove

Best Tropical Song

Vicente García — "Bachata en Kingston"

Raul del Sol and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Cuando Beso Tu Boca" (Mojito Lite)
Manny Cruz, Prince Royce, Daniel Santacruz and Shakira — "Deja Vu" (Prince Royce featuring Shakira)
Medardo Rovayo — "Dejé de Amar" (Felipe Muñiz featuring Marc Anthony)
Residente — "Hijos del Cañaveral"

Songwriter

Best Songwriting Album

Vicente García — A La Mar

Alex Cuba — Lo Único Constante
Santiago Cruz — Trenes, Aviones y Viajes Interplanetarios
Erika Ender — Tatuajes
Debi Nova — Gran Ciudad

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchera/Mariachi Music Album

Flor de Toloache — Las Caras Lindas

Majida Issa — Pero No Llorando - Nocturna
Mariachi Herencia de México — Nuestra Herencia
Mariachi Imperial Azteca — Aún Estoy de Pie
Mariachi Oro de América — 36 Aniversario Mariachi Oro de América

Best Banda Album

Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga — Ayer y Hoy

El Chapo de Sinaloa — Mis Decretos
Maribel Guardia — Besos Callejeros
La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga — El Mayor de Mis Antojos
Lalo Mora — Un Millón de Primaveras

Best Norteño Music Album

Los Palominos — Piénsalo

Leonardo Aguilar — Gallo Fino
Los Huracanes del Norte — Alma Bohemia
Los Invasores de Nuevo León — No. 50
Los Tercos — Los Tercos

Best Regional Mexican Song

Juan Treviño — "Siempre Es Así" (Juan Treviño featuring AJ Castillo)

Espinoza Paz — "Compromiso Descartado" (Leonardo Aguilar)
Horacio Palencia — "Ganas de Volver"
Raúl Jiménez E. and Chucho Rincón — "Sentimiento Emborrachado" (Santiago Arroyo)
Edgar Barrera, Martín Castro Ortega and Alfonso Lizárraga — "Vale la Pena" (Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album

Michel Camilo and Tomatito — Spain Forever

Cesar Camargo Mariano featuring Rudiger Liebermann, Walter Seyfarth and Benoit Fromanger — Joined
Gustavo Casenave — Conversations with Vladimir Stowe
Daniel Minimalia — Origen
Luis Salinas — El Tren

Traditional

Best Folk Album

Natalia Lafourcade — Musas)

Yuvisney Aguilar and Afrocuban Jazz Quartet — Piango, Piango
Magín Díaz — El Orisha de la Rosa
Quinteto Leopoldo Federico — Pa' Qué Más
Edward Ramírez and Rafa Pino — El Tuyero Ilustrado

Best Tango Album

Fernando Otero — Solo Buenos Aires

El Arranque — 20 Años - En Vivo En Café Vinilo
Patricia Malanca — Bucles
Rodolfo Mederos — 13
Tango Orchestra — Mixturas

Best Flamenco Music Album

Vicente Amigo — Memoria de Los Sentidos

Diego Guerrero — Vengo Caminando
Las Migas — Vente Conmigo
José Mijita — Se Llama Flamenco
La Macanita and Manuel Valencia — Directo en El Círculo Flamenco de Madrid

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album

Eliane Elias — Dance of Time

Antonio Adolfo — Hybrido / From Rio To Wayne Shorter
Oskar Cartaya — Bajo Mundo
Charlie Sepúlveda and The Turnaround — Mr. EP - A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri
Miguel Zenón — Típico

Portuguese language

Best Contemporary Pop Album

Tiago Iorc — Troco Likes Ao Vivo: Um Filme de Tiago Iorc

Anavitória — Anavitória
Mano Brown — Boogie Naipe
Jamz — Tudo nosso
Ludmilla — A Danada sou eu

Best Rock Album or Alternative Music

Nando Reis — Jardim-Pomar

The Baggios — Brutown
Blitz — Aventuras II
Curumim — Boca
Metá Metá — MM3

Best Samba/Pagode Album

Mart'nália — + Misturado

Luciana Mello — Na luz do samba
Diogo Nogueira — Alma brasileira
Roberta Sá — Delírio no Circo
Various Artists — Samba Book: Jorge Aragão

Best Brazilian Popular Music Album

Edu Lobo, Romero Lubambo, Mauro Senise — Dos Navegantes

Alexandre Pires — DNA Musical
Silva — Silva Canta Marisa
António Zambujo — Até Pensei Que Fosse Minha
Zanna — Zanna

Best Sertaneja Music Album

Daniel — Daniel

Day & Lara — (...)
Luan Santana — 1977
Marília Mendonça — Realidade Ao Vivo em Manaus
Simone & Simaria — Live

Best Brazilian Roots Music Album

Bruna Viola — Ao Vivo - Melodias Do Sertão

Patrícia Bastos — Batom Bacaba
Pinduca — No Embalo Do
Trio Nordestino — Canta O Nordeste
Yangos — Chamamé
Various Artists — Ascensão

Best Song in Portuguese Language

Ana Caetano and Tiago Iorc, songwriters — "Trevo (Tu)" (Anavitória featuring Tiago Iorc)

Marisa Monte, Silva and Lucas Silva, songwriters — "Noturna (Nada de Novo Na Noite)" (Silva featuring Marisa Monte)
Cauique, Diogo Leite and Rodrigo Leite, songwriters — "Pé na Areia" (Diogo Nogueira)
Nando Reis, songwriter — "Só Posso Dizer" (Nando Reis)
Andrei Kozyreff, Juliana Strassacapa, Sebastián Piracés-Ugarte, Mateo Piracés-Ugarte and Rafael Gomes da Silva, songwriters — "Triste, Louca ou Má" (Francisco, el Hombre)

Classical

Best Classical Album

Eddie Mora directing The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica — Música De Compositores Costarricenses Vol. 2

Nathalie Peña Comas — Alta Gracia
Jordi Savall — Dixit Dominus: Vivaldi, Mozart, Handel
Horacio Gutiérrez — Horacio Gutiérrez Plays Chopin & Schumann
In-Hong Cha conducting The Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela — Textures from the North of South

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Leo Brouwer — "Sonata del Decamerón Negro" (Mabel Millán)

Manuel Tejada — "Ave María" (Nathalie Peña Comas)
Hebert Vásquez — "Azucena" (Susan Narucki)
Diego Schissi — "Nene" (Sibelius Piano Trio)
Aurelio de la Vega — "Recordatio" (Anne Marie Ketchum)
André Mehmari and Flavio Chamis — "Sonata For Viola and Piano" (André Mehmari and Tatjana Chamis)

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)

Alex Campos — Momentos

Barak — Generación Radical
Gabriela Cartulano — Tu Amor
Álvaro López and ResQBand — Sol Detente
Jaci Velasquez — Confío

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)

Aline Barros — Acenda A Sua Luz

Paulo César Baruk and Leandro Rodrigues — Piano e Voz, Amigos e Pertences 2
Fernanda Brum — Ao Vivo Em Israel
Padre Fábio de Melo — Clareou
Bruna Karla — Incomparável
Eli Soares — Memórias

Children's

Best Children's Album

Various Artists — Marc Anthony for Babies

Mariana Baraj — ¡Churo!
Cantajuego — ¡Viva Mi Planeta 2!
Cepillín — Gracias
Luis Pescetti — Queridos (En Vivo)
Sophia — Aprendendo Ritmos da América

Recording Package field

Best Recording Package

Carlos Dussán, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Felipe Martínez and Claudio Roncoli — El Orisha de la Rosa (Magín Díaz)
André Coelho and Mariana Hardy — Na Medida Do Impossível Ao Vivo No Inhotim (Fernanda Takai)
Lia Cunha — Pirombeira (Pirombeira)
Barão Di Sarno and Ciça Góes — Sol (Gustavo Galo)
Fabio Prata — Três no Samba (André Mehmari, Eliane Faria and Gordinho do Surdo)

Production

Best Engineered Album

Josh Gudwin and Tom Coyne — Mis Planes Son Amarte (Juanes)

Guillermo Bonetto, Nahuel Giganti, My-TBeats and Pedro Pearson — Alas Canciones (Los Cafres)
Rodrigo de Castro Lopes, Pete Karam and Paul Blakemore — Dance of Time (Eliane Elias)
Craig Parker Adams, Gabe Roth, Juan Pablo Berreondo and JJ Golden — Ilusión (Gaby Moreno)
Moogie Canazio, Carlos De Andrade and Ricardo Dias — Zanna (Zanna)

Producer of the Year

Eduardo Cabra

Eduardo Bergallo
Moogie Canazio
Hamilton de Holanda, Marcos Portinari, and Daniel Santiago
Armando Manzanero

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video