About The Show
Awards given to the top acts in Spanish or Portugese recorded music. Similar to the standard Grammy Awards in format.
Host: Lucero and Cristian de la Fuente
Date: November 14, 2012
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
This Year's Performers
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
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Winner: Juanes
MTV Unplugged
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Winner: Carla Morrison
Dejenme Llorar
- Reik Peligro
- Arturo Sandoval Dear Diz (Everyday I Think Of You)
- Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil & Ivete Sangalo Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano
- Jesse & Joy ¿Con Quien Se Queda El Perro?
- Bebe Un Pokito De Rocanrol
- Chico Buarque Chico
- ChocQuibTown Eso Es Lo Que Hay
- Ricardo Arjona Independiente
Record Of The Year
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
Best Urban Music Album
Best Alternative Music Album
Best Salsa Album
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Winner: Luis Enrique
Soy Y Sere
- Tito Nieves Mi ultima Grabacion
- Victor Manuelle Busco En Pueblo
- Mambo Legends Orchestra Watch Out! ¡Ten Cuidado!
- Ruben Blades & Cheo Feliciano Eba Say Aja
Best Tropical Fusion Album
Best Ranchero Album
Best Mpb (musica Popular Brasileira) Album
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Winner:
Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil & Ivete Sangalo Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano - Maria Rita Elo
- Leila Pinheiro Raiz
- Marisa Monte O Que Voce Quer Saber De Verdade
- João Bosco João Bosco 40 Anos Depoís
- Ivan Lins Amoragio
- Maria Bethania Oasis De Bethania
Best Brazilian Song (portuguese Language)
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Winner: Chico Buarque
Querido Diario
- Lenine & Ivan Santos Amor e Pra Quem Ama
- Arnaldo Antunes & Marisa Monte Ainda Bem
- Antonio Dyggs & Sharon Axe Moi Ai Se Eu Te Pego
- Pretinho Da Serrinha, Leandro Fab & Seu Jorge A Doida
Best Traditional Pop Album
Best Urban Song
Best Alternative Song
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Winner: Carla Morrison
Dejenme Llorar
- Caetano Veloso Neguinho (Gal Costa)
- John King, Kinky and Mala Rodríguez Negro Día (Kinky)
- Juan Campodonico and Jorge Drexler 1987 (Campo)
- Bebe Mi Guapo
Best Cumbia/vallenato Album
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Winner: Juan Pina
Le Canta A San Jacinto
- Omar Geles, Historico A Duo Con Los Grandes
- Diomedes Díaz & alvaro Lopez Con Mucho Gusto Caray
- Silvestre Dangond & Juancho De La Espriella No Me Compares Con Nadie
- Jorge Celedon & Jimmy Zambrano Lo Que Tu Necesitas
Best Contemporary Tropical Album
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Winner: Milly Quezada
Aquí Estoy Yo
- Maía Instinto
- Gaitanes Caminos
- Juan Formell & Los Van Van La Maquinaria
- Elain, Volando Alto Made on the Road
Best Traditional Tropical Album
Best Tropical Song
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Winner: Yoel Henriquez
Toma Mi Vida
- Yoel Henríquez, Horacio Palencia featuring Jorge Luis Piloto Eres Linda
- Chino y Nacho El Poeta
- Alejandro Bassi Desde Que No Estas
- Tamela Hedstrom ¡Acercate!
Best Singer-song Writer Album
Best Banda Album
Best Tejano Album
Best Instrumental Album
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Winner: Miguel Zenon
Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
- Hamilton de Holanda Quintento Brasilianos 3
- Guinga + Quinteto Villa-Lobos Rasgando Seda
- Paquito D'Rivera & Berta Rojas Día y Medio
- Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian Further Explorations
Best Folk Album
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Winner: Lila Downs
Pecados y Milagros
- Chuchito Valdes & Eddy Navia Piano y Charango
- Luciano Pereyra Con Alma de Pueblo
- Reynaldo Armas Me Emborrache Pa' Olvidarla
- Eva Ayllon + Inti-Illimani Eva Ayllon + Inti-Illimani Historico
Best Flamenco Album
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Winner: Paco de Lucía
En Vivo Conciertos Espana 2010
- Various Artists (Antonio Cortes Moreno Barullo, producer) Mexico Flamenco
- Diana Navarro Flamenco
- Nino Josele El Mar de Mi Ventana
- Antonio Cortes Cuando Quieras
Best Latin Jazz Album
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Winner: Arturo Sandoval
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
- Chuchito Valdes Live in Chicago
- Poncho Sanchez & Terence Blanchard =Chano Y Dizzy!
- Tania Maria Tiempo
- Jerry Gonzalez & El Comando de la Clave Jerry Gonzalez & El Comando de la Clave
Best Brazilian Rock Album
Best Samba/pagode Album
Best Latin Children's Album
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Winner: María Teresa Chacín
María Teresa Chacín Canta Cuentos
- Xuxa XSPB 11
- Various Artists (Kaylin Frank & Mitchell Leib, producers) Disney's Los Muppets Banda Sonora Original de Walt Disney Records
- Rita Rosa y Amigos Canciones de Agua
- Miguelito Tiempo de Navidad
Best Classical Album
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Winner: Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
- Quarteto Radames Gnattali Preludio 21, Quartetos das Ordas
- Gabriel Castagna Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestal Works
- Javier Perianes & Josep Pons Da Falla: Noches En Los Jardines de Espana
- Guillermo Figueroa, I Solisti di Zagreb & Pepe Romero Cordero: Caribbean Concertos For Guitar and For Violin
- Jose Serebrier, conductor Dvorak Symphony No. 7; In Nature's Realm, Scherzo Capriccioso
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
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Winner: Seduccion
Yalil Guerra
- Stringazo Carlos Franzetti
- Quarteto Circular Tim Rescala
- Quartet No. 4, Rem Tene Verba Sequentur (Know the Matter and the Word Will Follow) Leo Brouwer
- Minoqui Gustavo Casenave
- Preludio No. 1 Aurelio De La Vega
- Inura Tania Leon
Best Recording Package
Best Engineered Album
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Winner:
Gregg Field & Don Murray Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) - Alexandre Gaiotto O Canto da Sereia
- Julio Boscher, Walter Costa, Duda Mello, Leonel Pereda & Carlos Tore Liebe Paradiso
- Madre Musica Brasilianos 3
- Bruno Giorgi Chao
Best Short Form Music Video
Best Long Form Music Video
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Winner: Juanes
Juanes MTV Unplugged
- Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo Especial Ivete, Gilberto e Caetano
- Shakira Live from Paris
- Enrique Bunbury Licenciado Cantinas, The Movie
- Manuel Galban Blue Cha Cha
Song Of The Year
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Winner: Jesse & Joy
Corre
- Ricardo Arjona Fuiste Tú
- Amaury Gutierrez & Gian Marco Invisible
- Alejandro Sanz No Me Compares
- Maycon Ananias & Cassyano Correr Extranjero
- Juan Luis Guerra En El Cielo No Hay Hospital
- Kiko Cibrian, Gilberto Marín, Julio Ramírez & Monica Velez Creo En Tí
- Carla Morrison Dejenme Llorar
- Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes & Joaquín Sabina, Azul Sabina
- Jose Luis Latorre, Antonio Orozco & Xavi Perez, Estoy Hecho De Pedacitos De Ti
Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Best Sertaneja Music Album
Producer Of The Year
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Winner: Juan Luis Guerra
- Martin Terefe
- Sergio George
- George Field
- Moogie Canazio
Best Rock Song
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Winner: Roberto Musso
Cuando Sea Grande (El Cuarteto de Nos)
- Doctor Krapula Exigimos
- Luis Jimenez Indeleble (Los Mesoneros)
- Leo Felipe Campos and Ulises Hadjis Donde Va (Ulises Hadjis)
- Leo Felipe Campos and Ulises Hadjis Donde Va (Ulises Hadjis)
- Doctor Krapula Exigimos
- Luis Jimenez Indeleble (Los Mesoneros)
- Manuel Diquez Anti Idolo
- Roberto Musso Cuando Sea Grande (El Cuarteto de Nos)
- Manuel Diquez Anti Idolo