translated from Spanish: The Grammy Latino 2018 will be looking to go beyond “Reggaeton”

electronics, regional, salsa, rock, fusion, flamenco, rap and pop are some of musical genres to open step, beyond the explosive and recognized regueto n, 19 of the Latin Grammy Awards Edition which will be held this Thursday in Las Vegas. The Latin Recording Academy centra this year its efforts to “diversify” the awards that will be handed out at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with “artists, producers and songwriters from all genres that make unique music in Spanish”. Thus the President of the Academy, Gabriel Abaroa Jr., reiterated it to explain that “its members continue Recognizing emerging talent and respected artists who take risks, that are innovative and creative and allow that Latin music is discovered, explored and enjoyed.” Uruguayan Jorge Drexler, the Mexico’s Natalia Lafourcade and El David Aguilar, the Colombian band Bomba Estéreo, Chilean Mon Laferté and Rosalie and Pablo Alborán, Spaniards are just a few of the more than 100 artists who will fight from all corners of the music by a Gramophone. Although Reggaeton remains on top as one of the Favorites, the 19 Grammy Edition brings sounds in which the “beat” is not the protagonist. “Slowly”, the song of the Puerto Rican Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, which swept away dozens of prizes in the world, does not have a couple this time. In the most important categories of the night: record of the year, album of the year and best song of the year, only the Colombian appears with Reggaeton and in two of them J Balvin, who comes with eight nominations in total. Balvin will be in competition with their songs “My people”, “X” and “Downtown”, as well as his album “Vibes”.! Next to it, representing regueton in other categories, are Yankee, Maluma, the Puerto Rican Ozuna and Bad Bunny, Karol G Colombian and American Nicky Jam. Surprisingly, in the category of best song of the year does not appear in any competition of the urban genre that was born in the Decade of the 1990s. Just looks with nearby rhythms “Steal a Kiss” Sebastián Yatra and Carlos Vives. There compete for the gramophone David Aguilar the Colombian band Monsieur perineum with “Dance with you”, with “Hex”, “Before you”, Laferté Lafourcade “Dance of gardenias”, the Spanish Rozalén with “Purple door” and his compatriot Rosalia with “badly “, the Puerto Rican Kany García with”Forever”, with”Telephony”Drexler and Fito Páez with” your life my life “.” Within the more nominees in 49 categories which are delivered, 10 of them in the main event, appear after Balvin Rosalía and Drexler with five and Monsieur Perine, Bomba Estéreo, Lafourcade and Garcia with four. The Mexican Luis Miguel reappears with two nominations for Best Album of the year and best ranchero Album for his album “Mexico forever!” along with the daughter of the singer of rancheras Pepe Aguilar, Angela Aguilar, who also stood with just 15 years of age in the catego RIA best new artist. Argentines Lucas & The Woods and she is so Cargosa disputed the award for Best Pop Album / Rock with his productions “Pensacola Radio” and “Good blood”, respectively, together Bambi, Commissioner Panther and Manolo García. The gala will be under the leadership of the Mexican actress Ana de la Reguera and fellow singer Carlos Rivera, and will have staged more than 15 artists including the legendary Mexican band Mana, which was honored with the person of the year award for his three decades of car rera artistic and philanthropic.

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