2012 Latin Grammy Awards – winners

The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences held their XIII Latin Grammy Awards last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Jesse & Joy topped the field with four awards. They won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album and Best Short Form Music Video.

The Colombian singer/songwriter Juanes won Album of the Year and Best Long Form Music Video for Juanes MTV Unplugged.

Trumpeter and pianist Arturo Sandoval picked up three awards. He won Best Tango Album for Tango Como Yo Te Siento, and Best Latin Jazz Album and Best Engineered Album for Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You).

Double award-winners included Don Omar, Carla Morrison, El Cuarteto de Nos, Milly Quezada, and Juan Luis Guerra. Luis Guerra's two awards give him a total of 19 over the years and he has matched the record of Calle 13.

Recordings must have been released between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 in order to be eligible for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards.


Complete list of winners for the XIII Latin Grammy Awards

General

Record of the Year
Jesse & Joy — "¡Corre!"

Album of the Year
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged

Song of the Year
Jesse & Joy and Tommy Torres — "¡Corre!" (Jesse & Joy)

Best New Artist
3Ball MTY

Pop

Best Contemporary Pop Album
Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?

Best Traditional Pop Album
David Bisbal — Una Noche en el Teatro Real

Urban

Best Urban Music Album
Don Omar — Don Omar Presents MTO²: New Generation

Best Urban Song
Don Omar — "Hasta Que Salga el Sol"

Rock

Best Rock Album
Molotov — Desde Rusia Con Amor

Best Pop/Rock Album
El Cuarteto de Nos — Porfiado

Best Rock Song
Roberto Musso — "Cuando Sea Grande" (El Cuarteto de Nos)

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album
Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar

Best Alternative Song
Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar"

Tropical

Best Salsa Album
Luis Enrique — Soy y Seré

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
Juan Piña — Le Canta A San Jacinto

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Milly Quezada — Aquí Estoy Yo

Best Traditional Tropical Album
Eliades Ochoa — Un Bolero Para Tí

Best Tropical Fusion Album
Fonseca — Ilusión+

Best Tropical Song
"Toma Mi Vida" — Yoel Henríquez & Alex Puentes, songwriters (Milly Quezada Featuring Juan Luis Guerra)

Singer-Song Writer

Best Singer-Song Writer Album
Gian Marco — 20 Años

Regional Mexican

Best Ranchero Album
Pepe Aguilar — Mas de Un Camino

Best Banda Album
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho — Irreversible... 2012

Best Tejano Album
Joe Posada — Algo Esta Pasando

Best Norteño Album
Los Tucanes de Tijuana — 365 Días

Best Regional Mexican Song
"El Mejor Perfume" — Luis Carlos Monroy & Adrián Pieragostino, songwriters (La Original Banda El Limón De Salvador Lizárraga)

Instrumental

Best Instrumental Album
Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez & Paul Motian — Further Explorations

Traditional

Best Folk Album
Lila Downs — Pecados y Milagros

Best Tango Album
Arturo Sandoval — Tango Como Yo Te Siento

Best Flamenco Album
Paco de Lucía — En Vivo Conciertos España 2010

Jazz

Best Latin Jazz Album
Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)

Christian

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
Marcos Witt — 25 Concierto Conmemorativo

Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)
Aline Barros — Aline Barros & Cia 3

Brazilian

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Seu Jorge — Músicas Para Churrascos Vol. 1

Best Brazilian Rock Album
Beto Lee — Celebração & Sacrificío

Best Samba/Pagode Album (TIE)
Beth Carvalho — Nosso Samba Tá Na Rua
Emilio Santiago — So Danço Samba Ao Vivo

Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album
Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil & Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil E Caetano

Best Sertaneja Music Album
Chitãozinho & Xororó — Chitãozinho & Xororó - 40 Anos - Sinfônico

Best Brazilian Roots Album
Dominguinhos — Iluminado

Best Brazilian Song (Portuguese Language)
"Querido Diário" — Chico Buarque, songwriter (Chico Buarque)

Children's

Best Latin Children's Album
María Teresa Chacín — María Teresa Chacín Canta Cuentos

Classical

Best Classical Album
Cuarteto Latinoamericano; Dan Merceruio, producer — Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
"Seducción" — Yalil Guerra, composer (Elizabeth Rebozo)

Recording Package

Best Recording Package
Cambié de Nombre — Miguel Masa, art director (Viniloversus)

Production


Best Engineered Album
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) — Gregg Field & Don Murray, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Arturo Sandoval)

Producer of the Year
Juan Luis Guerra

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video
Jesse & Joy — "Me Voy"; Director: Carlos López Estrada; Producer: Christian Heuer

Best Long Form Music Video
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged; Director: Ivan Dudynsky; Producers: Charlie Singer and José Tillán

Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
Caetano Veloso