The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the fifth time the awards was held at this venue and in Las Vegas. It also marks the last year in the Latin Recording Academy's contract where the Mandalay Bay Events Center hosted. It is unknown if the awards will continue to be held at this location beyond 2012.
Recordings must have been released between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 in order to be eligible for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced on September 25, 2012. Juan Luis Guerra led the nominations field with six; Jesse & Joy earned five nods; Ricardo Arjona , Edgar Barrera, Juanes , Carla Morrison , Arturo Sandoval , Ivete Sangalo , and Caetano Veloso each received four nominations. The telecast was aired on Univision at 8pm/7c. Caetano Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 14, 2012.
Jesse & Joy won four awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "¡Corre!", Juanes took the Album of the Year for MTV Unplugged and 3BallMTY was named Best New Artist .
On May 10, 2012 the Latin Recording Academy announced that The Academy's Trustees approved changes in the general and pop fields and expanded the Rock and Tropical fields, bringing the total number of categories from 46 to 47:
Each of the four categories in the general field (Album of the Year , Record of the Year , Song of the Year and Best New Artist ) will now include 10 nominees. The Pop Field: The three categories (Best Female Pop Vocal Album , Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals) will now be combined in two new categories: Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. The Rock Field: A new category, called Best Pop/Rock Album, was added. The Tropical Field: A new category, called Best Tropical Fusion Album, was added. The Alternative Field: Both categories (Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Song ) will now accept recordings in the Portuguese language . The Brazilian field: The category Best Native Brazilian Roots Album is now called Best Brazilian Roots Album. The following is a list of nominees:
Bold indicates winner.
Record of the Year Jesse & Joy — "¡Corre!"
Ricardo Arjona and Gaby Moreno — "Fuiste Tú"ChocQuibTown featuring Tego Calderón and Zully Murillo — "Calentura"Kany García — "Que Te Vaya Mal "Juan Luis Guerra — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital"Juanes featuring Joaquín Sabina — "Azul Sabina" Maná — "Hasta Que Te Conocí" Ivete Sangalo — "Atrás da Porta"Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares "Zoé — "Bésame Mucho " Album of the Year
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged
Ricardo Arjona — Independiente Bebe — Un Pokito de Rocanrol Chico Buarque — Chico ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar Reik — Peligro Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil E Caetano Song of the Year Jesse & Joy and Tommy Torres — "¡Corre!" (Jesse & Joy)
Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes and Joaquín Sabina — "Azul Sabina" (Juanes featuring Joaquín Sabina) Kiko Cibrián, Gilberto Marín, Julio Ramírez and Mónica Vélez — "Creo en Ti" (Reik ) Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar" Juan Luis Guerra — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital" Jose Luis Latorre, Antonio Orozco and Xavi Pérez — "Estoy Hecho de Pedacitos de Ti" (Antonio Orozco featuring Alejandro Fernández) Ricardo Arjona — "Fuiste Tú" (Ricardo Arjona and Gaby Moreno) Amaury Gutiérrez and Gian Marco — "Invisible" (Gian Marco)Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares "Best New Artist
3Ball MTY
Gaby Amarantos Deborah del Corral Elaín Ulises Hadjis Los Mesoneros Juan Magan Rosario Ortega Piso 21 Ana Victoria Best Contemporary Pop Album Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?
Pablo Alborán — En Acústico Chambao — Chambao Beatriz Luengo — Bela y Sus Moskitas Muertas Pamela Rodriguez — Reconocer Best Traditional Pop Album David Bisbal — Una Noche en el Teatro Real
Pepe Aguilar — Negociaré con la pena Sergio Dalma — Vía Dalma II Presuntos Implicados — Banda Sonora Pasión Vega — Sin Compasión Best Urban Music Album Don Omar — Don Omar Presents MTO²: New Generation
J Alvarez — Otro Nivel de Música Reloaded Tego Calderón — The Original Gallo del País Farruko — The Most Powerful Rookie Ana Tijoux — La Bala Best Urban Song Don Omar — "Hasta Que Salga el Sol"
Max Deniro, Sak Noel , Pitbull, William Reyna and DJ Buddha — "Crazy People" (Sensato featuring Pitbull and Sak Noel) Don Omar and Milton "Alcover" Restituyo — "Dutty Love" (Don Omar featuring Natti Natasha )Alexis & Fido — "Energía" Daddy Yankee — "Lovumba "Best Rock Album
Molotov — Desde Rusia Con Amor
Los Mesoneros — Indeleble No Te Va Gustar — Público San Pascualito — Valiente Viniloversus — Cambié de Nombre Best Pop/Rock Album El Cuarteto de Nos — Porfiado
Jotdog — Turista de Amor Leiva — Diciembre Los Claxons — Camino A Encontrarte Vega — La Cuenta Atrás Best Rock Song Roberto Musso — "Cuando Sea Grande" (El Cuarteto de Nos)
Manuel Diquez — "Anti Idolo" Leo Felipe Campos and Ulises Hadjis — "Dónde Va" (Ulises Hadjis) Doctor Krápula — "Exigimos" Luis Jiménez — "Indeleble" (Los Mesoneros) Best Alternative Music Album Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar
Lisandro Aristimuño — Mundo Anfibio ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay Ulises Hadjis — Cosas Perdidas Kinky — Sueño de la Máquina Best Alternative Song Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar"
Bebe — "Mi Guapo" Juan Campodónico and Jorge Drexler — "1987" (Campo)John King, Kinky and Mala Rodríguez — "Negro Día" (Kinky) Caetano Veloso — "Neguinho" (Gal Costa ) Best Salsa Album
Luis Enrique — Soy y Seré
Rubén Blades and Cheo Feliciano — Eba Say Ajá Mambo Legend Orchestra — Watch Out! Ten Cuidao! Víctor Manuelle — Busco un Pueblo Tito Nieves — Mi Última Grabación Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album Juan Piña — Le Canta A San Jacinto
Jorge Celedón and Jimmy Zambrano — Lo Que Tú Necesitas Silvestre Dangond and Juancho De la Espriella — No Me Compares Con Nadie Diomedes Díaz and Álvaro López — Con Mucho Gusto Caray Omar Geles — Histórico - A Duo Con Los Grandes Best Contemporary Tropical Album Milly Quezada — Aquí Estoy Yo
Elain — Volando Alto - Made on the Road Juan Formell and Los Van Van — La Maquinaria Gaitanes — Caminos Maía — Instinto Best Traditional Tropical Album Eliades Ochoa — Un Bolero Para Tí
Miguel García — Guarachando Plenealo — Soy Yo Quinteto Criollo — La Trova de Siempre Son de Tikiza — Bolero Best Tropical Fusion Album Fonseca — Ilusión+
Caseroloops — Afronauta Sergent Garcia — Una y Otra Vez Juan Magan — The King of Dance Prince Royce — Phase II Best Tropical Song
Yoel Henríquez and Alex Puentes — "Toma Mi Vida" (Milly Quezada featuring Juan Luis Guerra)
Tamela — "¡Acércate!" (Tamela featuring Son de Tikizia) Alejandro Bassi and Fonseca — "Desde Que No Estás " (Fonseca ) Chino & Nacho and Pablo Villalobos — "El Poeta" (Chino & Nacho) Yoel Henríquez, Horacio Palencia and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Eres Linda" (Tito Nieves ) Best Singer-Song Writer Album Gian Marco — 20 Años
Ricardo Arjona — Independiente Chico Buarque — Chico José Luis Perales — Calle Soledad Rosana — ¡¡Buenos Dias, Mundo!! Best Ranchero Album Pepe Aguilar — Mas de Un Camino
Shaila Dúrcal — Así Pedro Fernández — No Que No Miguel y Miguel — Aquí En El Rancho Trio Ellas — Trio Ellas Best Banda Album La Arrolladora Banda El Limón — Irreversible... 2012
Cristina — Golpes de Pecho La Adictiva Banda San José de Mesillas — Nada Iguales Fidel Rueda — Sinaloense Hasta Las Chachas Beto Zapata — Prisionero de tus Brazos Best Tejano Album Joe Posada — Algo Esta Pasando
Avizo — Mas Amigos Los Desperadoz — Sunset Run Los Hermanos Farías — Back On Track Jay Pérez — The Voice of Authority Best Norteño Album
Los Tucanes de Tijuana — 365 Días
Regulo Caro — Amor En Tiempos de Guerra Duelo — Vuela Muy Alto Implakable — Simplemente Gerardo Ortíz — Entre Dios Y El Diablo Siggno — Lo Que Me Dejastes Best Regional Mexican Song Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Mejor Perfume" (La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga)
Ismael Gallegos and Alberto "Beto" Jimenez Maeda — "Ay Mi México" (Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea ) Charlie Corona and Jesse Turner — "Como Me Acuerdo de Ti" (Siggno) Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Día Que Me Fuí" (Shaila Dúrcal ) Manuel Eduardo Toscano — "Vivo Contenta" (Paquita la del Barrio ) Best Instrumental Album Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian — Further Explorations
Paquito D'Rivera and Berta Rojas — Día y Medio Guinga + Quinteto Villa-Lobos — Rasgando Seda Hamilton de Holanda — Brasilianos 3 Miguel Zenón — Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook Best Folk Album Lila Downs — Pecados y Milagros
Reynaldo Armas — Me Emborrache Pa' Olvidarla Eva Ayllón + Inti-Illimani — Eva Ayllón + Inti-Illimani Histórico Luciano Pereyra — Con Alma de Pueblo Chuchito Valdés and Eddy Navia — Piano y Charango Best Tango Album Arturo Sandoval — Tango Como Yo Te Siento
Carlos Bosio — El Tango Lo Siento Así Cuartetango String Quartet — Masters of Bandoneon Susana Rinaldi — Experimentango Tango VIP — Grandes Varones del Tango Best Flamenco Album
Paco de Lucía — En Vivo Conciertos España 2010
Antonio Cortés — Cuando Quieras Niño Josele — El Mar de Mi Ventana Diana Navarro — Flamenco Various Artists — México Flamenco Best Latin Jazz Album Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)
Jerry Gonzalez and El Comando de la Clave — Jerry González and El Comando de la Clave Tania Maria — Tempo Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard — Chano y Dizzy! Chuchito Valdes — Live in Chicago Best Christian Album (Spanish Language) Marcos Witt — 25 Concierto Conmemorativo
Paulina Aguirre — Rompe El Silencio Carlos Carcache — Aquí En Tu Presencia Generasion — Yo Soy Generasion Jacobo Ramos — Dile Al Corazón Que Camine Tercer Cielo — Lo Que El Viento Me Enseñó Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language) Aline Barros — Aline Barros & Cia 3
Paulo César Baruk e Banda Salluz — Eletro Acústico 3 Cantores de Deus — Mulheres Ao Vivo Grupo Chamas — Inquieto Coraçao Ministério de Louvor Diante do Trono — Diante do Trono 14 - Sol da Justiça Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album Seu Jorge — Músicas Para Churrascos Vol. 1
Céu — Caravana Sereia Bloom Zeila Duncan — Pelo Sabor do Gesto em Cena Rita Lee — Reza Mart'nália — Não Tente Comprender Best Brazilian Rock Album
Beto Lee — Celebração & Sacrificío
CPM 22 — Depois de Um Longo Inverno Ira! e Ultraje A Rigor — Ao Vivo no Rock in Rio NX Zero — Multishow ao Vivo NX Zero 10 Anos RPM — Elektra Best Samba/Pagode Album Beth Carvalho — Nosso Samba Tá na Rua Emilio Santiago — So Danço Samba ao Vivo
Alcione — Duas Faces ao Vivo na Mangueira Sorriso Maroto — 15 Anos ao Vivo Thiaguinho — Ousadia & Alegria Best MPB Album Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano
Maria Bethânia — Oásis de Bethânia João Bosco — 40 Anos Depois Ivan Lins — Amorágio Marisa Monte — O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade Leila Pinheiro — Raiz Maria Rita — Elo Best Sertaneja Music Album Chitãozinho & Xororó — Chitãozinho & Xororó - 40 Anos - Sinfônico
Daniel — Pra Ser Feliz Fernando & Sorocaba — Acústico na Ópera de Arame Paula Fernandes — Meus Encantos Luan Santana — Quando Chega a Noite Michel Teló — Michel na Balada Victor e Leo — Amor de Alma Best Brazilian Roots Album Dominguinhos — Iluminado
Gaby Amarantos — Treme Oswaldinho ao Acordeon — Forró Chorado Jammil — Jammil na Real Daniela Mercury — Canibália - Ritmos do Brasil (Ao Vivo) Best Brazilian Song
Chico Buarque — "Querido Diário"
Pretinho da Serrinha, Leandro Fab and Seu Jorge — "A Doida" (Seu Jorge ) Antonio Dyggs and Sharon Axé Moi — "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Michel Teló) Arnaldo Antunes and Marisa Monte — "Anda Bem" (Marisa Monte)Lenine and Ivan Santos — "Amor é Pra Quem Ama" (Lenine )Best Latin Children's Album María Teresa Chacín — María Teresa Chacín Canta Cuentos
Miguelito — Tiempo de Navidad Rita Rosa y Amigos — Canciones de Agua Various Artists — Disney's Los Muppets Banda Sonora Original de Walt Disney Records Xuxa — Xuxa só para Baixinhos 11 - Sustentabilidade Best Classical Album Cuarteto Latinoamericano — Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
Guillermo Figueroa, I Solisti di Zagreb and Pepe Romero — Cordero: Caribbean Concertos For Guitar and For Violin Javier Perianes and Josep Pons — Da Falla: Noches En Los Jardines de España Jose Serebrier — Dvorak Symphony No. 7; In Nature's Realm, Scherzo Capriccioso Gabriel Castagna — Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestal Works Quarteto Radamés Gnattali — Prelúdio 21: Quartetos das Ordas Best Classical Contemporary Composition Yalil Guerra — "Seducción" (Elizabeth Rebozo)
Tania León — "Inura"Gustavo Casenave — "Miñoqui" Aurelio de la Vega — "Preludio No. 1" (Elizabeth Rebozo) Leo Brouwer — "Quartet No. 4 - Rem Tene Verba Sequentur (Know the Matter and the Word Will Follow)" (Havana String Quartet)Tim Rescala — "Quarteto Circular" Carlos Franzetti — "Stringazo" (Cuartetango String Quartet)Best Recording Package Miguel Masa — Cambié de Nombre (Viniloversus)
MZK — Bixinga 70 (Bixiga70) Alejandro Ros — Canciones Para Aliens (Fito Páez ) Pablo Martínez — Indeleble (Los Mesoneros) Mago — Ves Lo Que Quieres Ver (Bareto) Best Engineered Album
Gregg Field, Don Murray and Paul Blakemore — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) (Arturo Sandoval)
Madre Música and André Dias — Brasilianos 3 (Hamilton de Holanda ) Bruno Giorgi and Carlos Freitas — Chão (Lenine) Julio Boscher, Walter Costa, Duda Mello, Leonel Pereda, Carlos Toré and Ricardo Garcia — Liebe Paradiso (Celso Fonseca e Ronaldo Bastos) Alexandre Gaiotto — O Canto da Sereia (Regina Benedetti) Producer of the Year Juan Luis Guerra
Moogie Canazio George Field Sergio George Martin Terefe Best Short Form Music Video Jesse & Joy — "Me Voy"
Catupecu Machu — "Metrópolis Nueva"Georgina — "Rara" Nevilton — "Tempos de Maracujá" Rakel — "En El Tiempo" Best Long Form Music Video Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged
Enrique Bunbury — Licenciado Cantinas, The Movie Manuel Galbán — Blue Cha Cha Shakira — Live from Paris Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gilberto e Caetano Lifetime Achievement Award Luz Casal Leo Dan Rita Moreno Milton Nascimento Daniela Romo Poncho Sanchez Toquinho Trustees Award Juan Carmona Habichuela Yomo Toro Person of the Year Caetano Veloso Intro Pitbull — "Don't Stop the Party" Pedro Fernández — "No Que No" Pablo Alborán — "Perdóname "Juanes featuring Carlos Santana — "Fíjate Bien " Joan Sebastian — "Diséñame"3Ball MTY , featuring El Bebeto, América Sierra and SkyBlu — "Inténtalo (Me Prende)"Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares" Michel Teló and Blue Man Group — "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" Jesse & Joy — "¡Corre!" Juan Luis Guerra 440 — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital" Shaila Dúrcal with Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles — "El Día Que Me Fui" David Bisbal — "Lloraré Las Penas"Lila Downs , Celso Piña and Totó la Momposina — "Zapata Se Queda"Prince Royce featuring Joan Sebastian — "Incondicional"Víctor Manuelle — "Si Tú Me Besas"Gerardo Ortíz — "Aquiles Afirmo" Kany García — "Alguien "Daniela Romo and Sergio Dalma — "Yo No Te Pido la Luna"Juan Magan — "Se Vuelve Loca / No Sigue Modas" Caetano Veloso and Arturo Sandoval — "Capullito de Alelí" Sensato featuring Pitbull and Sak Noel — "Crazy People" Jaime Camil and Ninel Conde — presented Record of the YearDeborah del Corral and Chino & Nacho — presented Best Traditional Pop Album Reik — presented Best Contemporary Tropical Album Galilea Montijo and Sebastián Rulli — presented Best Tropical Fusion AlbumMarcelo Córdoba and Ana Victoria — presented Best Norteño AlbumChocQuibTown — Best New Artist Nelly Furtado and Mark Tacher — presented Song of the YearZuria Vega and Gabriel Soto — presented Best Long Form Music VideoAnita Tijoux and Fonseca — Best Contemporary Pop Album Antonio Orozco and Milly Quezada — presented Best Ranchero Album Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente (hosts) — announced Person of the Year C Ana Brenda Contreras and Tommy Torres — presented Best Alternative Music AlbumNatalie Cole and Pepe Aguilar — presented Album of the Year
