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16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
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Person of the Year
Roberto Carlos
Date
19 November 2015
Venue
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Network
Univision
Other ceremonies
2014, 2016
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
The 16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 19, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise. This is the second time that Latin Grammys wil be held at this location, will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from 8–11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).
The nominations were announced on September 23, 2015. Leonel García leads with six nominations, followed by Natalia Lafourcade with five. Additionally, Juan Luis Guerra and Alejandro Sanz; engineers Edgar Barrera, Demián Nava, and Alan Saucedo; and producer Cachorro López each receive four nominations. Pablo Alborán, Miguel Bosé, Café Quijano, Pedro Capó, Nicky Jam, Ricky Martin, and Vicentico are among those who each receive three nominations. Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos will be honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 18, the day prior to the Latin Grammy Awards.
Awards
The following is the list of nominees.
General
Record of the Year
Natalia Lafourcade — "Hasta la Raíz"
Bomba Estéreo — "Fiesta"
Miguel Bosé — "Encanto"
Café Quijano — "Será (Vida de Hombre)"
Camila featuring Marco Antonio Solís — "La Vida Entera"
Leonel García featuring Jorge Drexler — "Ella Es"
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 — "Tus Besos"
Ricky Martin — "Disparo al Corazón"
Alejandro Sanz — "Un Zombie a la Intemperie"
Julieta Venegas — "Ese Camino"
Album of the Year
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 — Todo Tiene Su Hora
Pepe Aguilar — MTV Unplugged
Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — Son de Panamá
Miguel Bosé — Amo
Café Quijano — Orígenes: El Bolero Volumen 3
Natalia Jiménez — Creo en Mí
Natalia Lafourcade — Hasta la Raíz
Monsieur Periné — Caja de Música
Alejandro Sanz — Sirope
María Toledo — ConSentido
Song of the Year
Leonel García and Natalia Lafourcade — "Hasta la Raíz" (Lafourcade)
Pedro Capó, Yoel Henríquez, Ricky Martin and Rafael Esparza Ruiz — "Disparo al Corazón" (Ricky Martin)
Julieta Venegas — "Ese Camino"
Beatriz Luengo, Antonio Rayo Gibo, Yotuel Romero and Diego Torres — "Hoy Es Domingo" (Diego Torres)
Pablo Alborán — "Por Fin"
Claudia Brant and Natalia Jiménez — "Quédate Con Ella" (Natalia Jiménez)
Leonel García — "¿Recuerdas?"
Alejandro Sanz — "Un Zombie a la Intemperie"
Gian Marco — "Vida de Mi Vida"
Pedro Capó — "Vivo"
Best New Artist
Monsieur Periné
Kaay
Iván "Melón" Lewis
Manu Manzo
Matisse
Julieta Rada
Tulipa Ruiz
Raquel Sofía
Vazquez Sounds
Vitrola Sintética
Pop
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
Alejandro Sanz — Sirope
Pablo Alborán — Terral
Miguel Bosé — Amo
Pedro Capó — Aquila
Ricky Martin — A Quien Quiera Escuchar
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Gilberto Santa Rosa — Necesito Un Bolero
Astrid Asher — Astrid Asher
Café Quijano — Orígenes: El Bolero Volumen 3
Mojito Lite — Nada Es Demasiado
Vicentico — Último Acto
Urban
Best Urban Performance
Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias — "El Perdón"
Alexis & Fido — "A Ti Te Encanta"
Alkilados featuring J Alvarez, El Roockie and Nicky Jam — "Una Cita (Remix)"
J Balvin — "Ay Vamos"
Maluma — "El Tiki"
Yandel — "Calentura"
Daddy Yankee — "Sígueme Y Te Sigo"
Best Urban Music Album
Tego Calderón — El Que Sabe, Sabe
Farruko — Farruko Presenta: Los Menores
Nicky Jam — Greatest Hits Vol 1
Don Omar — The Last Don 2
Yandel — Legacy: De Lider a Leyenda Tour (Deluxe Edition)
Carlos Franzetti — "Capriccio" (Allison Brewster Franzetti)
José Serebrier conducting the Málaga Philharmonic and the FIU Concert Choir — "Auschwitz (Nunca Se Olvidarán)" (Orlando Jacinto García)
Miguel del Águila — "Concierto En Tango Op. 110 For Cello And Orchestra" (JoAnn Falletta conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
Fernando Otero — "Conexión"
Yalil Guerra — "El Retrato de La Paloma" (Iván Valiente conducting the Ensamble Solistas de La Habana)
Roberto Sierra — "Trio No. 4 "La Noche"" (Arcos Trío)
Recording Package
Best Recording Package
Natalia Ayala, Carlos Dussan Gómez and Juliana Jaramillo — Este Instante (Marta Gómez)
Julia Rocha — Blam! Blam! (Jonas Sá)
Anna Amendola — Noel Rosa, Preto E Branco (Valéria Lobão)
Pablo González and Francisca Valenzuela — Tajo Abierto (Francisca Valenzuela)
Laura Varsky — Veinte Años El Grito Después (Catupecu Machu)
Production
Best Engineered Album
Andrés Borda, Eduardo del Águila, Demián Nava, Alan Ortiz Grande, Alan Saucedo, Sebastián Schunt, Cesar Sogbe and José Blanco — Hasta la Raíz (Natalia Lafourcade)
Salome Limón and Caco Refojo — Astrid Asher (Astrid Asher)
Daniel Musy, Daniel Musy and Andre Dias — Baile do Almeidinha (Hamilton de Holanda)
Jonathan Allen, Rodrigo de Castro Lopes, Pete Karam and Paul Blakemore — Made in Brazil (Eliane Elias)
Otávio Carvalho and Felipe Tichauer — Sintético (Vitrola Sintética)
Producer of the Year
Sebastian Krys
Mario Adnet and Dori Caymmi
Aníbal Kerpel and Gustavo Santaolalla
George Noriega
Kenny O'brien and Manuel Quijano
Andrés Saavedra
Music video
Best Short Form Music Video
Calle 13 featuring Silvio Rodríguez — "Ojos Color Sol"
Willbert Álvarez — "Te Busqué"
Calle 13 — "Así de Grandes Son las Ideas"
El Cuarteto de Nos — "No Llora"
Porter — "Huitzil"
Best Long Form Music Video
Juanes — Loco de Amor: La Historia
Pablo Alborán — Terral
Kinky — MTV Unplugged
Ara Malikian — 15
Vicentico — Último Acto
Special Merit Awards
The following is a list of special merit awards
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Gato Barbieri
Ana Belén and Víctor Manuel
Angela Carrasco
Djavan
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Pablo Milanés
Trustees Award
Federico Britos
Humberto Gatica
Chelique Sarabia
Changes to award categories
Due to the low number of entries, the Best Brazilian Roots Album category was not awarded this year.