The Latin, Grammy Awards celebrate not just the music of the United States but music of Spanish and Portuguese speaking musicians around the world. This year the Latin Grammys and its surrounding events will travel outside of the United States for the very first time to Sevilla Spain where they will be presented on November 16.
The announcement comes as the Latin Recording academy, signed a three-year partnership with Junta de Andalucia.
Last year, the recording academy added a number of categories to the Grammy awards; so to this year, the Latin Recording Academy is adding several new categories to help reflect the global expansion of the award ceremonies.
Latin, Recording Academy, CEO Manuel Abud spoke on the changes, saying, “international growth is consistent with our mission. The Latin Academy, our membership, and the music we honor have always been global. We have members from more than 40 countries, and we’ve always celebrated music in the Spanish language in the Portuguese language. Now, the only thing that is changing is that we’re taking the celebration to another place, which will ultimately expand our global reach Even further.”
Abud added, “ It’s an honor to celebrate our Latin Grammy week in Sevilla And commit to our mission of elevating Latin music and its creators around the world. We are confident that it will be a memorable celebration.”
President of U.S. Networks at TelevisaUnivision Ignacio Meyer also spoke I’m moving the broadcast to Spain, saying, “we are thrilled to produce the Latin Grammys for the first time this year in Spain, and then a new partnership with the prestigious RTVE. This is an extraordinary moment for Latin music globally, and we are confident that this partnership with RTVE, and the passion and energy that Univision brings to the show, experience will make history and deliver an unforgettable experience for audiences who love and enjoy music all around the world.”
Realizing that the world of music is an ever changing medium the Latin Recording Academy has made some changes for the 24th annual Latin Grammy Awards to be held this November in Sevilla, Spain.
Like in the Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammys have added a Songwriting field we’re Best Songwriter of the Year and Best Singer-Songwriter Song will be added. Also, the Academy has added a Best Portuguese Language Urban Performance category this year.
Academy has also made some changes to the Album of the Year and Best Engineered Album categories, requiring artists and engineers to have a larger participation in the making of the album in order to be eligible for the award. Artist and engineers, who participate in less than the 33 or 51 percent required to earn an award, will receive a certificate instead of a trophy in an acknowledgment of their contributions to the album.
Understanding that songs pop up on social media sites daily, the Recording Academy is now requiring dates be added to all song category entries in order to a ensure that they are indeed new songs. The date is not in reference to, when this song was actually penned, but when the song was in itself recorded in preparation for a release which could be anywhere from a few days to even years.