New York – Colombia’s Shakira, who is up for five awards, leads the list of nominees for the Latin Grammys, announced here Tuesday by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Spanish artists Rosario, Niña Pastori, La Oreja de Van Gogh and Joaquin Sabina will also be up for awards at the Nov. 2 gala, being held for the first time in New York.
At a press conference in Madison Square Garden, the venue where the coveted prizes will be awarded, the Academy announced the nominees for the 17 categories, in which Shakira is followed by Mexico’s Julieta Venegas, Guatemalan Ricardo Arjona and Argentine Gustavo Cerati, with four nominations each.
Shakira, who won two Grammys in 2001, was nominated for recording of the year for “La tortura,” for which she also landed nominations for best video and best song, as well as for album of the year for “Oral Fixation I,” which is also up for best pop album by a female artist.
Venegas was nominated for album of the year and best alternative music album for her most recent album “Sal y limon,” as well as for best video and best recording of the Year for “Me voy.”
Arjona is also vying with Shakira and Venegas for the year’s best recording for “Acompañame a estar solo,” which also garnered the nomination for song of the year, and also for best pop album by a male artist for “Adentro” and best video for “Mojado.”
Cerati is up for best rock song with “Crimen,” best rock vocal album for “Ahi vamos,” and twice for album of the year as the producer of “Ahi vamos,” as well as producer of Shakira’s “Oral Fixation I.”
The Grammys traditionally have been held in Miami and Los Angeles, but this year they will head to the Big Apple, where they are expected to generate revenues of $30 million, according to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
