David Bisbal, Shaila Durcal with Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea, Kany
Garcia, Juanes, Prince Royce, and Joan Sebastian Are the Latest
Performers Announced for the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®
MIAMI, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Current
nominees David Bisbal,
Shaila Durcal (along with Mariachi Divas De Cindy
Shea), Kany Garcia,
Juanes, and Prince
Royce, as well as Joan
Sebastian, are the latest performers added to the lineup
for the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®
(#LatinGrammy), it was announced today by The Latin Recording
Academy®. The Biggest Night in Latin Music is set for
Nov. 15 at the Mandalay Bay
Events Center in Las
Vegas and will air live on the Univision Network
(www.univision.com) from 8 – 11 p.m. ET/PT (7
p.m. Central). For updates and breaking news, please
visit www.latingrammy.com or
www.univisionlatingrammy.com, as well as The Latin
Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook:
www.twitter.com/latingrammys (@LatinGRAMMYs) and
www.facebook.com/latingrammys.
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GRAMMY® and 17-time Latin GRAMMY® winner
Juanes has four nominations: Record Of The Year and Song Of
The Year for "Azul Sabina"
(Featuring Joaquin Sabina), as well as Album Of The Year and Best
Long Form Music Video for MTV Unplugged.
Latin GRAMMY winner David
Bisbal has a nod for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
for Una Noche En El Teatro Real.
Shaila Durcal is up for Best Ranchero Album for
Asi.
Two-time Latin GRAMMY winner Kany
Garcia is nominated for Record Of The Year with "Que Te
Vaya Mal."
Prince Royce garnered a
nod for Best Tropical Fusion Album for Phase II.
Previously announced performers include current nominees
Sergio Dalma, Lila Downs (with Toto La Momposina
and Celso Pina),
Pedro Fernandez,
Juan Luis Guerra, Jesse
& Joy, Juan Magan,
Victor Manuelle,
Gerardo Ortiz,
Pitbull, Alejandro
Sanz, Michel Telo,
and 3Ball MTY, as well as 2012 Latin Recording Academy
Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Daniela Romo. Previously announced
presenters are actors Ninel
Conde, Ana Brenda
Contreras, Marcelo
Cordoba, Galilea
Montijo, Gabriel
Soto, Mark Tacher,
and Zuria Vega. Actors
Cristian De La Fuente and
Lucero once again will co-host the Latin music industry's
premier event.
The XIII Latin GRAMMY Awards will be supported on radio via
Univision Radio (the official Spanish-language radio network of the
Latin GRAMMY Awards), and highlighted on the Internet at
www.latingrammy.com and
www.univisionlatingrammy.com, including video
interviews and photos, an extensive archive of past shows, a live
blog, and dedicated forums for fans to share their excitement
leading up to the live broadcast. For the first time ever,
fans can connect to the UVideos companion app, accessing extra
content, polls and more on their mobile device. Additionally, the
telecast will be distributed internationally to more than 100
countries.
For the second year in a row, LatinGRAMMY.com will feature
Latin GRAMMYs en Vivo, which will offer live coverage of the
XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards and interviews from various
locations including the green carpet arrivals, the Pre-Telecast
Ceremony, backstage, and the media center, beginning at
1 p.m. PT.
Preceding the Awards telecast, Univision will present exclusive
"Noche De Estrellas" ("Night Of
Stars") coverage of the celebrity arrivals direct from the Latin
GRAMMY Awards green carpet starting at 7
p.m. ET/PT (6 p.m. Central).
Hosted by Univision Network personalities Giselle Blondet ("Nuestra Belleza Latina") and
Galilea Montijo ("Hoy"),
"Noche De Estrellas" will feature
live interviews and commentary on the stars and their fashions, and
will provide viewers an intimate and up-close look at Latin music's
most glamorous gala event. And for the first time, there will be a
live performance on the green carpet featuring current Latin GRAMMY
nominee Fonseca. Fans will also be able to join the conversation on
Twitter via @UnivisionMusica
(www.twitter.com/univisionmusica) or using
#LatinGrammy, as well as comment with fellow fans on Univision
Musica's Facebook page
(www.facebook.com/univisionmusica).
The Latin Recording Academy is an international,
membership-based organization comprised of Spanish- and
Portuguese-speaking recording artists, musicians, songwriters,
producers and other creative and technical recording professionals.
The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life and
cultural condition for Latin music and its makers. In addition to
producing the Latin GRAMMY Awards to honor excellence in the
recorded arts and sciences, The Latin Recording Academy provides
educational and outreach programs for the Latin music community.
For more information about The Latin Recording Academy, please
visit www.latingrammy.com. For breaking news and
exclusive content, join the organization's social networks as a
Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/latingrammys, and
a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/latingrammys.
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