Juanes And Santana To Perform Together For The First Time On The
XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®
MIAMI, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/
-- GRAMMY® and 17-time Latin GRAMMY®
winner (and current nominee) Juanes and 10-time GRAMMY and
three-time Latin GRAMMY winner Santana will perform together
for the first time, while current nominees Caetano Veloso (2012 Latin Recording Academy
Person of the Year) and Arturo
Sandoval will join forces for a special performance on
the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®
(#LatinGrammy). Also performing on the Biggest Night in Latin
Music™ are current nominees Pablo Alborán and
Sensato featuring Sak
Noel and Pitbull, as well as El Bebeto,
America Sierra, and
Sky Blu (LMFAO). Confirmed to
present awards are current nominees Pepe
Aguilar, Chino y Nacho, ChocQuibTown,
Deborah de Corral,
Antonio Orozco,
Milly Quezada, Reik,
Ana Tijoux, Tommy
Torres, and Ana
Victoria, as well as nine-time GRAMMY winner
Natalie Cole, GRAMMY and
Latin GRAMMY winner Nelly
Furtado, and actors Sebastian
Rulli and Gabriel
Soto. The Latin music industry's premier event 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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Three-time GRAMMY and two-time Latin GRAMMY winner
Arturo Sandoval has four
nominations: Album Of The Year and Best Latin Jazz Album for
Dear Diz (Everyday I Think Of You), Best Tango Album for
Tango Como Yo Te Siento, and Producer Of The Year.
Two-time GRAMMY and eight-time Latin GRAMMY winner
Caetano Veloso is nominated
for three awards: Album Of The Year, Best MPB (Musica Popular
Brasileira) Album, and Best Long Form Music Video for Especial
Ivete, Gil E Caetano.
Pablo Alborán has a nod for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal
Album for En Acústico.
Sensato, Sak Noel
and Pitbull are all up for Best Urban Song for "Crazy
People."
Previously announced performers include current nominees
David Bisbal, Sergio Dalma, Lila Downs (with Totó La Momposina
and Celso Piña), Shaila Dúrcal (along with
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea), Pedro Fernández,
Kany García, Juan Luis
Guerra, Jesse & Joy, Juanes, Juan
Magán, Victor Manuelle,
Gerardo Ortiz,
Pitbull, Prince Royce,
Alejandro Sanz, Michel
Teló, and 3Ball MTY, as well as 2012 Latin Recording
Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Daniela Romo and Joan Sebastian. Previously announced
presenters are actors Ninel
Conde, Ana Brenda
Contreras, Marcelo Córdoba, Galilea Montijo, Gabriel Soto, Mark Tacher, and Zuria Vega. Actors Cristián 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, backstage, and the
media center beginning at 1 p.m. PT.
The Pre-Telecast Ceremony will be streamed live online at
www.latingrammy.com beginning at 1:30 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 XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY
Performers and Presenters 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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