The winners of last night’s 2018 Latin Grammy Awards came from a broad spectrum of styles and genres. The awards were televised on Univision from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
Top Awards
Record of the year – “Telefonía”, Jorge Drexler.
Album of the year – “¡México por siempre!”, Luis Miguel.
Song of the year – “Telefonía”, Jorge Drexler, composer (Jorge Drexler).
Best new artist – Karol G.
Video
Best short form music video – “Pa dentro”, Juanes; Lionel Hirle y Grégory Ohrel, directors; Bret Rea yJocelyn Webber, producers.
Best long form music video – “En letra de otro”, documental, Pedro Capó; Diego Álvarez, director; Vicente Solís, producer.
Pop
Best contemporary pop vocal album: “F.A.M.E.”, Maluma.
Best traditional pop vocal album: “Hazte sentir”, Laura Pausini.
Urban
Best urban fusion/performance: “Malamente”, Rosalía.
Best urban music album: “Vibras”, J Balvin.
Best urban song: “Dura”, Daddy Yankee, Urbani Mota Cedeño, Juan G. Rivera Vázquez and Luis Jorge Romero, composers (Daddy Yankee).
Rock
Best rock album: “Expectativas”, Bunbury.
Best pop/rock album: “Geometría del rayo”, Manolo García.
Best rock song : “Tu vida mi vida”, Fito Páez, composer (Fito Páez).
Alternative
Best alternative music album: “Claroscura”, Aterciopelados”.
Best alternative song: “Malamente”, Antón Alvarez Alfaro, Pablo Díaz-Reixa and Rosalía, composers (Rosalía).
Tropical
Best salsa album: “25/7”, Víctor Manuelle.
Best cumbia/vallenato album: “Esto es vida”, Silvestre Dangond.
Best contemporary tropical album: “Vives”, Carlos Vives.
Best traditional tropical album: “A mí qué – Tributo a los clásicos cubanos”, José Alberto El Canario and El Septeto Santiaguero.
Best tropical fusion album: “Como anillo al dedo”, Aymee Nuviola.
Best tropical song: “Quiero tiempo”, Juan Luis Guerra, Juan Carlos Luces and Víctor Manuelle, composers (Víctor Manuelle with Juan Luis Guerra).
Singer-songwriter
Best singer-songwriter album: “Salvavidas de hielo”, Jorge Drexler.
Regional Mexican
Best ranchero/mariachi album: “¡México por siempre!”, Luis Miguel.
Best banda album: “Los gustos que me doy”, Banda Los Recoditos.
Best Tejano album ALBUM: “Tex Mex Funk”, Roger Velásquez & The Latin Legendz.
Best Norteño album (tie): “Guerra de poder”, Calibre 50. Y “Los ángeles existen”, Pesado.
Best regional song: “Probablemente”, Christian Nodal, compositor (Christian Nodal).
Instrumental
Best Instrumental album: “Identidad”, Miguel Siso.
Traditional
Best folk album: “Musas (Los Macorinos), Vol. 2”, Natalia Lafourcade.
Best tango album: “Vigor tanguero”, Pedro Giraudo.
Best Flamenco album: “Al este del cante”, Arcángel.
Jazz
Best latin jazz/jazz album: “Naturaleza universal”, Hermeto Pascoal & Big Band.
Christian
Best Christian album (Spanish): “Setenta veces siete”, Alfareros.
Best Christian album (Portuguese): “Som da minha vida”, Fernanda Brun.
Portuguese
Best Portuguese contemporary pop album: “Nocturno”, Anaadi.
Best Portuguese rock or alternative album: “Lenine Em Trânsito”, Lenine.
Best samba/pagode album: “Amor e música”, Maria Rita.
Best MPB (Brazilian pop music) album: “Caravanas”, Chico Buarque.
Best sertaneja music album: “Elas Em Evidências”, Chitãozinho & Xororó.
Best Portuguese roots album: “+AR”, Almir Sater & Renato Teixeira.
Best Portuguese song: “As caravanas”, Chico Buarque, composer (Chico Buarque).
Children
Best Latin children’s album: “Imaginare”, ClaraLuna.
Classical
Best classical album: “Mágica y misteriosa”, Claudia Montero; José Manuel Domenech y Claudia Montero, productores.
Best classical contemporary composition: “Luces y sombras. Concierto para guitarra y orquesta de cuerdas”, Claudia Montero, compositora (Claudia Montero).
Arrangement
Best arrangement: “Se le ve”, Milton Salcedo (Milton Salcedo with Amaury Gutiérrez, Carlos Oliva and Michel Puche).
Recording package
Best recording package: “Diferentes tipos de luz”, Carlos Sadness, art director (Carlos Sadness).
Production
Best engineered album album: “50 años tocando para ti”, Rafa Sardina, ingeniero; Rafa Sardina, mezclador; Eric Boulanger, ingeniero de mastering (Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá).
Producer of the year: Linda Briceño.