The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It was the fifth time the awards was held at this venue and in Las Vegas. It also marks the last year in the Latin Recording Academy's contract where the Mandalay Bay Events Center hosted. It is unknown if the awards will continue to be held at this location beyond 2012.
Recordings must have been released between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 in order to be eligible for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced on September 25, 2012. Juan Luis Guerra led the nominations field with six; Jesse & Joy earned five nods; Ricardo Arjona, Edgar Barrera, Juanes, Carla Morrison, Arturo Sandoval, Ivete Sangalo, and Caetano Veloso each received four nominations. The telecast was aired on Univision at 8pm/7c. Caetano Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 14, 2012.
Jesse & Joy won four awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "¡Corre!", Juanes took the Album of the Year for MTV Unplugged and 3BallMTY was named Best New Artist.
Changes to award categories On May 10, 2012 the Latin Recording Academy announced that The Academy's Trustees approved changes in the general and pop fields and expanded the Rock and Tropical fields, bringing the total number of categories from 46 to 47:
Each of the four categories in the general field (Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist) will now include 10 nominees. The Pop Field: The three categories (Best Female Pop Vocal Album, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals) will now be combined in two new categories: Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. The Rock Field: A new category, called Best Pop/Rock Album, was added. The Tropical Field: A new category, called Best Tropical Fusion Album, was added. The Alternative Field: Both categories (Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Song) will now accept recordings in the Portuguese language. The Brazilian field: The category Best Native Brazilian Roots Album is now called Best Brazilian Roots Album.
Awards The following is a list of nominees:
Bold indicates winner.
General Record of the Year Jesse & Joy — "¡Corre!" Ricardo Arjona and Gaby Moreno — "Fuiste Tú" ChocQuibTown featuring Tego Calderón and Zully Murillo — "Calentura" Kany García — "Que Te Vaya Mal" Juan Luis Guerra — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital" Juanes featuring Joaquín Sabina — "Azul Sabina" Maná — "Hasta Que Te Conocí" Ivete Sangalo — "Atrás da Porta" Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares" Zoé — "Bésame Mucho"
Album of the Year Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged Ricardo Arjona — Independiente Bebe — Un Pokito de Rocanrol Chico Buarque — Chico ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar Reik — Peligro Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil E Caetano
Song of the Year Jesse & Joy and Tommy Torres — "¡Corre!" (Jesse & Joy) Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes and Joaquín Sabina — "Azul Sabina" (Juanes featuring Joaquín Sabina) Kiko Cibrián, Gilberto Marín, Julio Ramírez and Mónica Vélez — "Creo en Ti" (Reik) Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar" Juan Luis Guerra — "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital" Jose Luis Latorre, Antonio Orozco and Xavi Pérez — "Estoy Hecho de Pedacitos de Ti" (Antonio Orozco featuring Alejandro Fernández) Ricardo Arjona — "Fuiste Tú" (Ricardo Arjona and Gaby Moreno) Amaury Gutiérrez and Gian Marco — "Invisible" (Gian Marco) Alejandro Sanz — "No Me Compares"
Best New Artist 3Ball MTY Gaby Amarantos Deborah del Corral Elaín Ulises Hadjis Los Mesoneros Juan Magan Rosario Ortega Piso 21 Ana Victoria
Pop Best Contemporary Pop Album Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro? Pablo Alborán — En Acústico Chambao — Chambao Beatriz Luengo — Bela y Sus Moskitas Muertas Pamela Rodriguez — Reconocer
Best Traditional Pop Album David Bisbal — Una Noche en el Teatro Real Pepe Aguilar — Negociaré con la pena Sergio Dalma — Vía Dalma II Presuntos Implicados — Banda Sonora Pasión Vega — Sin Compasión
Urban Best Urban Music Album Don Omar — Don Omar Presents MTO²: New Generation J Alvarez — Otro Nivel de Música Reloaded Tego Calderón — The Original Gallo del País Farruko — The Most Powerful Rookie Ana Tijoux — La Bala
Best Urban Song Don Omar — "Hasta Que Salga el Sol" Max Deniro, Sak Noel, Pitbull, William Reyna and DJ Buddha — "Crazy People" (Sensato featuring Pitbull and Sak Noel) Don Omar and Milton "Alcover" Restituyo — "Dutty Love" (Don Omar featuring Natti Natasha) Alexis & Fido — "Energía" Daddy Yankee — "Lovumba"
Rock Best Rock Album Molotov — Desde Rusia Con Amor Los Mesoneros — Indeleble No Te Va Gustar — Público San Pascualito — Valiente Viniloversus — Cambié de Nombre
Best Pop/Rock Album El Cuarteto de Nos — Porfiado Jotdog — Turista de Amor Leiva — Diciembre Los Claxons — Camino A Encontrarte Vega — La Cuenta Atrás
Best Rock Song Roberto Musso — "Cuando Sea Grande" (El Cuarteto de Nos) Manuel Diquez — "Anti Idolo" Leo Felipe Campos and Ulises Hadjis — "Dónde Va" (Ulises Hadjis) Doctor Krápula — "Exigimos" Luis Jiménez — "Indeleble" (Los Mesoneros)
Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar Lisandro Aristimuño — Mundo Anfibio ChocQuibTown — Eso Es Lo Que Hay Ulises Hadjis — Cosas Perdidas Kinky — Sueño de la Máquina
Best Alternative Song Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar" Bebe — "Mi Guapo" Juan Campodónico and Jorge Drexler — "1987" (Campo) John King, Kinky and Mala Rodríguez — "Negro Día" (Kinky) Caetano Veloso — "Neguinho" (Gal Costa)
Tropical Best Salsa Album Luis Enrique — Soy y Seré Rubén Blades and Cheo Feliciano — Eba Say Ajá Mambo Legend Orchestra — Watch Out! Ten Cuidao! Víctor Manuelle — Busco un Pueblo Tito Nieves — Mi Última Grabación
Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album Juan Piña — Le Canta A San Jacinto Jorge Celedón and Jimmy Zambrano — Lo Que Tú Necesitas Silvestre Dangond and Juancho De la Espriella — No Me Compares Con Nadie Diomedes Díaz and Álvaro López — Con Mucho Gusto Caray Omar Geles — Histórico - A Duo Con Los Grandes
Best Contemporary Tropical Album Milly Quezada — Aquí Estoy Yo Elain — Volando Alto - Made on the Road Juan Formell and Los Van Van — La Maquinaria Gaitanes — Caminos Maía — Instinto
Best Traditional Tropical Album Eliades Ochoa — Un Bolero Para Tí Miguel García — Guarachando Plenealo — Soy Yo Quinteto Criollo — La Trova de Siempre Son de Tikiza — Bolero
Best Tropical Fusion Album Fonseca — Ilusión+ Caseroloops — Afronauta Sergent Garcia — Una y Otra Vez Juan Magan — The King of Dance Prince Royce — Phase II
Best Tropical Song Yoel Henríquez and Alex Puentes — "Toma Mi Vida" (Milly Quezada featuring Juan Luis Guerra) Tamela — "¡Acércate!" (Tamela featuring Son de Tikizia) Alejandro Bassi and Fonseca — "Desde Que No Estás" (Fonseca) Chino & Nacho and Pablo Villalobos — "El Poeta" (Chino & Nacho) Yoel Henríquez, Horacio Palencia and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Eres Linda" (Tito Nieves)
Singer-Song Writer Best Singer-Song Writer Album Gian Marco — 20 Años Ricardo Arjona — Independiente Chico Buarque — Chico José Luis Perales — Calle Soledad Rosana — ¡¡Buenos Dias, Mundo!!
Regional Mexican Best Ranchero Album Pepe Aguilar — Mas de Un Camino Shaila Dúrcal — Así Pedro Fernández — No Que No... Miguel y Miguel — Aquí En El Rancho Trio Ellas — Trio Ellas
Best Banda Album La Arrolladora Banda El Limón — Irreversible... 2012 Cristina — Golpes de Pecho La Adictiva Banda San José de Mesillas — Nada Iguales Fidel Rueda — Sinaloense Hasta Las Cachas Beto Zapata — Prisionero de tus Brazos
Best Tejano Album Joe Posada — Algo Esta Pasando Avizo — Mas Amigos Los Desperadoz — Sunset Run Los Hermanos Farías — Back On Track Jay Perez — The Voice of Authority
Best Norteño Album Los Tucanes de Tijuana — 365 Días Regulo Caro — Amor En Tiempos de Guerra Duelo — Vuela Muy Alto Implakable — Simplemente Gerardo Ortíz — Entre Dios Y El Diablo Siggno — Lo Que Me Dejaste
Best Regional Mexican Song Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Mejor Perfume" (La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga) Ismael Gallegos and Alberto "Beto" Jimenez Maeda — "Ay Mi México" (Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea) Charlie Corona and Jesse Turner — "Como Me Acuerdo de Ti" (Siggno) Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Día Que Me Fuí" (Shaila Dúrcal) Manuel Eduardo Toscano — "Vivo Contenta" (Paquita la del Barrio)
Instrumental Best Instrumental Album Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian — Further Explorations Paquito D'Rivera and Berta Rojas — Día y Medio Guinga + Quinteto Villa-Lobos — Rasgando Seda Hamilton de Holanda — Brasilianos 3 Miguel Zenón — Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
Traditional Best Folk Album Lila Downs — Pecados y Milagros Reynaldo Armas — Me Emborrache Pa' Olvidarla Eva Ayllón + Inti-Illimani — Eva Ayllón + Inti-Illimani Histórico Luciano Pereyra — Con Alma de Pueblo Chuchito Valdés and Eddy Navia — Piano y Charango
Best Tango Album Arturo Sandoval — Tango Como Yo Te Siento Carlos Bosio — El Tango Lo Siento Así Cuartetango String Quartet — Masters of Bandoneon Susana Rinaldi — Experimentango Tango VIP — Grandes Varones del Tango
Best Flamenco Album Paco de Lucía — En Vivo Conciertos España 2010 Antonio Cortés — Cuando Quieras Niño Josele — El Mar de Mi Ventana Diana Navarro — Flamenco Various Artists — México Flamenco
Jazz Best Latin Jazz Album Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) Jerry Gonzalez and El Comando de la Clave — Jerry González and El Comando de la Clave Tania Maria — Tempo Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard — Chano y Dizzy! Chuchito Valdes — Live in Chicago
Christian Best Christian Album (Spanish Language) Marcos Witt — 25 Concierto Conmemorativo Paulina Aguirre — Rompe El Silencio Carlos Carcache — Aquí En Tu Presencia Generasion — Yo Soy Generasion Jacobo Ramos — Dile Al Corazón Que Camine Tercer Cielo — Lo Que El Viento Me Enseñó
Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language) Aline Barros — Aline Barros & Cia 3 Paulo César Baruk e Banda Salluz — Eletro Acústico 3 Cantores de Deus — Mulheres Ao Vivo Grupo Chamas — Inquieto Coraçao Ministério de Louvor Diante do Trono — Diante do Trono 14 - Sol da Justiça
Brazilian Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album Seu Jorge — Músicas Para Churrascos Vol. 1 Céu — Caravana Sereia Bloom Zeila Duncan — Pelo Sabor do Gesto em Cena Rita Lee — Reza Mart'nália — Não Tente Comprender
Best Brazilian Rock Album Beto Lee — Celebração & Sacrificío CPM 22 — Depois de Um Longo Inverno Ira! e Ultraje A Rigor — Ao Vivo no Rock in Rio NX Zero — Multishow ao Vivo NX Zero 10 Anos RPM — Elektra
Best Samba/Pagode Album Beth Carvalho — Nosso Samba Tá na Rua Emilio Santiago — So Danço Samba ao Vivo Alcione — Duas Faces ao Vivo na Mangueira Sorriso Maroto — 15 Anos ao Vivo Thiaguinho — Ousadia & Alegria
Best MPB Album Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano Maria Bethânia — Oásis de Bethânia João Bosco — 40 Anos Depois Ivan Lins — Amorágio Marisa Monte — O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade Leila Pinheiro — Raiz Maria Rita — Elo
Best Sertaneja Music Album Chitãozinho & Xororó — Chitãozinho & Xororó - 40 Anos - Sinfônico Daniel — Pra Ser Feliz Fernando & Sorocaba — Acústico na Ópera de Arame Paula Fernandes — Meus Encantos Luan Santana — Quando Chega a Noite Michel Teló — Michel na Balada Victor e Leo — Amor de Alma
Best Brazilian Roots Album Dominguinhos — Iluminado Gaby Amarantos — Treme Oswaldinho ao Accordion — Forró Chorado Jammil — Jammil na Real Daniela Mercury — Canibália - Ritmos do Brasil (Ao Vivo)
Best Brazilian Song Chico Buarque — "Querido Diário" Pretinho da Serrinha, Leandro Fab and Seu Jorge — "A Doida" (Seu Jorge) Antonio Dyggs and Sharon Axé Moi — "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Michel Teló)