The 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 16, 2017, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was broadcast on Univision at 8PM ET\PT. This marked the tenth year Las Vegas hosts the Latin Grammy Awards and also marked the telecasts return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Performers Residente – "Hijos del Cañaveral" Alejandro Fernández – "Quiero Que Vuelvas" and "México Lindo y Querido" Natalia Lafourcade with Carlos Rivera, Flor de Toloache and Los Macorinos – "Mexicana Hermosa" and "Tú Si Sabes Quererme" Maluma – "Felices los 4" Alejandro Sanz – "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", "No Es Lo Mismo" and "Corazón Partío" J Balvin with Bad Bunny, French Montana and Steve Aoki – "Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola", "Unforgettable" and "Mi Gente" Rubén Blades – "Arayue" Juanes with Logic and Alessia Cara – "Es Tarde" and "1-800-273-8255" CNCO – "Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)" Banda El Recodo and Lila Downs – "En mi Viejo San Juan" Nicky Jam – "El Amante" Sebastián Yatra and Carlos Vives – "Devuélveme El Corazón" and "Robarte un Beso" Ha*Ash and Grupo Bronco – "Adoro" Mon Laferte – "Amárrame" Vicente García – "Carmesí" / Danay Suárez – "Yo Aprendí" / Sofía Reyes – "Llegaste Tú" Luis Fonsi with Bomba Estéreo, Victor Manuelle and Diplo – "Despacito"

Postponement of Nominations Announcement

Nominations were to be announced on September 20, 2017. However, due to the earthquake in Mexico which occurred a previous day, as well as other natural disasters that affected Spanish-speaking communities, the Latin Recording Academy did not announce the nominations until Tuesday, September 26.

This marked the second time when the Latin Recording Academy had to delay or cancel one of their signature events. In 2001, the Latin Recording Academy was forced to cancel the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards due to the September 11 attacks. Instead, the winners of those awards were announced at a press conference the following month. The 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were still held on time, on November 16, 2017, despite the delay of the announcement of the nominations.

Nominees and winners The following is the list of nominees.

General Record of the Year Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee — "Despacito" Rubén Blades — "La flor de la canela" Jorge Drexler — "El Surco" Alejandro Fernández — "Quiero Que Vuelvas" Juanes featuring Kali Uchis — "El Ratico" Mon Laferte featuring Juanes — "Amárrame" Maluma — "Felices los 4" Ricky Martin featuring Maluma — "Vente Pa' Ca" Residente — "Guerra" Shakira featuring Maluma — "Chantaje"

Album of the Year Rubén Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — Salsa Big Band Antonio Carmona — Obras Son Amores Vicente García — A La Mar Nicky Jam — Fénix Juanes — Mis Planes Son Amarte Mon Laferte — La Trenza Natalia Lafourcade — Musas Residente — Residente Shakira — El Dorado Danay Suárez — Palabras Manuales

Song of the Year Daddy Yankee, Erika Ender and Luis Fonsi — "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee) Mon Laferte — "Amárrame" (Mon Laferte featuring Juanes) Kevin Mauricio Jiménez Londoño, Bryan Snaider Lezcano Chaverra, Joel Antonio López Castro, Maluma and Shakira — "Chantaje" (Shakira featuring Maluma) Descemer Bueno and Melendi — "Desde Que Estamos Juntos" (Melendi) Ricardo Arjona — "Ella" Mario Cáceres, Kevin Mauricio Jiménez Londoño, Maluma, Servando Primera, Stiven Rojas and Bryan Snaider Lezcano Chaverra — "Felices los 4" (Maluma) Residente and Jeff Trooko — "Guerra" (Residente) Diana Fuentes and Tommy Torres — "La Fortuna" Natalia Lafourcade — "Tú Sí Sabes Quererme" Nermin Harambasic, Maluma, Ricky Martin, Mauricio Montaner, Ricky Montaner, Lars Pedersen, Carl Ryden, Justin Stein, Ronny Vidar Svendsen and Anne Judith Stokke Wik — "Vente Pa' Ca" (Ricky Martin featuring Maluma)

Best New Artist Vicente García Paula Arenas CNCO Martina La Peligrosa Mau y Ricky Rawayana Sofía Reyes Rosalía Danay Suárez Sebastián Yatra

Pop Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album Shakira — El Dorado David Bisbal — Hijos del Mar Alejandro Fernández — Rompiendo Fronteras Camila Luna — Flora y Faῦna Sebastián Yatra — Extended Play Yatra

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Lila Downs — Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo Franco De Vita — Libre Juan Gabriel — Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes Ednita Nazario — Una Vida Yordano — El Tren de los Regresos

Urban Best Urban Fusion/Performance Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber — "Despacito" (Remix) J Balvin featuring Bad Bunny — "Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola" Nicky Jam — "El Amante" Residente — "Dagombas En Tamale" Shakira featuring Maluma — "Chantaje"

Best Urban Music Album Residente — Residente J Álvarez — Big Yauran Kase.O — El Círculo Arianna Puello — Rap Komunion Rael — Coisas Do Meu Imaginário

Best Urban Song Rafael Arcaute, Igor Koshkendey and Residente — "Somos Anormales" (Residente) Emicida and Rael — "A Chapa É Quente!" (Língua Franca) Luis Díaz, Alejandro Estrada, Bruno Og and Jonathan Torres — "Coqueta" (Ghetto Kids) Nicky Jam, Juan Diego Medina Vélez and Cristhian Mena — "El Amante" (Nicky Jam) J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Phillip Kembo, Johnny Michell, Pitbull, Rosina "Soaky Siren" Russell, Jamie Sanderson and Tinashe "T-Collar" Sibanda — "Hey Ma (Spanish version)" (Pitbull and J Balvin featuring Camila Cabello) Lápiz Consciente and Vico C — "Papa"

Rock Best Rock Album Diamante Eléctrico — La Gran Oscilación Daniel Cadena — Mutante De la Tierra — II Eruca Sativa — Barro y Fauna Utopians — Todos Nuestros Átomos

Best Pop/Rock Album Juanes — Mis Planes Son Amarte Mikel Erentxun — El Hombre Sin Sombra Jarabe de Palo — 50 Palos Miranda! — Fuerte Joaquín Sabina — Lo Niego Todo

Best Rock Song Diamante Eléctrico — "Déjala Rodar" (tie) Andrés Calamaro — "La Noche" (tie) Eruca Sativa — "Armas Gemelas" Rafa Bonilla and Jorge Holguín "Pyngwi" — "Días Contados" (Rafa Bonilla) Emiliano Brancciari — "Para Cuando Me Muera" (No Te Va Gustar) Enrique Rangel — "Que No" (Café Tacvba)

Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Café Tacvba — Jei Beibi El Cuarteto de Nos — Apocalipsis Zombi Mon Laferte — La Trenza Sig Ragga — La Promesa de Thamar Danay Suárez — Palabras Manuales

Best Alternative Song Mon Laferte — "Amárrame" (Mon Laferte featuring Juanes) Sig Ragga — "Antonia" Robert Musso — "Apocalipsis Zombi" (El Cuarteto de Nos) Rafael Arcaute and Residente — "Apocaliptico" (Residente) Stephen Marley and Danay Suárez — "Integridad" (Danay Suárez)

Tropical Best Salsa Album Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta — Salsa Big Band Alberto Barros — Tributo a La Salsa Colombiana 7 Juan Pablo Díaz — Fase Dos Alain Pérez — ADN Various Artists / Isidro Infante (producer) — Isidro Infante Presenta: Cuba y Puerto Rico, Un Abrazo Musical Salsero

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album Jorge Celedón and Sergio Luis Rodríguez — Ni Un Paso Atrás Silvestre Dangond — Gente Valiente El Gran Martín Elías and Rolando Ochoa — Sin Límites Juventino Ojito and Su Son Mocaná — Cumbia Del Río Magdalena Jorge Oñate and Alvaro López — Patrimonio Cultural

Best Contemporary Tropical Album Guaco — Bidimensional Lucas Arnau — Teatro Gaitanes — La Parranda De Gaitanes Frank Reyes — Devuélveme Mi Libertad Prince Royce — FIVE

Best Traditional Tropical Album Jon Secada featuring The Charlie Sepúlveda Big Band — To Beny Moré with Love Albita — Albita El Septeto Santiaguero — Raíz La Colmenita (Various Artists) — El Añejo Jardín Babalú Quinteto — Cuba Sobre Cuerdas

Best Tropical Fusion Album Olga Tañón — Olga Tañón y Punto. Colectro — Coletera Gabriel — Contra Corriente Adriana Lucía — Porrock Salsangroove — Salsangroove

Best Tropical Song Vicente García — "Bachata en Kingston" Raul del Sol and Jorge Luis Piloto — "Cuando Beso Tu Boca" (Mojito Lite) Manny Cruz, Prince Royce, Daniel Santacruz and Shakira — "Deja Vu" (Prince Royce featuring Shakira) Medardo Rovayo — "Dejé de Amar" (Felipe Muñiz featuring Marc Anthony) Residente — "Hijos del Cañaveral"

Songwriter Best Songwriting Album Vicente García — A La Mar Alex Cuba — Lo Único Constante Santiago Cruz — Trenes, Aviones y Viajes Interplanetarios Erika Ender — Tatuajes Debi Nova — Gran Ciudad

Regional Mexican Best Ranchera/Mariachi Music Album Flor de Toloache — Las Caras Lindas Majida Issa — Pero No Llorando - Nocturna Mariachi Herencia de México — Nuestra Herencia Mariachi Imperial Azteca — Aún Estoy de Pie Mariachi Oro de América — 36 Aniversario Mariachi Oro de América

Best Banda Album Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga — Ayer y Hoy El Chapo de Sinaloa — Mis Decretos Maribel Guardia — Besos Callejeros La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga — El Mayor de Mis Antojos Lalo Mora — Un Millón de Primaveras

Best Norteño Music Album Los Palominos — Piénsalo Leonardo Aguilar — Gallo Fino Los Huracanes del Norte — Alma Bohemia Los Invasores de Nuevo León — No. 50 Los Tercos — Los Tercos

Best Regional Mexican Song Juan Treviño — "Siempre Es Así" (Juan Treviño featuring AJ Castillo) Espinoza Paz — "Compromiso Descartado" (Leonardo Aguilar) Horacio Palencia — "Ganas de Volver" Raúl Jiménez E. and Chucho Rincón — "Sentimiento Emborrachado" (Santiago Arroyo) Edgar Barrera, Martín Castro Ortega and Alfonso Lizárraga — "Vale la Pena" (Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga)

Instrumental Best Instrumental Album Michel Camilo and Tomatito — Spain Forever Cesar Camargo Mariano featuring Rudiger Liebermann, Walter Seyfarth and Benoit Fromanger — Joined Gustavo Casenave — Conversations with Vladimir Stowe Daniel Minimalia — Origen Luis Salinas — El Tren

Traditional Best Folk Album Natalia Lafourcade — Musas) Yuvisney Aguilar and Afrocuban Jazz Quartet — Piango, Piango Magín Díaz — El Orisha de la Rosa Quinteto Leopoldo Federico — Pa' Qué Más Edward Ramírez and Rafa Pino — El Tuyero Ilustrado

Best Tango Album Fernando Otero — Solo Buenos Aires El Arranque — 20 Años - En Vivo En Café Vinilo Patricia Malanca — Bucles Rodolfo Mederos — 13 Tango Orchestra — Mixturas

Best Flamenco Music Album Vicente Amigo — Memoria de Los Sentidos Diego Guerrero — Vengo Caminando Las Migas — Vente Conmigo José Mijita — Se Llama Flamenco La Macanita and Manuel Valencia — Directo en El Círculo Flamenco de Madrid

Jazz Best Latin Jazz Album Eliane Elias — Dance of Time Antonio Adolfo — Hybrido / From Rio To Wayne Shorter Oskar Cartaya — Bajo Mundo Charlie Sepúlveda and The Turnaround — Mr. EP - A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri Miguel Zenón — Típico

Portuguese language Best Contemporary Pop Album Tiago Iorc — Troco Likes Ao Vivo: Um Filme de Tiago Iorc Anavitória — Anavitória Mano Brown — Boogie Naipe Jamz — Tudo nosso Ludmilla — A Danada sou eu

Best Rock Album or Alternative Music Nando Reis — Jardim-Pomar The Baggios — Brutown Blitz — Aventuras II Curumim — Boca Metá Metá — MM3

Best Samba/Pagode Album Mart'nália — + Misturado Luciana Mello — Na luz do samba Diogo Nogueira — Alma brasileira Roberta Sá — Delírio no Circo Various Artists — Samba Book: Jorge Aragão

Best Brazilian Popular Music Album Edu Lobo, Romero Lubambo, Mauro Senise — Dos Navegantes Alexandre Pires — DNA Musical Silva — Silva Canta Marisa António Zambujo — Até Pensei Que Fosse Minha Zanna — Zanna

Best Sertaneja Music Album Daniel — Daniel Day & Lara — (...) Luan Santana — 1977 Marília Mendonça — Realidade Ao Vivo em Manaus Simone & Simaria — Live

Best Brazilian Roots Music Album Bruna Viola — Ao Vivo - Melodias Do Sertão Patrícia Bastos — Batom Bacaba Pinduca — No Embalo Do Trio Nordestino — Canta O Nordeste Yangos — Chamamé Various Artists — Ascensão

Best Song in Portuguese Language Ana Caetano and Tiago Iorc, songwriters — "Trevo (Tu)" (Anavitória featuring Tiago Iorc) Marisa Monte, Silva and Lucas Silva, songwriters — "Noturna (Nada de Novo Na Noite)" (Silva featuring Marisa Monte) Cauique, Diogo Leite and Rodrigo Leite, songwriters — "Pé na Areia" (Diogo Nogueira)