The winners of the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards were announced during a press conference on Tuesday, October 30, 2001, at the Conga Room in Los Angeles, California. The conference was broadcast live on the internet and hosted by Jimmy Smits and Paul Rodriguez. The original awards ceremony, which had been scheduled for September 11, 2001, was canceled. Alejandro Sanz was the ceremony's biggest winner, receiving four awards, including Album of the Year. Juanes won three awards, including Best New Artist.
Cancellation Prior to the date of the event, the Latin Grammys were moved from Miami to Los Angeles due to protests by Cuban exiles for allowing musicians living in Cuba to perform. The awards were to have been presented at the Shrine Auditorium with a CBS national telecast, to be hosted by Jimmy Smits and Christina Aguilera, on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The telecast was canceled because of the terrorist attacks that morning in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. After many discussions about rescheduling the ceremony, The Latin Recording Academy determined it would be impossible to do so. Instead, the winners were announced at a press conference on October 30 at the Conga Room. The cancellation of the event cost the organizers an estimate of $2 million in losses.
Awards
General Record of the Year Alejandro Sanz — "El Alma Al Aire" Christina Aguilera — "Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti" Aterciopelados — "El Álbum" Gilberto Gil — "Esperando Na Janela" Juanes — "Fijate Bien"
Album of the Year Alejandro Sanz — El Alma Al Aire Vicente Amigo — Ciudad de las Ideas Gilberto Gil — As Canções de Eu Tu Eles Juanes — Fíjate Bien Paulina Rubio — Paulina
Song of the Year Alejandro Sanz — "El Alma Al Aire" Alejandro Lerner — "Amarte Así" Francisco Céspedes — "Dónde Está La Vida" Juanes — "Fijate Bien" Estéfano — "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" (Paulina Rubio)
Best New Artist Juanes Bacilos Bebel Gilberto Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop Manuel Vargas
Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Album Christina Aguilera — Mi Reflejo Natalia Oreiro — Tu Veneno Laura Pausini — Entre tú y mil mares Paulina Rubio — Paulina Thalía — Arrasando
Best Male Pop Vocal Album Alejandro Sanz — El Alma Al Aire Pedro Guerra — Ofrenda Alejandro Lerner — Si Quieres Saber Quien Soy Luis Miguel — Vivo Antonio Vega — De Un Lugar Perdido
Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals Armando Manzanero — Duetos Bacilos — Bacilos Ella Baila Sola — Marta y Marilia Ana Torroja and Miguel Bosé — Girados en Concierto Chucho Valdés and Irakere — Unforgettable Boleros
Best Pop Instrumental Album Nestor Torres — This Side of Paradise Andrés Alén — Pianoforte Lara & Reyes — World Jazz Keith Lockhart conducting The Boston Pops Orchestra — The Latin Album Marcus Viana — Terra
Rap/Hip-Hop Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop — Un Paso a la Eternidad DJ Kun — Crazy Atorrante Faces do Subúrbio — Como É Triste de Olhar Planet Hemp — A Invasão do Sagaz Homem Fumaça 7 Notas 7 Colores — La Mami Internacional Presenta: 7 Notas 7 Colores
Rock Best Rock Solo Vocal Album Juanes — Fíjate Bien Fito Páez — Rey Sol Rosendo Mercado — Canciones para Normales y Mero Dementes Cecilia Toussaint — Cecilia Toussaint Julieta Venegas — Bueninvento
Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals Aterciopelados — Gozo Poderoso Jarabe de Palo — De Vuelta y Vuelta Los Amigos Invisibles — Arepa 3000 Los Rabanes — Rabanes Super Ratones — Mancha Registrada
Best Rock Song Juanes — "Fijate Bien" Jarabe de Palo — "De Vuelta y Vuelta" Aterciopelados — "El Álbum" Fito Páez — "El Diablo de tu Corazón" Julieta Venegas — "Hoy No Quiero"
Tropical Best Salsa Album Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri — Obra Maestra Issac Delgado — La Fórmula/Malecón Oscar D'León and Wladimir — Doble Play Grupo Niche — Propuesta Tito Rojas — Rompiendo Noches Gilberto Santa Rosa — Intenso
Best Merengue Album Chichí Peralta — ...De Vuelta al Barrio Grupo Manía — Grupomania 2050 Eddy Herrera — Me Enamore Manny Manuel — En Vivo! Toño Rosario — Yo Soy Toño
Best Traditional Tropical Album Celia Cruz — Siempre Viviré Celina González and Reutilio — 50 Años...Como Una Reina Los Super Seven — Canto Plena Libre — Mas Libre Omara Portuondo — Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo
Best Tropical Song Kike Santander — "Júrame (Merengue)" (Gisselle) Albita — "Azúca' Pa' Tu Amargura" Issac Delgado — "La Fórmula" Toño Rosario — "Yo Me Muero Por Ella" Alejandro Jaén and William Paz — "Yo Si Me Enamoré" (Huey Dunbar)
Regional Best Ranchero Album Pedro Fernández — Yo No Fuí Myrza — Homenaje a Fernando Z. Maldonado Paquita la del Barrio — Piérdeme el Respeto Mariachi Sol De México — Tequila con Limón con el Mariachi Manuel Vargas — Por Amor
Best Banda Album Banda el Recodo — Contigo Por Siempre Banda Arkángel R-15 — Reina de Reinas Banda Limonense — Por Una Mujer Bonita Banda Machos — Mi Guitarra y Yo Carmen Jara — Arráncame la Vida
Best Grupero Album Grupo Limite — Por Encima De Todo Caballo Dorado — No Dejes De Bailar Guardianes Del Amor — Un Millón De Lágrimas La Mafia — Contigo Mojado — Los Ángeles También Bailan
Best Tejano Album Jimmy González y Grupo Mazz — Quién Iba a Pensar Emilio — El Rey Del Rodeo David Lee Garza & Los Musicales — 20/20 Los Palominos — Obsesión A.B. Quintanilla & Los Kumbia Kings — Shhh!
Best Norteño Album Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte — Quémame Los Ojos/Amigos Del Alma Grupo Atrapado — Atrapando Tú Corazón Los Tigres del Norte — De Paisano A Paisano Los Tucanes De Tijuana — Me Gusta Vivir De Noche Polo Urías y Su Máquina Norteña — De Chihuahua Para Ti
Best Regional Song Jose Vaca Flores — "Borracho Te Recuerdo" (Vicente Fernández) Enrique Valencia — "De Paisano A Paisano" (Los Tigres del Norte) Francisco de Jesus Martínez — "Disculpe Usted" (Los Humildes) Oscar Treviño — "Mi Obsesión" (Los Palominos) Toscano — "Piérdeme El Respeto" (Paquita la del Barrio)
Traditional Best Folk Album El All-Stars de La Rumba Cubana — La Rumba Soy Yo Jaime Uribe Espita, José Revelo and John Villegas — Seresta Hevia — The Other Side Carlos Núñez — Mayo Longo Lázaro Ros — Yamayá
Best Tango Album Carlos Franzetti — Tango Fatal Leopoldo Federico & Orquesta — De Antología Rodolfo Mederos and Nicolás Brizuela — Tangos Nuevo Quinteto Real — Tangos Salgan y de Lio — En Vivo en el Club del Vino
Best Flamenco Album Vicente Amigo — Ciudad de las Ideas Montse Cortés — Alabanza Mayte Martín — Querencia José Mercé — Aire Estrella Morente — Mi Cante y un Poema Navajita Plateá — Hablando en Plata
Jazz Best Latin Jazz Album Paquito D'Rivera Quintet — Live at the Blue Note Chico O'Farrill — Carambola Danilo Pérez — Motherland David Sánchez — Melaza Chucho Valdés — Solo: Live in New York Various Artists — Calle 54
Brazilian Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album Marisa Monte — Memorias, Crônicas e Declarações de Amor Zeca Baleiro — Líricas Pedro Mariano — Voz no Ouvido Ivete Sangalo — Beat Beleza Herbert Vianna — O Som do Sim
Best Brazilian Rock Album Rita Lee — 3001 Charlie Brown Jr. — Nadando com os Tubarões Cidade Negra — Enquanto o Mundo Gira Pavilhão 9 — Reação Sidereal — Na Paz
Best Samba/Pagode Album Zeca Pagodinho — Agua da Minha Sede Beth Carvalho — Pagode de Mesa 2 - Ao Vivo Harmonia do Samba — O Rodo Jair Rodrigues — 500 Anos de Folia - Volume 2 Various Artists — Casa de Samba 4
Best MPB Album Caetano Veloso — Noites do Norte Bebel Gilberto — Tanto Tempo Guinga — Suíte Leopoldina Ney Matogrosso — Batuque Emílio Santiago — Bossa Nova
Best Sertaneja Music Album Pena Branca — Semente Caipira Bruno & Marrone — Acústico Leonardo — Quero Colo Roberta Miranda — Histórias de Amor Sérgio Reis — Sérgio Reis Rionegro & Solimões — Bate o Pé ao Vivo
Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album Gilberto Gil — As Canções de Eu Tu Eles Dominguinhos — Ao Vivo Forróçacana — Vamo Que Vamo Zé Ramalho — Nação Nordestina Alceu Valença — Forró Lunar
Best Brazilian Song Raimundinho do Accordion, Targino Gondim and Manuca — "Esperando na Janela" (Gilberto Gil) Herbert Vianna — "A Lua Q Eu T Dei" (Ivete Sangalo) Carlinhos Brown and Marisa Monte — "Amor I Love You" (Marisa Monte) Caetano Veloso — "Sou Seu Sabiá" Caetano Veloso — "Zera a Reza"
Children's Best Latin Children's Album Miliki — Cómo Estan Ustedes? Los Niños de Cuba — Así Cantan Los Niños de Cuba Niños Adorando — Niños Adorando El Morro — Puras Para Niños, Vol. 1 Colegio de Música de Medellín — Traralalala
Classic Best Classical Album Carlos Alvarez, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel and Ana Maria Martinez — Albeniz: Merlin Plácido Domingo and Ana Maria Martinez — Bacalov: Misa Tango Benjamin Echenique — México Barroco/Puebla VIII - Maitines para Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe/Manuel Arenzana Eduardo Diazmuñoz and Roberto Limon — Tango Mata Danzón Mata Tango Alberto Cruzprieto, Mercedes Gomez, Roberto Kolb and Jaime Marquez — Toussaint: Gauguin
Production Best Engineered Album Marcelo Anez, Gustavo Celis, Gordon Chinn, Charles Dye, Javier Garza, Mick Guzauski, Sebastian Krys, Freddy Pinero Jr., Eric Schilling, Joel Someilan, Ron Taylor, J. C. Ulloa and Robb Williams — Arrasando (Thalía) Luca Bignardi, Steve Churchyard, David Cole, Rupert Coulson, Jon Jacobs, Luis Quiñe, Ben "Jammin" Robbins and Ali Thomson — Entre tú y mil mares (Laura Pausini) Duda, Marcelo Loud, Sergio Ricardo and Luiz Paulo Serafim — Gil y Milton (Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento) Juan Ignacio Cuadrado and Fredy Marugan — Los Paraísos Desiertos (Ismael Serrano) Moogie Canazio and Marcelo Sabóia — Noites do Norte (Caetano Veloso)
Producer of the Year K. C. Porter Alfredo Cerruti and Laura Pausini Rildo Hora Phil Ramone Gustavo Santaolalla
Music video Best Music Video Ricky Martin — "She Bangs" Juanes — "Fijate Bien" La Oreja de Van Gogh — "Paris" Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "Aonde Quer Que Eu Va" Fito Páez — "El Diablo En Tu Corazón" Alejandro Sanz — "Cuando Nadie Me Ve"
See also List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards, a 2020 music award was cancelled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
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