13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards


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 will now include 10 nominees.
  • The Pop Field: The three categories 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 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!"
;Album of the Year
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged
;Song of the Year
Jesse & Joy and Tommy Torres — "¡Corre!"
;Best New Artist
3Ball MTY

Pop

;Best Contemporary Pop Album
Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?
;Best Traditional Pop Album
David Bisbal — Una Noche en el Teatro Real

Urban

;Best Urban Music Album
Don Omar — Don Omar Presents MTO²: New Generation
;Best Urban Song
Don Omar — "Hasta Que Salga el Sol"

Rock

;Best Rock Album
Molotov — Desde Rusia Con Amor
;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"
  • Manuel Diquez — "Anti Idolo"
  • Leo Felipe Campos and Ulises Hadjis — "Dónde Va"
  • Doctor Krápula — "Exigimos"
  • Luis Jiménez — "Indeleble"

Alternative

;Best Alternative Music Album
Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar
;Best Alternative Song
Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar"

Tropical

;Best Salsa Album
Luis Enrique — Soy y Seré
;Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
Juan Piña — Le Canta A San Jacinto
;Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Milly Quezada — Aquí Estoy Yo
;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+
;Best Tropical Song
Yoel Henríquez and Alex Puentes — "Toma Mi Vida"

Singer-Song Writer

;Best Singer-Song Writer Album
Gian Marco — 20 Años

Regional Mexican

;Best Ranchero Album
Pepe Aguilar — Mas de Un Camino
;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
;Best Regional Mexican Song
Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Mejor Perfume"
  • Ismael Gallegos and Alberto "Beto" Jimenez Maeda — "Ay Mi México"
  • Charlie Corona and Jesse Turner — "Como Me Acuerdo de Ti"
  • Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Día Que Me Fuí"
  • Manuel Eduardo Toscano — "Vivo Contenta"

Instrumental

;Best Instrumental Album
Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian — Further Explorations

Traditional

;Best Folk Album
Lila Downs — Pecados y Milagros
;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)

Christian

;Best Christian Album
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
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
;Best Brazilian Rock Album
Beto Lee — Celebração & Sacrificío
;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
;Best Sertaneja Music Album
Chitãozinho & Xororó — Chitãozinho & Xororó - 40 Anos - Sinfônico
;Best Brazilian Roots Album
Dominguinhos — Iluminado
;Best Brazilian Song
Chico Buarque — "Querido Diário"

Children's

;Best Latin Children's Album
María Teresa Chacín — María Teresa Chacín Canta Cuentos

Classical

;Best Classical Album
Cuarteto Latinoamericano — Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
;Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Yalil Guerra — "Seducción"
  • Tania León — "Inura"
  • Gustavo Casenave — "Miñoqui"
  • Aurelio de la Vega — "Preludio No. 1"
  • Leo Brouwer — "Quartet No. 4 - Rem Tene Verba Sequentur "
  • Tim Rescala — "Quarteto Circular"
  • Carlos Franzetti — "Stringazo"

Recording Package

;Best Recording Package
Miguel Masa — Cambié de Nombre
  • MZK — Bixinga 70
  • Alejandro Ros — Canciones Para Aliens
  • Pablo Martínez — Indeleble
  • Mago — ''Ves Lo Que Quieres Ver''

Production

;Best Engineered Album
Gregg Field, Don Murray and Paul Blakemore — Dear Diz
  • Madre Música and André Dias — Brasilianos 3
  • Bruno Giorgi and Carlos Freitas — Chão
  • Julio Boscher, Walter Costa, Duda Mello, Leonel Pereda, Carlos Toré and Ricardo Garcia — Liebe Paradiso
  • Alexandre Gaiotto — O Canto da Sereia
;Producer of the Year
Juan Luis Guerra

Music video

;Best Short Form Music Video
Jesse & Joy — "Me Voy"
  • Catupecu Machu — "Metrópolis Nueva"
  • Georgina — "Rara"
  • Nevilton — "Tempos de Maracujá"
  • Rakel — "En El Tiempo"
;Best Long Form Music Video
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged

Special Awards

;Lifetime Achievement Award
;Trustees Award
;Person of the Year

Performers

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Presenters