BMI Trendsetters Lead List of 2010 Latin Grammy Nominees

Posted in News on September 13, 2010

BMI’s Latin music leaders dominate the list of 2010 Latin Grammy nominees. Perennial favorite Juan Luis Guerra earned an impressive four nods, including Album of the Year for his acclaimed A Son de Guerra. Guerra will also vie for Best Contemporary Tropical Album and Best Tropical Song thanks to “Bachata en Fukuoka,” while he is the featured guest on Song of the Year nominee “Cuando Me Enamoro.”

Breakout stars Alex Cuba (SOCAN) and Jotdog (SACM) will compete for Best New Artist. Cuba’s eponymous album was also tapped in the Best Male Pop Vocal Album category. Nelly Furtado’s (SOCAN) Mi Plan, which features songs Furtado co-wrote with Cuba, is up for Best Female Pop Vocal Album.

In the urban field, Chino y Nacho’s Mi Niña Bonita will compete for Best Urban Music Album, as will Cartel De Santa’s Sincopa. Songwriters Eduardo Lopez and Eliezer Garcia placed two of their co-written gems in the Best Urban Song field: “Descontrol” and “Grito Mundial.” Don Omar’s “Hasta Abajo,” co-written by Omar and Eliel, was also tapped for Best Urban Song, as was “El Hornazo,” co-written by Eduardo Davalos and R. Rodríguez.

Latin rock thrived over the past year. Bohemia Suburbana’s self-titled release is up for Best Rock Album, while “Arena,” recorded and written by Chetes (SGAE), and “Cárcel,” co-written by Sebastián Franco, Jesús Herrera, Amauri Sepúlveda, Diego Suárez and Marcos Zavala, will vie for Best Rock Song.

The Best Alternative Song field also features strong contenders, including Hello Seahorse’s “Criminal,” co-written by Fernando Burgos, Gabriel Galvan and Denise Gutierrez, and Ceci Bastida’s “Cuando Vuelvas a Caer,” co-written by Bastida and David Green.

The Regional Mexican genre continues to grow. Jenni Rivera’s La Gran Señora is up for Best Ranchero Album, while Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga’s Me Gusta Todo de Ti, Banda Los Recoditos’ ¡Ando Bien Pedo!, K-Paz De La Sierra’s Con Banda and La Original Banda El Limon De Salvador Lizarraga’s Soy Tu Maestro will compete in the Best Banda Album category. The Best Tejano Album field is also stacked: Little Joe & La Familia (A Night of Classics in El Chuco), Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution (Revolutionized), Elida Reyna y Avante (Fantasia), and Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso (Homenaje a Mi Padre) will all compete. In the Best Norteño Album race, nods went to Duelo (Solamente Tú), Grupo Pesado (Desde La Cantina Vol. 1), Intocable (Classic), Los Tigres Del Norte (La Granja), and Los Tucanes De Tijuana (Retro-Corridos). “Amarte a La Antigua,” co-written by Paco Lugo (SACM); Elida Reyna y Avante’s “Atrapada En Un Amor,” written by by Freddie Martinez; “Chaparrita,” written and recorded by Pepe Aguilar; and Intocable’s “No Puedo Volver,” written by Josué Contreras and Johnny Lee Rosas, were tapped for Best Regional Mexican Song.

Game-changer Sergio George is up for Producer of the Year, while the consistently strong Sebastian Krys will compete in the Best Engineered Album field thanks to his engineering work on Distinto.

The 2010 Latin Grammy Awards will be broadcast live November 11 on the Univision Network from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.latingrammy.com.

2010 Latin Grammys
BMI Nominees

GENERAL
Album of the Year
A Son de Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40
Juan Luis Guerra, producer
Rafael Lazzaro, engineer

Song of the Year
“Cuando Me Enamoro”
featuring Juan Luis Guerra

Best New Artist
Alex Cuba (SOCAN)
Jotdog (SACM)

POP
Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Mi Plan
Nelly Furtado (SOCAN)

Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Alex Cuba
Alex Cuba (SOCAN)

URBAN
Best Urban Music Album
Sincopa
Cartel De Santa

Mi Niña Bonita
Chino y Nacho

Best Urban Song
“Descontrol”
Co-written by Eduardo Lopez and Eliezer Garcia

“El Hornazo”
Co-written by Eduardo Davalos and R. Rodríguez

“Grito Mundial”
Co-written by Eduardo Lopez and Eliezer Garcia

“Hasta Abajo”
Don Omar
Co-written by Don Omar and Eliel

ROCK
Best Rock Album
Bohemia Suburbana
Bohemia Suburbana

Best Rock Song
“Arena”
Chetes (SGAE)
Written by Luis Gerardo Garza “Chetes”

“Cárcel”
Co-written by Sebastián Franco, Jesús Herrera, Amauri Sepúlveda, Diego Suárez and Marcos Zavala

ALTERNATIVE
Best Alternative Song
“Criminal”
Hello Seahorse
Co-written by Fernando Burgos, Gabriel Galvan and Denise Gutierrez

“Cuando Vuelvas a Caer”
Ceci Bastida
Written by Ceci Bastida and David Green

TROPICAL
Best Salsa Album
Huey Dunbar IV
Huey Dunbar IV

Única
India

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
A Son de Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40

Prince Royce
Prince Royce

Best Tropical Song
“Bachata en Fukuoka”
Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40
Written by Juan Luis Guerra

“Sueño Contigo”
Co-written by Jorge L. Chacin

“Te Amaré”
Huey Dunbar IV
Co-written by Huey Dunbar IV

SINGER-SONGWRITER
Best Singer-Songwriter Album
Cruce de Caminos
Santiago Cruz

El Tiempo del Viento
Pavel Núñez

REGIONAL MEXICAN
Best Ranchero Album
La Gran Señora
Jenni Rivera

Best Banda Album
Me Gusta Todo de Ti
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga

¡Ando Bien Pedo!
Banda Los Recoditos

Con Banda
K-Paz De La Sierra

Soy Tu Maestro
La Original Banda El Limon De Salvador Lizarraga

Best Tejano Album
A Night of Classics in El Chuco
Little Joe & La Familia

Revolutionized
Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolution

Fantasia
Elida Reyna y Avante

Homenaje a Mi Padre
Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso

Best Norteño Album
Solamente Tú
Duelo

Desde La Cantina Vol. 1
Grupo Pesado

Classic
Intocable

La Granja
Los Tigres Del Norte

Retro-Corridos
Los Tucanes De Tijuana

Best Regional Mexican Song
“Amarte a La Antigua”
Co-written by Paco Lugo (SACM)

“Atrapada En Un Amor”
Elida Reyna y Avante
Written by Freddie Martinez

“Chaparrita”
Pepe Aguilar
Written by Pepe Aguilar

“No Puedo Volver”
Intocable
Written by Josué Contreras and Johnny Lee Rosas

INSTRUMENTAL
Best Instrumental Album
Latin American Chillout
Soto 75

TRADITIONAL
Best Tango Album
Tango Grill
Pablo Aslan

Tango Universal
Vayo

JAZZ
Best Latin Jazz Album
Sambolero
João Donato Trio

Off and On: The Music of Moacir Santos
Mark Levine and The Latin Tinge

Psychedelic Blues
Poncho Sanchez

Esta Plena
Miguel Zenón

CHRISTIAN
Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
Apasionado Por Ti
Rojo

BRAZILIAN
Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album
Ao Vivo: Na Linha Do Tempo Vol. 1
Michael Sullivan

Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album
Banda Dois
Gilberto Gil

Slow Music
Joyce

Best Native Brazilian Roots Album
Fé Na Festa
Gilberto Gil

CLASSICAL
Best Classical Album
Salón Buenos Aires
Miguel Del Aguila

Vital
Fernando Otero
Produced by Fernando Otero

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
“Clocks”
Miguel Del Aguila
Composed by Miguel Del Aguila

“Pampas”
Composed by Lalo Schifrin

“Silencios Imaginados”
Composed by Orlando Jacinto Garcia

PRODUCTION
Best Engineered Album
Distinto
Sebastian Krys, engineer

Producer of the Year
Sergio George

MUSIC VIDEO
Best Short Form Music Video
“Bachata en Fukuoka”
Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40

“Bien o Mal”
Julieta Venegas (SGAE)

Best Long Form Music Video
“Primera Fila”
Thalia

“Una Noche Común y Sin Corriente”
Voz Veis

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