Latin Grammy Announces Award Nominees; Anitta and Luísa Sonza compete

O Latin Grammy announced this Tuesday (20), the nominees for the biggest music award in Latin America. The awards will be on November 17, in Las Vegas, United States.

There are 53 categories involving recordings released between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022.

anita is the only Brazilian to compete in one of the main categories of the night, “Recording of the Year”, with the hit “Envolver”, in addition to Best Reggaeton Performance.

The same song guaranteed the artist the award at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), in August this year, and made the singer the first Brazilian to win the award.

Another highlight of the list is the posthumous nomination of Marília Mendonça with Maiara and Maraísa, for “Patroas 35%” in the category of “Best Country Music Album”.

Chitãozinho & Chororó, Criolo, Gilsons, Jão, Lagum, Luísa Sonza, Ludmilla Marina Sena, Matheus & Kauan and more compete in Portuguese-language recording categories.

Check out the list of nominees for the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards:

Record of the Year

• “Pa Mis Muchachas” – Christina Aguilera, Becky G, Nicki Nicole Featuring Nathy Peluso
• “Castillos de Arena” – Pablo Alboran
• “Envolver” – Anitta
• “Pa’lla Voy” – Marc Anthony
• “Beautiful Ojitos” – Bad Bunny & Bomba Estereo
• “Pegao” – Camillo
• “Tocarte” – Jorge Drexler & C. Tangana
• “Provenza” – Karol G
• “Vale La Pena” – Juan Luis Guerra
• “La Fama” – Rosalía Featuring The Weeknd
• “I congratulate you” – Shakira & Rauw Alejandro
• “Baloncito Viejo” – Carlos Vives & Camilo

album of the year

• “Aguilera” – Christina Aguilera
• “Pa’lla Voy” – Marc Anthony
• “Un Verano Sin Ti” – Bad Bunny
• “Deja” – Stereo Bomb
• “Ink Y Tiempo” – Jorge Drexler
• “Ya No Somos A No Somos Los Mismos” – Elsa Y Elmar
• “Traveler” – Fonseca
• “Motomami” (Digital Album) – Rosalía
• “Sanz” – Alejandro Sanz
• “Dharma” – Sebastian Yatra

song of the year

• “A Veces Bien YA Veces Mal” – Daddy Yankee, Rauw Alejandro & Nile Rodgers
• “”Water – Daddy Yankee, Rauw Alejandro & Nile Rodgers
• “Something Es Mejor” – Mon Laferte
• “Baloncito Viejo” – Carlos Vives & Camilo
• “Besos En La Frente” – Fonseca
• “Find Me” – Carla Morrison
• “Hentai” – Rosalia
• “Indigo” – Camilo & Evaluna Montaner
• “Pa Mis Muchachas” – Christina Aguilera, Nicki Nicole, Becky G and Nathy Peluso
• “Provenza” – Karol G
• “Tacones Rojos” – Sebastián Yatra
• “Tocarte” – Jorge Drexler & C. Tangana

Best New Artist

• Angela Alvarez
• Sofia Campos
• Cande Y Paulo
• Clarissa
• Silvana Estrada
• Pol Granch
• nabález
• tiara
• OK
• Yahritza Y Su Esencia
• Nicole Zignago

Best Pop Vocal Album

• “Ya No Somos Los Mismos” – Elsa Y Elmar
• “Love We Deserve” – Kany García
• “Clichés” – Jesse & Joy
• “El Renaissance” – Carla Morrison
• “Dharma” – Sebastian Yatra

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• “Aguilera” – Christina Aguilera
• “Traveler” – Fonseca
• “20 Years Philharmonic” – Marta Gómez
• “La Vida” – Kurt
• “Frequency” – Sin Bandera

best pop song

• “Baloncito Viejo” – Carlos Vives & Camilo
• “Besos En La Frente” – Fonseca
• “Indigo” – Camilo & Evaluna Montaner
• “La Guerrilla De La Concordia” – Jorge Drexler
• “Tacones Rojos” – Sebastián Yatra

Best Fusion/Urban Interpretation

• “Pa Mis Muchachas” – Christina Aguilera, Nicki Nicole, Becky G Featuring Nathy Peluso
• “Saint” – Christina Aguilera & Ozuna
• “Volví” – Adventure, Bad Bunny
• “Titi Me Ask” – Bad Bunny
• “This Is Not America” – Resident Featuring Ibeyi

Best Reggaeton Interpretation

• “Desperate” – Rauw Alejandro & Chencho Corleone
• “Envolver” – Anitta
• “Yonaguni” – Bad Bunny
• “Nicky Jam: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 41” – Bizarrap & Nicky Jam
• “Lo Siento Bb:/” – Tainy, Bad Bunny & Julieta Venegas

Best Music Album “Urban”

• “Breathe” – Akapellah
• “Trap Cake Vol. 2” – Rauw Alejandro
• “Los Favorites 2.5” – Arcangel
• “Un Verano Sin Ti” – Bad Bunny
• “Animal” – Maria Becerra

Best Song “Urban”

• “Desperate” – Rauw Alejandro & Chencho Corleone
• “Lo Siento Bb:/” – Tainy, Bad Bunny & Julieta Venegas
• “Mamiii” – Becky G & Karol G
• “Ojos Rojos” – Nicky Jam
• “Titi Me Ask” – Bad Bunny

Best Rap/Hip Hop Song

• “Love” – Akapellah
• “Dance Crip” – Trueno
• “De Museo” – Bad Bunny
• “El Gran Robo, Pt.2” – Lito Mc Cassidy, Daddy Yankee
• “Freestyle 15” – Farina

Best Instrumental Album

• “Back To 4” – C4 Trio
• “Gerry Weil Symphonic” – Gerry Weil & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
• “Ofrenda” – Grupo Raíces De Venezuela
• “Maxixe Samba Groove” – Hamilton De Holanda
• “Ella” – Daniela Padrón & Glenda Del E

Best Christian Music Album (Portuguese Language)

• “Before Therapy” – Asaph
• “Samba and Love” – Antonio Cirilo
• “Epiphany” – Clovis
• “You are everything” – Bruna Karla
• “Laboratório Do Groove” – Eli Soares

Best Contemporary Pop Album in Portuguese Language

• “Yes Yes Yes” – Bullet Desire
• “For Us to Wake Up” – Gilsons
• “Pirate” – John
• “First” – Marina Sena
• “Sweet 22” – Luísa Sonza

Best Rock or Alternative Music Album in Portuguese Language

• “Qvvjfa?” – Baco Exu Do Blues
• “The Future Belongs to… Jovem Guarda” – Erasmo Carlos
• “About Living” – Criolo
• “Memories (Where I Never Went From)” – Lagum
• “Delta Estácio Blues” – Juçara Marçal

Best Samba/Pagode Album

• “Bons Ventos” – Nego Alvaro
• “Homogeneous Mixture” – Martinho Da Vila
• “Desengaiola” – Alfredo Del-Penho, João Cavalcanti, Moyseis Marques and Pedro Miranda
• “Numanice #2” – Ludmilla
• “Lilac Sky” – Pericles

Best Brazilian Popular Music Album

• “Orchards” – Chico Chico
• “Síntese Do Lance” – João Donato and Jards Macalé
• “Indigo Butterfly Indigo” – Liniker
• “Nude With My Music” – Ney Matogrosso
• “Doors” – Marisa Monte
• “My Coco” – Caetano Veloso

Best Country Music Album

• “Chitãozinho & Xororó Legado” – Chitãozinho & Xororó
• “Agropoc” – Gabeu
• “Expectation X Reality” – Matheus & Kauan
• “Miss 35%” – Marília Mendonça, Maiara & Maraísa
• “Natural” – Lauana Prado

Best Roots Music Album in Portuguese Language

• “Afrocanto das Nações” – Mateus Aleluia
• “On the Road – Live” – Pau E Corda Band Featuring Violated Quintet
• “Remelexo Bom” – Luiz Caldas
• “Belo Chico” – Targino Gondim, Nilton Freittas, Roberto Malvezzi
• “Lady of the Leaves” – Áurea Martins
• “Oríki” – Iara Rennó
• “Madam Estrada” – Alceu Valença

Best Song in Portuguese Language

• “Baby 95” – Liniker
• “Idiot – John
• “Cut Me In The Mouth Of Heaven Death Doesn’t Ask Forgiveness” – Criolo Featuring Milton Nascimento
• “My Coco” – Caetano Veloso
• “Por Supuesto” – Marina Sena
• “Vento Sardo” – Marisa Monte Featuring Jorge Drexler

best rock album

• “Mojigata” – Marilina Bertoldi
• “Unas Vacaciones Raras” – Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado
• “Cada Vez Cadaver” – Fito Y Fitipaldis
• “1021” – La Gusana Ciega
• “Rpdf” – Wiplash

best rock song

• “Día Mil” – Eruca Sativa
• “Waiting for a Signal” – Bunbury
• “Finisterre” – Vetusta Morla
• “Lo Mejor De Nuestras Vidas” – Fito Paez
• “No Olvidamos” – Molotov
• “Que Se Mejoren” – Wos

Best Pop/Rock Album

• “Trinchera” – Babasonic
• “Monsters” – Bruses
• “La Dirección” – Knowing Russia
• “Los Años Salvajes” – Fito Paez
• “Cable A Tierra” – Vetusta Morla

Best Rop/Rock Song

• “Arrancarmelo” – Wos
• “Babel” – Carlos Vives & Fito Páez
• “Bye Bye” – Babasonic
• “Disfraz” – Knowing Russia
• “Qué Voy A Hacer Conmigo???” – Elsa Y Elmar Y Bruses