Los Angeles, Calif. (Sept. 24, 2019) – SESAC Latina artists excel with the recent nomination announcement in a variety of genres—tropical, pop, urban and Regional Mexican—for the 20th annual Latin GRAMMYs®.
Legendary producer Rafael Arcaute, a 15-time Latin GRAMMY®-winner, is nominated for Song of the Year for his work on “Querer Mejor,” recorded by Juanes featuring Alessia Cara.
Receiving four nominations is the Peruvian-American bandleader Tony Succar, in the categories of Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Best Salsa Album, and Best Tropical Song.
The young Mexican singer-songwriter Christian Nodal, who won Best Regional Mexican Song last year, has two songs nominated in the same category this year. He is also nominated for Best Ranchero/Mariachi album. Both songs were also co-written by SESAC Latina affiliate Gussy Lau.
Norteño powerhouse Calibre 50, last year’s Best Norteño Album winner, is once again nominated in this category with Mitad y Mitad. Other SESAC Latina artists who are nominated for Best Norteño Album are the legendary group Intocable with Percepción, and La Maquinaria Norteña with Amo.
Receiving their first-ever Latin GRAMMY® nomination for Best Banda Album is Edwin Luna y La Trakalosa de Monterrey for Me Hiciste Un Borracho and El Mimoso for his self-titled album El Mimoso.
In the urban genre, the hit song “Pa’Olvidarte,” performed by ChocQuibTown, Zion & Lennox and Farruko featuring Manuel Turizo, garnered two nominations; one for Turizo and one for co-writer Juan Diego Medina.
Winners are selected by the nominees’ own colleagues; professional music creators in the United States, Spain, Portugal and Latin America who are members of the Latin Recording Academy®.
The 2019 Latin GRAMMYs® will broadcast live on Univisión from Las Vegas on Thursday, November 14.
SESAC Latina congratulates all of its nominated artists for Latin music’s biggest night.
The complete list of nominees is below:
Record of the Year/Grabación Del Año
Rafael Arcaute
“Querer Mejor” recorded by Juanes featuring Alessia Cara
Album of the Year/Album Del Año
Tony Succar
Mas De Mi recorded by Tony Succar
Song of the Year/Cancion Del Año
Rafael Arcaute
“Querer Mejor” recorded by Juanes featuring Alessia Cara
Best Urban Fusion/Performance/Mejor Fusion/Interpretacion Urbana
Manuel Turizo
“Pa’Olvidarte (Remix)” recorded by ChocQuibtown, Zion & Lennox, Farruko featuring Manuel Turizo
Best Urban Song/Mejor Cancion Urbana
Juan Diego Medina
“Pa’ Olvidarte” recorded by ChocQuibtown
Best Salsa Album/Mejor Album De Salsa
Tony Succar
Mas De Mi recorded by Tony Succar
Best Tropical Song/Mejor Cancion Tropical
Tony Succar
“Mas De Mi” recorded by Tony Succar featuring Angel López
Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album/Mejor Album De Música Ranchera/Mariachi
Christian Nodal
Ahora recorded by Christian Nodal
Best Banda Album/Mejor Album De Música Banda
Edwin Luna y La Trakalosa de Monterrey
Me Hiciste Un Borracho recorded by Edwin Luna y La Trakalosa de Monterrey
El Mimoso
El Mimoso recorded by El Mimoso
Best Norteño Album/Mejor Album De Musica Norteña
Calibre 50
Mitad y Mitad recorded by Calibre 50
Intocable
Percepción recorded by Intocable
La Maquinaria Norteña
Amo recorded by La Maquinaria Norteña
Best Regional Song/Mejor Canción Regional Mexicana
Christian Nodal, Gussy Lau
“De Los Besos Que Te Di” recorded by Christian Nodal
Christian Nodal, Gussy Lau
“No Te Contaron Mal” recorded by Christian Nodal
Producer of the Year/Productor Del Año
Tony Succar
In addition, the following nominated albums contain songwriting, production, and/or featured-artists contributions from SESAC Latina affiliates:
Album of the Year/Album Del Año
Erika Ender
For her contribution to
Vida recorded by Luis Fonsi
Song of the Year/Canción Del Año
Reik
For their contribution to
“Un Año” recorded by Sebastian Yatra
Best Urban Fusion/Performance/Mejor Presentación Fusión Urbana
Julian Turizo, Juan Diego Medina
For their contribution to
“Pa’ Olvidarte (Remix)” recorded by Choquibtown
Best Urban Music Album/Mejor Album Música Urbana
Nicky Jam, Lenny Tavarez
For their contribution to
Sueños recorded by SECH
DVLP
For his contribution to
Kisses recorded by Anitta
Best Pop/Rock Album/Mejor Album Pop/Rock
Enrique Bunbury
For his contribution to
Nuclear recorded by Leiva
Best Pop/Rock Song/Mejor Canción Pop/Rock
Enrique Bunbury
For his contribution to
“Godzilla” recorded by Leiva
Best Salsa Album/Mejor Album Salsa
Ilan Chester
For his contribution to
Nuestro Hogar recorded by Quintero Salsa Project
Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album/Mejor Album Cumbia/Vallenato
María Gareña
For her contribution to
Yo Me Llamo Cumbia recorded by Puerto Candelaria & Juancho Valencia
Best Singer-Songwriter/Mejor Cantautor
Rafael Arcaute
For his contribution to
Amor Presente recorded by Loenel García
Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album/Mejor Album Ranchero/Mariachi
Gussy Lau
For his contribution to
Ahora recorded by Christian Nodal
Best Banda Album /Mejor Album Banda
Cesar Valdivia, Salvador Aponte, Martin Castro
For their contributions to
Me Hiciste Un Borracho recorded by Edwin Luna Y La Trakalosa
Armando Ramos, Tony Montoya, Joey Montana
For their contributions to
A Través del Vaso recorded by Banda Los Sebastianes
Luciano Luna, Tony Montoya, Eladio Flores, Miguel Angel Romero, Daniel Perez, Alex Garcia
For their contributions to
Para Que No te Lo Imagines recorded by Saul El Jaguar Alarcon
Best Tejano Album/Mejor Album Tejano
Ilan Chester
For his contribution to
El Plan recorded by El Plan
Best Norteño Album – Regional Mexican
Eden Munoz, Danilo Avilez, Armando Ramos
For their contributions to
Mitad y Mitad recorded by Calibre 50
Danny Pérez
For his contribution toAmo recorded by La Maquinaria Norteña
