Latin Grammy Awards: With Bizarrap at the helm, great night for Argentina

The producer Bizarre won three awards tonight in the 24th. edition of the Latin Grammy Awards given by the Latin Recording Academy, which was held in Spain for the first time, and was established as the great Argentine winner in a gala in which they also collected statuettes Nathy Peluso, Dante Spinetta and the Astor Piazzolla Quintet.

Gonzalo Julian Conde, such is the name of the producer from Ramos Mejía, province of Buenos Aires, confirmed that at 25 years old he is one of the Argentine artists with the best presence worldwide. He arrived at the ceremony at the Seville Conference and Exhibition Palace with a total of six nominations, and he did not leave disappointed at all.

First he went on stage with the canary Quevedofor his hit “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 52”which earned them the award for “best urban song.”

“The recognition they give to this project that I started in my room with a computer is impressive.”thanked Biza, before launching into “And let’s go Argentina, the shell of the parrot!”

The producer would go up to the stage two more times to collect awards, both times with Shakira and for the viral “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53”the song that the Colombian dedicated to her ex Gerard Piquéwhich earned them the award for “best pop song” and nothing less than “best song of the year.”

He Astor Piazzolla Quintet won the gramophone in the category of “Best Tango Album” for “Operation Tango”in a shortlist made up of Argentines.

While, Nathy Peluso won the award for “best music video” short version for the clip of “You are really hot”and Dante Spinetta won “best alternative song” for “The dark side of my heart”.

Among the most important categories, the Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade won “best singer-songwriter album”, “best singer-songwriter song” and “record of the year” for his album “Of all the flowers”.

For its part, Shakira won two Latin Grammys, in addition to the two awards it shared with Bizarrap, it also won the award for “best urban fusion song” for “TQG”with Karol G.

Meanwhile, the Colombian Karol G won the award for “album of the year” and “best urban music album” for “Tomorrow will be nice”in addition to the award he shares with Shakira.

Complete list of Latin Grammy winners

Record of the year

• “Of all the flowers”, Natalia Lafourcade

Album of the year

• Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful, Karol G

Song of the Year

• “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”, Santiago Alvarado, Bizarrap, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz & Shakira, composers (Bizarrap Featuring Shakira)

Best New Artist

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Your Story, Julieta Venegas

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Fourteenth, Andrés Cepeda

Best Pop Song

• “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”, Santiago Alvarado, Bizarrap, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno & Shakira, composers (Bizarrap Featuring Shakira)

Best Urban Fusion/Performance

• “TQG”, Karol G Featuring Shakira

Best Reggaeton Performance

• “The recipe,” Tego Calderón

Best Urban Music Album

• Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful, Karol G

Best Rap/Hip Hop Song

• “Coco Chanel”, Bad Bunny & Eladio Carrión, composers (Eladio Carrión Featuring Bad Bunny)

Best Urban Song

• “Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52”, Santiago Alvarado, Bizarrap & Quevedo, composers (Bizarrap Featuring Quevedo)

Best Rock Album

Best Rock Song

• “Leche de tigre”, Juan Galeano, composer (Diamante Eléctrico Featuring Adrián Quesada)

Best Pop/Rock Album

Best Pop/Rock Song

• “Brown eyes”, Luis Jiménez, Lasso & Agustín Zubillaga, composers (Lasso)

Best Alternative Music Album

• Apocalyptic Bolero, Monsieur Periné

Best Alternative Song

• “The dark side of the heart”, Dante Spinetta, composer (Dante Spinetta)

Best Salsa Album

• Niche Symphonic, Niche Group and National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album

• Escalona Had Never Been Recorded Like This, Carlos Vives

Best Merengue and/or Bachata Album (TIE)

• Formula, Vol. 3, Romeo Santos
• My Way, Sergio Vargas

Best Traditional Tropical Album

Best Contemporary Tropical Album

• 5:10 am, Luis Fernando Borjas

Best Tropical Song

• “If you love me”, Fonseca, Yadam González & Yoel Henríquez, composers (Fonseca & Juan Luis Guerra)

Best Singer-Songwriter Album

• Of All Flowers, Natalia Lafourcade

Best Song Singer-Songwriter

• “Of all the flowers”, Natalia Lafourcade, composer (Natalia Lafourcade)

Best Ranchera/Mariachi Music Album

• Outlaw EP2, Christian Nodal

Best Band Music Album

• From now on, may you be well, Julión Álvarez and his Norteño Banda

Best Tejano Music Album

• To Start Loving, Juan Treviño

Best Northern Music Album

• Carin León’s Milk Fang

Best Regional Mexican Song

• “un x100to”, Bad Bunny, Edgar Barrera, Andrés Jael Correa Rios & Mag, composers (Grupo Frontera Featuring Bad Bunny)

Best Instrumental Album

• Made In Miami, Camilo Valencia & Richard Bravo

Best Folk Album

• Road to the Sun, Vicente García

Best Tango Album

• Operation Tango, Astor Piazzolla Quintet

Best Flamenco Music Album

Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album

• I Missed You Too!, Chucho Valdés & Paquito D’Rivera (with Reunion Sextet)

Best Christian Album (In Spanish)

• What We See, Marcos Vidal

Best Christian Album (In Portuguese)

Best Contemporary Pop Album in Portuguese Language

• Em Nome da Estrela, Xênia França

Best Rock or Alternative Music Album in Portuguese Language

Best Urban Interpretation in Portuguese Language

• “Distopia,” Planet Hemp Featuring Criolo

Best Samba/Pagode Album

• Black Opera, Martinho Da Vila

Best Brazilian Popular Music Album

Best Sertaneja Music Album

• Decrees Reais, Marília Mendonça

Best Roots Music Album in the Portuguese Language

• TecnoShow, Gaby Amarantos

Best Song in Portuguese Language

• “Tudo O Que A Fé Pode Tocar”, Tiago Iorc & Duda Rodrigues, composers (Tiago Iorc)

Best Latin Music Album for Children

• Let’s go to the zoo, Danilo & Chapis

Best Classical Music Album

• Huáscar Barradas Four Elements Immersive Symphony For Orchestra And Chorus, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra; Ollantay Velasquez, director; Huascar Barradas, Maria Cardemas, Eugenio Carreño & Eduardo Martinez Planas, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Work/Composition

• “Venezuelan Concerto”, Paquito D’Rivera, composer (Pacho Flores Featuring Paquito D’Rivera)

Best Arrangement

• “Songo Bop”, Rafael Valencia, arranger (Camilo Valencia, Richard Bravo Featuring Milton Salcedo)

Best Packaging Design

• Atipanakuy (Deluxe), Gustavo Ramirez, art director (Kayfex)

Composer of the Year

Best Recording Engineering for an Album

• Canto A La Imaginación, Érico Moreira, engineer; Érico Moreira, mixer; Felipe Tichauer, mastering engineer (Marina Tuset)

Producer of the year

Best Short Version Music Video

• “You are great”, Nathy Peluso; Félix Bollaín & Rogelio González, directors; María Rubio, producers

Best Long Version Music Video

• Camilo: The First Tour Of My Life, Camilo; Camilo & Camilo Ríos, directors; Mauricio Ríos, producer