Showing posts with label 2010 Latin Grammy Award Winners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 Latin Grammy Award Winners. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Ricky Martin: “I Am Not Getting Married”

Puerto Rican artist Ricky Martin said that he will not be marrying his partner, despite rumors of wedding plans.


“In my house we don’t speak of marriage,” said the singer in an encounter with the Mexican press as he was promoting his new album “Music + Soul + Sex.”

Most of questions asked revolved around Martin’s coming out as a gay man, which he answered openly and cordially.

“I am not getting married, we are good how we are and we’ve been together for three years now,” he said about his relationship with fellow Puerto Rican Carlos González.

“In my house everyone knew,” he explained adding that now he walks with “his head high” and lives with “incredible calm.”

Sporting his new Mohawk and designer Armani wear, an elegant Martin says he has always considered sexuality to be an important element in his career and on stage.

“I’ve always taken sexuality as something very natural, something fun to play with,” he said.

For his “Music + Soul + Sex” tour, which began March 25th in Puerto Rico and will be heading to Mexico beginning May 14, the singer promised a “very theatrical” show, influenced by the sensuality seen in cabarets and in carnival.

Martin says he is anxious to express two years of accumulated energy, time he “literally spent closed in his studio,” making the album in which he says he’s “taking many risks” and has gone in a musical adventure fusing genres of music.

“I sat and listened to what I liked, what is playing in Europe, a lot of ‘world music,’ that is what I love. I played around with ‘dance,’” explained Martin about the music process.

Despite the changes, he says he doesn’t want to lose his essence. Yes to evolution, but no to “breaking what hasn’t yet broke,” said the artist.

Source Fox Latino


Monday, November 15, 2010

El Caballero de la Salsa: Won Best Latin Tropical Salsa Album


Gilberto Santa Rosa or better known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" (The Gentleman of Salsa) was born on August 21, 1962, a  Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero. El Caballero de la Salsa  grew up listening to the salsa of the 1950s and '60s.He made his first recording debut  as a backup singer with the Mario Ortiz orchestra. Lately, he met Elias Lopez a professional singer who helped and trained him as a proficient singer.  Gilberto proved passion and give value to the salsa industry  it  was no surprise, then, when he pursued a solo career with Combo Records, one of the leading salsa labels of its time and the rest marked his success as one of the best salsa singer of all times. This year Gilberto won the Tropical Best Salsa Album  for the 2010 Latin Grammy Awards  for Irrepetible. . “Irrepetible” is mostly a duets album, a vast collection of songs, a range of rhythms which includes salsa, a quasi-merengue (wiht Dominican legend Johnny Ventura), a quasi-vallenato (with Colombian Felipe “Pipe” Pelaez), a ballad (with Puerto Rican Kany Garcia). His perfection of a unique style of soneo, invention of Salsa ballads, launched  Gilberto  as a pioneer, making him successful in both the tropical and romantic styles of music. A truly indeed salsa music aficionado!


2010 Latin Grammy Award Winners

It was a successful year for all the winners of 2010 Latin Grammy Winners that was held last November 11, 2010 at the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were among the stars who hit the red carpet and entertained with dazzling awesome sex appeal like Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias with many more renowned artists.

Here are the Winners by Category:

GENERAL

Record of the Year * Camila, "Mientes"
Song of the Year   * Mario Domm & Mónica Vélez, "Mientes"
Best New Artist    * Alex Cuba
Album of the Year  * Juan Luis Guerra, "A Son De Guerra"

POP

Best Female Pop Vocal Album   * Nelly Furtado, "Mi Plan"
Best Male Pop Vocal Album     * Alejandro Sanz, "Paraíso Express"
Best Pop Album By A Duo or Group with Vocal  * Camila, "Dejarte De Amar"

URBAN

Best Urban Music Album  * Chino y Nacho, "Mi Niña Bonita"
Best Urban Song   * Mala Rodríguez, "No Pidas Perdón"

ROCK

Best Rock Solo Vocal Album  * Gustavo Cerati, "Fuerza Natural"
Best Rock Song  * Gustavo Cerati, "Deja Vu"

ALTERNATIVE

Best Alternative Music Album   * Ely Guerra, "Hombre Invisible"
Best Alternative Song  * Gloria "Goyo" Martinez, Miguel "Slow" Martinez & Carlos "Tostao" Valencia, "De Donde Vengo Yo"

TROPICAL

Best Salsa Album  * Gilberto Santa Rosa, "Irrepetible"
Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album * Diomedes Díaz y Alvaro López, "Listo Pa'la Foto"
Best Contemporary Tropical Album  * Juan Luis Guerra 4.40, "A Son De Guerra"
Best Traditional Tropical Album  * Buika, "El Último Trago"
Best Tropical Song * Juan Luis Guerra, "Bachata en Fukuoka"

SINGER-SONGWRITER (CANTAUTOR - CANTOR/COMPOSITOR)


Best Singer-Songwriter Album  * Rubén Blades, "Cantares del Subdesarrollo"

REGIONAL MEXICAN

Best Ranchero Album * Vicente Fernández, "Necesito de Ti"
Best Banda Album

    * Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga, "Me Gusta Todo de Ti"
    * La Original Banda El Limon De Salvador Lizárraga, "Soy Tu Maestro"

Best Tejano Album  * Elida Reyna y Avante, "Fantasia"
Best Norteño Album  * Grupo Pesado, "Desde La Cantina Vol. 1."
Best Regional Mexican Song  * Yoel Henriquez & Paco Lugo, "Amarte a La Antigua"

INSTRUMENTAL

Best Instrumental Album  * Arturo Sandoval, "A Time for Love"

TRADITIONAL

Best Folk Album   * Ilan Chester, "Tesoros De La Música Venezolana"
Best Tango Album  * Aida Cuevas, "De Corazón a Corazón Mariachi Tango"
Best Flamenco Album  * Tomatito, "Sonanta Suite"

JAZZ
Best Latin Jazz Album   * João Donato Trio, "Sambolero"

CHRISTIAN

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)  * Monica, "Tienes Que Creer"
Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language) * Marina de Oliveira, "Na Extremidade"

BRAZILIAN

Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album  * Sergio Mendes, "Bom Tempo"
Best Brazilian Rock Album  * Charlie Brown Jr., "Camisa 10 Joga Bola Até na Chuva"
Best Samba/Pagode Album   * Diogo Nogueira, "Tô Fazendo a Minha Parte"
Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album  * Gilberto Gil, "Banda Dois"
Best Sertaneja Music Album  * Zezé di Camargo & Luciano, "Double Face"
Best Native Brazilian Roots Album  * Gilberto Gil, "Fé na Festa"
Best Song  * Adriana Calcanhotto, "Tua"

CHILDREN’S

Best Latin Children’s Album  * Luis Pescetti, "Luis Pescetti"

CLASSICAL
Best Classical Album  * Leo Brouwer; Amado Del Rosario, "Integral Cuartetos De Cuerda"
Best Classical Contemporary  * Lalo Schifrin, "Pampas"

RECORDING PACKAGE

Best Recording Package  * Rock Instrument Bureau, Roy Garcia, art director, "Fuerza Natural"

PRODUCTION

Best Engineered Album * "Distinto," Paul Acedo, Rafa Arcaute, Sebastian Krys, Lee Levin, Daniel Ovie, Sebastian Perkal, Tom Russo, Esteban Varela & Dan Warner, engineers; Reuben Cohen & Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineers

Producer of the Year

    * "A Time For Love," Jorge Calandrelli, Gregg Field
    * "Sergio George," Corazón Sin Cara (Prince Royce) (T); Estúpida (India) (T); Si Él Te Habla De Mi (India) (T); Smile (India) (T); Stand By Me (Prince Royce) (T); Te Vas a Arrepentir (India) (T); Tu y Yo (Prince Royce) (T)

MUSIC VIDEO

Best Short Form Music Video  * Julieta Venegas, "Bien o Mal"
Best Long Form Music Video   * Voz Veis, "Una Noche Común y Sin Corriente"


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