The nominations for this years 2021 Latin Grammys were announced this morning and leading this year’s nominations are, Drum roll please, Colombian singer-songwriter Camilo, Dominican bachata singer Juan Luis Guerra and el rapero madrileño C. Tangana.
Camilo leads the pack with nominations in 10 categories, including album of the year, song of the year and record of the year, for which he’s twice nominated: for “Vida de Rico” and “Amén.”
Dominican bachata singer and legend Juan Luis Guerra follows with six nominations including album and record of the year.
Coming in hot with 5 nominations including ‘album of the year’ is el madrileño rapper-singer C. Tangana who is a previous Latin Grammy winner for his songwriting in Rosalia’s “El Mal Querer”.
No surprise that San Benito, Bad Bunny is also in the running for album of the year for “El Último Tour del Mundo.” El conejo malo scoring a total of four nods including his top-charting hit “Dákiti,” con Jhay Cortez. The sencillo made history when it topped los Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and the Global 200; it peaked at No. 5 on the Hot 100. “Dákiti” esta nominado for best urban song.
This year’s Best New Artist category, includes Giulia Be, María Becerra, Bizarrap, Boza, Zoe Gotusso, Humbe, Rita Indiana, Lasso, Paloma Mami, Marco Mares and Juliana Velásquez.
But of course everyone wants to know what the ‘song of the year’ will be and vying for Song Of The Year are the following:
“A Tu Lado” — Paula Arenas & María Elisa Ayerbe, songwriters (Paula Arenas)
“A Veces” — Diamante Eléctrico, songwriters (Diamante Eléctrico)
“Agua” — J Balvin, Alejandro Borrero, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno, Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg, Jhay Cortez, Alejandro Ramirez, Ivanni Rodríguez, Blaise Smith, Tainy & Juan Camilo Vargas, songwriters (Tainy & J Balvin)
“Canción Bonita” — Rafa Arcaute, Ricky Martin, Mauricio Rengifo, Andrés Torres & Carlos Vives, songwriters (Carlos Vives & Ricky Martin)
“Dios Así Lo Quiso” — Camilo, David Julca, Jonathan Julca, Yasmil Jesús Marrufo & Ricardo Montaner, songwriters (Ricardo Montaner & Juan Luis Guerra)
“Hawái” — Édgar Barrera, René Cano, Kevyn Cruz, Johan Espinosa, Kevin Jiménez, Miky La Sensa, Bryan Lezcano, Maluma, Andrés Uribe & Juan Camilo Vargas, songwriters (Maluma)
“Mi Guitarra” — Javier Limón, songwriter (Javier Limón, Juan Luis Guerra & Nella)
“Patria y Vida” — Descemer Bueno, El Funky, Gente De Zona, Yadam González, Beatriz Luengo, Maykel Osorbo & Yotuel, songwriters (Yotuel, Gente De Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo, El Funky)
“Que Se Sepa Nuestro Amor” — El David Aguilar & Mon Laferte, songwriters (Mon Laferte & Alejandro Fernández)
“Si Hubieras Querido” — Pablo Alborán, Nicolás “Na’vi” De La Espriella, Diana Fuentes & Julio Reyes, songwriters (Pablo Alborán)
“Todo De Ti” — Rauw Alejandro, José M. Collazo, Luis J. González, Rafael E. Pabón Navedo & Eric Pérez Rovira, songwriters (Rauw Alejandro)
“Vida De Rico” — Édgar Barrera & Camilo, songwriters (Camilo)
La 22.a Entrega Anual del Latin Grammy sera el 18 de noviembre de 2021 en el MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las, Vegas.