1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Wednesday, September 13, 2000. The big winners were Luis Miguel, Santana and Maná with 3 awards; Juan Luis Guerra, Shakira, Fito Páez and Emilio Estefan Jr. received 2 awards each.
Winners were chosen by voting members of the Latin Academy from a list of finalists. The inaugural ceremony was broadcast live on CBS that year and was seen in more than 100 countries across the world. The two-hour show was the first bilingual broadcast ever to air on network television during prime time.
History
On January 20, 2000 the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announced that the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards were going to take place on September 15, 2000 in Los Angeles and the awards ceremony would be broadcast in the United States by CBS, which will also distribute it to other countries. Nominations in 40 categories were to be released in August 2000.The list of nominees for the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards, slated for September 13, 2000 in Los Angeles, was unveiled on Friday, July 7, 2000 in a Miami ceremony hosted by Michael Greene, President of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
Leading the chase for statuettes were Marc Anthony, Shakira and Fito Páez with five nominations each. Juan Luis Guerra, Carlos Vives, and Maná, garnered four nominations. Earning three nominations were Luis Miguel, along with La Ley. Ricky Martin earned for two nominations. Christina Aguilera, received a nod on the Latin side of the musical divide for the Spanish-language remake of "Genie in a Bottle" titled "Genio Atrapado". In addition to the awards, Emilio Estefan Jr. was honored as the Latin Academy's First Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. That award was presented during a dinner on September 11, 2000 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
The awards were organized by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, incorporated by NARAS in 1997. LARAS is a membership-based association of musicians, producers, engineers and other recording professionals. The list of final nominees revealed was a result of balloting by LARAS members.
Live telecast
The list of hosts for the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards, included Gloria Estefan, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Smits, Andy García and Jennifer Lopez, who also was announced to perform her hit single "No Me Ames" with Marc Anthony, but Anthony did not attend the show citing complications with his wife's pregnancy.Son By Four also were announced performing a duet with boy band 'N Sync, with some singing in Spanish by the American band.
The telecast kicked off with a tribute to the late Tito Puente featuring Ricky Martin, Celia Cruz, and Gloria Estefan. Performances throughout the show included Santana & Maná, 'N Sync & Son By Four, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Miami Sound Machine and Alejandro Fernández.
The two-hour show was the first bilingual broadcast ever to air on network television during prime time. It was broadcast around the world, either simultaneously or live on tape.
Compilation album
On September 12, 2000 Sony Discos released the first "Latin Grammy Nominees CD" to coincide with the inaugural awards with nominees from three categories, Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Tropical Song, with a portion of the proceeds to support the Latin Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences for community-outreach efforts. It was expected that various labels took turns releasing Latin Grammy sets each year.Nominations and winners
The nominations were announced on July 7, 2000 and the winners were revealed on September 13, 2000, including Maná, Luis Miguel and Santana each grabbing three trophies at the event. Santana and Maná won Record of the Year for the track "Corazón Espinado" from Santana's album, Supernatural and the same track was honored for Rock Duo or Group with Vocal. Maná also won Best Pop Performance and Santana won Best Pop Instrumental. Amarte Es Un Placer, by Mexican pop singer Luis Miguel won Album of the Year, Best Pop Album and Best Male Pop Performance. Marc Anthony's "Dímelo" picked up Song of the Year, and at age 73, Ibrahim Ferrer won Best New Artist. Emilio Estefan Jr., who was up for six honors, won only two awards: Producer of the Year and the Music Video award for directing his wife Gloria's "No Me Dejes de Querer". Meanwhile, Carlos Vives, also with six nominees, went home with no trophies. Tito Puente won posthumously for Traditional Tropical Performance for the title track from his final album, Mambo Birdland. His son and daughter accepted the award on his behalf. Winners were chosen by voting members of the Latin Academy from a list of finalists. The ceremony was broadcast live on CBS and was seen in more than 100 countries across the world.Awards
Winners are in bold text.General
;Record of the YearSantana featuring Maná – "Corazón Espinado"
- Marc Anthony – "Dímelo"
- Rubén Blades – "Tiempos"
- Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- Carlos Vives – "Fruta Fresca"
Luis Miguel – Amarte Es Un Placer
- Juan Luis Guerra 440 – Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
- Shakira – MTV Unplugged
- Caetano Veloso – Livro
- Carlos Vives – El Amor de Mi Tierra
Marc Anthony, Robert Blades, Angie Chirino and Cory Rooney – "Dímelo"
- Juan Carlos Calderón – "O Tú o Ninguna"
- Fito Páez – "Al Lado del Camino"
- Juan Luis Guerra – "El Niágara en Bicicleta"
- Martin Madera – "Fruta Fresca"
Ibrahim Ferrer
- Café Quijano
- Amaury Gutiérrez
- Fernando Osorio
- Ivete Sangalo
Pop
Shakira – "Ojos Así"
- Christina Aguilera – "Genio Atrapado"
- Zizi Possi – "Meu Erro"
- Mercedes Sosa – "Al Despertar"
- Jaci Velasquez – "Llegar A Ti"
Luis Miguel – "Tu Mirada"
- Marc Anthony – "Dímelo"
- Alejandro Fernández – "Quiéreme"
- Ricky Martin – "Bella"
- Carlos Vives – "Fruta Fresca"
Maná – "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez"
- Ketama – "Miénteme"
- Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony – "No Me Ames"
- Só Pra Contrariar featuring Gloria Estefan – "Santo Santo"
- Andreas Vollenweider and Milton Nascimento – "Cor Do Amor"
Santana – "El Farol"
- Raúl di Blasio – "El Despertar Escandalo"
- Ivan Lins – "Dois Córregos"
- Frankie Marcos featuring Arturo Sandoval – "Oh Havana, When I Think Of You"
- Nestor Torres – "Luna Latina"
Luis Miguel – Amarte Es Un Placer
- Ketama – Toma Ketama!
- Maná – MTV Unplugged
- Pablo Milanés – Vengo Naciendo
- Shakira – MTV Unplugged
Rock
Shakira – "Octavo Día"
- Erica Garcia – "Vete Destino"
- Alejandra Guzmán – "Algo Natural"
- Rosario – "Jugar A La Locura"
- Cecilia Toussaint – "Como La Nada"
Fito Páez – "Al Lado del Camino"
- Enrique Bunbury – "El Extranjero"
- Andrés Calamaro – "Te Quiero Igual"
- Gustavo Cerati – "Bocanada"
- Charly García – "Sweet Home Buenos Aires"
Santana featuring Maná – "Corazón Espinado"
- Jarabe de Palo – "Depende"
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – "La Vida"
- Jaguares – "Fín"
- La Ley – "Aquí"
Fito Páez – "Al Lado del Camino"
- Beto Cuevas and Aldo Nova – "Aquí"
- Saúl Hernández – "Fín"
- Gustavo Cerati – "Puente"
- Fermin Caballero, Raul Chapa and Jason Roberts – "Si Señor"
Café Tacuba – Revés/Yo Soy
- Jaguares – Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio
- Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Leche
- La Ley – Uno
- Fito Páez – Abre
Tropical
Celia Cruz – Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa
- Oscar D'León –
Juan Luis Guerra 440 – Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
- Elvis Crespo – Píntame
- Grupo Manía – Masters Of The Stage
- Hermanos Rosario – Bomba 2000
- Olga Tañón – Olga Viva, Viva Olga
Tito Puente – Mambo Birdland
- Joe Arroyo – En Sol Mayor
- Cachao – Cuba Linda
- Ibrahim Ferrer – Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
- Carlos Vives – El Amor De Mi Tierra
Juan Luis Guerra – "El Niágara en Bicicleta"
- Omar Alfanno – "A Puro Dolor"
- Emilio Estefan Jr. and Kike Santander – "Da La Vuelta"
- Martin Madera – "Fruta Fresca"
- Robert Blades, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Gloria Estefan – "No Me Dejes de Querer"
Regional
Alejandro Fernández – Mi Verdad
- Antonio Aguilar –
Banda el Recodo – Lo Mejor De Mi Vida
- Banda Arkángel R-15 – Esperando un ángel
- Banda Machos – Rancheras de oro
- Banda Maguey – Mil Gracias
- Graciela Beltrán – La reina del pueblo con banda
- Joan Sebastian – El rey del jaripeo
Los Temerarios – En La Madrugada se Fue
- Ana Bárbara –
Los Palominos – Por Eso Te Amo
- David Lee Garza & Los Musicales – Nadie como yo
- Stefani Montiel – Dulce sensación
- Bobby Pulido – El Cazador
- A.B. Quintanilla & Los Kumbia Kings – Amor, Familia Y Respeto
Los Tigres del Norte – Herencia de Familia
- Grupo Atrapado – ¡Oh! que gusto
- Intocable – Contigo
- Los Tucanes de Tijuana – Al por mayor
- Cornelio Reyna Jr. featuring Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos Del Norte – La leyenda continúa...
Kike Santander – "Mi Verdad"
- Ricardo Ceratto – "Me Estoy Acostumbrando a Tí"
- Massias – "Loco"
- Juan Carlos Medrano – "El Carretonero"'
- Edel Ramírez – "No Debes Llorar"
Traditional
Mercedes Sosa – Misa Criolla
- Hevia –
Lito Vitale and Juan Carlos Baglietto – Postales del Alma
- Nestor Marconi – Trío Bien de arriba
- Rodolfo Mederos – Eterno Buenos Aires
- Nuevo Quinteto Real – Nuevo Quinteto Real
- Quinteto Argentino de Cuerdas – Tangos de terciopelo
Camarón and Tomatito – Paris 87
- Remedios Amaya – Gitana Soy
- Juan Habichuela – De la zambra al duende... un homenaje
- El Lebrijano – Lágrimas de cera
- Miguel Poveda – Suena Flamenco
Jazz
Michel Camilo and Tomatito – Spain
Paquito D'Rivera – Tropicana Nights
- Adrian Iaies Trio – Las Tardecitas de Minton's
- Chico O'Farrill – Heart of a Legend
- Lalo Schifrin – Latin Jazz Suite
Brazilian
Milton Nascimento – Crooner
- Zeca Baleiro –
Os Paralamas do Sucesso – Acústico MTV
- Cássia Eller – Com Vocé... Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo
- Legião Urbana – Acústico MTV
- Los Hermanos – Los Hermanos
- Raimundos – Só no Forevis
Zeca Pagodinho – Zeca Pagodinho ao Vivo
- Alcione –
Caetano Veloso – Livro
- Maria Bethânia – A Forca Que Nunca Seca
- Gilberto Gil – O Sol de Oslo
- Joyce – Astronauta - Cancões de Elis
- Lenine – Na Pressão
Sérgio Reis – Sérgio Reis e Convidados
- Zezé di Camargo & Luciano –
Paulo Moura & Os Batutas – Pixinguinha
- Nilson Chaves – Tempo Destino: 25 Anos ao Vivo
- Dominguinhos – Voce Vai Ver o Que é Bom
- Toninho Ferragutti – Sanfonemas
- Carlos Malta and Pife Muderno – Carlos Malta e Pife Muderno
Djavan – "Acelerou"
- Chico César and Vanessa da Mata – "A Forca Que Nunca Seca"
- Marcelo Camelo – "Anna Julia"
- Nando Reis – "O Segundo Sol"
- Cristovão Bastos and Aldir Blanc – "Suave Veneno"
Children's
Miliki – A Mis Niños de 30 Años
- Daniela Luján – El diario de Daniela
- Various Artists – Ellas cantan a cri cri
- Maria del Rey – Lullabies of Latin America: canciones de cuna de Latinoamérica
- Eliana – Primavera
Classical
Plácido Domingo – La Dolores
- Aldo Antognazzi, Paquito D'Rivera and Brenda Feliciano – Música de dos Mundos
- José María Vitier – Salmo de las Américas
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – Sensamayá: The Music of Silvestre Revueltas
- Eduardo Diazmuñoz and La Filarmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico – Twentieth Century Mexican Symphonic Music, Vol. 1
Production
Carlos Álvarez, Mike Couzzi, Bolívar Gómez, Miguel Hernández, Luis Mansilla, Carlos Ordehl, Eric Ramos, July Ruiz, and Eric Schilling – Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
- Frank Filipetti – Abre
- Jerry Boys – Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
- Moogie Canazio – João Gilberto Voz e Violão
- Joe Chiccarelli – Revés/Yo Soy
Emilio Estefan Jr.
- Ry Cooder
- Rudy Pérez
- KC Porter
- Caetano Veloso
Music Video
Gloria Estefan – "No Me Dejes de Querer"
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – "La Vida"
- La Ley – "Aquí"
- Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony – "No Me Ames"
- Shakira – "Ojos Así"