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Sardina, Café Tacuba Score at Latin Grammys
BMI Latin songwriters, producers and composers were among the top winners at the 5th annual Latin Grammy Awards held September 1 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Producer Rafa Sardina was BMI's big winner of the night, taking home three Latin Grammys, including Album of the Year and Best Engineered Album for Alejandro Sanz's No Es Lo Mismo, while the album's title track earned Sardina the Record…
Latin Grammy Nods Spotlight BMI Artists
Caf� Tacuba's Emmanuel Del Real leads the list of BMI songwriter/artists nominated for the 5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards with five nods, it was announced recently at a press conference in Los Angeles. The ceremony, set for Sept. 1 at LA's Shrine Auditorium, will be broadcast live on CBS from 8-10pm ET/PT and hosted by George Lopez.
Bacilos: Cross-Cultural Hitmakers

Bacilos, literally translated from Spanish, may refer to a disease-causing microorganism, but for this adventurous trio, catchy grooves, witty lyrical innuendo and spirited musical performances are the only symptoms. Puerto Rican-born percussionist, Jose Javier Freire, Jorge Villamizar, a Colombian singer/songwriter/guitarist, and bassist/vocalist André Lopes, a native of Brazil, first met as college students in the mid-'90s at the University of Miami. Originally a…
BMI Welcomes Huey Dunbar to Latin Family
New York-based Latin singer/songwriter Huey Dunbar (seated) is welcomed by BMI's Jessie Lema in the New York office as he signs his affiliation papers. The Puerto Rican/Jamaican-bred artist is the former lead singer of tropical-club/dance act DLG (Dark Latin Groove) whose 1996 hit "No Morira" held the #1 spot on the Billboard Tropical chart for six weeks. His 2001 Sony Discos debut as a solo…
BMI Honors Top Latin Songwriters, Publishers at 10th Annual Awards Ceremony
en Español BMI presented its 10th Annual Latin Awards last night with top honors going to songwriter/producer Est�fano, Shakira and Tim Mitchell's hit song "Suerte," and publisher peermusic. The black-tie ceremony, hosted by BMI President and CEO Frances W. Preston and Assistant Vice President of Latin Music Diane J. Almodovar, honored the top writers and publishers of the most performed Latin songs on U.S.…
Stars Coming Out for BMI Latin Awards
BMI will present its prestigious Latin Awards to the songwriters and publishers of the 50 most performed Latin songs on U.S. radio and television in the company’s repertoire of approximately 4.5 million compositions. The black-tie ceremony is slated for May 8 at the Diplomat Hotel & Resort in Hollywood, Florida. Highlights of the gala event will…
Jorge Villamizar

Jorge Villamizar is a Colombian songwriter who has lived in Miami since 1992. He joined the Warner/Chappell writing team in 1997 and his songs are being recorded by numerous Latin pop artists. Alejandra Guzman's (BMG) last CD is named after one of Villamizar's compositions, "Algo Natural." Villamizar also co-wrote Fernando Osorio's (WEA) just-released debut single, "Vivir". "Writing with Fernando…
