BMI Songwriters Earn 96 Nominations for 2012 Latin Grammys

Posted in News on October 6, 2012

The 2012 Latin Grammy Awards promises to be a big night for BMI artists, songwriters, and producers.  Dominican singer, songwriter, and producer Juan Luis Guerra, who has already earned 12 Latin Grammys, received nominations for a staggering six awards this year including two for Record of the Year and two for Song of the Year, as well as nods for Album of the Year and Producer of the Year.

Juanes shares nominations with Guerra for three awards: Record of the Year and Song of the Year for their work on “Azul Sabina”; and Album of the Year for their collaboration on “Juanes MTV Unplugged.”  The international superstar is also nominated for Best Long Form Music Video for “Juanes MTV Unplugged.”

Other multiple nominations go to Caetano Veloso and Carla Morrison with four nods each, ChocQuibTown and Gilberto Gil with three each, and Adrian Pieragostino, Don Omar, Kiko Cibrian, Kinky, Luis Carlos Monroy, and Pepe Aguilar with two nominations each.  To read more about this year’s nominees and view photographs and videos from last year’s awards show, go to Huffington Post.com.

The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards are slated for November 15 and will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.latingrammy.com.

2012 Latin Grammys
Partial List of BMI Nominees

GENERAL FIELD
Album of the Year
“Eso Es Lo Que Hay” — ChocQuibTown
“MTV Unplugged” — Juanes
“Dejenme Llorar” — Carla Morrison
“Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano” — Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil

Record of the Year
“Calentura” — ChocQuibTown
“En El Cielo No Hay Hospital” — Juan Luis Guerra
“Azul Sabina” — Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra

Song of the Year
“Azul Sabina” — Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes
“Creo En Ti” — Kiko Cibrian
“Dejenme Llorar” — Carla Morrison
“En El Cielo No Hay Hospital” — Juan Luis Guerra

POP FIELD
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
“Bela y Sus Moskitas Muertas” — Beatriz Luengo

URBAN FIELD
Best Urban Music Album
“Otro Nivel De Musica Reloaded” — J. Alvarez
“MT02 New Generation” — Don Omar

ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album
“Eso Es Lo Que Hay” — ChocQuibTown
“Sueno De La Maquina” — Kinky
“Dejenme Llorar” — Carla Morrison

TROPICAL FIELD
Best Salsa Album
“Watch Out! Ten Cuidado!” — Mambo Legends Orchestra

Best Tropical Fusion Album
“Phase II” — Prince Royce

Best Tropical Song
“Éres Linda” (Version Salsa)
Horacio Palencia, songwriter

“Toma Mi Vida”
Featuring Juan Luis Guerra

“El Poeta”
Chino y Nacho & Pablo Villalobos, songwriters
Chino y Nacho

REGIONAL MEXICAN FIELD
Best Ranchero Album
“Mas De Un Camino” — Pepe Aguilar

Best Regional Mexican Song
“Ay Mi Mexico” — Ismael Gallegos, Alberto “Beto” Jimenez Maeda
“Como Me Acuerdo De Ti” — Charlie Corona & Jesse Turner
“El Dia Que Me Fui” — Luis Carlos Monroy & Adrian Pieragostino
“El Mejor Perfume” — Luis Carlos Monroy & Adrian Pieragostino
“Vivo Contenta” — Manuel Eduardo Toscano

BRAZILIAN FIELD
Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album
“Joao Bosco 40 Anos Depois” — Joao Bosco
“Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano” — Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Sergio George
Juan Luis Guerra

SOURCENews TAGS Latin Los Angeles Latin Grammy Awards Pepe Aguilar ChocQuibTown Kiko Cibrian Ismael Gallegos Sergio George Gilberto Gil Juan Luis Guerra Juanes Kinky Luis Carlos Monroy Carla Morrison Don Omar Adrian Pieragostino Prince Royce Manuel Eduardo Toscano Caetano Veloso