Il 9 dicembre 2013 sono state annunciate le nomination (ossia le candidature) dei Grammy Awards, considerato l’Oscar della musica degli Stati Uniti. Ovviamente siamo andati a scovare quelle riguardanti gli artisti e/o gli stili del mondo latin o ispanoamericano.Tra i numerosi artisti candidati alla vittoria ve  ne anticipiamo tre: i cubani Omar Sosa e Roberto Fonseca e il colombiano Carlos Vives. Le premiazioni della 56a edizione si terranno il 26 gennaio 2014 allo Staples Center di Los Angeles.

Moltissime le categorie dei Grammy Awards. Qui di seguito troverete solo quelle che afferiscono in qualche modo alle musiche che continente latinoamericano con gli artisti candidati alla vittoria nelle rispettive categorie.

41. BEST LATIN POP ALBUM

-Faith, Hope Y Amor

Frankie J

Label: Universal Music Latino

-Viajero Frecuente

Ricardo Montaner

Label: Sony Music Latin

– Vida

Draco Rosa

Label: Sony Music Latin

– Syntek

Aleks Syntek

Label: Sony Music Latin

– 12 Historias

Tommy Torres

Label: Warner Music Latina

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42. BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

– El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco

Café Tacvba

Label: Universal Music Latino

– Ojo Por Ojo

El Tri

Label: Warner Music Latina

– Chances

Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas

Label: Sony Music Latin

– Treinta Días

La Santa Cecilia

Label: Universal Music Latino Y Arju Productions, Inc.

– Repeat After Me

Los Amigos Invisibles

Label: Nacional Records

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43. BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)

– El Free

Banda Los Recoditos

Label: Disa

– En Peligro De Extinción

Intocable

Label: Universal Music Latin

– A Mi Manera

Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea

Label: East Side Records/Shea Records

– Romeo Y Su Nieta

Paquita La Del Barrio

Label: Balboa Records, Co./Musart

-13 Celebrando El 13

Joan Sebastian

Label: Fonovisa

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44. BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM

– 3.0

Marc Anthony

Label: Sony Music Latin

– Como Te Voy A Olvidar

Los Angeles Azules

Label: Sony Music Latin

– Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Label: Tumalanmusic / Stefrecords

– Sergio George Presents Salsa Giants

Various Artists

Label: Top Stop Music

– Corazón Profundo

Carlos Vives

Label: Sony Music Latin

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31. BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO

Don’t Run

Terence Blanchard, soloist

Track from: Magnetic

Label: Blue Note Records

– Song For Maura

Paquito D’Rivera, soloist

Track from: Song For Maura (Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente)

Label: Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records

– Song Without Words #4: Duet

Fred Hersch, soloist

Track from: Free Flying (Fred Hersch And Julian Lage)

Label: Palmetto Records

– Stadium Jazz

Donny McCaslin, soloist

Track from: Casting For Gravity

Label: Greenleaf Music

– Orbits

Wayne Shorter, soloist

Track from: Without A Net (The Wayne Shorter Quartet)

Label: Blue Note Records

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32. BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

The World According To Andy Bey

Andy Bey

Label: HighNote Records

– Attachments

Lorraine Feather

Label: Jazzed Media

– Liquid Spirit

Gregory Porter

Label: Blue Note Records

– WomanChild

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Label: Mack Avenue Records

– After Blue

Tierney Sutton

Label: BFM Jazz

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35. BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

– La Noche Más Larga

Buika

Label: Warner Music Spain S.L.

– Song For Maura

Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente

Label: Sunnyside Records/Paquito Records

– Yo

Roberto Fonseca

Label: Concord Jazz

– Eggūn

Omar Sosa

Label: Otá Records

– Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Label: Patois Records

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52. BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

– Savor Flamenco

Gipsy Kings

Label: Knitting Factory Records

-No Place For My Dream

Femi Kuti

Label: Knitting Factory Records

Live: Singing For Peace Around The World

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Label: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

The Living Room Sessions Part 2

Ravi Shankar

Label: East Meets West Music, Inc.