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Jorge Drexler was the big winner of the night at the 2022 Latin Grammys.
The Uruguayan Jorge Drexler was crowned this Thursday as the great winner of the Latin Grammy Awards by obtaining seven statuettes.
Drexler, who in April of this year published the album “Ink and Time”took the golden gramophone to best singer-songwriter album; best song and better record of the year for the theme “Tocarte”, and best pop song for “La guerrilla de la concordia”, among others.
The Uruguayan based in Spain won in almost all the categories in which he was nominated; he was competing for eight awards.
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Rosalía brought her Motomami to the Latin Grammys.
followed by the Puerto Rican Bad Bunnywho was absent from the ceremony, with five statuettes.
The Spanish rosalia won three awards, including best album of the year, a figure equaled by the Argentinean Fito Páez.
Among the most outstanding awards are:
“Tocarte” – Jorge Drexler, Pablo Drexler, Víctor Martínez and C. Tangana, composers (Jorge Drexler and C. Tangana)
“Touch You” – Jorge Drexler and C. Tangana
Ángela Álvarez and Silvana Estrada (tie)
• Best pop vocal album
Dharma – Sebastian Yatra
“La guerrilla de la concordia” – Jorge Drexler, composer (Jorge Drexler) and “Tacones rojos” – Pablo María Rousselon de Croisoeuil, Manuel Lara, Manuel Lorente, Juan Josep Monserrat Riutort and Sebastián Yatra, composers (Sebastián Yatra) – tie
• Best urban fusion/interpretation
“Marmoset Asked Me” – Bad Bunny
• Best reggaeton performance
“Sorry bb:/” – Tainy, Bad Bunny and Julieta Venegas
• Best urban music album
“A Summer Without You” – Bad Bunny
• Best singer-songwriter album“Ink and time” – Jorge Drexler
• Best urban song
“Tití asked me” – Bad Bunny, composer (Bad Bunny)
• Best rock song
“The best of our lives” – Fito Páez, composer (Fito Páez)
• Best pop/rock album
“The Wild Years” – Fito Páez
• Best pop song/rock
“Babel” – Fito Páez and Carlos Vives, composers (Carlos Vives and Fito Páez)
•Best alternative music album
• Best salsa album
“I’m going there” – Marc Anthony
• Best tropical song
“Bad” – Marc Anthony and Álvaro Lenier Mesa, songwriters (Marc Anthony)
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In addition to presenting the gala, the Brazilian Anitta performed on stage.
The 23rd delivery of these awards took place at the Michelob Ultra Arena of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, and included the participation of the American of Ecuadorian descent Christina Aguilera, who this year returned to music in Spanish with a record named after his last name.
Aguilera, who was competing in six categories, took the stage to receive a statuette, the one for best traditional pop vocal album, and gave her entire thank you speech in English except at the end, when she exclaimed: “Thank you very much!”
The artists in charge of conducting the ceremony were the Puerto Rican Luis Fonsi, the Mexican Thalía, the Italian Laura Pausini and the Brazilian Anitta.
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Luis Fonzi, Laura Pausini, Anitta and Thalía were in charge of conducting the award ceremony.
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Jorge Drexler thanked the prizes received on Thursday night.
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Carlos Vives won two statuettes, including Best Contemporary Tropical Album for Cumbiana II.
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Ángela Álvarez, 95, thanked the award and dedicated it to the Cuban people, as well as to her family.
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Jorge Drexler performed at the Latin Grammy ceremony with Elvis Costello.
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The Mexican Silvana Estrada was one of the revelations of the year.
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Rauw Alejandro was one of those selected to sing at the ceremony.
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Marco Antonio Solís received the 2022 Person of the Year award from the Latin Recording Academy.
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Christina Aguilera went up to receive the award and gave her speech in English.
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Christina Aguilera returned to music in Spanish this year with the album that bears her last name.
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John Legend joined the Colombian Sebastián Yatra to sing “Tacones rojos”.
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Becky G sang at the ceremony.
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