'DREAM NIGHT' ROCKER JUANES RULES DURING SHOW'S FIRST SPANISH BROADCAST.Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer Charismatic Colombian rocker Juanes piled three more Latin Grammy trophies onto his collection Thursday, making him the big winner at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards The Latin Grammy Awards were launched in 2000 with a telecast aired on CBS. It was the first primarily Spanish language prime-time program carried on an American network television. during a ceremony broadcast around the world for the first time in Spanish from the Shrine Auditorium The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. . Juanes, who won nine Latin Grammys in previous years, took golden gramophones for best rock solo vocal album (``Mi Sangre''), best rock song (``Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor'') and best music video (``Volverte A Ver''). ``I want to dedicate it to Colombia, my family and all the people who have supported me,'' said Juanes, 32. ``This is a dream night.'' Other winners were spread all over the map. Winning two awards each were Spanish crooner Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, is a Spanish pop/ballad musician. Biography Alejandro Sanz is the second son of María Pizarro Medina from Alcalá de los Gazules, and Jesús Sánchez Madero from Algeciras. , Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra Juan Luis Guerra (born June 7, 1957 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is one of the most internationally recognized Dominican singer/songwriters. His pop style of merengue and bolero and Afro-pop/Latin fusion have garnered him considerable success outside the Dominican Republic. , Texas norteo group Intocable, Brazilian singer-songwriter Lenine and Brazilian folk-pop great Ivan Lins. Spain's young singer-songwriter Bebe, who led the nominee list with five nods, won a single trophy for best new artist at the sixth annual show. When Italian vocalist Laura Pausini trumped the picked-to-click Bebe in the best female pop vocal album derby, gasps rang out, mostly from Pausini herself. ``Thank you so much. I haven't prepared anything because I thought that Bebe was going to win,'' she said, her voice breaking after one of the night's biggest upsets. ``I don't have the list of who to thank because it's at home.'' Sanz reflected that he wasn't able to attend last year's ceremony, where he was the top winner, ``So, being here this year is doubly special.'' The three-hour awards show was broadcast for the first time entirely in Spanish, with English and Spanish subtitles sub·ti·tle n. 1. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work. 2. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen. tr.v. , on Univision, the most widely watched Spanish-language network in the country. The ceremony traveled across the dial after it lost 4.2 million U.S. viewers over the past five years on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . ``The Latin Grammys have come home,'' said actor Eduardo Santamarina, who co-hosted the show, to cheers from the audience. The Latin Grammys, honoring Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking musicians, composers, producers and engineers in 43 categories, was launched in 2000, a year when singers Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony For other people named "Marc Anthony" or "Mark Anthony", see . Marc Anthony (born September 16, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter popular in Latin America for his salsa music and salsa monga ballads. and Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a singer/songwriter of Asian and European ancestry. Iglesias's career started on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market enjoyed crossover hits on both the Latin and mainstream charts. The awards cover genres ranging from rock to tropical, ranchero ran·che·ro n. pl. ran·che·ros Southwestern U.S. A ranch owner; a rancher. [American Spanish, from rancho, small ranch; see ranch.] to folk and Brazilian. Most predictions were off by a mile. One of the night's surprises came when Puerto Rican-born, New Jersey-raised pop singer Obie Bermudez won for best male pop vocal album against the likes of Marc Anthony and Alejandro Fernandez. ``I feel like I was a middleweight and I went up against a heavyweight - and I won the fight,'' he said backstage. ``Hopefully, this is just the beginning.'' Politics mostly stayed offstage this year, but when provoked, the Latin Grammys' producer of the year, Argentine musician Gustavo Santaolalla, noted that President George W. Bush was at that moment in his home country attending an economic summit. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if you know this, but Argentina is one of the places where he has the largest rate of disapproval,'' Santaolalla said. ``So, we're not the only ones.'' Latin music is one of the few growth areas in the troubled U.S. record industry, with shipments of its various formats growing more than 25 percent during the first half of the year. Much of the genre's strength is due to regional Mexican formats and the rise of reggaeton, the wildly popular Puerto Rico-born hip-hop dance sound. Fred Shuster, (818) 713-3676 fred.shuster(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Italian pop singer Laura Pausini performs at the Latin Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on Thursday. She took the prize for the best female pop album at the ceremony. Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press (2 -- 3 -- color) At left, singer Fey poses at the 6th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. At top, Huecco arrives at the show. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images (4) Colombian rocker Juanes sings onstage on·stage adj. Situated or taking place in the area of a stage that is visible to the audience. adv. In or into the area of a stage that is visible to the audience. Adj. 1. at the awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium. The performer took home three Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night. Vince Bucci/Getty Images |
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