Double Dip.

IT COULD BE SWEET REVENGE FOR LOS VAN VAN.

The Cuban dance band, which collected a Best Salsa Performance Grammy for its album "Llego...Van Van: Van Van Is Here," is also in line for one of the new Latin Grammys to be awarded Sept. 13 in Los Angeles.

The first Grammy--the top honor in the U.S. music industry--must have made up, at least in part, for the harsh treatment the Cuban group received last year in Miami. Thousands of Cuban exiles protested the band's performance.

A Miami policy barring Cubans--including artists and musicians--from appearing in taxpayer-funded venues also got the city dumped from the list of places vying to host the inaugural Latin Grammys. The U.S. Supreme Court has since ruled such laws unconstitutional.

The Latin Grammys debut as Spanish- and Portuguese-language music sales swell in the United States. Last year, Latin CDs, cassettes and music videos grew 10%, to US$626.7 million, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

"This isn't about Latin music crossing over to the American market," says Michael Greene, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "American audiences are going to cross over to Latin music."