IT'S ALREADY A BETTER YEAR FOR LATIN GRAMMYS.Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. - Colombian folk singer Carlos Vives topped the Latin Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. nominations with six nods, while legendary salsa singer Celia Cruz Celia Cruz (October 21 1925 – July 15 2003) was an Afro-Cuban-American salsa singer who spent most of her career living in New Jersey, and working in the United States and several Latin American countries. earned four as the honors were announced Wednesday. Vives was not on hand to receive news that his album, ``Dejame Entrar,'' was in the running after having previously won a Grammy earlier this year for best tropical album. He is up for best record, album, song, contemporary tropical album, tropical song and music video. Awards will be handed out in 40 categories, including the new best contemporary tropical album and best Christian album, during the third 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. ceremony to be held Sept. 18 at the Kodak Theatre The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail, dining, and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. in Hollywood and televised at 9 p.m. on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . Cruz, another past Grammy winner, received nominations for best record, album, salsa album and music video during the morning announcement at the Beverly Hilton. Other top winners included the three nominations each that were picked up by rocker Miguel Bose, producer Emilio Estefan, rocker Juanes, composer Gian Marco and pop star Alejandro Sanz. La Ley, Dori Caymmi, Circo and Sin Bandera each earned two nominations. Sanz, the Spanish crooner, was the big winner at last year's Latin Grammys telecast that never was. The ceremony was forced to shift gears just three weeks before its originally-scheduled Sept. 11 broadcast from Miami because of concerns about anti-Castro protesters opposed to the recognition of Cuban artists. Organizers moved the show to Los Angeles' Great Western Forum, where they began making preparations. But the event was canceled just hours after terrorists hijacked four jetliners and crashed them in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Northern Virginia, and Pennsylvania. A low-key announcement in October ultimately replaced the globally televised show. ``Finalmente (finally)'' was how Enrique Fernandez, senior vice president and executive director of the Latin Recording Academy, remembered putting it on the day that the awards were handed out. He echoed that sentiment again Wednesday. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Already a Grammy winner, Colombian singer Carlos Vives is in the running for six Latin Grammy Awards. |
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