Latin Grammy Awards

But the debates unfolding now about what it means for Spain to host the Latin Grammys hint at much larger questions about how the Academy decides what constitutes Latin music.

Music & Culture

The Latin Grammys are in Spain this year. So what?

5:00pm November 15, 2023

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

This year, the Latin Grammys will be held outside the U.S., in Seville, Spain. The location raises larger questions about how the awards perpetuate inequalities related to race, class and colonialism.

Songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera poses at the 22nd annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in 2021. Barrera has earned another 13 Latin Grammy nominations in 2023.

Hitmaker Edgar Barrera leads the 2023 Latin Grammy nominations

12:32pm September 19, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Mexican American songwriter and producer earned nearly twice as many nods as his closest competitors, which include three of his collaborators: Colombian artists Camilo, Karol G and Shakira.

Latin Grammy winner to Cuban leaders: 'We're done with your lies and indoctrination'

4:44pm December 13, 2021

by Elisa Baena

Afro-Cuban rapper Yotuel Romero discusses the song that won Song of the Year and inspired protesters in one of the biggest waves of demonstrations in Cuba in decades.

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