Music awards presented Nov 2008
The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on Thursday, November 13, 2008, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria Estefan. Juanes was the night's big winner, winning 5 awards including Album of the Year. He now has 17 Latin Grammy awards which is more than any other recording artist. The show was watched by an average of 5.8 millions.
Awards.
Winners are in bold text.
General.
Juanes — "Me Enamora"
Juanes — "La Vida... Es un Ratico"
Juanes — "Me Enamora"
Kany García
Pop.
Kany García — "Cualquier Día"
Juanes — "La Vida... Es un Ratico"
Belanova — "Fantasía Pop"
Urban.
Wisin &amp; Yandel — ""
Flex — "Te Quiero"
Rock.
Andrés Calamaro — "La Lengua Popular"
Molotov — "Eternamiente"
Café Tacuba — "Esta Vez"
Alternative.
Julieta Venegas — "MTV Unplugged"
Café Tacuba — "Volver a Comenzar"
Tropical.
Marc Anthony — "El Cantante"
Peter Manjarrés, Emiliano Zuleta and Sergio Luis — "Sólo Clásicos"
José Feliciano — "Señor Bachata"
Gloria Estefan — "90 Millas"
Singer-Songwriter.
Fito Páez — "Rodolfo"
Regional Mexican.
Vicente Fernández — "Para Siempre"
Los Horóscopos de Durango — "Ayer, Hoy y Siempre"
Emilio Navaira — "De Nuevo"
Siggno — "Six Pack"
Joan Sebastian — "Estos Celos" (Vicente Fernández)
Instrumental.
Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá — "Orquesta Filarmómoca de Bogotá - 40 Años"
Traditional.
Cholo Valderrama — "Caballo!"
Various Artists — "Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango"
Juan Habichuela — "Una Guitarra En Granada"
Jazz.
Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels — "Afro Bop Alliance"
Christian.
Soraya Moraes — "Tengo Sed de Tí"
Soraya Moraes — "Som Da Chuva"
Brazilian.
Vanessa da Mata — "Sim"
CPM 22 — "Cidade Cinza"
Paulinho da Viola — "Acústico MTV"
Maria Rita — "Samba Meu"
Seu Jorge — "América Brasil o Disco"
César Menotti &amp; Fabiano — ".com Você"
Elba Ramalho — "Qual o Assunto Que Mais Lhe Interessa?"
Chitãozinho &amp; Xororó — "Grandes Clássicos Sertanejos Acústico I"
Marco Moraes and Soraya Moraes — "Som da Chuva" (Soraya Moraes)
Children's.
Miguelito — "El Heredero"
Classical.
Plácido Domingo — "Pasión Española"
Carlos José Castro — "Concierto del Sol" (Orquesta Filarmónica de Costa Rica) ;br ;
Sérgio — "Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina" (Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad)
Recording Package.
Leicia Gotlibowski, Daniel Kotliar, Karina Levy and Mercedes Sencio — "Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango" (Various Artists)
Production.
Moogie Canazio and Luiz Tornaghi — "Dentro Do Mar Tem Rio - Ao Vivo" (Maria Bethânia)
Sergio George
Music Video.
Juanes — "Me Enamora"
Julieta Venegas — "MTV Unplugged"
Performers.
Live from Brazil: