Music awards presented Nov 2019
The 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast on Univision. The telecast marked the 20th anniversary of the Latin Grammy Awards and honored outstanding achievements in Latin music released from June 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019.
Juanes was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on the night prior to the telecast. Thalía was honored with the "President's Merit Award" for her achievements and outstanding contribution in Latin music.
Nominations were announced on September 24, 2019. Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz led nominations with eight. Rosalía and Alejandro Sanz had the most wins with three awards each.
Winners and Nominees.
The following is the list of nominees. Winners are highlighted in bold.
General.
Alejandro Sanz and Camila Cabello — "Mi Persona Favorita"
Alfonso Pérez, Julio Reyes Copello &amp; Alejandro Sanz, record producers; Nicolás De La Espriella, Carlos Fernando López, Alfonso Pérez, Natalia Ramírez, Nicolás Ramírez &amp; Julio Reyes Copello, recording engineers; Trevor Lyle Muzzy, mixer; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer
Rosalía — "El Mal Querer"
El Guincho &amp; Rosalía, album producers; El Guincho, album recording engineer; Jaycen Joshua, album mixer; Antón Álvarez Alfaro, El Guincho &amp; Rosalía, songwriters; Chris Athens, album mastering engineer
"Calma" — Pedro Capó, Gabriel Edgar González Pérez &amp; George Noriega, songwriters (Pedro Capó)
Nella
Pop.
Rosalía — "El Mal Querer"
Fonseca — "Agustín"
"Mi Persona Favorita" — Alejandro Sanz and Camila Cabello, songwriters (Alejandro Sanz and Camila Cabello)
Urban.
Pedro Capó and Farruko — "Calma (Remix)"
Bad Bunny — "X 100pre"
"Con Altura" — J Balvin, Mariachi Budda, Frank Dukes, Teo Halm, El Guincho, Alejandro Ramirez and Rosalía, songwriters (Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho)
Rock.
Draco Rosa — "Monte Sagrado"
Andrés Calamaro — "Cargar la Suerte"
"Verdades Afiladas" — Andrés Calamaro and German Wiedemer, songwriters (Andrés Calamaro) 
Alternative.
Mon Laferte — "Norma"
"Tócamela" — David Julca, Jonathan Julca, Los Amigos Invisibles, Silverio Lozada and Servando Primera, songwriters (Los Amigos Invisibles)
Tropical.
Tony Succar — "Mas De Mi"
Puerto Candelaria and Juancho Valencia — "Yo Me Llamo Cumbia"
Andrés Cepeda — "Andrés Cepeda Big Band (Live)"
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 — "Literal"
"Kitipun" — Juan Luis Guerra, songwriter (Juan Luis Guerra 4.40)
Songwriter.
Kany García — "Contra el Viento"
Regional Mexican.
Christian Nodal — "Ahora"
Banda Los Sebastianes — "A Través Del Vaso"
Elida Reyna y Avante — "Colores"
Intocable — "Percepción"
"No Te Contaron Mal" — Edgar Barrera, Gussy Lau and Christian Nodal, songwriters (Christian Nodal)
Instrumental.
Gustavo Casenave — "Balance"
Traditional.
Luis Enrique + C4 Trio — "Tiempo Al Tiempo"
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla — "Revolucionario"
Jazz.
Chucho Valdés — "Jazz Batá 2"
Christian.
Juan Delgado — "Todo Pasa"
Delino Marçal — "Guarda Meu Coração"
Portuguese Language.
Anavitória — "O Tempo É Agora"
BaianaSystem — "O Futuro Não Demora"
Mart'nália — "Mart'nália Canta Vinicius De Moraes"
Gilberto Gil — "Ok Ok Ok"
Marília Mendonça — "Em Todos os Cantos"
Hermeto Pascoal — "Hermeto Pascoal E Sua Visão Original Do Forró"
"Desconstrução"
Tiago Iorc, songwriter (Tiago Iorc)
Children's.
The Lucky Band — "Buenos Diaz"
Classical.
Samuel Torres and La Nueva Filarmonía — "Regreso"
Arrangement.
Sirena
Rodner Padilla, arranger (Luis Enrique + C4 Trio)
Recording Package.
El Mal Querer
Man Mourentan and Tamara Pérez, art directors (Rosalía)
Production.
El Mal Querer
El Guincho and Brian Hernández, engineers; Jaycen Joshua, mixer; Chris Athens, mastering engineer (Rosalía)
Tony Succar
* "Amante del amor" (Raul Stefano) 
* "El Alacrán" (Eric Chacón and Tony Succar) 
* "El ritmo de mi corazón" (Gian Marco Featuring Grupo 5, Tony Succar) 
* "Imprevisto" (Raices Jazz Orchestra, Pablo Gil and Tony Succar) 
* "Mas de mi" (Tony Succar)
* "Tonada de Succar" (Eric Chacón and Tony Succar) 
* "Vai la vai la" (Tony Succar Featuring Marcelo Amaro, Tuti and Nelson Arrieta) 
Music video.
Kany García and Residente — "Banana Papaya"
Residente, video director; Stephanie "Tuty" Correa, video producer
Alejandro Sanz — "Lo Que Fui Es Lo Que Soy"
Mercedes Cantero, Oscar García Blesa, Gervasio Iglesias and Alexis Morante, video directors; Alvaro Agustin, Ghislain Barrois &amp; Gervasio Iglesias, video producers
Special awards.
Thalía - President's Merit Award
Controversy.
The exclusion of urban entries in the Album, Record, and Song of the Year categories sparked controversy. Colombian singer, J. Balvin started the hashtag #SinReggaetónNoHayGrammyLatino’ ("There is no Latin Grammy without Reggaeton") which was soon endorsed by other reggaeton artists such as Daddy Yankee, Becky G, Maite Perroni, Lali Esposito, Tini, Karol G, Natti Natasha, and Anuel AA.
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