The 2024 are here and back in Miami. It's a big year: the award show is and Latin music genres have never been bigger globally. So, what should you expect?
脡dgar Barrera 鈥� and songwriter known for his work with such artists as Madonna, Karol G, Peso Pluma, , Grupo Frontera and beyond 鈥� leads the 2024 for a second year in a row. This year, he鈥檚 up for nine awards; last year he received 13 nominations and won three.
Barrera is nominated for producer, songwriter, record and album of the year. He鈥檚 also nominated twice in the best song category, and three times in the song of the year category, for his work on Shakira and 鈥淓ntre Par茅ntesis鈥�, Karol G鈥檚 鈥淢i Ex Ten铆a Raz贸n,鈥� and Maluma and Carin Le贸n鈥檚 鈥淪eg煤n Qui茅n.鈥�
Just behind Barrera are some of his collaborators, like and Those giants of reggaet贸n and beyond are tied with eight nominations each.
Colombian songwriter Keityn has six nods.
The Latin Grammys will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern and are being held at the Kaseya Center in Miami.
Performers at this year鈥檚 bash include Barrera, Residente, Myke Towers, DJ Khaled, Jon Bon Jovi, Joe Jonas, Anitta, Becky G, Eladio Carri贸n, Kali Uchis, Pitbull, Luis Fonsi, Juan Luis Guerra, Car铆n Le贸n and many more.
The 2024 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year recipient, will also perform. Past winners include Laura Pausini, Marco Antonio Sol铆s, Rub茅n Blades and more.
There are also two new categories this year: best Latin electronic music performance, housed within the new electronic music field, and best contemporary Mexican music album.
The three-hour 25th annual Latin Grammy Awards telecast will air live on Univision, UniM谩s, Galavisi贸n and ViX.
Maria Sherman, The Associated Press
