It comes as little surprise that Bruno Mars is this year’s Latino Grammy darling…
Following the release of his critically acclaimed sophomore album Unorthodox Jukebox, the 28-year-old part-Puerto Rican Grammy-winning singer has received four Grammy nominations for the 56th annual awards, the most of any Latino artists this year.
Mars, a 19-time nominee who earned a Grammy in 2011 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his first career smash hit “Just The Way You Are,” is nominated in two major categories. He’s up for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for his No. 1 song “Locked Out of Heaven.”
In addition, Mars’ latest studio effort is nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and his ballad “When I Was Your Man” is up for Best Pop Solo Performance.
But Mars isn’t the only Latino artist to receive multiple nods this year…
Miguel, who won the award for Best R&B Song during the 2013 Grammys, is nominated for two awards.
The 28-year-old half-Mexican American R&B singer is up for Best R&B Performance for his duet with Kendrick Lamar, “How Many Drinks?,” as well as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for his collaboration with J. Cole, “Power Trip.”
Paquito D’Rivera, meantime, is nominated for two awards.
The Cuban Grammy-winning alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist is nominated for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for the track “Song for Maura,” as well as Best Latin Jazz Album for the album of the same name.
Other Latino nominees include Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Intocable, Frankie J and Carlos Vives.
The nominations were announced during the Grammy Awards’ special on CBS on Friday night.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that awards the Grammys, used to announce the nominations through an ordinary news conference. But for the last six years, it has tried to stir excitement with a primetime TV special with the rapper and actor LL Cool J as host. Performers on Friday’s show included Lorde, Robin Thicke and, by satellite, Taylor Swift from Sydney, Australia, and Katy Perry from Toronto.
The 65th Grammy Awards, dubbed music’s biggest night, will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2014.
Here’s a look at this year’s Latino nominees:
Record of the Year
GET LUCKY
Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
RADIOACTIVE
Imagine Dragons
ROYALS Lorde
LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN Bruno Mars
BLURRED LINES
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
Song Of The Year
JUST GIVE ME A REASON
Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)
LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN
Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
ROAR
Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)
ROYALS
Joel Little & Ella Yelich O’Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
SAME LOVE
Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis,
songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
Best Pop Solo Performance
BRAVE Sara Bareilles
ROYALS Lorde
WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN Bruno Mars
ROAR Katy Perry
MIRRORS
Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Vocal Album
PARADISE Lana Del Rey
PURE HEROINE Lorde
UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX Bruno Mars
BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke
THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE – THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE
Justin Timberlake
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
VIVA DUETS
Tony Bennett & Various Artists [Featured artists include Chayanne, Thalia, Christina Aguilera, Franco De Vita, Gloria Estefan, Juan Luis Guerra, Ricardo Arjona, Romeo Santos, Vicentico and Dani Martín)
TO BE LOVED Michael Bublé
THE STANDARDS Gloria Estefan
CEE LO’S MAGIC MOMENT Cee Lo Green
NOW
Dionne Warwick
Best R&B Performance
LOVE AND WAR
Tamar Braxton
BEST OF ME Anthony Hamilton
NAKAMARRA
Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-Tip
HOW MANY DRINKS?
Miguel Featuring Kendrick Lamar
SOMETHING
Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
POWER TRIP
J. Cole Featuring Miguel
PART II (ON THE RUN) Jay Z Featuring Beyoncé
HOLY GRAIL
Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake
NOW OR NEVER
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J.
REMEMBER YOU
Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
DON’T RUN
Terence Blanchard, soloist
SONG FOR MAURA Paquito D’Rivera, soloist
SONG WITHOUT WORDS #4: DUET Fred Hersch, soloist
STADIUM JAZZ Donny McCaslin, soloist
ORBITS
Wayne Shorter, soloist
Best Latin Jazz Album
LA NOCHE MÁS LARGA Buika
SONG FOR MAURA
Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente
YO
Roberto Fonseca
EGGŪN Omar Sosa
LATIN JAZZ-JAZZ LATIN Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
Best Latin Pop Album
FAITH, HOPE Y AMOR Frankie J
VIAJERO FRECUENTE Ricardo Montaner
VIDA Draco Rosa
SYNTEK Aleks Syntek
12 HISTORIAS Tommy Torres
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
L OBJETO ANTES LLAMADO DISCO Café Tacvba
OJO POR OJO El Tri
CHANCES
Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas
TREINTA DÍAS
La Santa Cecilia
REPEAT AFTER ME Los Amigos Invisibles
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
EL FREE
Banda Los Recoditos
EN PELIGRO DE EXTINCIÓN Intocable
A MI MANERA
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
ROMEO Y SU NIETA Paquita La Del Barrio
13 CELEBRANDO EL 13 Joan Sebastian
Best Tropical Latin Album
3.0
Marc Anthony
COMO TE VOY A OLVIDAR Los Angeles Azules
PACIFIC MAMBO ORCHESTRA Pacific Mambo Orchestra
SERGIO GEORGE PRESENTS SALSA GIANTS Various Artists
(Featuring
CORAZÓN PROFUNDO Carlos Vives
Best World Music Album
SAVOR FLAMENCO Gipsy Kings
NO PLACE FOR MY DREAM Femi Kuti
LIVE: SINGING FOR PEACE AROUND THE WORLD
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
THE LIVING ROOM SESSIONS PART 2 Ravi Shankar
Best Instrumental Composition
BOUND AWAY
Chuck Owen, composer (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge)
CALIFORNIA PICTURES FOR STRING QUARTET Gordon Goodwin, composer (Quartet San Francisco)
KOKO ON THE BOULEVARD
Scott Healy, composer (Scott Healy Ensemble)
PENSAMIENTOS FOR SOLO ALTO SAXOPHONE AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
STRING QUARTET NO. 1: FUNKY DIVERSION IN THREE PARTS
Vince Mendoza, composer (Quartet San Francisco)
