One thing that became clear during the ceremony was there’s a lot of variety in latin music, and there’s also discord brewing between the popular and growing genre of reggaeton vs more classic and veteran music and musicians. Los Latin Grammys y La Polémica (highlights): Uruguay’s Jorge Drexler with Chile’s Mon Laferte and Mexico’s Natalia Lafourcade, Sinaloa band Calibre 50, Carlos Vives with Catalina García and her band, the jazzy Monsieur Periné, J Balvin with Carla Morrison, the 25 year-old flamenco / hip-hop singer Rosalía from Catalonia, Puerto Rican singer Víctor Manuelle, 15 year-old Ángela Aguilar – daughter of Pepe Aguilar, and granddaughter of golden era icons Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre singing the classic “La Llorona”, winner of the Person of the Year award and the biggest rock band ever to emerge from Mexico – Maná, Pablo Alborán and Best New Artist winner Karol G.īefore we tell you more about the show and share some music, here are a few relevant Spanish vocab words:ĭiscurso (de agradecimiento) – (thank you/acceptance) speech The ceremony was all in Spanish and the actuaciones also included:
The Latin Grammy’s is a great place to explore Spanish-language artists that you might enjoy and can use to practice your Spanish. You can catch some highlights from the show here: Halsey alo did a little singing in Spanish in her duet with Sebastián Yatra on No Hay Nadie Más ?
But Will Smith did make an appearance at the Latin Grammys last Thursday, even throwing in some Spanish during his performance of está rico with Marc Anthony and Bad Bunny.