1st Annual Latin GRAMMY Award Winners

Full Coverage of the 2000 Latin Grammy Awards
A collection of interviews, sound and video files, and news coverage.

Record Of The Year

Corazón Espinado
Santana Featuring Maná
Fher Olvera & KC Porter, producers; Benny Faccone, engineer/mixer
[Arista]

Album Of The Year

Amarte Es Un Placer
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel, producer; 
Rafa Sardina & Al Schmitt, engineers/mixers
[WEA Latina Records]

Song Of The Year

Dímelo (I Need To Know)
Marc Anthony, Robert Blades, Angie Chirino & Cory Rooney, songwriters ,
(Marc Anthony)s
Track from: Marc Anthony
[Columbia Records]

Best New Artist

Ibrahim Ferrer

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Ojos Así
Shakira
Track from: MTV Unplugged
[Sony Discos]

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Tu Mirada
Luis Miguel
Track from: Amarte Es Un Placer
[WEA Latina Records]

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez
Maná
Track from: MTV Unplugged
[WEA Latina Records]

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

El Farol
Santana
Track from: Supernatural
[Arista]

Best Pop Album

Amarte Es Un Placer
Luis Miguel, producer;
Rafa Sardina, Al Schmitt, engineers/mixers
[WEA Latina Records]

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Octavo Día
Shakira
Track from: MTV Unplugged
[Sony Discos]

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance 

Al Lado Del Caminos
Fito Páez
Track from: Abre
[WEA Latina Records]

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Corazón Espinado
Santana Featuring Maná
Track from: Supernatural
[Arista]

Best Rock Song

Al Lado Del Camino
Fito Páez, songwriter (Fito Páez)
Track from: Abre
[WEA Latina]

Best Rock Album

Revés/YoSoy
Café Tacuba
Café Tacuba & Gustavo Santaolalla, producers; Joe Chiccarelli & Anibal Kerpel, engineers/mixers
[WEA Latina Records]  

Best Salsa Performance

Celia Cruz And Friends: A Night Of Salsa
Celia Cruz
[RMM Records]

Best Merengue Performance

Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
Juan Luis Guerra 440
[Karen Records]

Best Traditional Tropical Performance

Mambo Birdland
Tito Puente
[RMM Records]

Best Tropical Song

El Niágara En Bicicleta
Juan Luis Guerra, songwriter (Juan Luis Guerra 440)
Track from: Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
[Karen Records]

Best Ranchero Performance

Mi Verdad
Alejandro Fernández
[Sony Discos]

Best Banda Performance

Lo Mejor De Mi Vida
Banda El Recodo
[Fonovisa Records]

Best Grupero Performance

En La Madrugada Se Fue
Los Tsemerarios
[Fonovisa/AFG Sigma]

Best Tejano Performance

Por Eso Te Amo
Los Palominos
[Sony Discos]

Best Norteño Performance

Herencia De Familia
Los Tigres Del Norte
[Fonovisa Records]

Best Regional Song

Mi Verdad
Kike Santander, songwriter (Alejandro Fernández)
Track from: Mi Verdad
[Sony Discos]

Best Folk Album

Misa Criolla
Mercedes Sosa
[Mercury Records]

Best Tango Album

Postales Del Alma
Juan Carlos Baglietto & Lito Vitale
[Ciclo 3]

Best Flamenco Album

París 87
Camarón Con Tomatito
[Mercury Spain]

Best Latin Jazz Album

Spain
Michel Camilo & Tomatito
[Lola! Records/Universal Music Spain]

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Tropicana Nights
Paquito D’Rivera
[Chesky Records]

Best Contemporary Pop Album

Crooner
Milton Nascimento
[WEA Music Brasil]

Best Rock Album

Acústico - MTV
Legião Urbana
[EMI Music]

Best Samba/Pagode Album

Zeca Pagodinho Ao Vivo
Zeca Pagodinho
[Mercury Records]

Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album

Livro
Caetano Veloso
[Nonesuch Records]

Best Sertaneja Album

Sérgio Reis E Convidados
Sérgio Reis
[Sony Music Entertainment]

Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album

Pixinguinha
Paulo Moura e os Batutas
[Rob Digital]

Best Brazilian Song

Acelerou
Djavan, songwriter (Djavan)
Track from: Ao Vivo
[Sony Music Entertainment]

Best Latin Children's Album

A Mis Niños De 30 Años
Miliki
Oscar Gómez & José Morato, producers
[BAT Discos, S. A.]

Best Classical Album

La Dolores - Tomás Breton
Tito Beltrán, Plácido Domingo, Manuel Lanza, Antoni Ros Marbá & Elisabete Matos
Michael Haas, producer
[Fundación Autor]

Best Engineered Album

Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual
Carlos Álvarez, Mike Couzzi, Bolívar Gómez, Miguel Hernández, Luis Mansilla, Carlos Ordehl, Eric Ramos, Julio Ruiz & Eric Schilling, engineers (Juan Luis Guerra 440)
[Karen Records]

Producer Of The Year

Emilio Estefan, Jr.

Best Music Video (1 song)

No Me Dejes De Querer
Gloria Estefan
Emilio Estefan, Jr.& Gloria Estefan, video directors; 
Douglas Friedman, video producer
[Sony Discos]