Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year

Awarded for| extraordinary creativity in record production
Country| United States
Presented by| The Latin Recording Academy
First awarded| 2000
Currently held by| Julio Reyes Copello (2022)
Website| latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists, in the United States and internationally.[1] The award is given to a producer whose recordings released during the eligibility period represent extraordinary creativity in the area of record production. Six individual songs, or 51% of the duration of an album, are the minimum for a producer to be eligible. Two or more producers can participate as a team only if they have worked together during the period of eligibility.[2]

The award for Producer of Year was first presented to the Cuban songwriter Emilio Estefan in 2000.[3] In that year Estefan produced the albums Ciego de Amor by Charlie Zaa, El Amor de Mi Tierra by Carlos Vives and the song "Da la Vuelta", performed by Marc Anthony,[4] and was awarded as the first Person of the Year by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.[3] Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini became the first female artist to be nominated for this category, for producing her album Entre Tu y Mil Mares.[5][6] At the 2010 ceremony, joint winners were announced for the first time, when Jorge Calandrelli and Gregg Field were honored for their work on A Time for Love by Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval;[7] they shared the award with Sergio George, who holds the record for the most wins with four accolades, and most nominations with eight. Eduardo Cabra has won three times. Cachorro López has earned seven nominations which resulted in two wins. Gustavo Santaolalla has been nominated six times and received the award in 2005. In 2018, Venezuelan trumpetist Linda Briceño became the first female producer awarded.[8] Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians originating from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, the United States, and Venezuela.

## Winners and nominees[edit]

Emilio Estefan, winner at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards. Kike Santander, winner in 2002. Six-time nominee and 2005 award winner, Gustavo Santaolalla. Juan Luis Guerra, winner in 2012. Eduardo Cabra, a three-time winner: in 2011 won as a member of the band Calle 13; and in 2016 and 2017 received the award as a solo record producer. Sergio George, four-time winner in 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2014 2022 winner Julio Reyes Copello. Year  | Recipient(s)  | Nationality  | Nominees [III] | Ref.

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2000 | Emilio Estefan | Cuba
United States  |

* Ry Cooder
* Rudy Pérez
* K. C. Porter
* Caetano Veloso

| [9]
2001 | K. C. Porter | United States  |

* Alfredo Cerruti, Laura Pausini
* Rildo Hora
* Phil Ramone
* Gustavo Santaolalla

| [5]
2002 | Kike Santander | Colombia
United States  |

* Humberto Gatica
* Sebastian Krys
* Gerónimo Labrada, Jr., X-Alfonso
* Ana Lourdes Martínez Nodarse

| [10]
2003 | Bebu Silvetti | Argentina
Mexico  |

* Sergio George
* Guto Graça Mello
* Luis F. Ochoa
* Gustavo Santaolalla

| [11]
2004 | Javier Limón | Spain  |

* Claudia Brant, Chuy Flores, Jeeve, Gen Rubin
* Tom Capone
* Sebastian Krys
* Gustavo Santaolalla

| [12]
2005 | Gustavo Santaolalla | Argentina  |

* Paco de Lucía
* Sergio George
* Sebastian Krys
* Afo Verde

| [13]
2006 | Cachorro López | Argentina  |

* Cesar Camargo Mariano
* Moogie Canazio
* Lenine, Maria Rita
* Gustavo Santaolalla

| [14]
2007 | Sebastian Krys | Argentina
United States  |

* Benny Faccone
* Carlos Jean
* Cachorro López
* Phil Vinall, Zoé

| [15]
2008 | Sergio George | United States  |

* Alejandro Acosta, Bob Benozzo, Roberto Cantero
* Tweety González, Ximena Sariñana
* Javier Limón
* Cachorro López

| [16]
2009 | Cachorro López | Argentina  |

* Aureo Baqueiro
* Sergio George
* J. Jiménez "Chaboli"
* José Lugo

| [17]
2010 | Jorge Calandrelli
Gregg Field | Argentina
United States  |

* Rafael Arcaute, Diego Torres
* Noel Pastor
* Julio Reyes Copello

| [18]
Sergio George | United States
2011 | Rafael Arcaute
Calle 13 | Argentina
Puerto Rico  |

* Aureo Baqueiro
* Desmond Child
* Isidro Infante
* Gustavo Santaolalla

| [19]
2012 | Juan Luis Guerra | Dominican Republic  |

* Moogie Canazio
* George Field
* Sergio George
* Martin Terefe

| [20]
2013 | Sergio George | United States  |

* Rafael Arcaute
* Javier Limón
* Julio Reyes Copello
* Dan Warner

| [21]
2014 | Sergio George | United States  |

* Rafael Arcaute
* Eduardo Cabra
* Andrés Castro
* Moreno Veloso

| [22]
2015 | Sebastian Krys | Argentina
United States  |

* Mario Adnet, Dori Caymmi
* Aníbal Kerpel, Gustavo Santaolalla
* George Noriega
* Kenny O'Brien, Manuel Quijano
* Andrés Saavedra

| [23]
2016 | Rafael Arcaute | Argentina  |

* Eduardo Cabra
* Moogie Canazio
* Kim Fanlo
* Rafa Sardina

| [24]
2017 | Eduardo Cabra | Puerto Rico  |

* Eduardo Bergallo
* Moogie Canazio
* Hamilton de Holanda, Marcos Portinari and Daniel Santiago
* Armando Manzanero

| [25]
2018 | Linda Briceño | Venezuela  |

* Rafael Arcaute
* Eduardo Cabra
* Andrés Torres, Mauricio Rengifo
* Julio Reyes Copello

| [8][26]
2019 | Tony Succar | Peru  |

* Julio Reyes Copello
* Rafael Sardina
* Andrés Torres, Mauricio Rengifo
* Juan Pablo Vega

| [27]
2020 | Andrés Torres
Mauricio Rengifo | Colombia  |

* Rafael Arcaute
* Eduardo Cabra
* Pablo Díaz-Reixa "El Guincho"
* George Noriega

| [28]
2021 | Edgar Barrera | Mexico  |

* Alizzz
* Bizarrap
* Marcos Sánchez
* Dan Warner

| [29]
2022 | Julio Reyes Copello | Colombia  |

* Édgar Barrera
* Eduardo Cabra
* Nico Cotton
* Tainy

| [30]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

## See also[edit]

* Billboard Latin Music Award for Producer of the Year
* Grammy Award for Producer of the Year

## References[edit]

General

* "Latin Grammy Award Winners". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2011. Note: User must select the "Production Field" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. ^ "Sobre La Academia Latina de la Grabación" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
2. ^ "Manual de Categorías: Producción" (in Spanish). Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
3. ^ a b "Emilio Estefan honored as pioneer producer". CNN. September 18, 2000. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
4. ^ Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa (July 8, 2000). "The Spotlight's on La Musica". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
5. ^ a b "The Full List of Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 18, 2001. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
6. ^ "Entre Tu y Mil Mares – Laura Pausini". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
7. ^ "2010 Latin Grammy Awards winners". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. November 11, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
8. ^ a b "Linda Briceño es la primera mujer en ganar el Latin Grammy como Productor del Año". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). Sociedad de Editores ABC1 S.R.L. November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
9. ^ "List of Nominees / Lista de nominados". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 12, 2000. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
10. ^ Gallo, Phill (July 24, 2002). "Vives, Cruz lead noms for Latin Grammys". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
11. ^ "The nominees are ..." Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. July 23, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
12. ^ Gallo, Phill (July 14, 2004). "Rita tops Latin Grammy noms". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
13. ^ "Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations". USA Today. Gannett Company. November 2, 2005. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
14. ^ Gurza, Agustin (September 27, 2006). "For Shakira, success does translate well". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. p. 4. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
15. ^ Moreno, Jose (November 7, 2007). "And the nominees are..." New York Daily News. Tronc. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
16. ^ "Lista de Candidatos a los Grammy Latino 2008". ABC (in Spanish). Grupo Vocento. September 11, 2008. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
17. ^ Cobo, Leila (October 3, 2009). "Repeat Performance: Producer Of The Years Nominations Echoes Past Nods". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 121 (39): 46. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
18. ^ "Latin Grammy nominees announced: Alejandro Sanz and Camila among top contenders". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. September 29, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
19. ^ "Latin Grammys 2011: Complete nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. November 10, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
20. ^ Romero, Angie (September 25, 2012). "Latin Grammy Awards 2012 Full List of Nominees". ABC News. Tribune Company. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
21. ^ Khoshaba, Christy (November 21, 2013). "Latin Grammys 2013: The complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
22. ^ "Latin Grammys 2014: Complete list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. November 20, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
23. ^ "Latin Grammys 2015: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 19, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
24. ^ Cobo, Leila (September 21, 2016). "Latin Grammys 2016 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
25. ^ "Los nominados a los Latin Grammy 2017 son..." TNT (in Spanish). Turner Broadcasting System. September 26, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
26. ^ "Lista completa de nominados a los Latin Grammy". Excélsior (in Spanish). Grupo Imagen. September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
27. ^ Ryan, Patrick. "Latin Grammys: Camila Cabello, Alejandro Sanz, Rosalía, Luis Fonsi score 2019 nominations". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
28. ^ Huston, Marysabel. "Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
29. ^ "22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® FINAL NOMINATIONS" (PDF). Latin Recording Academy. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
30. ^ Cobo, Leila (2022-11-17). "Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-18.

## External links[edit]

* Official site of the Latin Grammy Awards

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Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year

2000s|

* Emilio Estefan (2000)
* K. C. Porter (2001)
* Kike Santander (2002)
* Bebu Silvetti (2003)
* Javier Limón (2004)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
* Cachorro López (2006)
* Sebastian Krys (2007)
* Sergio George (2008)
* Cachorro López (2009)

2010s|

* Jorge Calandrelli and Gregg Field / Sergio George (2010)
* Rafael Arcaute and Calle 13 (2011)
* Juan Luis Guerra (2012)
* Sergio George (2013)
* Sergio George (2014)
* Sebastian Krys (2015)
* Rafael Arcaute (2016)
* Eduardo Cabra (2017)
* Linda Briceño (2018)
* Tony Succar (2019)

2020s|

* Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo (2020)
* Edgar Barrera (2021)
* Julio Reyes Copello (2022)

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Latin Grammy Awards categories

General|

* Record of the Year
* Album of the Year
* Song of the Year
* Best New Artist

Pop|

* Best Pop Vocal Album
* Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
* Best Pop Song

Urban|

* Best Urban Fusion/Performance
* Best Reggaeton Performance
* Best Urban Music Album
* Best Urban Song
* Best Rap/Hip Hop Song

Rock|

* Best Rock Album
* Best Pop/Rock Album
* Best Rock Song
* Best Pop/Rock Song

Alternative|

* Best Alternative Music Album
* Best Alternative Song

Tropical|

* Best Salsa Album
* Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
* Best Merengue/Bachata Album
* Best Contemporary Tropical Album
* Best Traditional Tropical Album
* Best Tropical Song

Singer-songwriter|

* Best Singer-Songwriter Album

Regional Mexican|

* Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album
* Best Banda Album
* Best Tejano Album
* Best Norteño Album
* Best Regional Song

Instrumental|

* Best Instrumental Album

Traditional|

* Best Folk Album
* Best Tango Album
* Best Flamenco Album

Jazz|

* Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album

Christian|

* Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
* Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)

Portuguese language|

* Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album
* Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album
* Best Samba/Pagode Album
* Best MPB Album
* Best Sertaneja Music Album
* Best Portuguese Language Roots Album
* Best Portuguese Language Song

Children's|

* Best Latin Children’s Album

Classical|

* Best Classical Album
* Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Arrangement|

* Best Arrangement

Recording package|

* Best Recording Package

Production|

* Best Engineered Album
* Producer of the Year

Music video|

* Best Short Form Music Video
* Best Long Form Music Video

Special awards|

* Lifetime Achievement Award
* Trustees Award
* Latin Grammy Hall of Fame
* Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
* Leading Ladies of Entertainment

Retired awards|

* Best Female Pop Vocal Album
* Best Male Pop Vocal Album
* Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal
* Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
* Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
* Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal
* Best Tropical Fusion Album
* Best Grupero Album
* Best Romantic Music Album

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