The Latin Recording Academy® announced today that current nominees Karol G and Romeo Santos, plus Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation® scholarship recipients Xavier Cintrón, Valentina Garcia, Nicolle Horbath and Sergio De Miguel Jorquera will join the 23rd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® as performers.
In addition, Macarena Achaga, Yalitza Aparicio, Maria Becerra, Cami, Becky G, Eden Muñoz, Miguel Angel Muñoz, Farina, Luis Figueroa, Fonseca, Kany García, Kurt, Ludmilla, Victor Manuelle, Fito Páez, Georgina Rodríguez, Alison Solís, Marla Solís, Luisa Sonza, Tainy and Adrián Uribe join as presenters.
Karol G is nominated in three categories including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Romeo Santos is a nominee in the Best Long Form Music Video category for his documentary Romeo Santos: King of Bachata; and as a member of Aventura, he is nominated for Best Urban Fusion/Performance.
Performing for the first time in the Latin GRAMMY stage, Xavier Cintrón, Valentina García, Nicolle Horbath and Sergio De Miguel Jorquera, all recipients of the Foundation’s Prodigy Scholarship, are set to deliver a heartwarming performance alongside Latin GRAMMY® winner Nicky Jam — currently nominated for Best Urban Song and Best Reggaeton Performance — inviting viewers to pay it forward by investing in the next generation of Latin music creators.
The 23rd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards promise to honor the legacy, celebrate the present and embrace the future of Latin music, with deliberate consciousness, paying-it-forward to the next generations of music creators. The show will be hosted by Latin GRAMMY nominee Anitta, Latin GRAMMY winner and GRAMMY-nominated artist Luis Fonsi, Latin GRAMMY and GRAMMY winner Laura Pausini and by The Latin Recording Academy’s President’s Award recipient and Latin GRAMMY nominee Thalía.
They join previously announced artists Ángela Aguilar, Christina Aguilera, Rauw Alejandro, Marc Anthony, Banda Los Recoditos, Camilo, Elvis Costello, Chiquis, Jorge Drexler, Silvana Estrada, Gente de Zona, Goyo, Nicky Jam, Jesse & Joy, John Legend, Carin León, Los Bukis, Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández, Christian Nodal, Aymée Nuviola, Julio Reyes Copello, Rosalía, Sin Bandera, Carlos Vives, Sebastián Yatra, Nicole Zignago and the 2022 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Marco Antonio Solís.
The 23rd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards are produced by Univision Network for The Latin Recording Academy under license of the Recording Academy. José Tillán, serves as Executive Producer, alongside Charlie Singer as Co-producer, Terry Lickona as Co-producer for The Latin Academy, and Ulises Cheng and Maria Uji Fulgueira from TelevisaUnivision. Latin GRAMMY and GRAMMY® winner Julio Reyes Copelloserves as musical director of the show’s house band.
The telecast will air on Univision Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. CT). It will also air on cable channel TNT at 19.00 (MEX) / 20.00 (PAN-COL) / 21.00 (VEN) / 22.00 (ARG/CHI/BRAZIL), and on Televisa Channel 5. The show will also be available on HBOMAX in Spanish only.
The Latin GRAMMY Premiere®, where the majority of the categories are awarded, will precede the telecast and will be held at the Mandalay Bay North Convention Center, South Pacific Ballroom. The event will be broadcasted live across all of The Latin Academy platforms beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT.
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