The Latin Recording Academy has added a brand new batch of marquee names to its already star-studded checklist of performers for this 12 months’s Latin Grammy Awards.
Album of the 12 months nominee Rauw Alejandro, legendary rocker Carlos Santana, ranchero/mariachi album nominee Christian Nodal and nation darling Kacey Musgraves have been among the many acts introduced early Tuesday as performers on the Nov. 13 Las Vegas awards present.
Different artists slated to take the stage on the present’s twenty sixth iteration contains: 22-time Latin Grammy winner Alejandro Sanz; the Argentine singer Nathy Peluso; prolific songwriter-producer Édgar Barrera; Tejano band Grupo Frontera; former greatest new artist winner Joaquina and Venezuelan singer-songwriter Elena Rose.
Among the many artists beforehand introduced to carry out on the present have been música Mexicana acts Carín León, Pepe Aguilar and Los Tigres del Norte; unhappy sierreño singer-songwriters Iván Cornejo and DannyLux; Latin pop icon Gloria Estefan and Colombian rock band Morat.
“I can lastly let you know all this information. Guess who’s singing at this 12 months’s Latin Grammys!” Joaquina wrote on X on Tuesday morning. “I too am in shock.”
Although Santana will not be up for any awards at this 12 months’s ceremony, the 78-year-old guitarist collaborated with fellow performers Grupo Frontera earlier this 12 months for the only “Me Retiro.”
“That is only the start as a result of we’re going to do extra issues sooner or later,” Santana mentioned earlier this 12 months of his work with the band. “We’re attaining one thing multidimensional — we wish a South American tour, a Latino Woodstock.”
Whereas the choice of Musgraves could appear a bit impressed, the 37-year-old singer not too long ago launched the only “Misplaced In Translation” with León. The track, which dropped in August, is about how intimate connections between folks can transcend languages and borders. Moreover, Musgraves has been a longtime fan of and advocate for Mexican artists. The “House Cowboy” singer, alongside Adriel Favela, was additionally featured in Cuco’s “Sitting within the Nook,” a dreamy house ranchera off the 2022 LP “Fantasy Getaway.”
“Very honored to be a part of this musical celebration,” León wrote final week on Instagram of getting the prospect to sing on the awards present. The 36-year-old singer nabbed three nominations, together with for album of the 12 months, up to date Mexican music album for his LP “Palabra de To’s (Seca),” in addition to regional track for “Si Tú Me Vieras,” which options Maluma. He’ll make historical past subsequent 12 months by being the primary Latin music act to carry out on the Sphere in Las Vegas.
“It’s loopy to even say that I’m performing on the Latin Grammys. I consider my mother and father, all their struggles, and the way far we’ve come,” DannyLux shared in an announcement. “This isn’t simply my second. It’s for each child who grew up watching their mother and father battle for a greater life.”
