Mexico City.- Natalia Lafourcade repeated the feat of winning a Grammy in the Best Regional Mexican Album category for her album Un Canto Por México, El Musical.
The singer faced Chiquis Rivera, Los Tigres del Norte, Christian Nodal and Marco Antonio Solís in this category and was recognized in an announcement prior to the televised ceremony.
A couple of years ago, Lafourcade triumphed in the same category with his work Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1, based on the concert held on November 4, 2019 for the reconstruction of the Son Jarocho Documentation Center.
It should be noted that this is the third Grammy Award for the Mexican singer-songwriter.
Other awards for Latinos included best Latin pop album for Pasieros by Rubén Blades and the Brazilian band Boca Livre.
The award for best Latin rock or alternative album went to the multi-award-winning Motomami by the Catalan artist Rosalía.
Arturo O’Farrill received the award for best Latin jazz album for Fandango At The Wall In New York, an album made with his group The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective.
“Love is the only currency we have,” said O’Farrill, who adds with this his sixth Grammy.
Newlywed Marc Anthony took the award for best tropical Latin album in absentia for Pa’lla Voy.
The premiere featured a musical number by Colombian Carlos Vives and the participation of vocalist La Marisoul, from the Los Angeles group La Santa Cecilia, in an opening medley.
Award Charm
Encanto received the award for best compiled soundtrack, best song composed for an audiovisual medium for “No se habla de Bruno”, the creation of the artist of Puerto Rican origin Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the gramophone for best soundtrack for an audiovisual medium, this last for the work of composer Germaine Franco.
“Thank you very much to everyone, to the Academy and to all the musicians… Half of the band that you see playing today participated in the soundtrack,” Franco said, pointing to the band that provided music for the Grammy premiere in which They delivered most of the awards given by the Recording Academy, prior to the televised ceremony.
The American composer of Mexican origin thanked her mother and her son Mateo for giving her strength.
“I’m honored to be the first woman of color, I think, to be here,” she added of the category for best soundtrack for an audiovisual medium historically dominated by male artists like John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
