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Rubén Blades Wins Best Salsa Album | 18th Latin GRAMMY Awards

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The Panamanian Renaissance man is nominated for a total of three awards tonight, including Album Of The Year
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Nov 16, 2017 - 2:59 pm

Panamanian singer/songwriter, composer, actor, activist, and bandleader Rubén Blades has won the Latin GRAMMY for Best Salsa Album, for Salsa Big Band.

Rubén Blades On Best Salsa Album Win

"Good Evening ... hold this, it's heavy! Very good evening. First, thank you to the Academy for the invitation that we received to be here and form part of this event. Thank you to all who voted for us. Thank you also to Roberto Delgado and the orchestra for an excellent record. Thank you Orosmán de la Guardia, [who] created the graphic design [for] the covers. And also [to] the engineers: Nacho, Molino, Paolo, and Daniel. And we also want to give thanks to Panama, [which] has always been our inspiration. So in the name of Panama and the national artistic class, we accept this award. This is Roberto Delgado — he created the arrangements. Thank you, thank you. Thank you, like always, to Ruben for giving me the opportunity to work the arrangements of this production and be his musical director for the past seven years. Thank you to the technicians, Paolo, Daniel, Nacho, [and] all of the musicians that participated. And I want to dedicate this to Panama [and] to my family that is here — my wife, my children — and my province, Chiriquí. Long live!" — Rubén Blades

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SALSA BIG BAND #LatinGrammy 2017
Mejor Álbum de Salsa
Muchas Gracias! pic.twitter.com/s503rgjGa8

— Rubén Blades (@rubenblades) November 16, 2017

Blades, who shared the award with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, is nominated for a total of three awards tonight, including Album Of The Year. This is his third career win for Best Salsa Album, and seventh career Latin GRAMMY. [Ed.: Blades won the award for Album Of The Year.]

His fellow nominees in the category tonight were Juan Pablo Díaz, Alain Pérez, Alberto Barros, and producer Isidro Infante.

A working songwriter since the mid-1970s, Blades built a career writing primarily Afro-Cuban, salsa, and Latin jazz music, and now has a catalog of hit songs to his name, including "Pedro Najava" and "Patria."

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The Puerto Rican rapper was nominated for a total of nine Latin GRAMMY Awards
Brian Haack
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Nov 16, 2017 - 5:47 pm

Residente has won the Latin GRAMMY for Best Urban Song, for "Somos Anormales," from his debut solo album Residente, at the 18th Latin GRAMMYs.

Residente Wins Best Urban Song

"Listen up. Thank you. Thank you. I am going to say some abnormal words. First, I give thanks to the Academy. … I want to remind the whole world … that art has nothing to do with figures. We, the artists, are not numbers, we are not figures, we are not data. We do things that we feel and we throw it out to the scene because we feel it with total honesty, and that's what we are rewarding here. So please, please to the whole world, stop posting the amount of followers, the amount of views, the amount of things, and start talking more about the music, about the producers, and who produced the music — the lyrics, which is what is lacking. Long live Puerto Rico. … To all of the urban people, the rappers for real, the MCs that give it all to the rhyme: Thank you for inspiring me. Kase.O, thank you. To the whole world, thank you with all my heart." —​ Residente

This is Residente's – née René Pérez – second win of the evening, having earlier won the award for Best Urban Music Album for his self-titled debut solo album.

His fellow nominees in the category tonight were Língua Franca, Nicky Jam, Pitbull & J Balvin, and Lápiz Consciente.

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The Colombian was nominated for a total of five awards, including Album Of The Year
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Nov 16, 2017 - 5:26 pm

Juanes has won the Latin GRAMMY for Best Pop/Rock Album, for Mis Planes Son Amarte, at the 18th Latin GRAMMY Awards.

Juanes Wins Best Pop/Rock Album

"Wow. Thank you very much to everyone really. To the Academy for this recognition. Bull, Nene, Sky, wherever you are, many, many thanks. Jesus Lopez [and] all of the family at Universal Music. Rebeca Leon, Lionfish [Entertainment]. To my wife who is the channel to my life. My children at home — Luna, Paloma and Dante — to my mother, Alicia. Colombia, this is for you. I'm here because of you and for you I'll be here until the end. To Rafa, Henry. To the team that's always with us. Many thanks to the band that accompanies me. Many, many thanks." — Juanes

The win brings the Colombian icon's impressive total of Latin GRAMMY career wins to 22. He was nominated for a total of five awards, including Album Of The Year.

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Colombia, todo es por ti 🙏 #LatinGRAMMY #misplanessonamarte

— Juanes (@juanes) November 17, 2017

Nominated in the category alongside Juanes tonight were Mikel Erentxun, Jarabe De Palo, Miranda!, and Joaquín Sabina.

Raised in Medellin, Colombia, Juanes began playing guitar at age 7, and started his first band, Ekhymosis, at 15. After releasing five albums with Ehkymosis and achieving domestic success in his home country, Juanes began recording as a solo artist in 2000. On the strength of his debut solo album, Fíjate Bien, won three awards at the 2nd Latin GRAMMY Awards, including Best New Artist, and Best Solo Rock Album.

Tonight's win is Juanes' ninth career win in the Rock Field of the Latin GRAMMY Awards, having previously won categories such as Best Solo Rock Vocal Album and Best Rock Song. He previously won Best Pop/Rock Album for 2014's Loco De Amor .

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Residente Wins Best Urban Music Album | 18th Latin GRAMMY Awards

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The Puerto Rican rapper and Calle 13 co-founder is nominated for a total of nine awards tonight
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Nov 16, 2017 - 1:50 pm

Residente won his first of two Latin GRAMMYs of the evening, taking home the award for Best Urban Music Album, for his debut solo album Residente, at the 18th Latin GRAMMYs.

Residente Wins Best Urban Music Album Latin GRAMMY

"Thank you for this. There are so many people that I have to thank for this starting with my family who stood by me and supported me for 2 years because this album took me 2 years to complete. To my country, Puerto Rico which I love that doesn’t get up because its always been on its feet. To the producers that worked that worked like Rafa and Jeff that worked hard with me. To all of the countries that I visited Burkina Faso, Ghana, Siberia and I forget all of them but there were lots of them. Thank you for this, and I want you to know that Urban music has to do with not dressing like a rapper and a bandana, and firearms but with telling the story of what happens around us without fear and total honesty. Thank you!" – Residente

This is Residente's – née René Pérez – sixth Latin GRAMMY win in the category, having previously won the award five times as album producer for and as a member of Calle 13.

His fellow nominees in the category tonight were J Álvarez, Kase.O, Arianna Puello, and Rael.

https://twitter.com/SonyMusicLatin/status/931281558891257856

¡Felicitaciones @residente! Primer @latingrammys de la noche, Mejor Álbum de Música Urbana #Residente 👏👏 #LatinGRAMMY pic.twitter.com/vOgBeqZPH8

— sonymusiclatin (@SonyMusicLatin) November 16, 2017

As a founding member of Calle 13, currently the top Latin GRAMMY winners of all time, Pérez has previously taken home a whopping 22 Latin GRAMMY Awards, including two wins for Latin Album Of The Year. The group took home nine awards in a single night at the 12th Latin GRAMMYs, and tonight Pérez is once again nominated for a total of nine Latin GRAMMY Awards.

"I want you to know that urban music has to do with not dressing like a rapper and a bandana and firearms," Pérez said in his acceptance speech. "But with telling the story of what happens around us without fear and total honesty."

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