XIII ENTREGA ANUAL DEL LATIN GRAMMY ® XIII AnnuAl lAtIn GRAMMY AwARds® Contents IndIce 4 Welcome Message from the Chairman and the President NOMINEES 8 12 18 26 Record Of The Year Album Of The Year Song Of The Year Best New Artist 32 Complete XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Nominees List SPECIAL AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 52 53 55 56 59 61 62 Luz Casal Leo Dan Rita Moreno Milton Nascimento Daniela Romo Poncho Sánchez Toquinho TRUSTEES AWARDS 65 66 Juan Carmona "Habichuela" Yomo Toro SPECIAL TRIBUTE SECTION 68 2012 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year: Caetano Veloso FEATURE 79 Marketing Trends: It's Good To Be Latino THE LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY 83 87 88 89 About The Latin Recording Academy The Latin GRAMMY Awards Process The Latin Recording Academy President's Advisory Council The Latin Recording Academy Board of Trustees and Staff 91 Special Thanks 92 In Memoriam This edition is dedicated to the memory of our beloved friend John Cossette. © 2012 The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. All rights reserved. This publication may not be reprinted in part or in whole without permission. For The Latin Recording Academy® Editor Melissa Blazek Consulting Editor David Konjoyan Associate Editor Fernando Gonzalez Senior Writer Ernesto Lechner Contributing Writers and Translators Gabriel Abaroa, Luis Cobos, Serena Kim, Celeste Fraser Delgado and Marcos Ommati Advertising Director Ken Rose Account Manager Elizabeth Ferris Program Book Design Mark Deitch & Associates Front Cover Artwork German Perez, Official Artist of the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards ©2012 The Latin Recording Academy. All rights reserved. Latin GRAMMY Award Statue Designed And Manufactured By John Billings Official Photographer For The Latin GRAMMY Awards WireImage.com 12th Latin GRAMMY Telecast Logo Design Univision Network ©2012 The Latin Recording Academy Executive Committee Luis Cobos Antonio "Moogie" Canazio Mary Black-Suárez Luis Villanueva Neil Portnow ® Trustees Alondra de la Parra Arturo Velasco Cris Morena Fernando Barbosa George J. Flanigen IV Gustavo Santaolalla Jimmy Jam Johnny Ventura Laura Tesoriero Luis Merino Marcelo Castello Branco Maria Cristina García-Cepeda Oscar Gómez Sebastian Krys Terry Lickona Chairman Emeritus Kike Santander Trustee Ad Honorem Andy Garcia President/CEO Gabriel Abaroa VP of Awards Aida Scorza CFO Luis Dousdebes VP of Business Development Davina Aryeh Executive Producer Cisco Suárez Broadcast Network Produced by Univision Network for The Latin Recording Academy® XIII Annual Latin Grammy® Awards 3http://www.WireImage.com