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Shakira Shakes Up Latin Grammy Noms
09/26/2006 5:09 PM, E! Online
Julie Keller
The folks behind the Latin Grammys are apparently fixated by
Shakira's oral fixation.
The Colombian songbird leads the
nomination list for the seventh annual installment of the music awards
with five nods, including Record and Song of the year for "La Tortura,"
and Album of the Year for her chart-topping Fijacion Oral Vol.
1.
Shakira is also up for Best Short Form Music Video
for "La Tortura," a duet with Alejandro Sanz that broke the record for
topping the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, and Best Female Pop Vocal
Album. In addition. Fijacion Oral, which features Latin- and
Middle Eastern-inspired beats performed with shimmying abandon by the
28-year-old singer, earned a technical nod for Best Engineered Album.
Following with four nominations apiece were Guatemalan
popster Ricardo Arjona, Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas and
Argentinian guitarist and vocalist Gustavo Cerati, whose scored two
Album of the Year nominations--one for his own Ahi Vamos and one
as the producer on Shakira's Fijacion Oral Vol. 1.
The Best New Artist race pits the rising Puerto Rican group Calle 13,
who tallied three nominations in all, against Cuban singer Lena, Ceu,
Ines Gaviria and Peruvian newcomer Pamela, who records on her own
label.
Aside from Calle 13, Chayanne, Gustavo Celis,
Fonseca, Cachorro Lopez and Joan Sebastian all notched three nods, while
Cabas, Cafe Tacuba, Diego El Cigala, Alejandra Guzman, Sergio Mendes,
Ricardo Montaner, Maria Rita, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Bebo Valdes each
scored two.
Some other big-name acts, including Black Eyed
Peas and Andrea Bocelli, also made the cut.
The
nominations were announced Tuesday in New York. Winners and nominees are
voted on by the Latin Recording Academy, an international,
membership-based organization comprised of Spanish- and
Portuguese-speaking recording artists, musicians, songwriters, producers
and other creative and technical recording professionals.
This year's awards, which span 47 categories, will be presented Nov. 2
at New York's Madison Square Garden and broadcast live on the
Univision.
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