| Latin Grammy Award | |
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| Current: 25th Annual Latin Grammy Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the Latin music industry, primarily for works recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | The Latin Recording Academy |
| First awarded | September 13, 2000 |
| Website | latingrammy |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS (2000–2004) Univision (2005–present) |
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The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been released in Ibero-America. Ibero-America, as defined by the Latin Recording Academy, encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States.[1] Submissions of products recorded in languages, dialects or idiomatic expressions recognized in Ibero America, such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Nahuatl, Guarani, Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by a majority vote.[2] Both the regular Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award have similar nominating and voting processes, in which the selections are decided by peers within the Latin music industry.
The first annual Latin Grammys ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13, 2000. Broadcast by CBS, that first ceremony became the first primarily Spanish language primetime program carried on an English language American television network. The 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 16, 2023 at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain.
Since 2005, the awards have been broadcast in the United States by Univision.[3] In 2013, 9.8 million people watched the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision, making the channel a top-three network for the night in the U.S.[4]
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- ^ "Latin Grammys on Univision for another six years: Latin Recording Academy extends deal with network". June 26, 2012. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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