Latin Grammy Trustees Award

Latin Grammy Trustees Award
Awarded for"significant contributions, other than performance, to Latin music during their careers".[1]
Presented byLatin Recording Academy
First awarded2004
Currently held byManolo Díaz, Paquito D'Rivera and Abraham Laboriel
Highlights
Total awarded42
Websitewww.latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Trustees Award is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to individuals "who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to Latin music during their careers".[1] Recipients can include producers, songwriters, composers, record label executives, and journalists. Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony.[2] Since its inception, the award has been presented to recipients originating from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The award was first presented to Mexican composer and musician Manuel Esperón.[3] Since 2005, the Trustees Awards have been presented to more than one recipient.[4] Pierre Cossette is the only recipient of the Latin Grammy Trustees Award to also receive the Grammy Trustees Award in 1995.[5] The accolade, along with the Person of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement awards, were not presented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

  1. ^ a b "The Latin Recording Academy to honor Lucecita Benítez, João Bosco, Ilan Chester, Víctor Heredia, Los Del Río, Guadalupe Pineda, and Cuco Valoy with the Lifetime Achievement Award". Latin Recording Academy. September 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
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  3. ^ "Les dan el Grammy por su trayectoria" (in Spanish). El Universal. August 29, 2004. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
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  5. ^ Lewis, Randy (September 12, 2009). "Pierre Cossette dies at 85; 'father' of the Grammy Awards telecast". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
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