Songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera poses on the twenty second annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in 2021. Barrera has earned one other 13 Latin Grammy nominations in 2023.

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Songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera poses on the twenty second annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in 2021. Barrera has earned one other 13 Latin Grammy nominations in 2023.

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By the reckoning of the latest spherical of Latin Grammy nominees, introduced Tuesday morning, Mexican American songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera is on the epicenter of the motion in right now’s Latin music scene. Not solely did Barrera garner probably the most nominations general — with 13 nods — all three of the singers trailing him on this yr’s nominations have been his collaborators.

These artists, who every nabbed seven nominations for the twenty fourth annual Latin Grammy Awards, are three Colombian singers: Camilo, Karol G and Shakira.

As within the basic Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammys now sport a sprawling minimal of 10 nominees in every of the so-called “Large 4” classes: report of the yr (which is given for the recorded efficiency of a track and contains 11 nominees), album of the yr, track of the yr (which is a songwriting honor) and finest new artist.

Each Camilo and Karol G are in competition for the album of the yr award. On the similar time, Shakira is a featured artist on a collaboration with Argentine producer and DJ Bizarrap that was nominated for report of the yr; the breakup anthem Shakira: Bzrp Music Periods, Vol. 53. (Bizarrap has six nominations of his personal for this yr’s awards.) Shakira was additionally nominated for 3 completely different songs throughout the track of the yr class.

A fellow Colombian songwriter, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno, additionally earned seven nominations. Working beneath the title Keityn, he has additionally collaborated with Karol G and Shakira.

Different high contenders embody six artists and creators who every earned 5 nods: Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Alborán; Puerto Rican rapper Dangerous Bunny; Argentine singer Maria Becerra; Colombian singer Feid; mastering engineer Dave Kutch; and Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade.

The ten contenders in one of the best new artist class embody Borja, Conexión Divina, Ana Del Castillo, Natascha Falcão, Gale, Paola Guanche, Joaquina, Leon Leiden, Maréh and Timo.

The Latin Grammy nominations, which span 56 classes in all, had been introduced Tuesday morning by the Latin Recording Academy. The awards ceremony might be held Nov. 16 in Seville, Spain.