Latinx Files: The Latin Grammy Awards go Hispanic
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Latinx Files: The Latin Grammy Awards go Hispanic

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Every week, I’m briefly paralyzed by the panic that I won’t have anything to write about for the newsletter. In a statement to Billboard, Latin Academy CEO Manuel Abud said the Andalusian capital of Sevilla will likely host, but the organization is “still working through the logistics with partners TelevisaUnivision.” The announcement fell on my lap like Maná—winners of nine Latin Grammys and four “Gringo Grammys” — from heaven. “Pique to host or we riot,” quipped a follower, a premise so funny I legitimately spent 10 minutes trying to envision the thick tension in the room as the Spanish footballer awkwardly presented his ex-partner Shakira with the Latin Grammy Award for “Best Diss Track.” But the most common response seemed to come from people who took issue with something with the word “Latin” being used in the same sentence as Spain. Per the Latin Recording Academy’s own website, you can submit a song to the “Song of the Year” category as long as it contains “at least 51% of lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese and must be a new song.” Clearly their definition of what makes something “Latin” is as vague as Rick Caruso’s. But in the immortal non-English words of Bad Bunny, they may want to be Latino, “pero les falta sazón.” I reached out to the Latin Academy for comment and will update accordingly.

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