Amid the usual pop star flash, a more inclusive and politically charged Latin Grammys
LA TimesSong of the year winners Randy Malcom and Alexander Delgado of Gente de Zona, Yotuel, Descemer Bueno and el Funky perform at the 22nd Latin Grammy Awards. On Thursday night, “Patria y Vida” was named song of the year at the 22nd Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Circled by dancers in flashy Carnival feathers, Brazilian superstars Anitta, Carlinhos Brown and Giulia Be claimed the stage, helping usher in a more inclusive era of the Latin Grammys — and as Brown put it in Portuguese, “a united Latin America.” The opening act foreshadowed another first for Brazilians: Tropicalismo pioneer Caetano Veloso and his 24-year-old son Tom became the first countrymen to win record of the year, for their song “Talvez.” Even U.S.-born, predominantly anglophone Latinos — often punchlines to those from Latin America and Spain — were treated with added legitimacy. Christina Aguilera, Ecuadorian American pop queen of the Y2K era, resurfaced for her first Latin Grammys ceremony since her album “Mi Reflejo” won best female pop vocal album in 2001. He won Grammys for urban album and rap/hip-hop song, and unleashed his inner punk with a fiery closing performance of the class-conscious ska track “Maldita Pobreza” off his rock-leaning LP “El Último Tour del Mundo.” But it was 73-year-old Panamanian salsa icon and longtime social activist Rubén Blades who might have enjoyed the biggest night of any artist, winning album of the year for “Salswing!”, his latest project with Roberto Delgado & Orquesta, and being named the academy’s person of the year.
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