Latin Grammy Awards, writing keys

2023-11-16 13:52:49

On the occasion of the Latin Grammy Awards gala, which is being held in Seville (Spain), a decalogue is offered below on the appropriate writing of some terms that may appear in information related to this musical event.

1. The name of the academy

The full name of the institution that awards these awards is Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and is written with initial capital letters in all significant words. The abbreviated name is usually used Latin Recording Academywhich is also written with initial capital letters.

2. Premios Grammy Latinosbetter than Latin Grammy Awards

For the name of the annual gala of the Latin Recording Academy, it is recommended to use Premios Grammy Latinosrather Latin Grammy Awards that of variants such as Premios Latin Grammy.

3. Grammyuppercase and lowercase

When reference is made to own name of the event, they are written with initial capital letter both Awards as Grammy: “The celebrities who will be seen at the Grammys” or “This Thursday are the Grammy Awards.”

When referring to the award, the word award will be written in lower case and Grammy in capital letters: “His last work received a Grammy Award” or “He was awarded a Grammy.”

So much award as grammy are written in lower case if they are used to refer to the statuette that embodies the award (“Posed with the award” grammy before the photographers” or “He shows in his studio the recent grammy achieved…”) or to the person who has received it (“The award grammy for the best classical instrumental soloist declared that…” or “The grammy for the best pop performance he says…”). As shown in the examples, in these cases it is appropriate to write grammy in italics because it is an unadapted foreign word.

4. Plural of Grammy

Grammywith a capital initial, as the proper name of the gala, remains invariable in the plural (los Grammy Latinos). In cases where it is written in lower case, it is advisable to do the plural following the rules of the English languageas corresponds to a non-adapted English term, and use it in italics, as it is a crude foreign term.

5. Writing album and song titles

According to Spelling of the Spanish languagelos titles of creative workswhether they are books, movies, paintings, musical pieces…, they are written in italics and lowercase, except the initial of the first word and proper names if they include any: «Pablo Alborán, nominated for the album The fourth sheet».

On the other hand, the same work indicates that it is also written with initial capital letter only in the first word The title of pieces or texts that can function autonomouslybut they are part of a larger work that, in turn, has its own title (like the songs from an album).

Furthermore, to delimit its extension, they are written in quotes when they are cited next to the title of the work to which they belong (“The song “Brown Eyes”, included on the album Evais one of the nominees ») and in quotation marks or in italics when cited alone (“The song “Brown Eyes” / Brown eyes “She is one of the nominees”).

6. The names of the musical groups, with capital letters

They are written in round and with capital letters in the significant words the names of the musical groups: “Manuel Turizo joins Grupo Frontera in the launch of the new single”, “This is how Shakira and Fuerza Regida’s new song sounds” or “The group Arde Bogotá surprises with a concert on board a train ».

7. Musical notes, with lowercase letters

The name of the musical notes, scales or chords is written with lowercase and round: G, E, C sharp, B flat, F minor, etc.

8. Musical genres, with a lowercase letter

The names of the musical genres are written with lowercase (rap, bachata, flamenco…) and in italics if they are non-adapted foreign words (country, rock…).

9. Reggaetonbetter than reggaeton

The adaptation to Spanish reggaeton is preferable to reggaeton. Hybrid is not suitable reggaeton. From reggaeton derivatives have been formed reggaeton (better than reggaetonero) y reggaeton.

10. Vallenatobetter than ballenato stop the music

The graphics vallenatoname of a music, a song and a dance originating from Colombia, with vis the preferable, better than ballenatocon b.