Last On Sunday, February 4, the 66th edition of the Grammy Awards took place., the ceremony took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (United States) and had great protagonists. But in the case of music in Spanish and Latin, The big absentee in the nominations and in the event was Shakira and Karol G who got the looks and applause.
And it is that The one born in Barranquilla, ex-partner of Gerard Piqu, was exploring a lot since the end of 2022 and continued throughout 2023. But a large part of his songs were in Spanish and collaborations, like the one he did with Karol G, but the release of his album is scheduled for 2024. But not seeing it at any time was strange and that is why we have to remember that detail from ‘Shak ‘.
But the Colombians who were protagonists in the awards ceremony of the National Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences of the United States were the same Karol G and Juanes. While Maluma had a secondary role and Carlos Vives was in the select group of Colombian nominees, who did not win the expected grampophone.
Colombian winners at the 2024 Grammy Awards
Karol G won the award in the Best Urban Music Album category with ‘Maana Ser Bonito’, beat Rauw Alejandro with ‘Saturo’ and Tainy with ‘Data’. With this award, the one from Medellín went down in history as the first woman to win in this category at these awards, in addition to winning her first Anglo Grammy Award, different from the large number of those obtained in the version of the Latin Grammys.
While Juanes beat him in the Best Latin or Alternative Rock Album category, in a curious decision because he tied with Natialia Lafourcade. The Colombian did it with ‘Daily Life’ and the Mexican with ‘Of all the flowers’, but it must be added that with this award the artist surpassed Shakira, since she has 3 statuettes and he reached 4.
Maluma was in the Best Latin Pop Album category with ‘Don Juan’, but lost to Gaby Moreno and her album ‘XM (Vol. 1)’. Colombians AleMor and Paula Arenas were also up for this award with ‘Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1’ and ‘A Blind’, respectively.
Carlos Vives was nominated in the category Best Latin Tropical Album with his album ‘Escalona had never been recorded as’ and lost to Rubn Blades and his ‘Siembra: 45 anniversary’, in that same category was the Grupo Niche and the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia with ‘Niche symphonic’.
This is the list of the most important awards from the night of last Sunday, February 4:
- lbum del ao: ‘Midnights’ – Taylor Swift
- Record of the year (recognizes a song performance): ‘Flowers’ – Miley Cyrus
- Cancin del ao (reconoce la autora): ‘What Was I Made For?’ – Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
- Best New Artist: Victoria Monet
- Best Pop Solo Performance: ‘Flowers’ – Miley Cyrus
- Mejor lbum de pop vocal: ‘Midnights’ – Taylor Swift
- Best Latin Pop Music Album: ‘XM (Vol. 1)’ – Gaby Moreno
- Best urban music album: ‘MAANA SER BONITO’ – Karol G
- Best Latin or Alternative Rock Album: Tie between ‘Vida Cotidiana’ – Juanes and ‘De Todos Las Flores’ – Natalia Lafourcade
- Mejor video musical: ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ – The Beatles
- Best Rap Album: ‘Michael’ – Killer Mike
- Best Rock Album: ‘This Is Why’ – Paramore
- Best Global Music Album: ‘This Moment’ – Shakti
- Best Mexican music album: ‘Genesis’ – Peso Pluma
- Mejor video musical: ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ – The Beatles
- Best electronic or dance album: ‘Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)’ – Fred again
- Best Rock Performance: ‘Not Strong Enough’ – Boygenius
- Best Metal Performance: ’72 Seasons’ – Metallica
- Best Rock Album: This Is Why – Paramore
Karol G’s speech at the 2024 Grammy Awards
Those in charge of presenting the award were Maluma and Christina Aguilera, but at the moment of saying his name, the countryman added his love for his country and his colleague and said: “Long live Colombia! Karol G”. From that moment it was already emotional, but there were more feelings and pride for the Colombians with the words of ‘la Bichota’, who appeared as if on her first day at school when she won her first Anglo Grammy:
(Nervous laughter) Hello everyone, I’m Karol G, I’m from Medellin, Colombia… It’s my first time at the Grammys and it’s my first time receiving my own Grammy… I’m super happy, super nervous, super excited to be in front of so many legends that I admire and respect. It’s something very nice…
Thank you very much, I promise to give you my best, always. I hope he is the first of many (awards)
At that moment he mentioned Tainy and Rauw Alejandro to recognize them for their competition in the category, at that moment the applause followed and among those who applauded the Colombian for receiving the recognition, apart from Maluma and Christina Aguilera, there were the historic actress Meryl Streep and Taylor Swift herself.