Athenas María Venica (born in Buenos Aires , Argentina on January 10, 1992) is a Catholic music singer-songwriter from Argentina .
38-503: In 2022 she was nominated to the Latin Grammy for her album Alfa y Omega for Best Christian Album . With over six released albums, her YouTube channel is in the top 10 with more subscribers among female singers from Argentina. She gained international acclaim after her performance at the 2013 World Youth Day in Brazil . and since then has toured 20 countries and over 150 cities all over
76-515: A lie" and stated that if he were to ever win an award, he would not accept it. The following year, he won his first two Latin Grammy Awards, at the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards . American musician Willie Colón observed the relationship between the Latin Grammys and major Latin record labels. Mexican singer-songwriter Aleks Syntek noted that Mexican artists in general were apathetic towards
114-823: A majority vote. Both the regular Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award have similar nominating and voting processes, in which the selections are decided by peers within the Latin music industry. The first annual Latin Grammys ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13, 2000. Broadcast by CBS , that first ceremony became the first primarily Spanish language primetime program carried on an English language American television network. The 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 16, 2023 at
152-767: A nod on the Latin side of the musical divide for the Spanish-language remake of " Genie in a Bottle " titled "Genio Atrapado". In addition to the awards, Emilio Estefan Jr. was honored as the Latin Academy's First Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year . That award was presented during a dinner on September 11, 2000, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills , California . The awards were organized by
190-448: Is June 1 to May 30 for a respective awards ceremony. Recordings are first entered and then reviewed to determine the awards they are eligible for. Following that, nominating ballots are mailed to voting members of the academy. The votes are tabulated and the five recordings in each category with the most votes become the nominees. Final voting ballots are sent out to voting members and the winners are determined. Winners are later announced at
228-654: Is broadcast live to 80 countries, including Brazil, by channel Univision ( TNT in Brazil). Alike from the Grammy Award there is a general field consisting of four genre-less award categories: The rest of the fields are genre-specific. Special non-competitive awards are also given out for more long-lasting contributions to the Latin music industry. El Guincho (3) Bizarrap , Natalia Lafourcade , Edgar Barrera , Santiago Alvarado (3) Radio Güira "Mambo 23" "Derrumbe" (4) With 29 Latin Grammy Awards, Residente has won
266-666: Is married to the musician Tobías Buteler since February 25, 2017. On July 2, 2021, she announced through her social media she was pregnant with their first child. On September 4, 2021, their son Elías was born. Latin Grammy Awards Mañana Será Bonito Radio Güira The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs ) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in
304-735: The FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain . Since 2005, the awards have been broadcast in the United States by Univision . In 2013, 9.8 million people watched the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision, making the channel a top- three network for the night in the U.S. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Latin Recording Academy ) was formed by
342-972: The Latin music industry . The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been released in Ibero-America . Ibero-America, as defined by the Latin Recording Academy, encompasses Latin America , Spain , Portugal , and the Latino population in Canada and the United States. Submissions of products recorded in languages, dialects or idiomatic expressions recognized in Ibero America, such as Catalan , Basque , Galician , Valencian , Nahuatl , Guarani , Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by
380-512: The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS), incorporated by NARAS in 1997. LARAS is a membership-based association of musicians, producers , engineers and other recording professionals. The list of final nominees revealed was a result of balloting by LARAS members. The list of hosts for the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards, included Gloria Estefan , Antonio Banderas , Jimmy Smits , Andy García and Jennifer Lopez , who also
418-610: The Latin music universe was deemed too large to fit on the Grammy Awards. The Latin Recording Academy defines Latin music as music in Spanish or Portuguese. The Latin Grammy Awards mainly encompasses music released in Latin America , Spain , Portugal and the Latino United States . In 2000, it was announced that the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards would take place at the Staples Center on September 13, 2000. On July 7, 2000,
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#1732852859605456-574: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (now The Recording Academy ) in 1997. It was founded by Michael Greene and Producers & Songwriters Rudy Pérez & Mauricio Abaroa. Rudy Pérez was the Grammy Florida chapter's first President of the Board. The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music began in 1989. According to organizers, the Latin Grammy Awards was established as
494-413: The Staples Center on Wednesday, September 13, 2000. The big winners were Luis Miguel , Santana and Maná with 3 awards; Juan Luis Guerra , Shakira , Fito Páez and Emilio Estefan Jr. received 2 awards each. Winners were chosen by voting members of the Latin Academy from a list of finalists. The inaugural ceremony was broadcast live on CBS that year and was seen in more than 100 countries across
532-617: The 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards, slated for September 13, 2000 in Los Angeles, was unveiled on Friday, July 7, 2000, in a Miami ceremony hosted by Michael Greene, President of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences . Leading the chase for statuettes were Marc Anthony , Shakira and Fito Páez with five nominations each. Juan Luis Guerra , Carlos Vives , and Maná , garnered four nominations. Earning three nominations were Luis Miguel , along with La Ley . Ricky Martin earned for two nominations. Christina Aguilera , received
570-534: The Academy, to get involved with the process, and to get involved with discussions that improve the Academy." Since the late 2010s, the inclusion of artists from Spain in the awards has garnered controversy from social media users who noted the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Academy itself has been accused of whitewashing by favoring Spaniards and White Latin Americans over Afro–Latin Americans (who were
608-704: The Best Christian Album in Spanish category. She has also received various Catholic music awards, including the Pío Awards, such as "Best Female Artist of the Year", "Best Musical Collaboration" and "Best Music Video". She also won the Spera Awards for "Best Latin Artist", and the YouTube Silver Creator Award (YouTube Silver Button), recognition for having reached 100,000 subscribers on her channel. Athenas
646-522: The Caribbean, Spain, or Portugal. Products recorded in languages and dialects from Ibero-America such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Nahuatl, Guarani, Quechua or Mayan may be accepted by majority vote of the committees of the Latin Recording Academy. The Latin Recording Academy also accepts Latin instrumental music from Ibero-America as well as compositions that have been composed or interpreted by an Iberian American musician. The eligibility period
684-614: The Dominican Republic but is sung in French Creole ) and Celtic musicians from the Galicia and Asturias regions of Spain. The linguistic requirement has also been criticized by Tony Succar whose album, Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson , was not eligible for a Latin Grammy Award despite the album being recorded in salsa music . In response to the criticism, a spokesman for
722-527: The Latin Grammy Awards. The current President & CEO of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is Manuel Abud , who succeeded Gabriel Abaroa in 2021. Altogether there are three events: the Life Achievement when renowned artists are honored for lifetime achievement; Person of the Year , when one artist is honored at a gala dinner, and Grammy itself, an award that brings together artists from all over Latin America and Iberia and that today
760-592: The Latin Grammy in the category for Best Christian Album in Spanish. She has also released several volumes of sung psalms, Catholic prayers set to music, and various collaborations and recordings. In addition, she participated in Juan Delgado's album, Todo Pasa, a Latin Grammy-winning record work in the "Best Christian Album" category, in 2019. In 2022, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy for her album Alfa y Omega in
798-463: The Latin Grammys being moved to Los Angeles for the second annual awards (which would in the end be canceled in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks ). In October 2010, a year in which he did not have any new works eligible for the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards , Venezuelan singer-songwriter Franco De Vita – a previous nominee – called the Latin Grammys "fake and
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#1732852859605836-510: The Latin Recording Academy stated: "The Latin Recording Academy considers music based on the contents of the recording itself – the technical elements that go into the art of music making – not based on how a recording or an artist is marketed externally." In 2001, Cuban exiles living in Miami protested at the Latin Grammy Awards for allowing musicians living in Cuba to perform at the stage. This resulted in
874-595: The United States, Latin America and Europe Athenas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During her childhood, folklore music marked the beginning of her love for music. Since then, she began her integral training as an artist in singing, dancing, and acting, among others. At the age of ten, she applied for the musical reality show Cantaniño hosted by the Argentine TV channel Telefe, and was chosen among thousands of participants along with other four kids. The winners formed
912-551: The Year , Best Pop Album and Best Male Pop Performance. Marc Anthony's " Dímelo " picked up Song of the Year , and at age 73, Ibrahim Ferrer won Best New Artist . Emilio Estefan Jr. , who was up for six honors, won only two awards: Producer of the Year and the Music Video award for directing his wife Gloria's " No Me Dejes de Querer ". Meanwhile, Carlos Vives , also with six nominees, went home with no trophies. Tito Puente won posthumously for Traditional Tropical Performance for
950-600: The academy elected its first independent board of trustees. In 2005 , the broadcast was moved from CBS to Univision where the whole telecast was in Spanish. Voting members live in various regions in the US and outside of the US including Latin America and Iberia. For a recording to be eligible for a nomination, it must have at least 60% (previously 51% until 2024) of its content recorded in Spanish or Portuguese and commercially released in North America, Central America, South America,
988-747: The age of 15, awakening her desire to sing for God. In 2012, she recorded some music videos with producer Jonatan Narvaez, which went viral on YouTube. Thanks to the popularity generated, Athenas was able to perform at various events in Latin America. One of them was the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the presence of Pope Francis and an audience of millions of people. Since then, she has released several studio albums, including Cristo Reina (2014), Me Basta Tu Gracia (2016), Todo Es Tuyo (2018), Todo Es Tuyo (Deluxe) (2020) and Alfa y Omega (2021) nominated to
1026-549: The awards being used as a marketing tool by the mainstream media. Manny S. Gonzalez of the Vista En L.A felt that the award would just be used to advertise artists being promoted by Emilio Estefan . The lack of categories for non Spanish and Portuguese-speaking music has been criticized, namely by artists who consider their work to be "Latin" in sound or origin but are not eligible for a Latin Grammy including those from Haiti (who have compared their compas music to merengue music from
1064-403: The awards. The Latin Grammys was met with backlash at the 2019 awards ceremony when none of the urbano artists were nominated in the general categories despite its popularity. This led to several reggaeton artists, including Daddy Yankee and J Balvin , boycotting the event. The Latin Recording Academy responded to criticism by requesting the "leaders of the urban community to get involved with
1102-720: The ceremony has been held at three different venues over the years; the Michelob Ultra Arena , the MGM Grand Garden Arena and the T-Mobile Arena . The 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on November 16, 2023, at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville , Spain , which marked the first time the awards were held outside of the United States . Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 The 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at
1140-508: The child musical group KtrasK, with whom she toured all over Argentina and Uruguay and visited the most prominent Argentinian media outlets. The group was nominated to several music and TV awards, including Premios Gardel awards and Martín Fierro awards and their albums gained gold and platinum certifications in Argentina. According to Athenas, once away from the media and secular music, she had her first contact with contemporary Christian music at
1178-479: The inaugural awards with nominees from three categories, Record of the Year , Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Tropical Song, with a portion of the proceeds to support the Latin Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences for community-outreach efforts. It was expected that various labels took turns releasing Latin Grammy sets each year. The nominations were announced on July 7, 2000 and
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1216-680: The main contributors of many Latin music genres including the urbano field such as reggaeton ). Abud has responded to criticism on the inclusion of Spain by pointing out that "Latin music has been defined by Spanish and Portuguese". The Latin Grammy Awards are held in Las Vegas the most. The ceremony has been held there 14 times. The ceremony spent its first few years being held in Los Angeles and in 2003 took place in Miami . The ceremony had also been held once in New York City and Houston . In Las Vegas
1254-458: The most Latin Grammy Awards. Natalia Lafourcade is the biggest winner among female artists with 18 awards. Calle 13 , with 22 Latin Grammy Awards, holds the record for most awards won by a group. As with its Grammy Awards counterpart, the Latin Grammy Awards has also received criticism from various recording artists and music journalists. Upon the announcement of the Latin Grammy Awards in 1999, several musical journalists raised concerns about
1292-461: The nominations were announced in Miami , Florida, United States. The Latin Grammys were introduced with over 39 categories included limited to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking recordings. The first telecast took place at the Staples Center and was broadcast. The following year's show was canceled due to the September 11, 2001 attacks , which was the same day the show was to take place. In 2002,
1330-498: The show included Santana & Maná , 'N Sync & Son By Four , Christina Aguilera , Shakira , Miami Sound Machine and Alejandro Fernández . The two-hour show was the first bilingual broadcast ever to air on network television during prime time. It was broadcast around the world, either simultaneously or live on tape. On September 12, 2000, Sony Discos released the first "Latin Grammy Nominees CD" to coincide with
1368-471: The winners were revealed on September 13, 2000, including Maná , Luis Miguel and Santana each grabbing three trophies at the event. Santana and Maná won Record of the Year for the track " Corazón Espinado " from Santana's album, Supernatural and the same track was honored for Rock Duo or Group with Vocal. Maná also won Best Pop Performance and Santana won Best Pop Instrumental. Amarte Es Un Placer , by Mexican pop singer Luis Miguel won Album of
1406-575: The world. The two-hour show was the first bilingual broadcast ever to air on network television during prime time . On January 20, 2000, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announced that the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards were going to take place on September 15, 2000, in Los Angeles and the awards ceremony would be broadcast in the United States by CBS , which will also distribute it to other countries. Nominations in 40 categories were to be released in August 2000. The list of nominees for
1444-538: Was announced to perform her hit single " No Me Ames " with Marc Anthony , but Anthony (with six nominations that night) did not attend the show citing complications with his (then) wife's pregnancy. Son By Four also were announced performing a duet with boy band 'N Sync , with some singing in Spanish by the American band. The telecast kicked off with a tribute to the late Tito Puente featuring Ricky Martin , Celia Cruz , and Gloria Estefan . Performances throughout
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