Argentine singer Nathy Peluso topped three categories at this year’s Latin Grammys, which were announced on Thursday in a ceremony in Miami. Dominican legend Juan Luis Guerra captured best album (“Radio Güira”) and best recording of the year (“Mambo 23”).
Peluso won Grammys for best long form video for “Grasa,” best alternative song for “El Día Que Perdí Mi Juventud,” and best rap/hip-hop song “Aprender a Amar.”
Her three awards last night brought Peluso, who had two previous wins, to a tie with the late folk legend Mercedes Sosa as the Argentine woman with the most Latin Grammys (5).
Top Argentine producer Bizarrap also won for best electronic music performance for his shared single with Tiesto and Shakira, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 (Tiësto Remix).”
“I learned about electronic music thanks to Tiësto when I was 6 or 7 years old,” he said. “My dad used to show me his music, and now we were able to make a song together — a remix of this great song we did with Shakira.”
“I want to send a big hug to Tiësto, who is surely touring somewhere around the world,” Bizarrap continued. “And to Shakira, who is a queen, I want to wish her the best of luck on her tour. She’s going to bring down the house.”
In the urban music genre, Argentine rapper Trueno beat his fellow Argentines Bizarrap and María Becerra in the category for best urban fusion/interpretation with his song “Tranky Funky.”
Other Argentine winners included the Diego Schissi Quintet, which grabbed the best tango album Grammy for Apiazolado, and Mateo Sujatovich, who won in the best pop/rock song category for “5 horas menos” — a song his band, Conociendo Rusia, recorded with Mexico’s Natalia Lafourcade.
Argentine folk singer Soledad Pastorutti’s record Raíz, Nunca Me Fui, which she recorded together with Mexico’s Lila Downs and Spain’s Niña Pastori, won the best folk album award.
“Thanks to the Academy, this is our second album and second Latin Grammy,” said Pastorutti. “This is a clear example that unity is strength, that these wonderful cultural matches are pure value, and that three women in a studio together are very strong.”