No Latin American artist named in best song, recording or revelation of the year. Critics of Grammys say sidelining is blatant for styles of regional Mexican music.
Since 2000, a separate branch of the Recording Academy has organized the Latin Grammys. “ Latin Americans should not remain perpetually marginal and foreign,” says Juan Carlos Ramirez-Pimienta, specialist in corridos and narco culture.. Erosion of English and American music as world music, says Ed Morales, professor at Columbia University in New York.