By The Associated Press
The next edition of the Latin Grammys will be held for the first time outside the United States: the venue for 2023 will be Andalusia, an autonomous region in southern Spain, the organization reported Wednesday.
The general director of the Latin Recording Academy, Manuel Abud, and the president of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno,
They made the announcement in Seville.
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"That the Latin Grammys are going to leave the United States for the first time is a reason for special celebration,
and what better place to celebrate them than Andalusia," said Abud.
The ceremony will be held in November, explained Moreno.
At the moment neither the date nor the specific city was revealed.
The Spanish singer Rosalía during her performance at the Latin Grammy Awards in November 2022.Chris Pizzello / Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Andalusia has popular tourist destinations such as Seville, Granada, Cordoba and Malaga.
The decision on the venue will rest with the organizers, Moreno added.
The first Latin Grammy gala was held in Los Angeles in 2000. In 2022, in Las Vegas, the Spanish singer Rosalía won the album of the year category for “Motomami (Digital Album)”.
“It is the album that I have had to fight the most to make, but that I pushed forward and that has given me the most joy,” said the artist, who also won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, Recording Engineering and Packaging Design.
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The surprise of the night was given by the Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler who
won seven awards
,
including Best Song and Best Recording of the Year for
Tocarte.
"You have no idea how unexpected all this is for me," acknowledged the Uruguayan, who also won the Songwriter's Album for
Tinta y Tiempo.
Cuban singer Ángela Álvarez also made history by winning her first Latin Grammy at the age of 95 in the Best New Artist category.
Álvarez left Cuba in 1962. Since she was a child, she wanted to be a singer, but her father prevented her from doing so.
She worked picking tomatoes in plantations and cleaning bank offices, before fulfilling her dream with an album of 15 songs written by her.