NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� 脡dgar Barrera 鈥� and songwriter known for his work with such artists as Madonna, Karol G, Peso Pluma, , Grupo Frontera and beyond 鈥� leads the Latin Grammy nominations for a second year in a row. This year, he's up for nine awards; last year he and won three.
The Latin Recording Academy announced this year鈥檚 nominees in a livestream Tuesday.
Barrera is nominated for producer, songwriter, record and album of the year. He's also nominated twice in the best song category, and three times in the song of the year category, for his work on Shakira and 鈥淓ntre Par茅ntesis鈥�, Karol G's 鈥淢i Ex Ten铆a Raz贸n,鈥� and Maluma and Carin 尝别贸苍's 鈥淪eg煤n Qui茅n.鈥�
Just behind Barrera are some of his collaborators, like and Those giants of reggaet贸n and beyond are tied with eight nominations each.
Colombian songwriter Keityn has six nods.
The 25th Annual will take place Nov. 14 at the Kaseya Center in Miami.
There are 10 nominees in the record of the year category: Drexler鈥檚 鈥淒errumbe,鈥� Anitta's 鈥淢il Veces,鈥� Karol G''s 鈥淢i Ex Ten铆a Raz贸n,鈥� Bad Bunny's 鈥淢onaco,鈥� Camilo and 尝别贸苍's 鈥淯na Vida Pasada,鈥� Cimafunk and Monsieur Perin茅's 鈥淐atalina,鈥� Fonseca and Grupo Niche's 鈥淐on Dinero y Sin Dinero,鈥� Juan Luis Guerra 4.40's 鈥淢ambo 23," Mon Laferte's 鈥淭enochtitl谩n,鈥� and Kali Uchis and Peso Pluma's 鈥淚gual Que Un 脕ngel.鈥�
The album of the year nominees are: 尝别贸苍, Shakira, 脕ngela Aguilar, Camilo, Xande De Pilares, Karol G, Kany Garc铆a, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 and Mon Laferte.
Beyond Barrera's three nominations, the rest of the song of the year nominees are: Jorge Drexler鈥檚 鈥淒errumbe,鈥� Daym茅 Arocena featuring Vicente Garcia鈥檚 鈥淎 Fuego Lento,鈥� Maura Nava鈥檚 鈥淎 La Mitad鈥� from the original series 鈥淶orro,鈥� Gian Marco and Rub茅n Blades鈥� 鈥淎煤n Me Sigo Encontrando,鈥� Elena Rose, Danny Ocean and Jerry Di鈥檚 鈥淐aracas En El 2000,鈥� Kany Garc铆a and 鈥檚 鈥淭e Lo Agradezco鈥� and Residente, Silvia P茅rez Cruz and Pen茅lope Cruz鈥檚 鈥�313.鈥� This trophy is awarded to the songwriters.
There are two new categories in 2024, best Latin electronic music performance and best contemporary Mexican music album, in addition to a new field: electronic music.
The Latin Grammys will broadcast live on Univision, Galavisi贸n and ViX beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Maria Sherman, The Associated Press
