Songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera posing on the twenty second annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in 2021. Barrera has earned one other 13 Latin Grammy nominations in 2023.

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Songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera posing on the twenty second annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in 2021. Barrera has earned one other 13 Latin Grammy nominations in 2023.

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By the reckoning of the latest spherical of Latin Grammy nominees, introduced Tuesday morning, Mexican American songwriter and producer Edgar Barrera is on the epicenter of the motion in right now’s Latin music scene. Not solely did Barrera garner essentially the most nominations total — with 13 nods — all three of the singers trailing him on this 12 months’s nominations have been his collaborators.

Those artists, who every nabbed seven nominations for the twenty fourth annual Latin Grammy Awards, are three Colombian singers: Camilo, Karol G and Shakira.

As within the common Grammy Awards, the Latin Grammys now sport a sprawling minimal of 10 nominees in every of the so-called “Big Four” classes of document of the 12 months (which is given for the recorded efficiency of a tune, and consists of 11 nominees), album of the 12 months, tune of the 12 months (which is a songwriting honor) and greatest new artist.

Both Camilo and Karol G are in rivalry for the album of the 12 months award. At the identical time, Shakira is a featured artist on a collaboration with Argentine producer and DJ Bizarrap that was nominated for document of the 12 months; the breakup anthem “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53.” (Bizarrap has six nominations of his personal for this 12 months’s awards.) Shakira was additionally nominated for 3 completely different songs throughout the tune of the 12 months class.

A fellow Colombian songwriter, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno, additionally earned seven nominations. Working underneath the identify Keityn, he has additionally collaborated with Karol G and Shakira.

Other high contenders embrace six artists and creators who every earned 5 nods: Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Alboran; Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny; Argentine singer Maria Becerra; Colombian singer Feid; mastering engineer Dave Kutch; and Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade.

The 10 contenders in the perfect new artist class embrace Borja, Conexion Divina, Ana Del Castillo, Natascha Falcao, Gale, Paola Guanche, Joaquina, Leon Leiden, Mareh and Timo.

The Latin Grammy nominations, which span 56 classes in all, had been announced Tuesday morning by the Latin Recording Academy. The awards ceremony shall be held Nov. 16 in Seville, Spain.