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2023 Latin Grammy contenders: Karol G, Rauw Alejandro …

• Jaime Rodriguez

• Music

• 
  March 30, 2023 12:00PM

Christopher Polk for Variety

The Latin Grammys are arguably the highest recognition in Hispanic music around the world. This year the award show will likely host some of the biggest and most acclaimed Latin stars. With names like Shakira, Karol G, and Rauw Alejandro all in the mix, who will nab some noms come nomination’s day?

The biggest name in Latin music right now is Karol G. The Colombian singer has made history with her album “Mañana Será Bonito” becoming the first all-Spanish album by a female artist to top the Billboard 200. She is already a two-time Latin Grammy winner, and since she’s likely the biggest urban music star of the season, it’s likely she picks up a couple of awards in the field. However, I don’t know whether she will be able to take home a general field award. Bad Bunny couldn’t last year, and his album was undoubtedly bigger hit than Karol’s. But this year there may be less competition, so perhaps Karol has a chance. Her hit “TQG” with Shakira will also be a likely contender in a couple of categories.

And speaking of Shakira, she’s also had a standout year so far. Besides “TQG,” she could show up with her Ozuna collaboration, “Monotonía,” in the tropical categories. But perhaps her best bet is her Bizarrap collaboration, “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53.” The session went viral on its debut, achieving a top-10 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the global charts. The song might also get a lot of support given that it’s a big rebrand for Shakira, especially with all the controversy she’s faced in the past couple of years. Bizarrap himself is doing well for himself, and could be a double nominee for his global smash hit, “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 52” alongside Quevedo. So there’s a case to make for both artists to get two nominations each, which is quite impressive, yet deserved.

The Album of the Year race might be between the aforementioned Karol G and Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade, a previous winner in the category who is currently the most awarded woman at the Latin Grammys and is looking to extend that record with her newest album, “De Todas las Flores.” The record was acclaimed and is currently enjoying some viral success with the song “El Lugar Correcto.” Plus, Lafourcade is the easy-listening choice that many voters might feel comfortable with, especially considering the anti-urban bias in the Latin recording academy. And an award for Lafourcade would also be deserved, as her album is one of the most lauded of the season so far and Lafourcade herself has been one of the most influential names in Latin music this century.

Of course, we can’t talk about the Latin Grammys without mentioning Bad Bunny and Rosalía. The Puerto Rican superstar will likely be absent from the general categories, but expect him in the urban field for one of his collaborations, likely his Arcángel-led hit “La Jumpa.” Likewise, Rosalía will probably be somewhere on the list for her collaborations with her fiancé Rauw Alejandro from their three-song EP, “RR.” Alejandro himself is probably going to be all over the urban categories with his record “Saturno,” which featured hits like “Lokera” and “Punto 40.”

A few names round out the list of possibilities. Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” was a huge hit globally, and is bound to get a couple of general field nominations. Camilo is back with his already-Grammy-nominated “De Adentro Pa Fuera,” which got a nomination for Best Latin Pop Album at the main Grammys. There’s also viral urban sensation Feid, whose “Feliz Cumpleaños Ferxxo Te Pirateamos El Álbum” featured multiple big hits like “Feliz Cumpleaños Ferxxo” and “Normal. ” Feid was also a previous nominee in 2019 and 2020. Finally, watch out for pop singers like Humbe, Rozalén, and Kenia Os.

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2024 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year

Karol G: Grammys for Manana Sera Bonito?

• Jaime Rodriguez

• Music

• 
  March 17, 2023 8:00AM

Christopher Polk for Variety

When you think of big Latin superstars, you might default to Bad Bunny. However, one of the most consistently successful Latin artists of the past five years has undoubtedly been Karol G, who has notched hits like “Mi Cama,” “Tusa,” “Bichota,” and most recently “Mamiii” and “Provenza.” While Karol’s rise has been perhaps slower than Bad Bunny’s, it does seem like the Colombian superstar has made it, especially with the success of her most recent record, “Mañana Será Bonito.” The album managed to become the first all-Spanish album by a female singer to top the Billboard 200, debuting at number-one with over 90,000 units. “Mañana Será Bonito” is also only the third all-Spanish album to top the chart, with the first two being “El Último Tour del Mundo” and “Un Verano Sin Ti,” both by Bad Bunny. At the last Grammys, we saw that Bad Bunny’s success was rewarded by recording academy members, who nominated him in key categories like Best Pop Solo Performance and Album of the Year. So with Karol shaping up to be this year’s Latin superstar, are we bound to see her in the big leagues at the 2024 awards?

As mentioned above, Karol has the commercial success to warrant an Album of the Year nom. Her album topped the charts, and she’s having singles success too. The album’s lead, “Provenza,” peaked at number-25 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the newest single, “TQG” featuring Shakira, debuted at number-seven on the chart. This type of success for an artist singing in Spanish is not very common, which could inspire academy members to honor her record-breaking achievement. It also likely helps that the album has big features like Shakira, since having a more-established Grammy winner on your song can help make you more visible to voters (see J Balvin and Bad Bunny’s “Un Día (One Day)” being helped by Dua Lipa to an eventual nomination in the pop field in 2021).

Another factor in Karol’s favor is acclaim. As of mid-March, outlets like Rolling Stone and The Guardian have praised Karol’s album, earning it an 87 on Metacritic. Granted, the album doesn’t have many reviews counted by that review aggregator, but that doesn’t really differ from Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti. ” As long as the reviews are positive, that’s a good indication of how the media feels about the album. And if the album keeps commercial momentum, it’s also likely that it gets more attention on year-end lists, again like how Bad Bunny’s record did.

But just like with “Un Verano Sin Ti,” a big part of why “Mañana Será Bonito” could be recognized is what it represents. To see such an unashamedly Latin music record achieve crossover recognition is a reminder of how diverse music is, which is certainly something to support going forward. While the Grammys aren’t the be-all and end-all of music, it is their duty to uplift quality music and promote a future for the music industry that’s representative of all genres.

“Un Verano Sin Ti” was a great inclusion, but if the Grammys want to truly show that its nomination was more of a movement than a moment, Karol G is right there for voters to embrace. It’d also be very special for a Latin woman to do so, especially with how neglected they’ve been by the academy, which has managed to nominate popular Latin male artists recently but has not really given the same attention to Spanish-language women. That said, I do have faith the Grammys are expanding their taste; before Bad Bunny, there were noms for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee‘s “Despacito” in Record and Song of the Year, and Rosalía in Best New Artist. So, there’s faith in a possible second all-Spanish album getting recognized for its merits. And it certainly helps that this year’s potential Album of the Year lineup is not looking very crowded thus far.

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Karol G ( Karol G ), real name Carolina Girald o Navarro ( Carolina Giraldo Navarro ) – Colombian singer , Laureate of the Latin Grammy Award 2018 in the nomination “ Best Newcomer “. Her work belongs to the reggaeton style.

Born 14 February 1991 in Medellin ( Medellin ), one of the largest cities in Colombia. At 14 she took part in the television talent show X Factor . A few years after her performance on the show, she received her first recording contract with Flamingo Records (Colombia). In 2006 she took the pseudonym Karol G ( Karol G )

008 Colombia in colleges, clubs and festivals. However, after discovering that her career is not going well in 2014 Karol Ji moves to New York . She began taking music business management courses, which helped her learn about the industry and motivated her to pursue her career. Her dance song 2014 “ Ricos Besos ” became a hit in Colombia.

After that in 2016 she signs a contract with Universal Music Latino . During the year, she releases the songs “ Casi Nada “, “ Hello “.

The following year Karol G joined the reality talent show Pequeños Gigantes USA as a judge offering advice to children 6-11 years who are building a career on the show. In parallel, she released the song “ A Ella “, inspired by real events.

In May, her collaboration with the Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny « Ahora Me Llama came to be considered her breakthrough hit. The video has over 756 million views on YouTube and ranked 10th on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The song was included in Alt.Latino’s Favorites: The Songs Of 2017 as one of the best Latin American songs 2017 .

The song “ Ahora Me Llama ” was the lead single from her debut album Unstoppable , although it contained the above three tracks, which was released in 2017 and debuted at number two on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. In March 2018 , inspired by the jungle, releases the video of her single “ Pineapple “. That same month, she was announced as a finalist for the Billboard Latin Music Awards Female Artist of the Year.

In the same year, the second single “ Mi Cama “, which becomes a commercial success.. This was followed by the single “ Culpables ” featuring Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA ( Anuel AA ). it reaches number eight on the Billboard Hot Latin songs chart, while the remix of “ Mi Cama ” featuring Jay Balvin ( J. Balvin ) and Nicky Jam ( Nicky Jam ) reaches six th place in the same chart.

In 2018 Karol receives “ Latin Grammy ” in the nomination “ Best Newcomer “, after the nomination the single “ Secreto ” with Puerto Rican rap is released er Anuel AA one month after his release from prison, confirming the romantic relationship between the two performers in the song’s accompanying music video. The single charted 68th on the Billboard Hot 100 and 5th on the Hot Latin Songs charts USA. The song was inspired by the time period during which Anuel AA and Karol G dated but had not yet publicly discussed their relationship. The video’s aesthetic has drawn comparisons to Beyonce ( Beyonce ) and Jay-Z ( Jay-Z ), as well as Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony ( Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony ).

In January 2019 the couple confirmed their relationship and 25 April 2019 Karol G arrived at the Billboard Latin Music Awards wearing a diamond engagement ring. In May, the album Ocean is released. The album was inspired by a moment of relaxation she experienced on the beach of the Spanish island of Tenerife, then traveled to the beaches of the islands Turks and Caicos and St. Maarten, to draw further inspiration, the album features a wide range of stylistic experiments. Critics commented on the album, stating that the strength of the album is somewhat diminished by the fact that a third of these songs have already been released, but opined that the rest of the tracks are impressively varied. For my album Ocean Karol G stepped away from the polished image of the Unstoppable, album cover and explained, “I took the picture without makeup, super natural. Because that’s how I want people to listen to my music now”

After returning from the islands in July 2019 Karol Gee collaborating with Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Ozuna and Jay Balvin ( Anuel AA , Daddy Yankee, Ozuna and Jay Balvin ) began work on the song “ China “.

The song heavily samples Shaggy’s 2000 single “ It Wasn’t Me”. 0008 3 August 2019 and topped both Latin Digital Songs and Latin Streaming Songs with 1000 downloads sold and 14.1 million threads. “China” was included in Rolling Stone ‘s 10 list of the best Latin American music videos of July . Karol G premiered the song on US TV on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon 10 January 2020 . The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs 23 November November 2019 chart and stayed on the chart for 25 weeks.

09″ by recording it in its entirety during quarantine at Miami due to the COVID pandemic -19. She also collaborated with the Jonas Brothers ( Jonas ) on the flirty song X , which first appeared in the end credits of the band’s documentary Happiness Continues . Karol G and the brothers Jonas filmed the song’s accompanying music video on their iPhones, using merged footage as a clever way to get around the obvious problem of trying to make a music video during the COVID-19 crisis .

In March 2021 Karol Ji and Anuel AA announced the end of their relationship, and the singer released the single ” Don’t Be Shy “.

Music Karol G as mainly reggaeton and Latin American trap, however, she experiments with many other genres in her work

9 0002 She collaborated with the Brazilian duo Simone & Simaria on Spanish -Portuguese song “ La Vida Continuó “, which has influences from the sertana genre. Karol G names the world popularity of singers Beyonce, Selena and Shakira ( Beyonce, Selena and Shakira ) as major influences on her creativity and the level of worldwide recognition she hopes to achieve feminine and sexy the same time sporty and tomboyish, but never [cute] “. Gary Suarez of Vice notes that in her music videos, “she exudes a sexual positivity that captures a powerful front-and-center diva image rather than the eye-catching tropes often found in Urbano’s visuals.” The singer has a large LGBT fan base and the singer expressed admiration for her, explaining, “I love people who can go out into the world and be fearless…That’s something I really admire in this community. They have a great energy.” She refused to record “ Sin Pijama ” (Without pajamas) with Becky G ( Becky G ), which was recorded with Natty Natasha ( Natty Natasha ) and became a hit, because of the lyrics about smoking marijuana in the song. Karol G , who doesn’t smoke marijuana felt that the song didn’t reflect her true lifestyle.