The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on Thursday, November 13, 2008, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria Estefan. Juanes was the night's big winner, winning 5 awards including Album of the Year. He now has 17 Latin Grammy awards which is more than any other recording artist. The show was watched by an average of 5.8 millions.
Awards
Winners are in bold text.
General
Record of the Year
Juanes — "Me Enamora" Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini — "Vive Ya! (Vivere)" Cabas — "Bonita" Café Tacuba — "Volver a Comenzar" Julieta Venegas — "El presente"
Album of the Year
Juanes — La Vida... Es un Ratico
Concha Buika — Niña de Fuego
Café Tacvba — Sino
Vicente Fernández — Para Siempre
Kany García — Cualquier Día
Song of the Year
Juanes — "Me Enamora" Julieta Venegas — "El presente" Café Tacuba — "Esta Vez" Kany García — "Hoy Ya Me Voy" Aureo Baqueiro and Gian Marco — "Todavía"
Best New Artist
Kany García
Mónica Giraldo
Diogo Nogueira
Roberta Sá
Ximena Sariñana
Pop
Best Female Pop Vocal Album
Kany García — Cualquier Día
Ana Gabriel — Arpegios de Amor: Requiem por Tres Almas
Alejandra Guzmán — Fuerza
Ednita Nazario — Real
Rosario — Parte de Mí
Best Male Pop Vocal Album
Juanes — La Vida... Es un Ratico
Ricardo Arjona — Quién Dijo Ayer
Jeremías — Un Día Más En El Gran Circo
Alejandro Lerner — Enojado
Gian Marco — Desde Adentro
Best Pop Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Belanova — Fantasía Pop
Hombres G — 10
Kudai — Nadha
Kumbia All Starz — Planeta Kumbia
RBD — Empezar Desde Cero
Urban
Best Urban Music Album
Wisin & Yandel — Los Extraterrestres
Alexis & Fido — Sobrenatural
Tego Calderón — El Abayarde Contraataca
Flex — Te Quiero: Romantic Style In Da World
Tito El Bambino — It's My Time
Best Urban Song
Flex — "Te Quiero" Tingui and Daddy Yankee — "Al Son del Boom" (Miguelito featuring Daddy Yankee) Tito El Bambino — "El Tra" Tego Calderón — "Ni Fu Ni Fa" Alexis, Fido and Toby Love — "Soy Igual Que Tú"
Rock
Best Rock Solo Vocal Album
Andrés Calamaro — La Lengua Popular
Chetes — Efecto Dominó
Alih Jey — Necia
Juanse — Energía Divina
Loquillo — Balmoral
Siddhartha — Why You?
Best Rock Album by a Duo/Group with Vocals
Molotov — Eternamiente Bersuit — ? Catupecu Machu — Laberintos Entre Artistas y Dialectos Héroes del Silencio — Tour 2007 Panda — Sinfonía Soledad
Best Rock SongCafé Tacuba — "Esta Vez" Javier Morales — "Ayer" (Black Guayaba) Andrés Calamaro and Cachorro López — "Carnaval de Brasil" (Andrés Calamaro) Andrés Calamaro — "Mi Gin Tonic" Randy Ebright — "Yofo" (Molotov)
Alternative
Best Alternative Music AlbumJulieta Venegas — MTV Unplugged Babasónicos — Mucho Café Tacuba — Si No Circo — Cursi Manu Chao — La RadiolinaBest Alternative Song Café Tacuba — "Volver a Comenzar" José Luis Abreu, Marteen Andruet and Orlando Méndez — "Alguien" (Circo) Andrés Calamaro — "5 Minutos Más (Minibar)" Juan Campodónico and Fernando Santullo — "El Mareo" (Bajofondo featuring Gustavo Cerati) Ximena Sariñana — "Normal" María del Mar Rodríguez Carnero — "Papeles Mojados" (Chambao)