See the table below to track the changes the category now known as “Best Tejano Album” has experienced throughout the years at the GRAMMY Awards. What is now the Tejano music category has its roots in the “Best Mexican-American Performance” category, which began in 1983 at the 26th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
In 1995, the category became known as “Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance” and then in 1998, the category became “Best Tejano Music Performance” and has stayed with “Tejano” in the title since then.
The nominees for the 52nd Annual GRAMMYs were announced and can be seen in the previous post.
The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on “GRAMMY Sunday,” Jan. 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy’s social networks on Twitter and Facebook.
SOURCE: All information is from GRAMMY.com. Click on the “Past Winners Search” where you can search for past winners by year, category, artist name or album title.
Grammy nominations were announced last night and San Antonio-based artists swept the nominations in the Best Tejano Album category:
Best Tejano Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)
Borders Y Bailes Los Texmaniacs
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]
Divina Stefani Montiel
[Ro Records/World Records]
All The Way Live Jay Perez
[Tejas Records]
Point Of View Joe Posada
[Baby Dude Records]
Radiación Musical Sunny Sauceda Y Todo Eso
[Tejas Records]
And congratulations to another San Antonio artist, El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario, who was nominated in the Best Banda Album category for his release, Se Nos Murio El Amor.
TejanoBeat’s camera was the only one inside the Municipal Auditorium Friday afternoon when Ricardo Castillon of La Diferenzia and Nydia Rojas met to rehearse before tomorrow’s concert where they will sing the duet they made famous more than 10 years ago: “Hay Unos Ojos.”
The chemistry between the two – personally and vocally – is obvious. They joked around and sang a few bars of “Hay Unos Ojos” as if they’d never been apart. They were both so gracious with their time and took a few minutes for an interview before they got to work preparing for Saturday’s concert.
Check out the video and stay tuned for a more in-depth interview with Ricardo about his latest CD, the impact of the top-selling “Hay Unos Ojos” and future plans that could include more mariachi recordings with Nydia!
And, most importantly, buy your tickets for tomorrow’s concert and get all the latest details by going online to mariachimusic.com!
A BIG THANK YOU TO CYNTHIA MUNOZ AND RUBEN CUBILLOS!
Tejano fans should be excited about Saturday’s Mariachi Vargas Concert at Municipal Auditorium. The show will feature the top mariachi group and wraps up a weeklong of events that showcase the beautiful Mexican tradition of mariachi music.
But Tejanos will be particularly interested in the return of Nydia Rojas and Ricardo Castillon who after 10 years will reunite on stage to perform “Hay Unos Ojos,” a song that took the Tejano industry by storm. Rojas and Castillon combined their voices in what at first seemed an unlikely pairing of a Tejano vocalist from La Pryor, Texas, with a mariachi singer from Whittier, California, but the song worked.
Best Tejano Album winner was just announced as * The Legend Continues…La Continuación
Jimmy Gonzalez y Grupo Mazz [Freddie Records].
See the Best Tejano Album winner and the other awards in the Regional Mexican category online.
Congrats to all the other nominees!
* Recordando Josefa
Avizo [Powerhouse Records]
* Generations
Grupo Vida [New Village Records]
* Conjuntazzo
Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox [Guzman Fox Records]
* Freedom Tour 2008
Jaime y Los Chamacos [Joslin Records]
* All The Way Live!
Jay Perez [Tejas Records]
Enjoy the Latin Grammys tonight on Univision starting with the celebrity arrivals, at 6 p.m. Central time. The 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, set for Nov. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from 8-11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).
Univision.com is the official Spanish-language Web site for the Latin Grammy Awards. Go to: www.latingrammy.univision.com.
Sorry for the long gap between updates but work and school is too much right now! I do want to post these pics from Albert Villegas of Mr. Jay Perez who performed in his hometown of S.A. last Friday (10/23) at Graham Central Station.
Jay has a lot going on right now! Known as “The Voice,” Jay is nominated for a Latin Grammy at the awards on Nov. 5 in Las Vegas. But last weekend, he also let the audience know that he was excited and happy for another reason: he got married on Oct. 17 in his hometown of S.A. Jay publicly thanked his wife, Monica, for standing by him through all of the ups and downs in his life.
His new wife will be accompanying Jay on Nov. 5 when he travels to Las Vegas for the 10th annual Latin GRAMMYS in Las Vegas. Jay is nominated in the “Best Tejano Album” category. Here is the competition:
Recordando Josefa Avizo [Powerhouse Records]
The Legend Continues…La Continuación Jimmy Gonzalez y Grupo Mazz [Freddie Records]
Generations Grupo Vida [New Village Records]
Conjuntazzo Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox [Guzman Fox Records]
Freedom Tour 2008 Jaime y Los Chamacos [Joslin Records]
All The Way Live! Jay Perez [Tejas Records]
A reunion performance is on the way, too, for Jay and more on that later.
More coming but check out these pics of Duelo, who closed out the Gracias San Antonio show at Sunset Station tonight; and an exclusive photo of Alicia Villarreal, who did not grant interviews, understandably, but did not let her fans down! She was obviously emotional when she left the stage and spoke with friends backstage. However, in this photo, taken by Albert Villegas, she poses with a sign for one of her fans who couldn’t be present and not only smiled for the pic but gave Albert a kiss on the cheek before she departed!
Villarreal performed before Duelo and despite recently losing her younger brother in a tragic car accident, she waved at her fans, performed several of her hits and continued singing when the crowd shouted for more. After her performance, Alicia quickly left the venue with husband, Cruz Martinez.
Martinez is in the news, too, as People en Espanol, among other national and international media outlets, have announced that he and A.B. Quintanilla have reunited after a lengthy and nasty parting. The former best friends will reportedly bring their respective groups together for a tour. More details will likely emerge in the days ahead!
Read my latest blog posting on MySA.com. I write about an author, Deborah Paredez, PhD, a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, who is coming to Our Lady of the Lake University at 7 p.m. on Monday to discuss her new book, “Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory” (Duke University Press 2009).
In her book, she looks at the impact not only of Selena’s life but focuses on her afterlife and the many unique ways that people expressed their love for Selena after her passing. You have to visit my blog to read more.
Tonight, we interviewed Gabe Garcia, Lytle native and runner up on last year’s season of Nashville Star so stay tuned for that interview coming soon! If you remember, Gabe captured the country’s attention when he made it to the top two on the popular show that aired on NBC.
At the moment, Gabe is working hard in Nashville and he visits his hometown of Lytle as often as his schedule allows him. Tonight, he performed for the St. Andrew’s Church festival in front of family, friends and fans.
It’s time for a Hispanic country star and Gabe looks like he’s it!
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