The 6th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday, November 3, 2005. It was the first ceremony to be broadcast by Univision in the United States. Ivan Lins was the big winner, winning two awards, including Album of the Year. He is the first and only Brazilian and Portuguese-language artist to win Album of the Year to date. Alejandro Sanz was honored with Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Juanes won three awards including Best Rock Solo Vocal Album.

Awards

Winners are in bold text.

General

**Alejandro Sanz — "Tu No Tienes Alma" ** Ivan Lins — Cantando Histórias Alejandro Sanz — "Tu No Tienes Alma" Bebe

Pop

Laura Pausini — Escucha Obie Bermúdez — Todo el Año Bacilos — Sin Vergüenza

Urban

Daddy Yankee — Barrio Fino

Rock

Juanes — Mi Sangre Molotov — Con Todo Respeto Ozomatli — Street Signs Juanes — "Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor"

Tropical

Marc Anthony — Valió la Pena Elvis Crespo — Saboréalo Carlos Vives — El Rock de Mi Pueblo 'Cachao — ¡Ahora Sí! ' Juan Luis Guerra 440 — "Las Avispas"

Singer-Songwriter

Gian Marco — Resucitar

Regional Mexican

Luis Miguel — México En La Piel Banda El Recodo — En Vivo Ana Bárbara — Loca de Amar Oscar De La Rosa and La Mafia — Para El Pueblo David Lee Garza, Joel Guzmán and Sunny Sauceda — Polkas, Gritos y Acordeónes Intocable — Diez Josué Contreras and Johnny Lee Rosas — "Aire" (Intocable)

Instrumental

David Sánchez — Coral

Traditional

Lila Downs — One Blood Una Sangre Pablo Ziegler, Quique Sinesi and Walter Castro — Bajo Cero Tomatito — Aguadulce

Jazz

Bebo Valdés — Bebo de Cuba - Suite Cubana - El Solar de Bebo - Cuadernos de Nueva York

Christian

Juan Luis Guerra 440 — Para Ti Soraya Moraes — Deixa O Teu Rio Me Levar - Ao Vivo

Brazilian

Lenine — Incité Charlie Brown Jr. — Tamo Aí na Atividade Martinho da Vila — Brasilatinidade Ivan Lins — Cantando Histórias Roberto Carlos — Pra Sempre ao Vivo no Pacaembu Ivete Sangalo — MTV ao Vivo Lenine and Ivan Santos — "Ninguém Faz Idéia" (Lenine)

Children's

Lina Luna — Lina Luna

Classical

Cuarteto de Cuerdas Buenos Aires and Paquito D'Rivera — Riberas

Production

Gustavo Borner — MTV Unplugged (Diego Torres) Gustavo Santaolalla

Music Video

**Juanes — "Volverte a Ver" **

Special Awards