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

Juanes — "Me Enamora" Juanes — La Vida... Es un Ratico Juanes — "Me Enamora" Kany García

Pop

Kany García — Cualquier Día Juanes — La Vida... Es un Ratico Belanova — Fantasía Pop

Urban

Wisin & Yandel — Los Extraterrestres Flex — "Te Quiero"

Rock

Andrés Calamaro — La Lengua Popular Molotov — Eternamiente Café Tacuba — "Esta Vez"

Alternative

Julieta Venegas — MTV Unplugged Café Tacuba — "Volver a Comenzar"

Tropical

Marc Anthony — El Cantante Peter Manjarrés, Emiliano Zuleta and Sergio Luis — Sólo Clásicos José Feliciano — Señor Bachata Gloria Estefan — 90 Millas

Singer-Songwriter

Fito Páez — Rodolfo

Regional Mexican

Vicente Fernández — Para Siempre Los Horóscopos de Durango — Ayer, Hoy y Siempre Emilio Navaira — De Nuevo Siggno — Six Pack Joan Sebastian — "Estos Celos" (Vicente Fernández)

Instrumental

Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá — Orquesta Filarmómoca de Bogotá - 40 Años

Traditional

Cholo Valderrama — Caballo! Various Artists — Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango Juan Habichuela — Una Guitarra En Granada

Jazz

Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels — Afro Bop Alliance

Christian

Soraya Moraes — Tengo Sed de Tí Soraya Moraes — Som Da Chuva

Brazilian

Vanessa da Mata — Sim CPM 22 — Cidade Cinza Paulinho da Viola — Acústico MTV Maria Rita — Samba Meu Seu Jorge — América Brasil o Disco César Menotti & Fabiano — .com Você Elba Ramalho — Qual o Assunto Que Mais Lhe Interessa? Chitãozinho & Xororó — Grandes Clássicos Sertanejos Acústico I Marco Moraes and Soraya Moraes — "Som da Chuva" (Soraya Moraes)

Children's

Miguelito — El Heredero

Classical

Plácido Domingo — Pasión Española Carlos José Castro — "Concierto del Sol" (Orquesta Filarmónica de Costa Rica) Sérgio — "Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina" (Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad)

Recording Package

Leicia Gotlibowski, Daniel Kotliar, Karina Levy and Mercedes Sencio — Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango (Various Artists)

Production

Moogie Canazio and Luiz Tornaghi — Dentro Do Mar Tem Rio - Ao Vivo (Maria Bethânia) Sergio George

Music Video

Juanes — "Me Enamora" Julieta Venegas — MTV Unplugged

Special Awards

Performers

Live from Brazil:

Presenters

Trivia