23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards announces additional talent

Show airs Nov 17th

The Latin Recording Academy has announced that current nominees Karol G and Romeo Santos, plus Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation scholarship recipients Xavier Cintrón, Valentina Garcia, Nicolle Horbath and Sergio De Miguel Jorquera will join the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards as performers.

In addition, Macarena Achaga, Yalitza Aparicio, Maria Becerra, Cami, Becky G, Eden Muñoz, Miguel Angel Muñoz, Farina, Luis Figueroa, Fonseca, Kany García, Kurt, Ludmilla, Victor Manuelle, Fito Páez, Georgina Rodríguez, Alison Solís, Marla Solís, Luisa Sonza, Tainy and Adrián Uribe join as presenters.

Karol G is nominated in three categories including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Romeo Santos is a nominee in the Best Long Form Music Video category for his documentary Romeo Santos: King of Bachata; and as a member of Aventura, he is nominated for Best Urban Fusion/Performance.

Performing for the first time in the Latin Grammy stage, Xavier Cintrón, Valentina García, Nicolle Horbath and Sergio De Miguel Jorquera, all recipients of the Foundation’s Prodigy Scholarship, are set to deliver a heartwarming performance alongside Latin Grammy winner Nicky Jam — currently nominated for Best Urban Song and Best Reggaeton Performance — inviting viewers to pay it forward by investing in the next generation of Latin music creators.

The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards promise to honor the legacy, celebrate the present and embrace the future of Latin music, with deliberate consciousness, paying-it-forward to the next generations of music creators. The show will be hosted by Latin GRAMMY nominee Anitta, Latin Grammy winner and Grammy-nominated artist Luis Fonsi, Latin Grammy and Grammy winner Laura Pausini and by The Latin Recording Academy’s President’s Award recipient and Latin Grammy nominee Thalía.

They join previously announced artists Ángela Aguilar, Christina Aguilera, Rauw Alejandro, Marc Anthony, Banda Los Recoditos, Camilo, Elvis Costello, Chiquis, Jorge Drexler, Silvana Estrada, Gente de Zona, Goyo, Nicky Jam, Jesse & Joy, John Legend, Carin León, Los Bukis, Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández, Christian Nodal, Aymée Nuviola, Julio Reyes Copello, Rosalía, Sin Bandera, Carlos Vives, Sebastián Yatra, Nicole Zignago and the 2022 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Marco Antonio Solís.

The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards are produced by Univision Network for The Latin Recording Academy under license of the Recording Academy. José Tillán, serves as Executive Producer, alongside Charlie Singer as Co-producer, Terry Lickona as Co-producer for The Latin Academy, and Ulises Cheng and Maria Uji Fulgueira from TelevisaUnivision. Latin Grammy and Grammy winner Julio Reyes Copello serves as musical director of the show’s house band.

The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards will return to Las Vegas at the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Thursday, November 17th. The three-hour telecast, which is produced by TelevisaUnivision, the leading Spanish language media and content company in the world, will air live on the Univision network beginning at 8 pm ET/PT, preceded by a one-hour pre-show starting at 7 pm ET/PT.

The Latin Grammy Premiere, where the majority of the categories are awarded, will precede the telecast and will be held at the Mandalay Bay North Convention Center, South Pacific Ballroom. The event will be broadcasted live across all of The Latin Academy platforms beginning at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT.

The Latin Recording Academy and OneOf have revealed that Latin Grammy-winning artist Carlos Vives will be Creative Director for the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards NFT Collection. Carlos Vives holds 15 Latin Grammy wins throughout his career and is a nominee in five categories this year including Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Last fall, OneOf partnered with the Recording Academy to host its very first NFT collection to commemorate the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, as well as the upcoming 65th and 66th Annual Grammy Awards. OneOf has also recently hosted collections with Doja Cat, The Notorious BIG, Whitney Houston, and Global Brand Ambassador, Armando “Pitbull” Pérez, plus partnerships ranging from Warner Music Group and eBay to Sports Illustrated.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

Buddy Iahn founded The Music Universe when he decided to juxtapose his love of web design and music. As a lifelong drummer, he decided to take a hiatus from playing music to report it. The website began as a fun project in 2013 to one of the top independent news sites. Email: info@themusicuniverse.com