The Beat on the Street is that Pepe Aguilar as well as other artists from Fonovisa will boycott the event because of the poor nomination process in which outdated albums received nominations. The Estefans have countered by saying that independent members of the Academy carry out the nomination process and that they thought the process was fair. Emilio also added that the Latin Grammys are the first credible Latin music awards ceremony and it should inspire pride in us not controversy. To be a member, you must receive credit on at least 6 productions each year. Associate membership require only 2 productions each year.
All members can nominate artists, but only full members can actually vote for a winner.
No member can vote in their own category, meaning if you received credit for work on salsa albums, then you can't vote in the Salsa category. This is basically how the nomination process took place in the past for the Grammys. The result was that many unknowledgeable people would vote for the awards. The Latin music market has become more and more fragmented and today there are various major players, such as Universal, WEA Latina, Sony, Motola, Ralph Mercado, and a few others. So I think Fonovisa and Pepe Aguilar are wrong to lash out at the Estefans this way.