13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It was the fifth time the awards was held at this venue and in Las Vegas. It also marks the last year in the Latin Recording Academy's contract where the Mandalay Bay Events Center hosted. It is unknown if the awards will continue to be held at this location beyond 2012.
Recordings must have been released between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 in order to be eligible for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced on September 25, 2012. Juan Luis Guerra led the nominations field with six; Jesse & Joy earned five nods; Ricardo Arjona, Edgar Barrera, Juanes, Carla Morrison, Arturo Sandoval, Ivete Sangalo, and Caetano Veloso each received four nominations. The telecast was aired on Univision at 8pm/7c. Caetano Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on November 14, 2012.
Jesse & Joy won four awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "¡Corre!", Juanes took the Album of the Year for MTV Unplugged and 3BallMTY was named Best New Artist.
On May 10, 2012 the Latin Recording Academy announced that The Academy's Trustees approved changes in the general and pop fields and expanded the Rock and Tropical fields, bringing the total number of categories from 46 to 47:
The following is a list of nominees:
Bold indicates winner.
Jesse & Joy — "¡Corre!"
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged
Jesse & Joy and Tommy Torres — "¡Corre!" (Jesse & Joy)
3Ball MTY
Jesse & Joy — ¿Con Quién Se Queda El Perro?
David Bisbal — Una Noche en el Teatro Real
Don Omar — Don Omar Presents MTO²: New Generation
Don Omar — "Hasta Que Salga el Sol"
Molotov — Desde Rusia Con Amor
El Cuarteto de Nos — Porfiado
Roberto Musso — "Cuando Sea Grande" (El Cuarteto de Nos)
Carla Morrison — Déjenme Llorar
Carla Morrison — "Déjenme Llorar"
Luis Enrique — Soy y Seré
Juan Piña — Le Canta A San Jacinto
Milly Quezada — Aquí Estoy Yo
Eliades Ochoa — Un Bolero Para Tí
Fonseca — Ilusión+
Yoel Henríquez and Alex Puentes — "Toma Mi Vida" (Milly Quezada featuring Juan Luis Guerra)
Gian Marco — 20 Años
Pepe Aguilar — Mas de Un Camino
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón — Irreversible... 2012
Joe Posada — Algo Esta Pasando
Los Tucanes de Tijuana — 365 Días
Luis Carlos Monroy and Adrian Pieragostino — "El Mejor Perfume" (La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga)
Chick Corea, Eddie Gómez and Paul Motian — Further Explorations
Lila Downs — Pecados y Milagros
Arturo Sandoval — Tango Como Yo Te Siento
Paco de Lucía — En Vivo Conciertos España 2010
Arturo Sandoval — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)
Marcos Witt — 25 Concierto Conmemorativo
Aline Barros — Aline Barros & Cia 3
Seu Jorge — Músicas Para Churrascos Vol. 1
Beto Lee — Celebração & Sacrificío
Beth Carvalho — Nosso Samba Tá na Rua Emilio Santiago — So Danço Samba ao Vivo
Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo — Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano
Chitãozinho & Xororó — Chitãozinho & Xororó - 40 Anos - Sinfônico
Dominguinhos — Iluminado
Chico Buarque — "Querido Diário"
María Teresa Chacín — María Teresa Chacín Canta Cuentos
Cuarteto Latinoamericano — Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
Yalil Guerra — "Seducción" (Elizabeth Rebozo)
Miguel Masa — Cambié de Nombre (Viniloversus)
Gregg Field, Don Murray and Paul Blakemore — Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) (Arturo Sandoval)
Juan Luis Guerra
Jesse & Joy — "Me Voy"
Juanes — Juanes MTV Unplugged