The glory of the Latin Grammys, a bet shared between young women and veteran men

On the other hand, the most important awards that went to women were received by young artists: Best New Artist, Ela Taubert (24 years old); Best urban music album, Karol G (33 years old), Best Rap/Hip Hop Song and Best Alternative Song, Nathy Peluso (29 years old), Best Alternative Music Album, Mon Laferte (40 years old).

Although this might seem like a lack of recognition for women veterans, it must be interpreted as a commitment to the future. Is especially significant that Karol G’s album ‘Mañana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season)’ has defeated the hitherto all-powerful Bad Bunny and her ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana’ in the most important award of all given the current situation of the industry (Best urban music album), since the Colombian has become the first woman to win two Latin Grammys in that category. The Puerto Rican, furthermore, did not even attend the gala, which reinforced the ‘old’ character of the male lead role in this edition.

As for the performances, all of them of a great level, the panorama was quite similar. The opening performance was given by Carlos Vives, who at 63 years old lit up the Kaseya Center in Miami with a medley of hits that were danced more in past decades, such as ‘Fruta Fresca’, ‘La Bicicleta’, ‘Tierra del olvido’ or ‘Volví a vivir’. She was followed by the very young Ela Taubert with his half-singer, half-influencer profile, such a sign of the times, joining the no longer so young American star Joe Jonas.

The next protagonist was close to fifty: DJ Khaled, who joined forces with kids like Eladio Carrión, Quevedo and Myke Towers to refresh a scene that was later conquered by the dean of all this, Juan Luis Guerra, with his orchestra of fourteen musicians to reclaim the old times on the radio with his ‘Mambo 23’.

Kali Uchis (30 years old), Elena Rose (29) and Emilia (28) ate up the tables with ‘Te mata’, ‘Caracas en el 2000’ and ‘No_se_ve.mp3’; and again, the male relay raised the average age to forty-something, when the dedication to the artists who died in the last year was carried out by Reik (a band with more than twenty years of experience), Leonel García (49 ), Carlos Rivera (38), David Bisbal (45) and Alejandro Fernández (53), who together with a mariachi group performed classics from the last century such as ‘Hasta que te connoise’ by Juan Gabriel, ‘El triste’ by José José and ‘I don’t know how to crack’ by Vicente Fernández.

Marc Anthony (53 years old) and Sergio George (64) they respectively produced and directed a tribute to salsa with Tito Nieves, Christian Alicea, Grupo Niche, Luis Figueroa, Oscar D’León and La India; and then the stage was rejuvenated again with them, specifically with Darumasa trio of girls with the look of wanting to take on the world. The same thing can be said with Becky G (27 years old), who is already doing it and on the Latin music night he joined the brothers Ángela Aguilar and Leonardo Aguilar, along with the composer Edgar Barrera, to perform their global hit ‘Por elcontrario’.

Music in the Portuguese language, very present due to the push of the Brazilian recording industry, was represented with Anitta and Tiago Iorc who came together to give voice to ‘Mil Veces’ in a bossa nova version, and a tribute to maestro Sérgio Mendes with ‘Mas What nothing.

And who was the special ‘Anglo’ guest of the night? Well, a very old man, like Jon Bon Joviwho debuted on the most important evening of morning music alongside Pitbull presenting his new single ‘Now or Never’. And for the end, more hires between tall men and quasi-adolescent girls: the seasoned Luis Fonsi offered a medley of the hits that have accompanied him in his 25 years in music, such as ‘No me dio perdido’, ‘Santa Marta’, and of course ‘Despacito’; before a closing that reinforces the message of commitment to young women, as it is starring The Warning, a trio of sisters aged 19, 22 and 24nominated for Best Rock Song, who closed the night with their hit ‘What else do you want?’.