Estrela was nominated for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year category for the first time among Latinos in over 50 years
Annita achieved another historic feat in her career: being nominated for a category by Grammy Awards — and as Breakthrough Artist of the Year. And this happens 57 years after the last nomination of a Brazilian or Latin American artist in this category.
The singer is also competing with the hit Envolver in the categories Record of the Year and Best Reggaeton Performance at the Gram Latinwhich takes place on November 17, and delivers the prize together with the artists Luis Fonsi, Laura Pausini and Thalia.
Before the star, only three other Brazilians had been nominated in the same category of the award: the Rio de Janeiro Eumir Deotado, in 1974, surpassed by the American Bette Midler, the Bahian Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto’s ex-wife, winner in 1965 in the category Best Female Pop Performance with The girl from Ipanema (English version of The girl from Ipanema) and Tom Jobim, in 1965, who lost the statuette to the Liverpool boys, the Beatleswho had also received their first nominations that year.
List of Brazilian Grammy nominees and winners
Other Brazilians like him Robert Charles🇧🇷 Milton Birth And Caetano fluffy, have received the coveted gramophone statuette since the 1960s when the award was created. See full list.
Laurindo de Almeida
He was nominated in the award’s first year, 1959, and won in the Best Classical Album Engineering category with the project Guitar duets🇧🇷 The following year, he was nominated for Best Instrumental Performance by a Soloist, with you dance, but did not win. And in 1961 she won in the categories Best Instrumental Performance by a Soloist without Orchestra, with Laurindo’s Spanish guitar and Best Chamber Music Performance, with Conversations with the guitar🇧🇷
Astrud Gilberto
Wife of João Gilberto, the singer was nominated in two categories in 1965, in Artist Breakthrough and Best Female Pop Performance, with The girl from Ipanema (English version of The girl from Ipanema), winner of the latter.
Joao Gilberto
Musician João Gilberto also competed for a Grammy in 1965, in the categories of Best Male Pop Performance and Album of the Year, with the project Getz/Gilbertwinning Best Album of that year.
Tom Jobim
One of those responsible for the creation of Bossa Nova, Tom Jobim received a nomination in 1965, in the Breakthrough Artist category, but won it only the following year, as Best Latin Jazz Album with the album Antonio Brasileiro🇧🇷
Eumir Deodatus
The carioca pianist won in 1973 in the category of Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Also Sprach Zarathustra🇧🇷 The following year he was nominated in the Breakthrough Artist category. Now, Anitta returns to compete in this category.
Bidu Sayão and Heitor Villa-Lobos
In the 1980s, in 1984, the duo Bidú Sayão and Heitor Villa-Lobos won the International Hall of Fame category, with the composition Brazilian Bachianas nº 5🇧🇷
Robert Charles
King Roberto Carlos earned his first Grammy nomination in 1985, in the Best Mexican-American Performance category for the Spanish version of the song. The concave and the convex🇧🇷 However, he only received the statuette in 1989, winning in the Best Latin Pop Performance category for his album Robert Charles🇧🇷
Sergio Mendes
The Brazilian musician managed to win in 1993 in the category of Best Global Music Album with his project Brazilian🇧🇷 The category name was also changed in 2020, to Word Music or World Music, but with the aim of taking music productions outside the US – UK axis.
Milton Nascimento
The artist, who announced his last concert of his career in early November, has been nominated twice, in 1995, in the Best Global Music Album category, with the project angelbut won only in 1998, in the same category, with the album Birth🇧🇷
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso achieved the feat of being nominated for and winning the Grammy in 1988, in the category of Best Global Music Album, with the album Reserve🇧🇷
Gilberto Gil
The artist received his first award in 1999, winning with the work in the category of Best Contemporary Global Music Album How many people came to see and in 2006, in the same category, with the project electroacoustic🇧🇷 Subsequently, he was nominated five more times, in 2002, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017.
Alex Klein
In the early 2000s, Brazilian conductor Alex Klein won in the category of Best Instrumental Performance Solo or with Orchestra in 2002.
Sky and Luciana Souza
Paulista Céu was nominated in 2008, in the World Music category, with the album Sky🇧🇷 Jazz singer, Luciana Souza, got seven nominations and one win in the Album category. Of the year with the project River: Joni’s Letters🇧🇷
Current Trio
In 2014, Trio Corrente, a samba and jazz group from São Paulo, won the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2014 for Song for Maurarecorded in collaboration with Cuban saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera.
Eliane Elias
In 2016, Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias won in the Best Latin Jazz Album category with Made in Brazil and in 2022 he also won in the same category with the project Mirror mirror🇧🇷
Thalma de Freitas, Diego Figueiredo and Cyrille Aimée
The artists were nominated in 2020. Carioca Thalma de Freitas was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album with the album Fortune!🇧🇷 The duo Diego Figueiredo and Cyrille Aimée have been nominated for the best instrumental arrangement with vocal accompaniment with the song marry me a little🇧🇷
Bebel Gilberto and Chico Pinheiro
For the Grammy 2021, Bebel Gilberto, daughter of João Gilberto and Miúcha, was nominated in the Global Music Album category for Nowhis first studio album and Chico Pinheiro competed in the Latin Jazz Album category with city of dreams🇧🇷
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