And at this year’s Latin Grammys, it was all laid bare for viewers to contend with. Leslie Grace and Prince Royce perform a tribute to Juan Luis Guerra during the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards in Miami. (Alexander Tamargo / Getty Images)AdvertisementEven before the coronavirus put a damper on most awards shows in 2020, this year’s Latin Grammy Awards were already bound to make a course correction. This year, Balvin received 13 nominations, including two for album of the year and two for record of the year, setting a Guinness World Record for most Latin Grammy nominations in a year. Yet, a similar trepidation seems to emanate from the voting body of the Latin Recording Academy: an aversion to new blood in the mainstream categories.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 20, 2020 15:11 UTC