Vicente Fernández Awards and nominations What awards has he received? The album earned him Billboard and Univision's Latin Music Award for Mexican Regional Male Artist of the Year, which he won 5 times from 1989 to 1993. Which album was that? Vicente Fernandez y las clasicas de Jose Alfredo Jimenez,
Has he won any Grammys?
Has Fernandez won any Grammys?
In 1990, he released the album Vicente Fernandez y las clasicas de Jose Alfredo Jimenez, a tribute to Mexico's famous songwriter Jose Alfredo Jimenez. The album earned him Billboard and Univision's Latin Music Award for Mexican Regional Male Artist of the Year, which he won 5 times from 1989 to 1993.  In 1998, he was inducted into Billboard's Latin Music Hall of Fame.  In 2002, the Latin Recording Academy recognized Fernandez as Person of the Year. That year he celebrated his 35th anniversary in the entertainment industry, a career in which he has sold more than 50 million records. He has 51 albums listed on the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for gold, platinum, and multiplatinum selling records. He also has his own star on the walk of fame in Hollywood, California; over 5,000 people attended his star-presentation ceremony, which is a record itself.  Fernandez also has an arena in Guadalajara named in his honor, a star placed with his hand prints and name at the Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico City. In 2010, Fernandez was awarded his first Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album for his record Necesito de Ti.  On October 10, 2012, a stretch of 26th Street (a street in a Hispanic neighborhood of Chicago called Little Village) was named in his honor. In 2015, Fernandez was awarded his second Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano) for the album Mano A Mano - Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernandez. CANNOTANSWER
In 2015, Fernandez was awarded his second Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album
Vicente Fernández Gómez (17 February 1940 – 12 December 2021) was a Mexican singer, actor, and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente" (short for Vicente), "El Charro de Huentitán" (The Charro from Huentitán), "El Ídolo de México" (The Idol of Mexico), and "El Rey de la Música Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music), Fernández started his career as a busker, and  went on to become a cultural icon, having recorded more than 50 albums and contributing to more than 30 films. His repertoire consisted of rancheras and other Mexican classics.

Fernández's work earned him three Grammy Awards, nine Latin Grammy Awards, fourteen Lo Nuestro Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making him one of the best-selling regional Mexican artists of all time. In 2016, Fernández retired from performing live, although he continued to record and publish music.

Early life 
Vicente Fernández was born on 17 February 1940 in the village of Huentitán El Alto, Jalisco, the son of a rancher and a housewife. When he was between 6 and 7 years old, he used to go with his mother to see movies starring Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete and, as he himself once recalled, he told his mother that "when I grow up I'm going to be like them". Thereafter he had a taste for music and at the age of 8 he was given a guitar, which he learned to play at the same time he began to study folk music. 

Fernández's family found it difficult to support themselves by selling milk from the cows on their ranch, so after Fernández finished elementary school he and his family moved to Tijuana. Once a teenager, Fernández began working various jobs, including as a bricklayer, painter, and cabinetmaker. During his working day he sang, so many construction companies asked to have him as a worker. After these jobs he was hired to work as a cashier in his uncle's restaurant.  At the age of 14 he started singing in restaurants and at weddings, joining several mariachi groups such as Mariachi Amanecer de Pepe Mendoza and Mariachi de José Luis Aguilar. It was then when, in Jalisco, he participated in the radio program Amanecer Tapatío, and began to be recognized locally. At the age of 21 he appeared on the television show La calandria musical. It was his first paid show.

On 27 December 1963 he married Maria del Refugio Abarca Villaseñor, with whom he had his first son, Vicente, who was born premature and had to be incubated at home because Fernández could not pay the hospital. That year, his 47-year-old mother died of cancer. 

In 1965 he moved to Mexico City to seek a future in the world of music. His first attempts with the record companies were unsuccessful, because it was the time of stardom for the singer Javier Solís. There he arranged to sing in a program of the radio network XEX-AM, which at that time was the most important in the country. A few days after the premature death of Solís in April 1966, Fernández received his first offers for albums. His first contract was with CBS México, the recording label in the Mexican department of CBS Records International, for whom he recorded albums such as "Soy de Abajo", "Ni en Defensa Propia", and "Palabra de rey". Some of Fernández's songs such as Tu Camino y El Mío and Perdóname were very successful.

Career

1970s and 1980s: Volver volver and Fernández's success

Fernández had to wait a decade to consolidate his career. With the death in 1973 of José Alfredo Jiménez, one of the great icons of rancheras, Fernández became a reference point in the music industry. His next album was La voz que estabas esperando and the following albums, titled El rey, El hijo del pueblo, and Para recordar, sold millions of copies.

In 1976, with the song Volver Volver, written in 1972 by Fernando Z. Maldonado, his fame was catapulted throughout the country and the American continent based on the sales of this recording. That song came to be covered more than twenty singers, including Chavela Vargas, Ry Cooder, and Nana Mouskouri.

In the 1980s the style of Fernández's songs changed from bolero ranchero to a ranchera focused on migration. In fact, the song Los Mandados was a reference to those Mexicans migrating to the United States and reproduced macho and patriotic stereotypes. These were the years in which he built his ranch "Los 3 Potrillos", which would end up being his music production center. In 1983 he released his album 15 Grandes con el Numero Uno, which was the first to exceed one million copies sold. In 1984 he gave a concert at the Plaza de Toros México, which was attended by 54,000 people.

In 1987 he launched his first tour outside the United States and Mexico when he traveled to Bolivia and Colombia.

1990s: Fernández at his musical peak
The U.S. press in 1991 was already talking about Fernández as the "Mexican Sinatra" and he released ranchera classics such as Las clásicas de José Alfredo Jiménez (1990), Lástima que seas ajena (1993), Aunque me duela el alma (1995), Mujeres divinas, Acá entre nos, Me voy a quitar de en medio (1998), and La mentira (1998), which all became classics.

In 1998 his elder son Vicente Jr. was kidnapped by the "Mocho Dedos", who demanded 5 million dollars as ransom. After Fernández Sr. paid $3.2 million dollars to free him Vicente Jr. was abandoned outside the family ranch 121 days later with two of his fingers having been amputated. Fernández  did all this without going to the police; both he and his other son Alejandro continued to perform concerts to maintain the appearance of normalcy to the public. In 2008 the kidnappers were sentenced to 50 years in prison.

2000s and early 2010s
In 2001 he launched the Lazos Invincibles tour, together with his son Alejandro. In 2006 Vicente Fernandez released the album La tragedia del vaquero, which was certified platinum in the United States. 

He won a Latin Grammy again in 2008 with the album Para Siempre which was released in 2007. In 2008 he released Prime Fila, which was certified double platinum in Mexico, platinum in Central America, platinum in Colombia, and double platinum plus gold in the United States. The album remained seven consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard, and led him to win another Latin Grammy for Best Ranchero Album. 

The concert he performed at the Zócalo in Mexico City on 14 February 2009 broke attendance records, with almost 220,000 people gathered to hear him. That same year he released the album Necesito de ti, which won a Grammy and a Latin Grammy the following year. In September 2010 the album El Hombre Que Más Te Amó was released, produced by Vicente himself, for which he won a Latin Grammy again. He released Otra vez, also produced by him, in November 2011.

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Fernández was one of the 50 Latin singers who participated in the charity song "Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti", a cover version of "We Are the World".

Fernández started off the opening ceremony of the 2011 Pan American Games, hosted by Guadalajara, and sang "México Lindo y Querido" and "Guadalajara"; later in the ceremony he sang the Mexican national anthem before the parade of the athletes' delegations. In October 2011, taking advantage of his U.S. tour, he signed a three-year agreement with Budweiser for the second time to promote scholarships for Hispanic American students through the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

Later years and retirement
On 8 February 2012, he announced in a press conference, surprisingly, his intention to retire from the stage, but he specified that he would continue recording albums and that it was not due to health reasons but because it was time to enjoy his work. Two months later, in the middle of a farewell tour throughout the country and Latin America, he released the album Los 2 Vicentes, together with his son Vicente Jr.; the album included the theme song of the telenovela Amor bravío.

That same year he recorded, together with Tony Bennett, Return to me at his ranch in Guadalajara for Bennett's album Viva Duets, in which Fernández sang in Spanish. In a later interview, Bennett said that Fernández had been "his favorite". In 2012 he also released the album Hoy and won again a Latin Grammy Award in the 2013 edition. This was followed by the albums Mano a mano, tangos a la manera de Vicente Fernández, in 2014 (for which he won his second Grammy for Best Regional Mexican Album and was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Ranchera Album), and "Muriendo de amor", in 2015.

On 28 November 2013 Fernández presented his book entitled Pero sigo siendo el rey in which he collects anecdotes and more than two hundred unpublished photographs about his professional career.

The farewell concert, titled "Un azteca en el Azteca" (An Aztec in the Aztec), took place on 16 April 2016 at the Estadio Azteca, in front of more than 80,000 people; admission was free. He sang more than 40 songs over more than four hours, the longest concert of his professional career. He only had one special guest, his son Alejandro. The concert was collected on an album, with the same name, for which Fernández won the Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album in 2017.

Despite retiring from the stage, he continued recording albums and songs, such as the album Más romántico que nunca in 2018 and A mis 80s in 2020, which earned him his ninth Latin Grammy Award for best ranchera album in 2021.

In his 50-year career he sold more than 65 million records and recorded more than 80 albums and more than 300 songs.

Vicente Fernández's career as an actor

Fernandez's debut in the movies was in 1971 with the film Tacos al carbón. He starred in his first film in La ley del monte in 1976. During the 20 years he dedicated to acting, he starred in 30 films, 18 of which were under the direction of Rafael Villaseñor Kuri, and shared the stage with nationally renowned actors such as Blanca Guerra, Sara García, Fernando Soto, Resortes, and Lucía Méndez. In films such as Por tu maldito amor, La ley del monte, El hijo del pueblo, and Mi querido viejo, he introduced his music, so the title of the film reflected the title of the song introduced. His main role was that of the stereotypical Mexican "macho" and "gallant" man.

As a film producer he debuted in 1974 with the film El hijo del pueblo. His last film was Mi querido viejo, in 1991, and thereafter he devoted himself exclusively to music.

Personal life

Controversies  
Fernández sparked controversy after statements he made during an interview in May 2019 regarding his health. Fernández stated that he had been interned at a hospital in Houston, United States to undergo a liver surgery, but he decided to reject a transplant because he did not "want to sleep with [his] wife while having the liver of another man, who could have been a homosexual or a drug user".

In January 2021, Fernández sparked another controversy after placing his hand on a fan's breast while taking a picture with her family. A few days later, Fernández issued an apology to the woman's family, stating that "I admit that I was wrong, I don't know if I was joking, maybe it was a joke [...] I don't know. I do not remember, there were many people (with whom I took photos), sincerely I offer an apology".

In February 2021, Fernández was accused of sexual assault by a singer named Lupita Castro. Castro alleged that the incident had happened 40 years prior, when she was 17, and that she had kept her silence because of the his influence and because of his threats of violence against her. Castro refused to go to court against Fernández.

Family 
Fernández married María del Refugio Abarca "Cuquita" on 27 December 1963, the sister of a close friend of his whom he met in his hometown. Three children were born from the marriage, Vicente Jr., Gerardo, and Alejandro and a fourth daughter, Alejandra, is his niece, whom they adopted. From their children they had 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Throughout his life he was accused by several persons of being unfaithful, which he always rejected. 

With his sons Alejandro and Vicente Jr, both singers, Vicente went on stage to sing with them on several occasions. The last time he went on stage was to sing with his son Alejandro, and to promote the musical career of one of his grandsons, Alex, in 2019.

On the day of his death, his fortune was valued at $25 million.

Health issues 
Fernandez suffered from cancer on two occasions: in 2002 he overcame prostate cancer and in 2012 he had a tumor removed from his liver. In 2013 he suffered a thrombosis that caused him to lose his voice temporarily and in 2015 he underwent surgery to remove abdominal hernias. He had chosen to refuse a liver transplant in 2012. In 2021 he was admitted to the hospital for two days to be treated for a urinary tract infection and was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Politics 
Fernández was long associated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), which governed Mexico from 1929 to 2000 and again between 2012 and 2018. Fernández was one of the many performers who participated in the "Solidaridad" campaign during the administration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari in the 1980s, and has also performed at PRI rallies, attended PRI events or met with politicians from that party; on one occasion, he performed the song "Estos celos" for then-President Enrique Peña Nieto (a PRI member) during an official celebration.

He was invited at the U.S. 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia to sing the famous Cielito lindo, but ended up singing Los Mandados, considered an anthem for Mexican immigrants, generating criticism from those present. 

On 16 April 2016, at the end of his farewell concert, he cried out that he would "spit on" the then Republican Party primary candidate for the U.S. presidential election Donald Trump for his anti-immigration speech. Fernández, later that year, expressed his support for Hillary Clinton with a song titled "El Corrido de Hillary Clinton". Following the last debate between Clinton and Trump, Clinton invited Fernández to the celebration at the Craig Ranch Regional Park Amphitheater, Las Vegas, U.S.

Death
Fernández was hospitalized in serious condition after falling at his ranch in Guadalajara on 6 August 2021. He had injured his cervical spine and was placed on a ventilator under the intensive care unit. Two weeks later he was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome and began treatment on 13 August. His son Vicente confirmed to the press that it was a disease that had nothing to do with the fall he suffered. On 26 October 2021, he left intensive care following an improvement in his clinical condition. On 30 November 2021, he was again admitted to intensive care following a complication of his health caused by pneumonia. On 11 December, his son again reported in an interview that his father was sedated due to a worsening of his condition.

Fernández died of complications from his injuries on 12 December 2021, at the age of 81. President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador mourned his death with a tweet in which he recognized Fernández as the "symbol of the ranchera song of our time, known and recognized in Mexico and abroad". The Colombian president, Iván Duque, said "his departure hurts us and his legacy will be alive forever", the U.S President, Joe Biden, said that "the world of music has lost an icon".  Also on Twitter, leaders including the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, the Mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, the former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe, and of Bolivia Evo Morales as well as numerous Mexican and Latin American entertainment personalities offered their condolences. Former U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recognized Fernandez as "a musical icon and a good man". He died on the day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico, to whom Fernández had a great devotion. 

Fernández's body was transferred from the funeral home to the Arena VFG, which the artist had donated to his city of Guadalajara, where his family and at least six thousand fans were already waiting for him. Songs including "El Rey" and "Acá Entre Nos" were performed by his Mariachi Azteca. There the coffin with his remains was placed, in the middle of the stage that was turned into an altar with a large crucifix presiding over the scene and on one side an image of the Our Lady of Guadalupe accompanied the coffin. On the coffin, which was surrounded by a sea of white flowers, rested his favorite sombrero.

The following day the Catholic funeral took place at the same arena. The ceremony was alternated by songs of his most famous rancheras and ended with "Volver volver", as he had wished, live. Afterwards, his body was taken to his ranch, where he was buried in a mausoleum.

Awards and nominations

In 1990, Fernández released the album Vicente Fernandez y las clásicas de José Alfredo Jiménez, a tribute to Mexico's famous songwriter from Guanajuato known as The "God of Ranchera Music" José Alfredo Jiménez, who was also his main musical influence. The album earned him Billboard and Univision's Latin Music Award for Mexican Regional Male Artist of the Year, which he won five times from 1989 to 1993.

In 1998, Fernández was inducted into Billboards Latin Music Hall of Fame. On 11 November 1998 his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled.  

In 2002, the Latin Recording Academy recognized Fernández as Person of the Year. That year he celebrated his 35th anniversary in the entertainment industry, a career in which he sold more than 50 million records and was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame. He has 51 albums listed on the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for gold, platinum, and multiplatinum-selling records. 

Fernández also has an arena in Guadalajara named in his honor built in 2005 by his company, and a star placed with his hand prints and name at the Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico City.  Governor of New Mexico, U.S Bill Richardson on 16 July 2008, declared 12 June as Vicente Fernández Day in the state. In 2010, Fernández was awarded his first Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album for his record Necesito de Tí.

In 2012, Chicago gave Fernández the key to the city and renamed the Little Village neighborhood's West 26th Street in his honor. In addition, the city celebrates "Vicente Fernandez Week" from 20 to 27 October.

On 6 October 2019 in Guadalajara Fernández unveiled a statue created in his honor at the "Plaza de los Mariachis".

Grammy Awards 
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Fernández received three awards from thirteen nominations.

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| 1984
| ...Es La Diferencia
| Best Mexican-American Performance
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| 1991
| Las Clásicas de José Alfredo Jiménez
| Best Mexican-American Performance
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| 1994
| Lástima Que Seas Ajena
| Best Mexican-American Album
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| 1995
| Recordando a Los Panchos
| Best Mexican-American Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
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| 1997
| Vicente Fernández y sus Canciones
| Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
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| 1999
| Entre El Amor y Yo
| Best Mexican-American Music Performance
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| 2000
| Vicente Fernández y los Más Grandes Éxitos de Los Dandys
| Best Mexican-American Music Performance
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| 2001
| Lobo Herido
| Best Mexican-American Music Performance
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| 2002
| Más Con el Número Uno
| Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
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| 2008
| Para Siempre
| Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
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| 2010
| Necesito de Tí
| Best Regional Mexican Album
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| 2015
| Mano a Mano – Tangos a la Manera de Vicente Fernández
| Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
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| 2017
|Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)
| Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
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 Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Latin Grammy Awards 
The Latin Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences of the United States. Fernández received eight awards from fourteen nominations and also earned the Latin Recording Academy for Person of the Year.

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| 2000
| Vicente Fernández y los Más Grandes Éxitos de Los Dandys
|rowspan="8"| Best Ranchero Album
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| 2002
| Más Con El Número Uno
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| 2003
| 35 Aniversario – Lo Mejor de Lara
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|rowspan="2"| 2004
| En Vivo Juntos Por Ultima Vez (shared with Alejandro Fernández)
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| Se Me Hizo Tarde la Vida
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| 2005
| Vicente Fernández y Sus Corridos Consentidos
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| 2007
| La Tragedia del Vaquero
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|rowspan="2"| 2008
|rowspan="2"| Para Siempre
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|Album of the Year
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| 2009
| Primera Fila
|rowspan="6"| Best Ranchero Album
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| 2010
| Necesito de Ti
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| 2011
| El Hombre Que Más Te Amó
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| 2013
| Hoy
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| 2014
| Mano a Mano – Tangos a la Manera de Vicente Fernández
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| 2021
| A mis 80's
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 Each year is linked to the article about the Latin Grammy Awards held that year.

Lo Nuestro Awards 
The Lo Nuestro Awards is an awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by television network Univision. Fernández received fourteen
awards from thirty-three nominations.

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|rowspan="3"| 1989 || Himself || Regional Mexican Artist || 
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| El Cuatrero || Regional Mexican Album of the Year || 
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| "Dos Corazones" (shared with Vikki Carr) || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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|rowspan="4"| 1990 || Himself || Regional Mexican Artist || 
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| Por Tu Maldito Amor || Regional Mexican Album of the Year || 
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| "Por Tu Maldito Amor" || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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| "Mujeres Divinas" || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| 1991 || Himself || Regional Mexican Artist || 
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| "Amor De Los Dos" (shared with Alejandro Fernández) || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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|rowspan="3"| 1992 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist of the Year || 
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| Arriba el Norte y Arriba el Sur (shared with Ramón Ayala || Regional Mexican Album of the Year || 
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| "Que Sepan Todos" || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| 1993 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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| Qué De Raro Tiene || Regional Mexican Album of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| 1996 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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| Aunque Me Duela el Alma || Regional Mexican Album of the Year || 
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|| 1998 || "Nos Estorbó la Ropa" || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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|| 1999 || "Me Voy a Quitar de En Medio" || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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|| 2000 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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|rowspan="3"| 2001 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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| Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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| Lobo Herido || Regional Mexican Album of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2002 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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| Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|| 2003 || Himself || People's Internet Choice Award: Regional Mexican || 
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|| 2004 || Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|| 2005 || Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|| 2006 || Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|| 2007 || Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2008 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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| Himself || Excellence Award || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2009 || Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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| Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|rowspan="4"| 2010 || Himself || Artist of the Year || 
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| Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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| Himself || Regional Mexican Male Artist || 
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| "El Último Beso" || Regional Mexican Song of the Year || 
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|| 2012 || Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|| 2013 || Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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|| 2014 || Himself || Ranchera Performance || 
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 Each year is linked to the article about the Lo Nuestro Awards held that year.

Honours
Orden Libertadores y Libertadoras de Venezuela (Venezuela, 2012)

Discography

Filmography
Sources:

 1991: Mí Querido Viejo (My Dear Old Man)
 1990: Por Tu Maldito Amor (For Your Damned Love)
 1987: El Cuatrero (The Rustler)
 1987: El Diablo, el Santo y el Tonto (The Devil, the Saint, and the Fool)
 1987: El Macho (The Tough One)
 1987: El Embustero (The Liar)
 1985: Entre Compadres Te Veas (You Find Yourself Among Friends)
 1985: Sinvergüenza Pero Honrado (Shameless But Honorable)
 1985: Acorralado (Cornered)
 1985: Matar o Morir (Kill or Die)
 1983: Un Hombre Llamado el Diablo (A Man Called the Devil)
 1982: Juan Charrasqueado & Gabino Barrera
 1981: Una Pura y Dos Con Sal (One Pure and Two with Salt)
 1981: El Sinverguenza (The Shameless One)
 1981: Todo un Hombre (Fully Manly)
 1980: Como Mexico no Hay Dos (Like Mexico There Is No Other)
 1980: Picardia Mexicana Numero Dos (Mexican Rogueishness Number Two)
 1980: Coyote and Bronca (The Coyote and the Problem)
 1979: El Tahúr (The Gambler)
 1977: Picardia Mexicana (Mexican Rogueishness)
 1977: El Arracadas (The Earringer)
 1975: Dios Los Cria (God Raises Them)
 1974: Juan Armenta: El Repatriado (Juan Armenta: The Repatriated One)
 1974: El Albañil  (The Bricklayer)
 1974: La Ley del Monte (The Law of Wild)
 1974: Entre Monjas Anda el Diablo (The Devil Walks Between Nuns)
 1974: El Hijo del Pueblo (Son of the People)
 1973: Tu Camino y el Mio (Your Road and Mine)
 1973: Uno y Medio Contra el Mundo (One and a Half Against the World)
 1971: Tacos Al Carbón (Grilled Tacos'')

References

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Throughout the thirteen-year history of the Latin Grammy Awards, multiple records have been set. This page includes competitive awards only and does not include special awards such as Lifetime Achievement awards or any other non-competitive awards presented by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Awards

Most Latin Grammys won
René Pérez Joglar "Residente" has won the most Latin Grammy Awards, winning a total of 27 awards.

Most Latin Grammys won by a male artist

René Pérez Joglar "Residente" with 27 awards, has won more than any other male artist.

Most Latin Grammys won by a female artist

Natalia Lafourcade with 14 awards is the most awarded female artist, followed by Shakira with 12 awards.

Most Latin Grammys won by a group

Calle 13 has won 22 awards, more than any other group.

Most Latin Grammys won by a producer

Juan Luis Guerra with 21 awards has won more awards than any other producer.

Most Latin Grammys won by an engineer or mixer
Thom Russo with 11 awards, has won more than any other engineer or mixer.

Youngest Winner

Miguelito is the youngest Latin Grammy winner. In 2008 he won Best Latin Children's Album at nine years of age.

Oldest Winner

Colombian musician Magín Díaz was awarded Best Recording Package for his album, El Orisha de la rosa at age 94 in 2017.

Most Honored Albums

Entren Los Que Quieran by Calle 13 is the most honored album in Latin Grammy history. It won nine awards in 2011.

Most Record of the Year wins

The Record of the Year award is given to the performers, producers, recording engineers, mixing engineers and mastering engineers for commercially released singles or tracks of new vocal or instrumental recordings in Spanish or Portuguese language. Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees. Alejandro Sanz has won the most awards in the category with five wins out of nine nominations.

Performers

Producers/engineers

Most Album of the Year wins

The Album of the Year award is given to the performers, producers, recording engineers, mixing engineers and mastering engineers for vocal or instrumental albums with 51% of newly recorded material. Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees. Beginning in 2018, songwriters are eligible for the accolade if 33% of the playing time are written by them. Juan Luis Guerra is the performer with the most wins in the category with four awards, including one as a producer, while Allan Leschhorn has also received four awards as recording and mixing engineer.

Performers

Producers/engineers

Most Song of the Year wins

The Song of the Year award is given to the songwriters of new songs containing at least 51% of lyrics in Spanish or Portuguese language. Instrumental songs and cover versions are not eligible. Due to the increasing musical changes in the industry, from 2012 the category includes 10 nominees. Alejandro Sanz is the most awarded songwriter in the category with four wins out of eight nominations.

Single Ceremony

Most Latin Grammys won in one night

Calle 13 holds the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night with nine wins in 2011.

Most Latin Grammys won by a male artist is one night

Juanes and Juan Luis Guerra share the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night which is five. Juanes won five awards in 2003 and again in 2008. Juan Luis Guerra won five awards in 2007.

Most Latin Grammys won by a female artist in one night

Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade hold the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night by a female artist which is four. Shakira won four awards in 2006, while Natalia Lafourcade won four awards in 2015.

Most Latin Grammys won by a group in one night

Calle 13 with nine wins in 2011, holds the record for most wins by a group in one night.

Most Latin Grammys awarded to an album on one night

In 2011 Calle 13's Entren Los Que Quieran won nine awards. It won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Urban Album, Best Urban Song, Best Alternative Song, Best Tropical Song, Producer of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video.

Nominations

Most Latin Grammy nominations

Residente holds the record of most Latin Grammy nominations with 42.

Most Nominations in one night

J Balvin was nominated for thirteen Latin Grammy Awards in 2020.
Calle 13 was nominated for ten Latin Grammy Awards in 2011.
Eduardo Cabra was nominated for ten Latin Grammy Awards in 2014.

See also

Grammy Award records

Notes

References

Latin Grammy Awards Throughout the history of the Grammy Awards, many significant records have been set. This page only includes the competitive awards which have been won by various artists. This does not include the various special awards that are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences such as Lifetime Achievement Awards, Trustees Awards, Technical Awards or Legend Awards. The page however does include other non-performance related Grammys (known as the Craft & Production Fields) that may have been presented to the artist(s).

Awards

Most Grammys won

The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Georg Solti, a Hungarian-British conductor who was music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty-two years (1969-1991). He won 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was also awarded the first Grammy Trustees Award in 1967 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.

Most Grammys won by a male artist
Georg Solti has won 31 Grammy Awards.

Most Grammys won by a female artist

As a solo artist, collaborator, and songwriter, Beyoncé has won 28 Grammy Awards.

Most Grammys won by a group

U2 holds the record for most Grammy Awards won by a group. They have won 22 awards.

Most Grammys won by a producer

Quincy Jones with 28 awards holds the record for most Grammy Awards won by a producer (and eleven of those were awarded for production duties. Jones also received Grammys as an arranger and a performing artist). Some producers have also won awards as engineers, mixers and/or mastering engineers.

Most Grammys won by a rapper 

Jay-Z, with 23 awards, has won more Grammy Awards than any other rapper. Kanye West is second with 22 Grammy Awards, while Lauryn Hill is the most awarded female rapper, with 8 Grammy Awards.

Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer 
Al Schmitt, with 20 awards, has won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer. Serban Ghenea is second with 18 Grammy Awards.

Youngest winners

The Peasall Sisters are the youngest Grammy winners, when they were credited artists on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, which won Album of the Year in 2002. Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest individually credited winner. She was 9 years old when she won her first award in 2021, after she was credited on her mother Beyoncé's song "Brown Skin Girl", released in 2019. LeAnn Rimes is the youngest individual winner. She was 14 years old when she won her first two awards in 1997.  She was also the first Country artist to win the Best New Artist Grammy.

Youngest artists to win Album of the Year

Billie Eilish is the youngest artist to win Album of the Year as a lead. She was 18 years old, while winning for her album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? in 2020.

Youngest artists to win Record of the Year

At 18 years of age, Billie Eilish became the youngest artist to win Record of the Year when she won for “Bad Guy” in 2020.

Youngest artist to win Song of the Year

At 17 years of age, Lorde became the youngest artist to win Song of the Year when she won for “Royals” in 2014.

Youngest artist to win Best New Artist

At 14 years of age, LeAnn Rimes became the youngest Best New Artist winner when she won in 1997.

Oldest winners

Pinetop Perkins is the oldest person to win a Grammy. In 2011 he was awarded with Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined At The Hip, at 97 years of age.

Note: Sources vary on the birth year of Elizabeth Cotten, with some stating it as 1893, while others say 1895. The above information credits it as 1895. With either year, Cotten is the oldest female Grammy winner.

Most honored albums
Santana's Supernatural and U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb hold the record for most honoured album having won nine awards. Supernatural won nine awards in 2000 and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb won three awards in 2005 and won a further six in 2006 giving it a total of nine awards.

Most Album of the Year wins

The record for most Album of the Year wins is four. Two engineer/mixers and one mastering engineer have won the award four times;
 
 Serban Ghenea, engineer/mixer — 1989 (2016), 25 (2017), 24K Magic (2018), Folklore (2021)
 John Hanes, engineer/mixer — 1989 (2016), 25 (2017), 24K Magic (2018), Folklore (2021)
 Tom Coyne, mastering engineer — 21 (2012), 1989 (2016), 25 (2017), 24K Magic (2018)

Four recording artists, four record producers, two engineer/mixers and one mastering engineers have won the award three times;

 Frank Sinatra, artist — Come Dance with Me! (1960), September of My Years (1966), A Man and His Music (1967)
 Stevie Wonder, artist — Innervisions (1974), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1975), Songs in the Key of Life (1977)
 Paul Simon, artist — Bridge over Troubled Water (1971), Still Crazy After All These Years (1976), Graceland (1987)
 Taylor Swift, artist — Fearless (2010), 1989 (2016), Folklore (2021)
 David Foster, producer — Unforgettable... with Love (1992), The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album (1994), Falling into You (1997)
 Phil Ramone, producer — Still Crazy After All These Years (1976), 52nd Street (1980), Genius Loves Company (2005)
 Daniel Lanois, producer — The Joshua Tree (1988), Time Out of Mind (1998), How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2006)
 Ryan Tedder, producer — 21 (2012), 1989 (2016), 25 (2017)
 Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer — O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Soundtrack (2002), Raising Sand (2009), 25 (2017)
 Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer — 21 (2012), Morning Phase (2015), 25 (2017)
 Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer — Babel (2013), Random Access Memories (2014), Morning Phase (2015)

Most Record of the Year wins
The record for most Record of the Year wins is four. One mastering engineer has won the award four consecutive times;

 Tom Coyne, mastering engineer — “Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)” (2015), “Uptown Funk” (2016), “Hello” (2017), “24K Magic” (2018)

One recording artist and one engineer/mixer have won the award three times;

 Paul Simon, artist — “Mrs. Robinson” (1969), “Bridge over Troubled Water” (1971), “Graceland” (1988)
 Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer — “Rehab” (2008), “Rolling in the Deep” (2012), “Hello” (2017)

Most Song of the Year wins

The record for the most Song of the Year wins is two. Six songwriters have won in this category twice;
 
 Henry Mancini - “Moon River” (1962), “Days of Wine and Roses” (1964)
 Johnny Mercer - “Moon River” (1962), “Days of Wine and Roses” (1964) 
 James Horner - “Somewhere Out There” (1988), “My Heart Will Go On” (1999) 
 Will Jennings - “Tears in Heaven” (1993), “My Heart Will Go On” (1999) 
 U2 - “Beautiful Day” (2001), “Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own” (2006)
 Adele - "Rolling in the Deep” (2012), “Hello” (2017)

Most Grammys won for consecutive studio albums
Alison Krauss and Union Station, Beyoncé (including Everything Is Love), Pat Metheny (along with the Pat Metheny Group), and The Manhattan Transfer have won seven consecutive awards for seven consecutive studio albums.

Most consecutive Grammys won for the same category

Artists who have won all four General Field awards

There have been only three artists who have won all four General Field awards: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.

In 1981, Christopher Cross became the first artist to win all four awards, as well as the first act to win them all in a single year.

In 2009, Adele won Best New Artist, earned three other awards in both 2012 and 2017. She was the second artist to win all four accolades throughout her career, and the first to do so on separate occasions.

In 2020, Billie Eilish became the third musician to win all four awards, and first female artist to win them during a single ceremony.

Single ceremony

Most Grammys won in one night
The record for most Grammys won in one night is eight. Michael Jackson won eight in 1984 and Santana tied Jackson's record in 2000.

Most Grammys won by a male artist in one night

The record for most Grammys won by a male artist in one night is eight. Michael Jackson won eight in 1984.

Most Grammys won by a female artist in one night

The record for most Grammys won by a female artist in one night is six. Beyoncé and Adele each won six in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

Most Grammys won by a group in one night

The record for most Grammys won by a group artist in one night is eight. Santana won eight in 2000.

Most Grammys won by a record producer in one night

The record for most awards won by a producer in one night is six. The record was set by Quincy Jones who won six awards in 1991, including Album of the Year, Best Arrangement On An Instrumental, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s), Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, as well as Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his own studio album Back on the Block.

Finneas O'Connell tied the record in 2020, winning Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and five additional awards, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, and Best Pop Vocal Album for his contribution on Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.

Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer in one night

The most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer in one night is six. At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, Tom Elmhirst won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Rock Album, Best Alternative Music Album, as well as Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on Adele's 25, Cage the Elephant's Tell Me I'm Pretty, and David Bowie's Blackstar respectively.

Artists who have won all four General Field Awards at a single ceremony

Christopher Cross (1981) and Billie Eilish (2020) are the only artists who have received all four General Field awards in one night.

Artists who have won Album, Record, and Song of the Year in one night

The three biggest Grammy Awards are Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Eight artists have won all three in one night. Adele is the first and only artist in Grammy history to accomplish this feat twice.

Most Grammys won by an album in one night

The most awards awarded to an album in one night is nine. At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000 Santana's Supernatural was awarded nine awards. It won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Rock Album.

Most posthumous Grammys won in one night

 
Ray Charles holds the record for most posthumous awards won in one night. He was awarded five Grammy Awards at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005, including both Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Nominations

Most Grammy nominations

Jay-Z holds the record for the most Grammy nominations with 83.

Most nominations in one night

Michael Jackson and Babyface hold the record for most Grammy nominations in one night with 12 nominations.

Most nominations without winning

With 18 nominations, Zubin Mehta has received the most Grammy nominations without winning.

Most nominations in one night without winning

The record for most Grammy nominations without a win in one night is 9, held by Paul McCartney. The record was set in 1966.

Grammy nominations in the most fields

Artists who had been nominated for all four General Field awards in one night

Only thirteen artists have been nominated for all four General Field awards in one night. Lizzo is the oldest person to be nominated for all four awards in one night, at 31 years old; while the youngest person to be nominated is Billie Eilish at 17 years old. Both were nominated in 2020, making it the first time that two artists were nominated for all four awards in one night. In 1968, Bobbie Gentry became the first person and first female artist to be nominated for all four awards, followed by Christopher Cross in 1981 and Fun. in 2013, becoming the first male artist and first group to be nominated, respectively. In addition, Finneas O'Connell was nominated for all four General Field awards in 2022, but was nominated as a producer or songwriter in three of the four categories.

Youngest nominees
Leah Peasall of The Peasall Sisters is the youngest ever Grammy nominee (and winner) as one of the credited artists on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack in 2002. Deleon Richards is the youngest performer to receive an individual nomination, for Best Soul/Gospel performance.

See also

Latin Grammy Award records
List of Academy Award records
List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

Notes

References

External links

Official Grammy Awards website

Records
Records (superlatives)