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Winners of the 2011 Latin Grammy Awards

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Calle 13 - Visitante and Residente

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Besides the great performances and all the excitement of the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, there was just one name that dominated the whole event: Calle 13. The popular Latin Urban group from Puerto Rico swept this year's event taking home nine awards including Song of the Year ("Latinoamerica") and Album of the Year (Entren Los Que Quieran).

Calle 13 collected trophies from the General, Urban, Tropical and Alternative fields. Following Calle 13, Latin music stars like Shakira, Mana, Zoe, Vicente Fernandez, Diego 'El Cigala', Ruben Blades and Los Tigres del Norte also grabbed some of the available awards. The following is the complete list of winners of the 2011 Latin Grammy Awards.

GENERAL

  • Record of the Year:
    "Latinoamerica" - Calle 13.
  • Song of the Year:
    "Latinoamérica" - Rafa Arcaute & Calle 13.
  • Album of the Year:
    Entren Los Que Quieran - Calle 13.

REGIONAL MEXICAN

  • Best Ranchero Album:
    El Hombre Que Más Te Amó - Vicente Fernandez.
  • Best Banda Album:
    Todo Depende De Tí - La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De René Camacho.
  • Best Tejano Album:
    Recuerdos - Little Joe & La Familia.
  • Best Norteño Album:
    Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends MTV Unplugged - Los Tigres Del Norte.
  • Best Regional Mexican Song:
    "Tú Me Vuelves Loco" - Marco Antonio Solis.

POP

  • Best Female Pop Vocal Album:
    Sale El Sol - Shakira.
  • Best Male Pop Vocal Album:
    En Primera Fila - Franco De Vita.
  • Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
    Alex, Jorge Y Lena - Alex, Jorge Y Lena.

URBAN

  • Best Urban Music Album:
    Entren Los Que Quieran - Calle 13.
  • Best Urban Song:
    "Baile De Los Pobres" - Rafa Arcaute & Calle 13.

ROCK

  • Best Rock Album by a Duo or a Group with Vocal:
    Drama Y Luz - Mana.
  • Best Rock Song:
    "Labios Rotos" - León Larregui & Zoe.

TROPICAL

  • Best Salsa Album:
    Todos Vuelven Live - Rubén Blades y Seis Del Solar.
  • Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album:
    Tesoros - Juan Carlos Coronel.
  • Best Contemporary Tropical Album:
    Invencible - Tito El Bambino.
  • Best Traditional Tropical Album:
    The Last Mambo - Cachao.
  • Best Tropical Song:
    "Vamo' A Portarnos Mal" - Calle 13.

AlTERNATIVE

  • Best Alternative Music Album:
    Musica De Fondo: MTV Unplugged - Zoe.
  • Best Alternative Song:
    "Calma Pueblo" - Rafa Arcaute & Calle 13.

SINGER/SONGWRITER

  • Best Singer-Songwriter Album:
    Sesiones Intimas - Amaury Gutiérrez
    Días Nuevos - Gian Marco.

CHRISTIAN

  • Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
    Lenguaje De Amor - Alex Campos.
  • Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language)
    Extraordinario Amor De Deus - Aline Barros.

BRAZILIAN

  • Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album:
    Quinze - Jota Quest.
  • Best Brazilian Rock Album:
    Zii e Zie - Ao Vivo - Caetano Veloso.
  • Best Samba/Pagode Album:
    Exaltasamba 25 Anos - Ao Vivo - Exaltasamba.
  • Best MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) Album:
    Aria - Djavan.
  • Best Brazilian Song (Portuguese Language):
    "De Repente (Versão Estúdio)" - Nando Reis & Samuel Rosa.
  • Best Sertaneja Music Album:
    João Bosco & Vinícius - João Bosco & Vinícius.
  • Best Native Brazilian Roots Album:
    Sinfonia & Batuques - Naná Vasconcelos.

TRADITIONAL

  • Best Folk Album:
    Deja La Vida Volar - En Gira - Mercedes Sosa.
  • Best Tango Album:
    Cigala & Tango - Diego El Cigala.
  • Best Flamenco Album:
    La Orilla De Mi Pelo - Niña Pastori.

CHILDREN'S

  • Best Latin Children's Album:
    Musica De Brinquedo - Pato Fu.

JAZZ

  • Best Latin Jazz Album:
    Panamericana Suite - Paquito D'Rivera.

INSTRUMENTAL

  • Best Instrumental Album:
    Forever - Chick Corea , Stanley Clarke & Lenny White.

CLASSIC

  • Best Classical Album:
    Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos - Brazilian Guitar Quartet; Brazilian Guitar Quartet, producer.
  • Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
    "Panamericana Suite" - Paquito D'Rivera, composer.

RECORDING PACKAGE

  • Best Recording Package:
    Chico & Rita - Javier Mariscal, art director.
    Solo Un Momento - Alejandro Ros, art director.

PRODUCTION

  • Best Engineered Album:
    Drama Y Luz - Benny Faccone & Thom Russo, engineers; Tom Baker, mastering engineer.
  • Producer of the Year:
    Rafael Arcaute, Calle 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran.

MUSICAL VIDEO

  • Best Short Form Music Video:
    Calma Pueblo - Calle 13. Alejandro Santiago Ciena, video director; Alejandro Santiago Ciena, video producer.
  • Best Long Form Music Video:
    En Primera Fila - Franco De Vita. Diego Alvarez, video director; Vicente Solís, video producer .

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