Latin Grammy Awards Add Best Music for Visual Media Category and Field, Also Best Roots Song

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Thania Garcia The 26th Latin Grammy Awards has added a new field and two categories, the Latin Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

Visual Media will now be recognized as its own field, intended to reward original music created to “accompany and enrich the storyline of movies, television series, video games and other visual media,” per the Academy. “This includes music that, through its creativity and originality… [elevates the viewer’s experience].” The award in this category is officially titled Music for Visual Media.

The upcoming Latin music ceremony will also now recognize a Best Roots Song, “given to the songwriters of new, unpublished recordings, both vocal and instrumental, that reflect the traditions and roots of various communities, cultures, or social groups, especially those of Hispanic American origin.” The sound should range from tango to folk, flamenco, and other traditional subgenres, excluding tropical music.

Additional category amendments include the renaming of pop, urban fusion and children’s music categories. Eligibility criteria was also updated in the Best Urban/Urban Fusion Performance category so that remixes are now only eligible if the original version of the song was released within the same eligibility year.