Machete Music dominates the list of Latin Grammy nominees

Posted by: CorrienteLatina  Posted: 09-29-2006 Print Article Email to a friend RSS Twitter Facebook

Machete Music dominates the list of Latin Grammy nominees in the catergory of "Best Urban Music Album"

Record label Machete Music receives 2 out of the 4 nominations to the Latin Grammys in the "Best Urban Music Album" category.

"King Of Kings" - Don Omar

Don Omar is currently in preparations for his World Tour. Recently he performed in Rome, London, Barcelona, various cities in Mexico and also visited US Troops in South Korea. This past weekend he performed at the Madison Square Garden, participating in the country's most important Reggaeton concert.

His album, 'King Of Kings' is nearing 1 million copies sold and the songs "Angelito", Salio El Sol" and "Conteo" have made it to the top of the charts in United States and Latin America. Don Omar was invited to participate in Chile's biggest music festival "Viña Del Mar" next year and promises to give the best performance of the night.



"Pa'l Mundo" - Wisin y Yandel

Wisin & Yandel once again made history by being the only exponents of their genre to participate in the song "One Day", the theme song for the United Nations concert for peace. The event will take place December 9th in the Rome Coliseum in Italy.

The duo collaborated with various international stars that included Jennifer López, Marc Anthony, Sean Paul, Cassidy, Chris Brown, and many others on the song. The song was produced by the multi Grammy winner Swizz Beatz, whom Wisin & Yandel had previously worked with on the song "Wanna Ride", theme to the movie "Take the Lead", starring Antonio Banderas.

On another note, Wisin & Yandel are celebrating that after 45 weeks of the release of their album "Pa'l Mundo", they're still on top of the charts with certified sales by RIAA of more than 700,000 units. They're currently immersed in the launch of "Los Vaqueros" coming November 7 th. "Los Vaqueros" is the first release from their record label WY Records, where they'll launch new talent from their label like Franco "El Gorila", Tony Dize, El Tío, Gadiel y Lobo.

Machete Music once again is the leader in urban music and continues to demonstrate its' strength in the market with the strongest artists of the genre.