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Also claiming two awards was composer-arranger Paquito D'Rivera for best classical and best Latin jazz albums Because of visa complications, none of the dozen Cuban acts who were nominated attended the show this year Juanes was to perform with the hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas, while Brazilian singer Alexandre Pires was set to sing with "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson Bebu Silvetti, the early disco pioneer who worked in various genres, was honored posthumously as producer of the year But the winner was Bisbal, who burst on the scene with his album "Corazon Latino" after winning the Spanish equivalent of the television show "American Idol Thanks to my family and friends Although they didn't obtain visas to attend the show, the Cuban acts Orishas and Ibrahim Ferrer were honored in the pre-ceremony Muchas gracias," said the trio of Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes Obrigado "Thank you very much ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€? On the Net: Latin Grammys: http://www There were several planned performances to combine Latin music artists with English-language acts Molotov, the ferocious bilingual Mexican rap-metal group, was to perform "Here We Kum " "Thanks to all the fans in so many countries who supported me Juanes, who was nominated for five awards, took home a Latin Grammy for his rock solo album "Un Dia Normal," which was on the Billboard Latin charts for 65 weeks com They thanked the audience in English, Portuguese and Spanish, adding to the multicultural feel of the awards " This was the first year the Latin Grammys came to Miami This year, the city, protesters and the Latin Recording Academy reached a compromise to place the protesters less than 200 feet from the AmericanAirlines Arena " The group won a Latin Grammy for its anti-racism, anti-war video of the song "Frijolero About 300 demonstrators, both in favor and against the idea of Cuban performers, protested without incident outside the venue Producer-songwrit er Sergio George, who led all nominees with six, won a Latin Grammy for teaming with Bacilos singer-songwriter Jorge Villamizar to write the Miami-based group's catchy cumbia-rock single "Mi Primer Millon Silvetti, 59, died in July of complications from pneumonia Lafourcade, the 19-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter, was the favorite to win best new artist He also won best rock song for "Mala Gente (Bad People)," beating out Natalia Lafourcade, Shakira, Molotov and La Ley latingrammys The city was picked to host the show in 2001, the second year of the event, but threatened protests against Cuban performers by anti-Castro demonstrators led the Latin Recording Academy to move it to Los Angeles Ole!" said Bisbal, wearing a white shirt and a black choker around his neck Orishas, socially conscious rappers, won for best hip-hop album, and Ferrer, best known as a member of Buena Vista Social Club, won for best traditional tropical album Juanes, Bisbal Winners at Latin Grammys Sep 3, 7:41 PM EST Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes won two trophies while Spanish singer David Bisbal scored an upset during the pre-ceremony at Wednesday night's Latin Grammy Awards " The Brazilian collective Tribalistas won for best contemporary Brazilian pop album