63rd Annual GRAMMY AWARDS® Program Book

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Billie Eilish at the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater

The Latin Recording Academy

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stablished as the global authority on Latin music, The Latin Recording Academy is dedicated to nurturing, celebrating, honoring and elevating Latin music and its creators.

GRAMMY Museum

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he GRAMMY Museum is a philanthropic arts organization dedicated to celebrating and preserving music through exhibitions, music education and public programs. Celebrate Since opening its doors in 2008, the Museum’s permanent and special exhibition galleries have celebrated the iconic artists and music professionals who’ve made a significant mark on our culture. Engage Year-round public programs range from intimate interviews with up-and-coming artists and panels to live performances, lectures and film screenings, which are now available on the

VISIT COLLECTION:LIVE See artist interviews, performances, livestreams, and archival footage. Proceeds benefit the Museum’s music education initiatives. watch.grammymuseum.org

Museum’s official streaming service, COLLECTION:live. Educate The Museum offers a variety of multidisciplinary programs designed to bring music to students, schools and communities in need. Programs such as GRAMMY Camp build students’ knowledge of the world through the arts, while the Museum’s Music Educator Award, in conjunction with the Recording Academy, and Jane Ortner Educator Award recognize teachers who use music in the classroom to inspire the next generation of creators.

Celebration The Latin Recording Academy honors excellence in the recording arts and sciences through the Latin GRAMMY Awards, celebrates a notable Latin recording artist through its Person of the Year gala and acknowledges the careers of legendary music creators with a Special Awards ceremony honoring Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Award recipients. Given the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 21st Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards were held with no audience following a virtual awards process. Anchored from Miami, the reinvented telecast featured performances from around the world, embodying the essence of people with diverse stories of hope, community, sense of purpose, and celebration. Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation The Foundation promotes the appreciation and awareness of the significant contributions of Latin music and its creators. Since its establishment six years ago, the Foundation has allocated more than $5 million in scholarships, grants, musical instruments, and educational events throughout the United States and Ibero-America. CNCO perform at a Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation benefit concert in February 2020

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Membership Latin Academy membership is composed of musicians, songwriters, producers and other creative and technical music professionals specializing in Latin genres. Today, there are more than 4,000 Latin Academy members representing approximately 34 countries.

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