Latin Grammys: honors to 'Patria y vida' and celebration to Rubén Blades

C. Tangana shared composition awards for best alternative song and best pop/rock song, and his two dozen engineers shared the award for best recording engineering for an album for El madrileño. And Juan Luis Guerra won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and a handful of lesser awards, adding to his extensive rack of accolades.

Juliana Velásquez, an up-and-coming and poetic Colombian songwriter, was named best new artist, and Mon Laferte won best female singer-songwriter album for Seis in a category often dominated by men (she also flaunted her volatile voice and, with her wardrobe, of her pregnant belly).

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But as always at the Latin Grammys, it was the performances that made the show worth it: fiery (literally in that of best urban album winner Bad Bunny), passionate and virtuoso, as well as the rowdiness.