Every year, within the Latin Grammy Awards, accordion music, that which emerged on the ranches of Alta Guajira among the workers of the region and which became a cultural and intangible heritage according to UNESCO, is recognized through the category 'Cumbia-Vallenato', which, generally, awards national artists.
However, despite the annual exaltation of this Colombian genre by the Academy, there is concern about the continuity of this category in the next edition of the awards, since according to a spokesman, there are very few artists and musical works registered.
Likewise, the Latin Grammy official regretted that the opportunity to accede to this application was missed, which, under the gloomy panorama, 'Cumbia-Vallenato' could even go into extinction.
“To lose the category to the highest recognition of the highest prize in international music would be both devastating and irreparable. Keeping the Cumbia Vallenato category alive is in our hands,” explained the spokesman for the awards. And it is that, contrary to what one might think, many vallenatero exhibitions have come out after the death of the 'Goldfinch of America', Jorge Oñate. In addition to that, there is great expectation for the launch of the Vallenata Legend Festival in its 55th edition.
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Now, the question is how do you register to keep this category alive in the Academy Awards? Well, applications will close next Friday, April 29, and all artists whose works have been recorded and published between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022, can register, and all artists whose works have been recorded and published between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022, when the songs must be uploaded on digital platforms.
Another requirement is that at least five singles that have been released on compact disc -CD- must be met, and in that order, to save the representation of vallenato in the Grammy Awards, it is necessary to exceed the number of 25 registered albums.
Needless to mention, not only did the category itself manage to make history in the vallenato genre within the Latin Grammys, because in its first edition -2006- the winners were Los Hermanos Zuleta for their recording work 'One hundred days of bohemia'.
In the 2007 edition, the winners in this category were Jorge Celedón and Jimmy Zambrano for the production 'They are for the world', beating big names such as Alfredo Gutiérrez -The Greatest with the Greats-; the American Gold Binomial -Unpredictable- and Checho Acosta -Checazos de Carnaval 3-.
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The latest winners in this category
In the 2021 edition, the winner was the one born in Urumita, Cesar, Silvestre Dangond on behalf of his album 'Las locuras mías'; while in the 2020 edition Jorge Celedón won again, but this time alongside accordionist Sergio Luis Rodríguez. Both submitted the album 'Sigo cantando al amor', and in 2019, Puerto Candelaria and Juancho Valencia surprised with their work 'Yo me llamo cumbia'.
The group had surpassed Diego Daza and Carlos Rueda with 'Esto que dice'; Juan Piña with 'For my masters with respect'; and Checo Acosta with their album 'Checo Acosta 30′, live version.
Finally, it is worth remembering that the Latin Grammy Awards will be held in November in Las Vegas, United States.
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