Two of the largest hits of the 12 months — the regional Mexican tunes “Un x100to” by Grupo Frontera and Unhealthy Bunny and “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabón Armado and Peso Pluma — received’t earn any Grammy nominations this 12 months. That’s as a result of the worldwide successes weren’t submitted to the awards present.
A supply near the state of affairs tells The Hollywood Reporter that “Un x100to” and “Ella Baila Sola” — which each reached the High 5 on the all-genre Billboard Scorching 100 chart this 12 months — didn’t seem on the Grammy poll for first-round voting, which kicked off Oct. 11 and ended on Oct. 20. Nominations might be introduced on Nov. 10 and the 2024 Grammys will air dwell on Feb. 4, 2024.
It’s not clear why the songs weren’t submitted, or if somebody didn’t submit them. Representatives for Grupo Frontera and Eslabón Armado — whose impartial file labels launched the songs — didn’t reply to emails in search of readability. Representatives for collaborators Unhealthy Bunny and Peso Pluma additionally didn’t reply to emails in search of remark.
Document labels or media corporations usually deal with Grammy submissions for artists. Performers, songwriters, producers, engineers and different music creators, who’re members of the Recording Academy, may submit albums and songs to the Grammys.
Outdoors of Grammy classes like track of the 12 months and file of the 12 months, Eslabón Armado and Grupo Frontera might have earned nominations like finest new artist and their albums would have been a shoo-in for finest música Mexicana album. Their hits might have competed in the most effective pop duo/group efficiency class and even finest world music efficiency.
“Ella Baila Sola” and “Un x100to” are each nominated for 2 honors on the Latin Grammy Awards, which is able to air dwell on Nov. 16 from Seville, Spain. Each songs are nominated for track of the 12 months and finest regional Mexican track — two classes reserved for songwriters. For “Ella Baila Sola,” the nomination goes to Eslabón Armado lead singer Pedro Tovar, who wrote the monitor alone. Eslabón Armado and Peso Pluma will group as much as carry out the monitor dwell on the Latin Grammys.
For “Un x100to,” the nominations go to Unhealthy Bunny and songwriters Edgar Barrera, Marco Daniel Borrero and Andres Jael Correa Rios; not one of the members of Grupo Frontera wrote the track, which suggests the band isn’t technically nominated on the Latin Grammys.
Whereas Latin music has been a world pressure over time, it’s usually acts from the reggaeton, Latin hip-hop or Latin pop genres — together with Unhealthy Bunny and J Balvin to Shakira and Karol G — who’ve topped the charts and dominated on streaming companies. However the success of Grupo Frontera and Eslabón Armado, together with Peso Pluma, put a serious spotlight on regional Mexican music, helped the standard sound attain new heights on the pop charts and diversified the up to date Latin music scene.
Eslabón Armado’s “Ella Baila Sola,” which went viral on TikTok, turned the primary regional Mexican track to achieve the High 10 within the historical past of the Scorching 100 chart, peaking at No. 4. The track spent 19 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Scorching Latin Songs chart and is licensed 21x-platinum by RIAA, which is equal to 1.26 million items in gross sales and streams. The music video has greater than 400 million views on YouTube and the track has earned 585 million on-demand streams within the U.S. alone.
Grupo Frontera’s “Un x100to” was additionally a serious success, reaching No. 5 on the Scorching 100 and peaking at No. 2 for months on the Latin chart whereas “Ella Baila Sola” was No. 1. The track’s music video has been seen greater than 569 million instances on YouTube and the monitor has earned 332 million on-demand streams within the U.S.
The trio Eslabón Armado consists of Pedro Tovar, Brian Tovar and Gabriel Hidalgo, and hail from Patterson, California. They’re signed to indie label DEL Information and have launched 4 High 10 hits on the Latin charts. 5 of their albums have appeared on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart, together with two High 10s. Six of their albums have reached the High 10 of the Latin chart, together with the No. 1 smashes Vibras de Noche and Desvelado, their newest album that was launched in April.
Grupo Frontera, a six-member ensemble, is from Edinburg, Texas, and consists of Adelaido “Payo” Solis III, Juan Javier Cantú, Alberto “Beto” Acosta, Carlos Guerrero, Julian Peña Jr. and Carlos Zamora. They’re signed to indie outfit VHR Music and have logged seven High 10 hits on the Latin charts, together with the No. 1 hit “Bebe Dame” with Fuerza Regida. The band’s debut album, El Comienzo, was launched in August and peaked at Nos. 4 and 34 on the Latin and Billboard 200 albums charts, respectively.
Grupo Frontera, nevertheless, does have a small likelihood of incomes a single Grammy nomination: their visitor look on “Frágil,” by fellow regional Mexican group Yahritza y su Esencia, was submitted for finest pop duo/group efficiency by Columbia Information. The track reached the High 10 on the Latin charts and No. 69 on the Scorching 100 chart.
On the Grammys, Academy members concerned in albums or songs — together with songwriters, producers and engineers — can submit materials they labored on for awards. For instance, Unhealthy Bunny might have submitted “Un x100to,” his largest hit of the final 12 months, for awards. As an alternative, he submitted “The place She Goes” for track of the 12 months, file of the 12 months, finest pop solo efficiency and finest music video. “The place She Goes” peaked at No. 8 on the Scorching 100 and is from his album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, which debuted at No. 1 this week and can qualify on the 2025 Grammys.
And though Peso Pluma had main success this 12 months, “Ella Baila Sola” was additionally his largest hit and his group might have submitted the track for Grammys on his behalf. As an alternative, the 24-year-old rising star submitted his hit “Woman Gaga” for file of the 12 months and finest pop duo/group efficiency; “Bye” for track of the 12 months, finest pop solo efficiency and finest music video; and “Zapata” for finest world music efficiency. His album, Génesis, was submitted for album of the 12 months and finest música Mexicana album, whereas his visitor appearances on songs by Becky G, Karol G and Bizarrap have been additionally submitted for awards.
As a result of “Un x100to” and “Ella Baila Sola” received’t be capable of compete on the Grammys, it’ll give different Latin acts a greater likelihood at scoring huge nominations as a result of the votes received’t cut up as a lot. It may gain advantage performers like Peso Pluma, Unhealthy Bunny and Karol G, who’s predicted to earn a nomination for album of the 12 months with Mañana Será Bonito and now has a stronger shot at nominations for track of the 12 months, file of the 12 months and finest pop duo/group efficiency with “TQG,” her collaboration with Shakira that topped the Latin charts and have become a High 10 hit on the pop charts.