Residente performing at the Festival Afrocaribeño in Veracruz, Mexico in 2009. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Awards won | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 74 |
Puerto Rican rapper Residente has won 39 awards from 74 nominations. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and 42 Latin Grammy Awards, winning four and 27 awards, respectively. Both Residente and his step-brother Eduardo Cabra "Visitante" hold the record of the most Latin Grammy Award wins with 24 each.[1]
He began his music career as member of Puerto Rican group Calle 13 in 2004.[2] The band's first album Calle 13 (2005) garnered Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Music Album, Best New Artist, and Best Short Form Music Video (for "Atrévete-te-te". The album also received a nomination for a Billboard Latin Music Award for Reggaeton Album of the Year.
Their second album Residente o Visitante garnered them Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Music Album and Best Urban Song (for "Pa'l Norte"), and received nominations for Album of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video (for "Tango del Pecado"). The album also won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album.
Calle 13's third album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo (2009) was recipient of Latin Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Urban Music Album, Record of the Year and Best Alternative Song (for "No Hay Nadie Como Tú"), and Best Short Form Music Video (for "La Perla"). The record also garnered their second Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album.
Their fourth studio album Entren Los Que Quieran received Latin Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Urban Music Album, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Latinoamérica"), Best Alternative Song and Best Short Form Music Video (for "Calma Pueblo"), Best Urban Song (for "Baile de los Pobres"), Best Tropical Song (for "Vamo' a Portarnos Mal"), and Producer of the Year. After winning nine awards at the 12th Latin Grammy Awards, Calle 13 broke the record for most Latin Grammy wins in history with 19 awards, as well as the most wins in a single ceremony.[2][3][4] The album also received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album.
The group's fifth and last album Multi Viral (2014) garnered Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Music Album, Best Alternative Song (for "El Aguante"), and Best Short Form Music Video (for "Ojos Color Sol"), and received nominations for Album of the Year, Record of the Year (for "Respira el Momento"), Song of the Year (for "Ojos Color Sol"), Best Urban Performance and Best Urban Song (for "Adentro"), and Best Short Form Music Video (for "Adentro" and "Así de Grandes Son Las ldeas"). The album also won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.
Residente's first album as soloist Residente (2017) garnered him Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Music Album and Best Urban Song (for "Somos Anormales"), and received nominations for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Guerra"), Best Urban Fusion/Performance (for "Dagombas en Tamale"), Best Alternative Song (for "Apocalíptico"), Best Tropical Song (for "Hijos del Cañaveral"), and Best Short Form Music Video (for "Desencuentro"). Residente also received a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.
His social commitment, lyrics, and contribution to popular culture garnered Residente recognitions by Amnesty International, the Ateneo Puertorriqueño, the National University of La Plata, the Nobel Peace Laureates, and the Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).
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