Latin academy gets new chairman
Award-winning producer and songwriter Kike Santander has been elected chairman of the board of the Latin Recording Academy, the organization that sponsors the annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Santander, a native of Colombia now based in Miami, becomes the group’s second chairman, replacing Manolo Diaz, who is taking the helm of EMI Music Spain in September.
Santander, who became an independent producer a few years ago after a bitter split with his former boss, Emilio Estefan, has worked with the top names in Latin pop, including Marc Anthony, Carlos Santana and Jennifer Lopez. .
Nominations for the fifth annual Latin Grammy Awards will be announced July 14. The awards ceremony, which honors excellence in Spanish- and Portuguese-language music from around the globe, will be held Sept. 1 at the Shrine Auditorium and broadcast by CBS.
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Agustin Gurza
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