{"id":477786,"date":"2025-08-08T10:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/olga-tanon-will-receive-the-musical-excellence-award-at-the-latin-grammy\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:38:16","slug":"olga-tanon-will-receive-the-musical-excellence-award-at-the-latin-grammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/entertainment\/olga-tanon-will-receive-the-musical-excellence-award-at-the-latin-grammy\/","title":{"rendered":"Olga Ta\u00f1\u00f3n will receive the Musical Excellence Award at the Latin Grammy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Miami \u2013<\/em> <\/strong>The Latin Recording Academy<\/strong> announced that Puerto Rican singer Olga Ta\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong> will be one of the artists recognized with the Musical Excellence Award<\/strong> during the next Latin Grammy gala, which will be held in November in Las Vegas, United States.<\/p>\n\n\nTa\u00f1\u00f3n will share this honor with other outstanding figures of Ibero-American music: Peruvian Susana Baca<\/strong>, Spanish Enrique Bunbury<\/strong>, Brazilian Ivan Lins<\/strong> and the Mexican trio Pandora<\/strong>. All of them were selected by the Academy’s Board of Directors in recognition of their artistic careers and significant contributions to Latin music.\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n“It is an immense privilege to honor these music legends, who continue to redefine our rich musical heritage, as well as our first Latin Music Educator Award winner<\/strong>,” said Manuel Abud<\/strong>, CEO of The Latin Recording Academy. “We are very excited about the opportunity to celebrate them all during the 26th Annual Latin GRAMMY Week.”\n\nThe institution highlighted the versatility of the so-called “Woman of Fire”<\/em> <\/strong>as one of the key reasons for awarding her this accolade. “She is much more than a merengue icon. With her powerful and fierce voice, she has easily ventured into bachata, salsa, and Latin pop, forging a versatile and pioneering career,” the Academy stated in its official announcement.\n\nOlga Ta\u00f1\u00f3n, who has won multiple Latin Grammys throughout her career and has also been recognized with the Anglo Grammy<\/strong>, reacted with deep emotion upon receiving the news. In a video released on the Academy’s social media, the artist expressed:\n\n\n
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\u201cMy heart doesn’t fit in my chest<\/strong>. Thanks to all the people who have had the opportunity to make this reach me, my children, my descendants, the people who are really going to stay and that this really be something that leads us to never give up as Hispanics, to never give up as a nation, to not give up our talent. And to always defend it wherever we are. So thank you very much for this great honor that the academy gives me. I fall short, God bless you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote\n\n\nThe honorees will be celebrated at a private event<\/strong> \u2014presented by Windstar Cruises for the second consecutive year\u2014 on Sunday, November 9, 2025<\/strong>, in Las Vegas.\n\n\n

You may be interested in: <\/strong>Alofoke will represent DR at the Billboard Latin Music Week 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe Award for Musical Excellence<\/strong> was established in 2004, four years after the first edition of the Latin Grammys, and is awarded to performers who have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic value to Latin music.\n\n\n

About Olga Ta\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nOlga Teresa Ta\u00f1\u00f3n Ortiz was born in San Juan in 1967<\/strong>, and began her career as a member of the tropical group Chantelle before achieving fame as a soloist.\n\nHe has experimented with a multitude of genres, gracing with his gritty voice bachata, salsa, and Latin pop themes.\n\nFrom the vibrant urban tropical fusion of “La gran fiesta” (2017) to the feverish rhythm of “Mi forma de ser” (2021), this multiple Latin GRAMMY and GRAMMY winner continues to be a musical beacon within contemporary merengue.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami \u2013 The Latin Recording Academy announced that Puerto Rican singer Olga Ta\u00f1\u00f3n will be one of the artists recognized with the Musical Excellence Award during the next Latin Grammy gala, which will be held in November in Las Vegas, United States. Ta\u00f1\u00f3n will share this honor with other outstanding figures of Ibero-American music: Peruvian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":477787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41850],"class_list":["post-477786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-olga-tanon"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-20ie","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copia-de-Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-76.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Entertainment"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copia-de-Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-76.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}