President Obama Immigration Speech Postpones Latin Grammys - Enrique Iglesias & Marc Anthony Win Big

By Larry Abuliak (larry.abuliak@mstarsnews.com) | Nov 21, 2014 08:05 PM EST

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The Latin Grammy Awards was a star studded event with winners that included Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony, and Calle 13, but the broadcast started out with a serious political tone after being postponed by a speech about immigration from President Obama.

The network broadcasting the awards, Univision, postponed the show by about 20 minutes so that the audience could watch the President announce how he will use his executive powers to not allow millions of illegal immigrants to be deported.

When the show finally did get started, the focus was mostly on performances. A whopping 19 artists had performed by the time it was over, including Marc Anthony singing the hit song "Rude" with Magic!, Pitbull with Santana, and reggaeton singer Wisin performing with Pitbull and Chris Brown.

As for the awards, Mr. Anthony, Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband, won for Best Salsa Album and made his first public appearance with new wife, Shannon De Lima.

Watch as Enrique thanks his fans and the Recording Academy:

 Gracias por los premios! #LatinGrammys Thank you guys for everything

Un vídeo publicado por Enrique Iglesias (@enriqueiglesias) el Nov 11, 2014 at 6:34 PST

Here is the full list of winners:

Record of the year: "Universos Paralelos" - Jorge Drexler, featuring Ana Tijoux
Album of the year: "Canción Andaluza" - Paco de Lucía
Song of the year: "Bailando" - Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona and Enrique Iglesias
New artist: Mariana Vega
Contemporary pop vocal album:
"Elypse" - Camila
Traditional pop vocal album: "Fonseca Sinfónico" - Fonseca
Urban performance: "Bailando" - Enrique Iglesias, featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona
Urban music album: "MultiViral" - Calle 13
Urban song: "Bailando" - Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona and Enrique Iglesias
Rock album: "Agua Maldita" - Molotov
Pop/Rock album:
"Loco De Amor" - Juanes
Rock song: "Cuando No Estás" - Andrés Calamaro
Alternative music album: "Romantisísmico" - Babasónicos
Alternative song: "El Aguante" - Calle 13
Salsa album: "3.0" - Marc Anthony
Cumbia/Vallenato album: "Celedón Sin Fronteras 1" - Jorge Celedón and various artists
Contemporary tropical album: "Más + Corazón Profundo" - Carlos Vives
Traditional tropical album:
"Grandes Exitos De Las Sonoras, Con La Más Grande, La Sonora Santanera" - La Sonora
Tropical song:
"Cuando Nos Volvamos A Encontrar" - Andrés Castro and Carlos Vives
Singer-songwriter album: "Bailar En La cueva" - Jorge Drexler
Ranchero album: "Lástima Que Sean Ajenas" - Pepe Aguilar
Banda album: "Haciendo Historia" - Banda El Recodo De Don Cruz Lizarrag
Tejano album: "Forever Mazz" - Jimmy González and Grupo Mazz
Norteño album: "Amor Amor" - Conjunto Primavera
Regional song: "De Mil Amores" - Marco Antonio Solís, songwriter (Marco Antonio Solís)
Instrumental album: "Final Night At Birdland" - Arturo O'Farrill and The Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Folk album:
"Raíz" - Lila Downs, Niña Pastori y Soledad
Tango album: "Tangos" - Rubén Blades
Flamenco album: "Canción Andaluza" - Paco de Lucía
Latin jazz album: Tie: "The Vigil" - Chick Corea, "Song For Maura" - Paquito D'Rivera & Trio Corrente
Christian album (Spanish language): "La Carta Perfecta - En Vivo" - Danilo Montero
Christian album (Portuguese language): "Graça" - Aline Barros
Brazilian contemporary pop album: "Multishow Ao Vivo - Ivete Sangalo 20 Anos" - Ivete Sangalo
Brazilian rock album:
"Gigante Gentil" - Erasmo Carlos
Samba/pagode album: "Coração A Batucar" - Maria Rita
MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album:
"Verdade, Uma Ilusão" - Marisa Monte
Sertaneja music album: "Questão De Tempo" - Sérgio Reis
Brazilian roots album: "Amigo Da Arte" - Alceu Valença
Brazilian song:
"A Bossa Nova é Foda" - Caetano Veloso, songwriter (Caetano Veloso)
Latin children's album: "Coloreando: Traditional Songs For Children In Spanish" - Marta Gómez & Friends
Classical album: "Verdi" - Plácido Domingo; Christopher Alder, album producer
Classical contemporary composition:
"Concierto Para Violín y Orquesta De Cuerdas" - Claudia Montero, composer (Claudia Montero)
Recording package: "Wed 21" - Alejandro Ros, art director (Juana Molina)
Engineered album:
"De Repente" - Juber Anbín, Johnnatan García, Rodner Padilla, Eduardo Pulgar, Vladimir Quintero Mora, Jean Sánchez & Alexander Vanlawren, engineers; Germán Landaeta & Darío Peñaloza, mixers; Germán Landaeta, mastering engineer (C4 Trío y Rafael ""Pollo"" Brito)
Producer of the year: Sergio George
Short form music video: "Flamingo" - La Vida Bohème | Leonardo Gonzalez, Pablo Iranzo & Carl Zitelman, video directors; Debbie Crosscup & César Elster, video producers
Long form music video:
"El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco - La Película" - Café Tacvba | Gregory Allen, video director; Café Tacvba, video producers

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