Silvana Estrada Has Six Nominations Ahead of the Latin Grammys
Singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada has six nominations at the 27th Latin Grammy Awards, which take place on 12 November in Las Vegas. She spoke about the nominations, a new job and her plans for the year ahead in a video-call interview with Billboard Español.
All six nominations go to her 2025 album, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, which was independently produced. That means it was made without the backing of a major record company. The album is up for Album of the Year, the top prize for a full record. Its single "Dime" is nominated for Record of the Year, which honours the recording itself, and for Song of the Year, which honours the songwriting. The album also earned nominations for Best Singer-Songwriter Album, and "Dime" is up for Best Singer-Songwriter Song. "El Alma Mía" is nominated for Best Roots Song.
Estrada has been to this stage before. She won the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist in 2022. Her latest move came in October, when she released an expanded edition of the album, titled Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (y el tiempo prudente). It adds new songs, including "Pensarte" and "Todo Baila." The second of those is a collaboration with M. Ward, the American musician.
Her new job is with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the orchestra better known as the LA Phil. She has been named its first creative director of Latin music. In that role she will curate and create projects for three of the orchestra's venues: Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford. Creative director is a planning role, so she shapes what gets staged as well as performing in it.
Her touring year ends in Mexico City. Estrada will make her debut at the Auditorio Nacional on 12 and 13 December, and those two shows are the grand finale of her tour. Afterwards she plans to take a sabbatical year, meaning a year away from the stage. She did not say in the interview what she would do with that time, according to the Billboard Español report.
The Latin Grammys are voted on by members of the Latin Recording Academy, and a nomination is a place on a shortlist, not a win. Between now and 12 November, the nominees will wait for the results, and for Estrada, the next few weeks will mark the end of a busy run before a long break from the stage.
