Sting Wins First Latin Grammy, for Guest Vocal on Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Track

Sting has won his first Latin Grammy Award, taking Best Pop/Rock Song for his feature on "Hasta Jesús Tuvo Un Mal Día", a track by Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, according to Rolling Stone.

The Latin Grammys are presented by the Latin Recording Academy to music recorded mainly in Spanish or Portuguese. A "feature" is a guest appearance, where a performer sings or plays on another act's song. Sting, the British musician best known as the frontman of The Police, appeared on the track as a guest.

He was not at the ceremony to accept the award. Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso collected it on his behalf.

The song comes from the duo's album Free Spirits. That album was nominated for two further Latin Grammys, Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album. "Hasta Jesús Tuvo Un Mal Día" was also nominated for Song of the Year, the category that recognises the writing of a song rather than the performance.

Nominations and wins are decided in separate categories, so a single song can be up for several awards at once. Here, the track's nomination for Song of the Year and the album's two nominations sit alongside the Best Pop/Rock Song win.

For Sting, the trophy adds a new name to a list of honours that already includes earlier Grammy wins in the English-language categories. For the duo, it means the award went to a song they recorded together, with a guest they brought in, and the prize was accepted by the pair rather than by the guest.