(Previous recipients includeKarol G, Calle 13, and Juanes.)
This years contenders represent a diverse group, spanning pop, rock, folk genres across Latin America.
Agris, meanwhile, excels at soaring ballads that show a vulnerable side.
Matias Guido; Lucía Olmos*
Below, these acts talk about what the nomination means to them.
Ela Taubert
I feel so grateful and blessed.
Agris
I hd been on tour when I found out.
It was such a funny contrast the Academy knows who I am, but no one else does.
It felt kind of perfect, though, a slap of reality that keeps your feet on the ground.
