Posted by Elena del Valle on December 15, 2005
Andrea Echeverri
Colombian rock icon Andrea Echeverri was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Latin Pop Album category. The Awards will air on CBS on February 8, 2006. Andrea Echeverri’s self-titled solo debut recently received a Latin Grammy nomination and 4 MTVLA nominations. She was also nominated for two Premio Lo Nuestro Awards for the same album "Andrea Echeverri" (Nacional Records). One of the highest-rated annual television special among Hispanics in the U.S the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards are scheduled to air February 23, 2006. Echeverri was nominated for Premio Lo Nuestro “Rock Album of the Year” and “Song of the Year (for the single “A eme O”).
Her debut solo album “Andrea Echeverri” was released by Nacional Records, the new ADA/Warner Music Group-distributed label. The announcement marks Nacional’s first Grammy nomination, a coup for the label, as Andrea Echeverri is also the label’s first album release.
Best known as the frontwoman for acclaimed Colombian Latin alternative band Aterciopelados, Andrea Echeverri has captivated audiences with her "potently melodic brand of feminism." After the success of "Gozo Poderoso," which landed Aterciopelados on the Top 10 of the Billboard Top Latin Albums Sales chart as well as a coveted appearance on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Echeverri took time off for the birth of her first child Milagros, who has become an inspiration. The result is the self-titled album “Andrea Echeverri,” Andrea’s first solo release. The disc, produced by Hector Buitrago from Aterciopelados and mixed by Thom Russo (Juanes, Kinky, Johnny Cash), also features a remix from Richard Blair (Sidestepper). Andrea Echeverri and Aterciopelados fans can look forward to a special iTunes-only release of an acoustic live session recently recorded in the iTunes studio available beginning on Dec. 20, 2005.
Posted by Elena del Valle on December 14, 2005
Miami, Florida -Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN)-The 18th Annual “Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina” (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards) nominees were announced live on the Univision Network morning show “Despierta América.” Award announcements will be made on Premio lo Nuestro which will be broadcast by the Univision Network on Thursday, February 23 from 8-11 pm ET/PT (7-10 pm Central/Mountain) live from Miami’s American Airlines Arena.
Dominican Bachata duo Monchy y Alexandra lead the competition with the most nominations at five in Tropical Genre categories such as “Album of the Year,” “Best Group or Duo,” “Song of the Year,” and “Artist of the Year.” Groups or artists with four nominations each include Colombian singer/songwriter Shakira, Mexican group Conjunto Primavera, Italian pop star Laura Pausini, Puerto Rican “Woman of Fire” Olga Tañón, Norteño group Intocable, Colombian rocker Juanes, Regional Mexican group K-Paz de la Sierra, reggaetón star Daddy Yankee and Puerto Rican pop star Luis Fonsi.
Additional multiple nominees include salsa music idols Marc Anthony (3) Gilberto Santa Rosa (2), and El Gran Combo (3), urban music stars Wisin y Yandel (3), Andy Andy (3), and Don Omar (2), regional Mexican artists Marco Antonio Solís (3), Beto y Sus Canarios (3), Luis Miguel (3) and Pepe Aguilar (2). Other nominated are Mexican “Golden Girl” Paulina Rubio, Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives, Mexico’s Vicente Fernández and Los Tigres del Norte.
The awards include finalists in 32 categories divided into five popular Latin music genres: Pop, Tropical, Regional Mexican, Rock and Urban. “Premio Lo Nuestro” awards are bestowed annually to the top talent in the Latin music industry along with the Video of the Year. Music nominations are determined from charts compiled by the recording industry trade magazine Radio & Records® for the time period of October 1, 2004, to September 30, 2005.
Latin music fans can go to http://www.univision.com to cast their votes online for the “Premio Lo Nuestro” winners. By logging onto Univision.com (Uniclave: Premio) between now and January 18, 2006, they can vote for their favorite artists in all categories. Univision.com will also have a dedicated section on the website with exclusive coverage that includes artist profiles, streaming video and music clips of the nominees.
“Premio Lo Nuestro” is a top rated annual special for Hispanics in the United States. It was viewed by more than nine million Hispanics in 2005, beating, according to promoters, all English or Spanish language award programs. Following is a complete list of 2006 “Premio Lo Nuestro” nominees by genre and category:
Pop
Album of the Year
1) Escucha, Laura Pausini (Warner)
2) Fijación Oral, Shakira (Sony BMG)
3) Fuego, Kumbia Kings (EMI Televisa)
4) Paso a Paso, Luis Fonsi (Universal)
5) Todo el Año, Obie Bermúdez (EMI Televisa)
Best Male Artist
1) Alejandro Fernández
2) Luis Fonsi
3) Obie Bermúdez
4) Reyli
Best Female Artist
1) Jimena
2) Julieta Venegas
3) Laura Pausini
4) Paulina Rubio
Best Group or Duo
1) Aleks Syntek y Ana Torroja
2) Kumbia Kings
3) La 5ª Estación
4) Shakira y Alejandro Sanz
Song of the Year
1) La Camisa Negra, Juanes (Universal)
2) La Tortura, Shakira y Alejandro Sanz (Sony BMG)
3) Nada es Para Siempre, Luis Fonsi (Universal)
4) Víveme, Laura Pausini (Warner)
5) Volverte a Ver, Juanes (Universal)
Best New Soloist or Group of the Year
1) Lena
2) Lu
3) RBD
4) Reik
Rock
Album of the Year
1) Andrea Echeverri, Andrea Echeverri (Nacional)
2) Con Todo Respeto, Molotov (Universal)
3) Consejo, La Secta All Star (Universal)
4) Consuelo en Domingo, Enjambre (Oso Records)
5) En el Cielo de Tu Boca, Circo (Universal)
Artist of the Year
1) Circo
2) Enjambre
3) Juanes
4) La Secta All Star
Song of theYear
1) A Eme O, Andrea Echeverri (Nacional)
2) Amateur, Molotov (Universal)
3) Biografía, Enjambre (Oso Records)
4) Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor, Juanes (Universal)
5) Un Accidente, Circo (Universal)
Tropical
Album of the Year
1) Amanecer Contigo, Frankie Negrón (SGZ Entertainment)
2) Aquí Estamos y De Verdad, El Gran Combo (Sony BMG)
3) Hasta el Fin, Monchy y Alexandra (J&N)
4) Ironía, Andy Andy (Urban Box Office)
5) Una Nueva Mujer, Olga Tañón (Sony BMG)
Best Male Artist
1) Carlos Vives
2) Gilberto Santa Rosa
3) Juan Luis Guerra
4) Marc Anthony
Best Female Artist
1) Brenda K. Starr
2) Melina León
3) Milly Quezada
4) Olga Tañón
Best Group or Duo
1) Aventura
2) El Gran Combo
3) Monchy y Alexandra
4) N’Klabe
Song of the Year
1) Bandolero, Olga Tañón (Sony BMG)
2) Hasta el Fin, Monchy y Alexandra (J&N)
3) Perdidos, Monchy y Alexandra (J&N)
4) Que Ironía, Andy Andy (Urban Box Office)
5) Se Esfuma Tu Amor, Marc Anthony (Sony BMG)
Tropical Merengue Artist of the Year
1) Juan Luis Guerra
2) La Gran Banda
3) Los Toros Band
4) Olga Tañón
Tropical Salsa Artist of the Year
1) El Gran Combo
2) Gilberto Santa Rosa
3) Marc Anthony
4) Tito Nieves
Tropical Traditional Artist of the Year
1) Andy Andy
2) Aventura
3) Carlos Vives
4) Monchy y Alexandra
Best New Soloist or Group of the Year
1) Ciclón
2) Edgar Daniel
3) T4
4) Xtreme
Regional Mexican
Best Album
1) Diez, Intocable (EMI Televisa)
2) Directo al Corazón, Los Tigres del Norte (Fonovisa)
3) Hoy Como Ayer, Conjunto Primavera (Fonovisa)
4) Pensando en Ti, K-Paz de la Sierra (Univision Records)
5) Razón de Sobra, Marco Antonio Solís (Fonovisa)
Best Male Artist
1) Luis Miguel
2) Marco Antonio Solís
3) Pepe Aguilar
4) Sergio Vega
Best Female Artist
1) Ana Bárbara
2) Diana Reyes
3) Isabela
4) Mariana
Best Group or Duo
1) Beto y sus Canarios
2) Conjunto Primavera
3) Intocable
4) K-Paz de la Sierra
Song of the Year
1) Aire, Intocable (EMI Televisa)
2) Eres Divina, Patrulla 81 (Disa)
3) Está Llorando Mi Corazón, Beto y sus Canarios (Disa)
4) Hoy Como Ayer, Conjunto Primavera (Fonovisa)
5) Volveré, K-Paz de la Sierra (Univision Records)
Band/Artist of the Year
1) Banda el Recodo
2) Beto y sus Canarios
3) K-Paz de la Sierra
4) Patrulla 81
Grupero Artist of the Year
1) Bronco – El Gigante de América
2) Grupo Innovación
3) Los Temerarios
4) Marco Antonio Solís
Norteño Artist of the Year
1) Conjunto Primavera
2) Intocable
3) Los Huracanes del Norte
4) Los Tigres del Norte
Ranchero Artist of the Year
1) Ezequiel Peña
2) Luis Miguel
3) Pepe Aguilar
4) Vicente Fernández
Best New Soloist or Group of the Year
1) Los Elegidos
2) Beto Terrazas
3) La Autoridad de la Sierra
4) Zaino
Urban
Album of the Year
1) Chosen Few El Documental, Chosen Few (Urban Box Office)
2) Desahogo, Vico C (EMI Televisa)
3) Flow La Diskoteka, DJ Nelson (Universal)
4) Los K-Becillas, Master Joe & OG Black (Ole Music)
5) Luny Tunes & Baby Ranks: Más Flow 2, Luny Tunes & Baby Ranks (Machete Records)
Artist of the Year
1) Daddy Yankee
2) Don Omar
3) Master Joe & OG Black
4) Wisin y Yandel
Song of the Year
1) Lo Que Pasó Pasó, Daddy Yankee (El Cartel)
2) Mayor Que Yo, Baby Ranks, Daddy Yankee, Héctor “El Father,” Tonny Tun Tun & Wisin y Yandel (Machete Records)
3) Mírame, Daddy Yankee (Machete Records)
4) Rakata, Wisin y Yandel (Machete Records)
5) Reggaetón Latino, Don Omar (Urban Box Office)
Video of the Year
Artist, Video
1) Laura Pausini, “Víveme”
2) Luis Fonsi, “Nada Es Para Siempre”
3) Luis Miguel, “Que Seas Feliz”
4) Shakira, “No”
5) Vico C, “Desahogo”
6) Anasol, “Nace”
Univision Communications Inc. is a premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98 percent of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 86 percent of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, a leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, a leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 67 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and four stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50 percent interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, a premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at http://www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50 percent interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27 percent interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
Posted by Elena del Valle on December 13, 2005
Barrio305 launched a reggaeton TV Show. Episode One of the show, titled "From Miami 2 Puerto Rico," was scheduled to be broadcast in it’s entirity on the Barrio305.com site. That episode featured comprehensive and in depth coverage of the reggaeton/Latin hip hop community.
Shot on location in Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico, the first episode uncovers the cultural movement known as reggaeton with special interviews, event coverage, never-before-seen behind the scenes footage of top reggaeton artists and special segments that feature import tuners and the Barrio Babes.
Barrio 305 obtained one-of-kind exclusive interviews with major hitters in the reggaeton and urban Latino music scene. Fat Joe, Pitbull, Nicky Jam and Tego Calderon are some the big names that have participated in making Barrio 305 a leading authority on reggaeton and urban Latin music coverage.
The name Barrio 305 is a Spanglish term that describes the emerging Latino youth culture in the U.S. Barrio is Spanish for neighborhood and 305 is the area code for the city of Miami; organizers hope the name captures the bi-cultural nature of English dominant Latinos living in U.S. urban areas.
Barrio 305 hopes to expand reggaeton’s audience outside major cities. Online-featured artists include leading acts such as Tego Calderon, Queen Ivy, Don Chezina and Daddy Yankee. As it’s popularity grows broadband channels such as Barrio 305, could act as an outlet for upcoming artists to stimulate the forefront of the "urban" Latin America. More information is available at http://www.barrio305.com/reggaeton_videos.htm
Posted by Elena del Valle on December 12, 2005
Raza Hoodia EP album cover
A sample of the recent Nacional re-release of Hip Hop Hoodios popular Raza Hoodia recording announced last week is available in an audio file on the HispanicMPR.com website at www.HispanicMPR.com . To listen to it, visit the website, then scroll down until you find "Podcasts" on the right column, selected the title from the options listed and click on the play button. Enjoy!
Posted by Elena del Valle on December 9, 2005
Roger Selbert, Ph.D.
Homeownership
Projections show U.S. Hispanics will need 4.6 million housing units over the next 20 years. According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting, the Hispanic home-buying market is:
- Huge: Latinos currently pay more than $30 billion per year in rent, and own U.S. homes valued at more than $360 billion.
- Growing exponentially: The Hispanic population will triple in size from 2000 to 2050.
- Geographically concentrated: Approximately 75% of Latinos live in five states, and three of these states (Florida, Texas and California) are already the top three states for single-family construction. The other two states are Arizona and New York.
- Buying homes: More than 230,000 Latino households will join the ranks of homeowners each year over the next 20 years. Census figures show that Hispanic homeownership in the U.S. rose from 40% to 47.4% in the 10-year period from 1993-2003.
- Young: 50% of Latinos are under age 25 and 70% are under age 36. In fact, the number of traditional entry-level buyers (33-year-olds) of Hispanic heritage is projected to rise by 12% over the next six years, compared to a 10% decline among other U.S. residents.
According to American City Vista, a homebuilder headed by former U.S. Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, ten million new households will be formed by the end of the decade; half of those will be minority, and more than half of those will be Hispanic. That’s almost 3 million new homes that can be sold to Latino households. And they’ll be able to afford them: disposable income of U.S. Hispanics reached $686 billion in 2004, having grown 36 percent from 2000, or double the rate of the U.S. population as a whole.
Homebuilders are responding to the Hispanic market’s needs and desires. As greater numbers of Latinos buy homes, a wide range of industries including realtors, lenders, developers, insurers, furniture and appliance stores and home-improvements outlets will also serve the market and reap the benefits. The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals estimates that 1.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States could become homeowners if barriers such as identification, legalization, traditional credit requirements and language were no longer issues.
Business Ownership
Self-employment by Latinos grew 41 percent between 2000 and 2003, while overall self-employment grew 6.2 percent. And the number of Latina-owned businesses surged 62.4 percent for the seven-year period that ended in 2004, while the overall number of businesses grew just 9 percent. According to Loui Olivas, professor at Arizona State University¹s Carey School of Business, one of the striking things about Hispanic businesses is that their clientele is predominantly non-Hispanic.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2002 Survey of Business Owners, released this year, shows that while the number of all U.S. businesses increased by 10 percent from 1997 to 2002, the rate of growth for minority- and women-owned businesses was far higher. The survey found 1.6 million Hispanic-owned businesses (up 31 percent from 1997), with total receipts of $226.5 billion (up 22 percent). There were 6.5 million women-owned businesses in 2002, up 20 percent from 1997.
The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity shows similar results. The number of Latinos who start businesses jumped to 0.48 percent of the adult population in 2004 from 0.38 percent in 1996, and higher than the 0.39 percent rate for white non-Latinos.
According to the Center for Women’s Business Research, as of 2004, Hispanic women-owned businesses number nearly 554,000, employ 320,000, and generate nearly $44.4 billion in sales nationwide. Further:
- Firms owned by Hispanic women represent 8.3% of all women-owned firms in the U.S.
- 38.8% of businesses owned by minorities are owned by Latinas
- 34.9% of all Hispanic-owned firms are owned by Latinas
- Latina-owned businesses employ 18.5% of the workers in all Hispanic-owned firms, and generate 16.3% of the sales
Growth Strategies Implications: Trends in Hispanic homeownership and business ownership confirm a basic theme we have been sounding in these pages for many years: Hispanics are acculturating to the mainstream while changing the mainstream in the process.
This article was excerpted from the December 2005 issue of Growth Strategies, a leading newsletter on economic, demographic, social and marketing trends. To subscribe or for more information, go to http://www.rogerselbert.com.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 8, 2005
Today’s Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations news is available in an audio format. To listen to it, visit www.HispanicMPR.com and scroll down until you see "Podcasts." Select the file with today’s date (120805) and click on the play button to listen to it online.
Posted by Elena del Valle on December 8, 2005
Rafael Urbina, CEO of HMI
Miami, FL and Greensboro, NC –Planeta Networks (http://www.planetatv.com) and Batanga (http://www.batanga.com) , two leading privately held Hispanic media Internet companies, announced a merger in an all-stock transaction effective immediately. The new website will be bilingual.
The merger will create a leading multimedia online network for Hispanics. It will combine the Planeta Broadband video business with the Batanga Latin music and online radio network and add Latin sports and auto content channels. Together, the companies will meet a wider set of customer needs, more than double their customer reach and be able to accelerate growth in new markets, such as the mobile and advanced television arena.
The new company will operate under the Hispanic Media, Inc. (HMI) name. Rafael Urbina, founder and chief executive officer of Planeta Networks, will continue as CEO of HMI. Troy McConnell, founder and chief executive officer of Batanga, will be president and chief operating officer of HMI.
"We are passionate about the opportunity to provide unique and compelling online content to Hispanics,” said . Urbina. "This is the fastest growing market demographic in the U.S. and we believe we can deliver to these consumers an engaging online experience which will make HMI a part of their everyday life.”
"For our advertisers and their agencies,” continued McConnell, “we can now offer rich-media advertising formats across a broader content platform. This will provide marketers with more creative options to deliver their messages persuasively to a much larger Hispanic audience.”
Planeta Networks and Batanga currently have more than 80 advertising clients, more than half of which are Fortune 500 corporations. Revenue is derived primarily from online advertising and broadband video streaming. The new company will employ 55 professionals and have its headquarters in Miami, Florida while maintaining offices in Greensboro, Caracas and Madrid.
Posted by Elena del Valle on December 7, 2005
Nielsen Monitor-Plus Report
Source: Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
*Internet data provided by Nielsen//NetRatings
Notes:
-Estimated online spending reflects CPM-based advertising only, and excludes search-based advertising, paid fee services, performance-based campaigns, sponsorships, barters, partnership advertising, advertorials, promotions, email and direct response
-Spot Radio and Syndicated TV were omitted due to changes in tracking.
-Newspaper reflects display ads only.
-Coupon reflects CPG products only.
According to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, although network TV and network radio ad revenues are not growing, most media advertising spending increased in the first nine months of 2005. Advertising across the 14 media tracked by Monitor-Plus increased 4.5 percent. The Internet showed the highest percet growth with an increase of 19.4 percent. Spanish-language TV showed the second highest growth,16.7 percent.
Other media growth: cable TV (11.9 percent), local magazines (10.1 percent), outdoor (7.3 percent), national magazines (7.1 percent), business-to-business magazines (3.9 percent), national newspapers (2.2 percent), and local newspapers (0.8 percent).
Nielsen Monitor-Plus is provided by Nielsen Media Research, a leader of innovative advertising information services in the United States, providing advertising activity for 16 media including television tracking in all 210 Designated Market Areas (DMAs). Nielsen Media Research is a leading provider of television audience measurement and advertising information services. In the United States, Nielsen’s National People Meter service provides audience estimates for all national program sources, including broadcast networks, cable networks, Spanish language networks, and national syndicators. Local ratings estimates are produced for television stations, regional cable networks, MSOs, cable interconnects, and Spanish language stations in each of the 210 television markets in the U.S., including electronic metered service in 56 markets. Nielsen Media Research is part of VNU Media Measurement & Information, a global leader in information services for the media and entertainment industries. VNU is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands and New York, USA. VNU is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam (ASE: VNU) stock exchange. For more information, please visit the VNU website at www.vnu.com.
Posted by Elena del Valle on December 6, 2005
The AthensEcoLatino.com published a note on the Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations book in the "Other News" section. Eco Latino is a monthly publication of the Athens Banner Herald. To see the note go to http://www.athensecolatino.com/othernews.html
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 6, 2005
Christine Clavijo-Kish, contributing co-author Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations
Christine Clavijo-Kish, partner, LatinClips Inc.will attend this week’s Marcus Evans Marketing Consumer Products to Multicultural Markets taking place December 8-9, 2005 in Miami, Florida and will be available to answer questions about her chapter informally during the conference.
Clavijo-Kish is contributing co-author to chapter 14 of the Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations book entitled "Hispanic Public Relations Return on Investment." She directs all sales and marketing strategies, and jointly overseas the overall operations and client services for LatinClips. She has spent more than ten years as a public relations and marketing practitioner and is an expert in developing multicultural, multilingual strategies and promotions for the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets. Clavijo-Kish is a graduate of the University of Miami with a bachelor’s degree in Communication and English Literature.
Conference information is available at www.marcusevansbb.com/consumerproducts
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