Juan Luis Guerra and Manerra are the most nominated Dominican Indie Awards

Juan Luis Guerra and Manerra, with 8 nominations each, are the most nominated artists for the third edition of the Dominican Indie Awards, reported the production company Revolución Sonora.

Riccie Oriach and Manny Cruz follow with 7 nominations each. while Xiomara Fortuna and Maffio achieved 6 each and the late merengue player Johnny Ventura has five.

His collaborations with Néstor Torres and Fernando Villalona, ​​who received 4 nominations, place Ventura among the artists with the most nominations for the Dominican Indie Awards.

The producer José Luis Freitas commented that the Dominican Indie Awards is a completely musical award in which only the quality and not the popularity of the artists is judged, “despite the little support received from companies and the government” they have felt “massive support and respect on the part of the artists and that is that the jury is made up of specialists within each area of ​​music”.

In this edition more than 800 songs were registered so the job of listening to everything took several months.

The nominees were announced on Sunday in a special broadcast on the Revolución Sonora channel (producer of the awards) where artists such as Xiomara Fortuna, Frank Ceara, Mudovan, La Banda, Nelson García, Karina Pasian and Tierra Fértil announced the nominees together to the musicians and producers Jochy Sánchez, Ambiorix Francisco, Otoniel Nicolás, Ricardo Ramos and Antonio González, who completed the nomination announcements.

The Best Album category is just as varied as in previous installments. Raulín Rosendo, who added three nominations, represents salsa.

Classical music is present again. In the previous edition, the biggest surprise of the awards was the announcement of Nicole Peña Comas as the winner of the best album, and this year she and her sisters are nominated, as is Aisha Syed.

Jazz by The Dominican Jazz Project, urban music by Redimi2, merengue by Manny Cruz, Rock by Altherego (the big surprise in this “Best Album” category).

Pop is carried by Alex Ferreira and Riccie Oriach and Juan Luis Guerra also by world music.

“We have noticed how renowned artists have joined this award, but at the same time exponents with less exposure are taken into account in the same way, all judged by the quality of their works presented, not by their fame or career and this It’s something special,” says Revolución Sonora.

Among the nominees, there are three very different artists: Aysha Syed (classical music), Altherego (rock) and Redimi2 (urban) who each have five mentions.

The date of the awards will be announced later as well as the people who will be honored.

The full list of nominees:

– JUAN LUIS GUERRA 8 NOMINATIONS:

BEST WORLD MUSIC SONG – BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM – BEST MIX – BEST COMPOSITION – BEST REVERSE – BEST PRODUCTION OF A SONG – BEST SONG – BEST ALBUM

– WAY 8 NOMINATIONS:

BEST MERENGUE – BEST BACHATA – BEST POP – BEST WORLD MUSIC SONG – BEST BALLAD – BEST POP ALBUM – BEST COMPOSITION – BEST SONG

– RICCIE ORIACH 7 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COVER – BEST WORLD MUSIC SONG – BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM – BEST MIX – BEST PRODUCTION OF A SONG – BEST SONG – BEST ALBUM

– MANNY CRUZ 7 NOMINATIONS:

BEST BACHATA – BEST MERENGUE – BEST TROPICAL ALBUM – BEST COLLABORATION – BEST MIX – BEST SONG – BEST ALBUM

– MAFFIO 6 NOMINATIONS:

3 BEST DEMBOW AND/OR REGUETON – BEST URBAN POP – BEST URBAN ALBUM – BEST MIX

– XIOMARA FORTUNE 6 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COVER – BEST COLLABORATION – BEST URBAN POP – BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG – BEST SONG – BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

– ALTHEREGO 5 NOMINATIONS:

BEST ROCK SONG – BEST REVERSION – BEST ROCK ALBUM – BEST REMIX – BEST ALBUM

– REDEEM2 5 NOMINATIONS:

BEST MUSIC VIDEO – BEST POP SONG – BEST URBAN SONG – BEST URBAN ALBUM – BEST ALBUM

– AYSHA SYED 5 NOMINATIONS:

2 IN BEST CLASSICAL SONG – BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC ALBUM – BEST SONG – BEST ALBUM

– JOHNNY VENTURA 5 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COLLABORATION – BEST WORLD MUSIC SONG – BEST MERENGUE – BEST SONG – BEST PRODUCTION OF A SONG

– FERNANDO VILLALONA 4 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COLLABORATION – BEST MERENGUE – BEST BACHATA – BEST TROPICAL ALBUM

– SEYE 4 NOMINATIONS:

BEST POP SONG – BEST COLLABORATION – BEST MUSIC VIDEO – BEST PRODUCTION OF A SONG

– DANIEL SANTACRUZ 4 NOMINATIONS:

BEST MERENGUE – BEST BACHATA – BEST COLLABORATION – BEST SONG

– TRIO PEÑA COMAS 4 NOMINATIONS:

2 IN BEST CLASSICAL SONG – BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC ALBUM – BEST ALBUM

– BREAKOUT THE CRAZY 4 NOMINATIONS:

BEST BALLAD – BEST POP SONG – BEST MIX – BEST PRODUCTION OF A SONG

– THE DOMINICAN JAZZ PROJECT 4 NOMINATIONS:

BEST JAZZ SONG – BEST JAZZ ALBUM – BEST SONG – BEST ALBUM

– ALEX FERREIRA 4 NOMINATIONS:

BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG – BEST COMPOSITION – BEST SONGWRITER ALBUM – BEST ALBUM

– I MONTRO 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COVER – BEST ROCK SONG – BEST ROCK ALBUM

– PAVEL NUÑEZ 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST BALLAD – BEST COMPOSITION – BEST SALSA

MARTOX 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST MIX – BEST PRODUCTION OF A SONG – BEST POP ALBUM

– RODHEN SANTOS 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST REVERSION – BEST JAZZ SONG – BEST SONG

– NATHALIE HAZIM 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COVER – BEST REVERSION – BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

– RAULIN ROSENDO 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST SALSA – BEST TROPICAL ALBUM – BEST ALBUM

– MARTEOVENUS 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COLLABORATION – BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG – BEST SONG

– DKANO 3 NOMINATIONS:

2 BEST URBAN ALBUM – BEST URBAN SONG

– SABRINA STEPPAN 3 NOMINATIONS:

BEST SONG EMERGING ARTIST – BEST COMPOSITION – BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

– CHEZ TROPICS 3 NOMINATIONS

2 BEST ELECTRONIC SONG – BEST ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM

– ESTATIKA 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST ROCK SONG – BEST EMERGING ARTIST SONG

– MICKEY DESTRO 2 NOMINATIONS

BEST ELECTRONIC SONG – BEST ELECTRONIC ALBUM

– LENA DARDELET 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST WORLD MUSIC SONG – BEST SONG

– CRUZMONTY 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COMPOSITION – BEST BACHATA

– GETAN 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST ELECTRONIC SONG – BEST ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM

– ADRIEL SFX 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST REMIX – BEST ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM

– ROCK & LOR 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST ROCK ALBUM – BEST COVER

– COMMAND SARIT 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST ELECTRONIC SONG – BEST ELECTRONIC ALBUM

– MALCO 2 NOMINATIONS:

1 BEST COVER – BEST VIDEO

– GABY DE LOS SANTOS 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST COVER – BEST REMIX

– NIKOLA 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST VIDEO – BEST POP ALBUM

– COWBOY 2 NOMINATIONS:

BEST URBAN POP SONG – BEST COLLABORATION

– GIORGIO SILADI 2 NOMINATIONS

BEST POP SONG – BEST COLLABORATION

– LATHERAL 1 NOMINATION:

BEST ROCK ALBUM

– ZOOM SOON BAO 1 NOMINATION:

BEST REMIX

– JIREH 1 NOMINATION:

BEST EMERGING ARTIST SONG

– INKA 1 NOMINATION:

BEST REMIX

– JANIO LORA 1 NOMINATION:

BEST SONGWRITER ALBUM

– BLACK KARIBE 1 NOMINATION:

BEST POP ALBUM

– POOLPO 1 NOMINATION:

BEST ROCK SONG

– ONLY FERNANDEZ 1 NOMINATION:

BEST ROCK SONG

– SHY MELOMADO 1 NOMINATION:

BEST POP ALBUM

– BRETTON 1 NOMINATION:

BEST SONGWRITER ALBUM

– REAGAN LIRIANO 1 NOMINATION:

BEST REMIX

– NENIPION 1 NOMINATION:

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

– DR PSYCHIATRIST 1 NOMINATION

BEST URBAN ALBUM

– JOSE MIGUEL TAVERAS 1 NOMINATION:

BEST SONGWRITER ALBUM

– EDDY HERRERA 1 NOMINATION:

BEST TROPICAL ALBUM

– BEROWSHKA 1 NOMINATION:

BEST VIDEO

– DIS.TANT 1 NOMINATION:

BEST ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM

– RANDOM 1 NOMINATION:

BEST REMIX

– EMPIPHIS 1 NOMINATION:

BEST VIDEO

– ANTHONY SANTOS 1 NOMINATION:

BEST BACHATA

– IVANOVA 1 NOMINATION:

BEST ELECTRONIC SONG

– GABY GAMUNDI 1 NOMINATION:

BEST COVER

– SERGIO VARGAS 1 NOMINATION:

BEST TROPICAL ALBUM

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