Sting Is Officially a Latin Grammy Winner
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Sting has officially won his first Latin Grammy award. The rocker nabbed the award for Best Pop/Rock song for his feature on Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso’s song, “Hasta Jesús Tuvo Un Mal Día” from their latest album Free Spirits.
The former Police frontman was not at the awards ceremony to accept the award. Instead, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso collected the Latin Grammy and made sure to thank him. “Sting was instrumental in helping us through this whole process,” Amoroso said of recording Free Spirits. “He gave us his warmth, his space. We have Sting to thank for this glory. We love him with all of our heart.”
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It could be the first of many Latin Grammys for Sting tonight. “Hasta Jesús Tuvo Un Mal Día” is up for Song of the Year, and Free Spirits is also up for Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album.
Sting apparently played a pivotal role in the chaotic duo’s journey and the creation of Free Spirits, which acts as a reset of sorts. In detailed album promotion material for the album, Sting took to Instagram to explain how he “helped” Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso grapple with their newfound fame during a wellness retreat at a “secretive” holistic Free Spirits Center. While there, the duo underwent a “transcendent 12-step program” that helped formulate Free Spirits, an album “which confronts the twelve internal conflicts that pushed them to their breaking point,” according to a press release. If that sounds a bit ridiculous and over-the-top, it’s by design. Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso are Latin pop’s designated mischief makers, who are fully committed to the bit.
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