Mana with Prince Royce, Shakira, Calle 13, and Marco Antonio Solis are the first performers announced for the 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards telecast. Cristian de la Fuente and Lucero will co-host the Latin music industry’s premier event and confirmed to present are actors Zoe Saldana and Adamari Lopez, among others.

The biggest night in Latin music is set for November 10 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will air live on the Univision Network from 8 – 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).

Ten-time Latin GRAMMY and two-time GRAMMY winners Calle 13 lead this year’s Latin GRAMMY nominations with a record 10 nominations: Album Of The Year and Best Urban Music Album for Entren Los Que Quieran; Album Of The Year, as producers, for Shakira’s Sale El Sol;
Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for “Latinoamerica”; Best Urban
Song for “Baile De Los Pobres”; Best Alternative Song and Best Short
Form Music Video for “Calma Pueblo”; Best Tropical Song for “Vamo’ A
Portarnos Mal”; and Producer Of The Year.

Also performing will be Singer/songwriter Franco De Vita who has five nods: Album Of The Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Best Long Form Music Video for En Primera Fila; and Record Of The Year and Best Short Form Music Video (with Alejandra Guzman) for “Tan Solo Tu”.

Three-time Latin GRAMMY winner Marco Antonio
Solis is up for four awards: Song Of The Year and Best Regional Mexican
Song for “A Donde Vamos A Parar?,” Best Male Pop Vocal Album for En Total Plenitud, and Best Regional Mexican Song for “Tu Me Vuelves Loco.”

Four-time Latin GRAMMY winners Mana have three nominations: Best Rock Album and Best Long Form Music Video for Drama Y Luz, and Best Short Form Music Video for “Lluvia Al Corazon.”

Seven-time Latin GRAMMY winner, two-time GRAMMY
winner and the 2011 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Shakira
has three nods: Album Of The Year and Best Female Pop Album for Sale El Sol; and Best Short Form Music Video for “Loca.”

Latin GRAMMY winner Alejandra Guzman is a
two-time nominee: Record Of The Year and Best Short Form Music Video for
“Tan Solo Tu” (with Franco De Vita).

Sie7e is up for two awards: Best New Artist and Best Alternative Song for “Tengo Tu Love.”

The 12th Latin GRAMMY Awards will be supported on radio via Univision Radio (the official Spanish-language radio network of the Latin GRAMMY Awards), and highlighted on the Internet at www.latingrammy.com and www.univisionmusica.com,
including video interviews and photos, an extensive archive of past
shows, and dedicated forums for fans to share their excitement leading
up to the live broadcast. Additionally, the telecast will be distributed
internationally to more than 100 countries.

For the first time ever, LatinGRAMMY.com will feature Latin GRAMMYs en Vivo, which will feature live coverage of the 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY
Awards and interviews from various locations including the green
carpet, the Pre-Telecast Ceremony, backstage, and the media center,
beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT.

Preceding the Awards telecast, Univision will present exclusive
“Noche De Estrellas” (“Night Of The Stars”) coverage of the celebrity
arrivals direct from the Latin GRAMMY Awards
green carpet starting at 7 p.m. ET/PT (6 p.m. Central). Presented by
“Nuestra Belleza Latina” host Giselle Blondet and “Sal Y Pimienta” host
Lourdes Stephen, “Noche De Estrellas” will feature live interviews and
commentary on the stars and their fashions, and will provide viewers an
intimate and up-close look at Latin music’s most glamorous gala event.

A limited number of tickets to the 12th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards are available to the public and may be purchased at the Mandalay Bay Events Center box office (877.632.7400; www.mandalaybay.com) or through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com).