'NSYNC's Justin Timberlake
Photo: Jive

The hombres in 'NSYNC have forked over their Spanish-language version of "This I Promise You" to help Madonna kick-start her Latin-music label.

"Yo Te Voy a Amar" will appear on the dance pop collection pLATINum rhythm, due October 30 on Maverick Musica.

'NSYNC performed the number at the inaugural Latin Grammys last year but have not released the song commercially.

Also featured on the collection are previously unreleased remixes of Madonna's "Music" and Ricky Martin's "Cambia la Piel," as well as a Latin-influenced mix of Backstreet Boys' "The One."

Track list for pLATINum rhythm, according to a Maverick Musica publicist:

• Madonna - "Music"
• Laura Pausini - "Entre Tu y Mil Mares"
• Ricky Martin - "Cambia la Piel"
• Debelah Morgan - "Baila Conmigo"
• Marc Anthony - "You Sang to Me"
• Jose Padilla - "Adios Ayer"
• Enrique Iglesias - "Be With You"
• Bebel Gilberto - "Sem Contecão"
• 'NSYNC - "Yo Te Voy a Amar"
• Alejandro Sanz - "Quisiera Ser"
• Backstreet Boys - "The One"
• Cafe Quijano - "La Lola"
• Luis Miguel - "Te Propongo Esta Noche"
• Jocelyn Enriquez - "When I Get Close to You"

• *NSYNC
• Backstreet Boys
• Madonna
• Ricky Martin
• Laura Pausini

Carlos Santana
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Winners of the second annual Latin Grammy Awards will receive their trophies, but the ceremony — originally scheduled for last Tuesday — will not be restaged, the Recording Academy announced Friday.

Academy officials, who had said shortly after the terrorist attacks that the show was canceled and would not be rescheduled, spent this week reconsidering the idea with their partners. They determined it would be "simply impossible" for the show to go on, Michael Greene, CEO of the Recording Academy, said in a statement.

The academy is still determining how to announce and award the winners.

"We all are emotionally devastated by recent events, as is everyone, and we're disappointed that we will not be able to give this year's deserving nominees their chance to show the world what we already know about them — that they are world-class musical artists," Greene said.

Artists who had been scheduled to appear at the Los Angeles ceremony included co-host Christina Aguilera, Santana, Nelly Furtado, Jennifer Lopez, Luis Miguel, Juanes, Jon Secada, Thalía, Marc Anthony, Alejandro Sanz and Destiny's Child.

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• Santana
• Christina Aguilera
• Thalia
• Nelly Furtado
• Jennifer Lopez

Christina Aguilera
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Christina Aguilera will co-host the second annual Latin Grammy Awards next week, and Marc Anthony and Destiny's Child have signed on as performers.

Aguilera is nominated in the Record of the Year category for the song "Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti" and is in the running for Best Female Pop Vocal Album with Mi Reflejo. Her co-host for the evening will be actor Jimmy Smits, who also co-hosted last year's event.

"Bootylicious" trio Destiny's Child will join previously announced performer Alejandro Sanz on one of the Spanish singer's tunes.

Just three weeks before show time, the Recording Academy moved the ceremony from Miami to Los Angeles, citing concerns that anti-Castro protesters would disrupt the show. More than 100 Cuban-exile groups planned to protest the ceremony's inclusion of artists from the communist country (see "Latin Grammys Relocated To Avoid Miami Protests"). The show will be held at the Forum in Inglewood, California, on September 11 and will be broadcast on CBS from 9-11 p.m. (ET/PT).

Gloria Estefan, last year's co-host and big winner, has said she is upset by the move and will not attend the event. Other previously announced stars scheduled to appear include Nelly Furtado, Jennifer Lopez, Luis Miguel, Juanes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jon Secada, Thalía, and Alejandro and Vicente Fernandez. Additional performers and presenters will be announced.

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• Christina Aguilera
• Destiny's Child
• Alejandro Sanz
• Marc Anthony
• Gloria Estefan

Omara Portuondo
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With just three weeks remaining until show time, the Recording Academy has moved the Latin Grammy Awards from Miami to Los Angeles due to protests planned by Cuban exile groups against artists from the communist country.

The last-minute decision came Monday afternoon (August 20), after a coalition of more than a 100 Cuban-American groups compromised with Miami city officials and promised to keep their demonstrations within a designated area near the American Airlines Arena. But the agreed-upon location was too close for the academy.

"Due to serious concerns for the safety and dignity of our 10,000 guests, nominees, performers and sponsors from across the globe and the threat of disruption during the telecast itself, the Latin Academy ... has been forced to make a very difficult and unfortunate decision," read a statement issued by Recording Academy CEO Michael Greene.

The Latin Grammys will be held September 11 at the Forum in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles.

The academy claims it had reached an agreement with the city of Miami establishing security perimeters around the arena, but said that city officials last week changed that zone. "Further, the academy was made aware that protestors had secured tickets to the show and were organizing a disruption to the live telecast itself," Greene said in his statement.

Academy officials considered moving the event to Broward County, north of Miami, but were told by the Florida Highway Patrol and local sheriff's department that they could not guarantee attendees' safety, Greene said.

City officials in Miami could not be reached at press time.

The exile groups planned to demonstrate against artists living in Cuba under the regime of Fidel Castro and threatened to sue the city for violating their First Amendment rights if they were not permitted to do so in the immediate vicinity of the arena. Cuban artists among the nominees include Isaac Delgado and Omara Portuondo.

"The academy understands that some people in Miami hold strong and heartfelt views about the inclusion of Cuban national nominees resulting from the Latin Grammy voting process," Greene's statement read. "And while we support everyone's right to express individual views, our mission is to celebrate excellence in all recorded Latin music, regardless of who produces it."

Exile issues in South Florida also led academy officials to choose Los Angeles over Miami for the inaugural Latin Grammys last year.

Colombian rocker Juanes tops the list of Latin Grammy nominees with seven nods, including Album of the Year (Fijate Bien), Record of the Year and Best New Artist. Spanish pop singer Alejandro Sanz has five nominations, while Los Aterciopelados, Gilberto Gil, Fito Páez, Gustavo Santaolalla and Caetano Veloso each have three.

Christina Aguilera and Luis Miguel are among a group of artists with two nods (see "Aguilera, Juanes Nab Latin Grammy Nominations").

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• Omara Portuondo
• Christina Aguilera
• Gilberto Gil
• Fito Paez
• Caetano Veloso

Santana, Marc Anthony, Shakira, Maná, and Luis Miguel led all winners at the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards, held on Wednesday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast to more than 100 countries across the globe.

Mexican singer Luis Miguel and Dominican vocalist Juan Luis Guerra were each feted with three Latin Grammys as Miguel's "Amarte Es Un Placer" LP was named both Album Of The Year and Best Pop Album. Miguel also picked up a third honor for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his "Tu Mirada" single.

Guerra won Latin Grammys for a pair of songs in different stylistic genres, as his "No Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual" won for Best Merengue Performance, while "El Niágara En Bicicleta" was selected as Best Tropical Song. Guerra rounded out the night with a technical award, Best Engineered Album, for his record "Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual."

Guitarist Carlos Santana and Mexican band Maná shared a pair of awards for their collaboration on "Corazón Espinado" from Santana's "Supernatural" album, winning Latin Grammys for Record Of The Year and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.

Aside from their joint efforts, Santana and Maná each received awards for their own individual work, as Santana's "El Farol" was selected as Best Pop Instrumental Performance, while Mana's "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" won in the category of Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.

The evening's other big winners included Colombian pop diva Shakira, who took home a pair of Latin Grammys, and Marc Anthony, whose "Dímelo (I Need To Know)" won Song Of The Year. Anthony was unable to appear or perform at the event, as originally planned.

Other artists gracing the Staples Center for the multicultural awards show included 'NSYNC with Son By Four, Christina Aguilera, and Ricky Martin, who offered up a version of "Oye Como Va" by the late Mambo King, Tito Puente.

The complete list of winners from the First Annual Latin Grammy Awards:

• Record Of The Year: "Corazón Espinado" - Santana Featuring Maná
• Album Of The Year: "Amarte Es Un Placer" - Luis Miguel
• Song Of The Year: "Dímelo (I Need To Know)" - Marc Anthony
• Best New Artist: Ibrahim Ferrer
• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Ojos Así" - Shakira
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Tu Mirada" - Luis Miguel
• Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: "Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez" - Maná
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "El Farol" - Santana
• Best Pop Album: "Amarte Es Un Placer" - Luis Miguel
• Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: "Octavo Día" - Shakira
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Al Lado Del Camino - Fito Páez
• Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: "Corazón Espinado" - Santana Featuring Maná
• Best Rock Song: "Al Lado Del Camino" - Fito PManáez
• Best Rock Album: "Revés/Yo Soy" - Café Tacuba
• Best Salsa Performance: "Celia Cruz And Friends: A Night Of Salsa" - Celia Cuz
• Best Merengue Performance: "Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual" - Juan Luis Guerra Traditional Tropical Performance: "Mambo Birdland" - Tito Puente
• Best Tropical Song: "El Niágara En Bicicleta" - Juan Luis Guerra
• Best Ranchero Performance: "Mi Verdad" - Alejandro Fernández
• Best Banda Performance: "Lo Mejor De Mi Vida" - Banda El Recodo
• Best Tejano Performance: "Por Eso Te Amo" - Los Palominos
• Best Norteño Performance: "Herencia De Familia" - Los Tigres Del Norte
• Best Regional Song: "Mi Verdad" - Alejandro Fernández
• Best Folk Album: "Misa Criolla" - Mercedes Sosa
• Best Tango Album: "Postales Del Alma: - Juan Carlos Baglietto & Lito Vitale
• Best Flamenco Album: "París 87" - Camarón Con Tomatito
• Best Latin Jazz Album: [Tie] "Spain" - Michel Camilo & Tomatito and "Tropicana Nights" Paquito D'Rivera
• Best Contemporary Pop Album: "Crooner" - Milton Nascimento
• Best Rock Album: "Acústico: MTV" - Os Paralamas Do Sucesso
• Best Samba/Pagode Album: "Zeca Pagodinho Ao Vivo" - Zeca Pagodinho
• Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album: "Livro" - Caetano Veloso
• Best Sertaneja Album: "Sérgio Reis E Convidados" - Sérgio Reis
• Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album: "Pixinguinha" - Paulo Moura e os Batutas
• Best Brazilian Song: "Acelerou" - Djavan
• Best Latin Children's Album: "A Mis Niños De 30 Años" - Miliki
• Best Classical Album: "La Dolores" - Tomás Breton
• Best Engineered Album: "Ni Es Lo Mismo Ni Es Igual" - Juan Luis Guerra
• Producer Of The Year: Emilio Estefan Jr.
• Best Music Video (one song): "No Me Dejes De Querer" - Gloria Estefan

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• Maná
• Luis Miguel
• Santana