Miami, FL. September 30th, 2024 – The multi-award-winning Mexican singer-songwriter Horacio Palencia has been nominated for the Latin GRAMMY® as Composer of the Year for the 25th edition of this prestigious award, which will take place on November 14 in Miami.
With a repertoire of over 3,000 songs, Horacio Palencia has received multiple nominations for Song of the Year at the Latin Grammy. In addition, he has also contributed to Grammy-winning albums, including two albums “A través del Vaso” with Banda Los Sebastianes and “Todo depende de ti” by La Arrolladora Banda El Limón.
Additionally, the talented composer has accumulated a remarkable collection of accolades: he holds the record for winning Composer of the Year eight times at the BMI Awards. He has won the Billboard Awards for Composer of the Year three times. This year, he received the BMI PRESIDENTIAL Award for being the youngest composer to achieve this honor. He is the first Latin singer-songwriter to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in Miami.
He has over 50 BMI Awards for the most popular songs of the year and has reached the number one position on the Billboard charts 38 times with his compositions.
Some of his most important and prominent performers include Alejandro Fernández, Carin León, Maluma, Los Ángeles Azules, Christian Nodal, Junior H, Gabito Ballesteros, Grupo Frontera, Pepé Aguilar, Grupo Firme, Sebastián Yatra, La Banda MS, La Arrolladora Banda El Limón, La Banda El Recodo, David Bisbal, Luis Fonsi, María Becerra, Cazzu, Yuridia, Belinda, Emilia, Rio Roma, and the great Chavela Vargas, among others.
It’s worth mentioning that Horacio Palencia demonstrates his versatility by composing and producing in various genres, including pop, salsa, cumbia, ranchera, regional Mexican, and ballads.
Among his discography as a singer-songwriter, Horacio has:
“Mis canciones, ustedes y yo” , “Mi Romanticismo”, “Vivencias propias y ajenas” y “Viajando en primera clase”.
In this digital age, his songs have surpassed hundreds of millions of views. For instance, the official video of “Amor a Primera Vista,” which Horacio performs alongside “Ángeles Azules”, Belinda, and Lalo Ebratt, has over 830 million views on YouTube alone.
The 25th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards will be broadcast live on Thursday, November 14, 2024 from the Kaseya Center in Miami. The three-hour televised ceremony will be produced by TelevisaUnivision, and can be seen on Univision, Galavision and ViX, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central Time), with a pre-show beginning at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
