In the Best Singer-Songwriter category, Cuba's Pablo Milanes and Argentina's Fito Paez, two contrasting icons of Spanish-language songwriting, compete against two pillars of Musica Popular Brasileira: Djavan and Gilberto Gil.
His spokesman said March 10 that the congressman considers the sentence passed by U.S. District Court Judge Richard A. Paez to be no bar to his continued service and no hindrance to his re-election campaign.