Marc Anthony will be honored as the 2016 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 16th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The star-studded gala and tribute concert will feature renditions of Anthony’s music catalog by artists and friends. A significant portion of the net proceeds from the gala will benefit the charitable work of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, which provides assistance through scholarships, fellowships, grants, and educational programs year-round to music students.
Anthony is a five- time Latin Grammy winner and a two- time Grammy winner. He has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide and received numerous gold and platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America. He has also been inaugurated into the Billboard Hall of Fame in 2012, and given a Lifetime Chair’s Achievement Award by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington D.C. in 2009.
Anthony co-created the non-profit organization Maestro Cares that aims to help orphanages in Latin America. In April 2015, Anthony announced the formation of Magnus Media, whose operating units will include an artist management company, music publishing, digital content creation, film and television, music label, sports division, and an entertainment-centric marketing practice focused on leveraging the power of top Latino content creators worldwide.
The event precedes the 17th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards held at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Univision Network will present the live broadcast on Thursday, November 17th at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. CST.)
For information on purchasing tickets or tables to this year’s Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year gala, please contact The Latin Recording Academy ticketing office at 310.314.8281 or ticketing@grammy.com.
As the 2016 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Anthony joins past recipients that includes Miguel Bosé, Roberto Carlos, Plácido Domingo, Gloria Estefan, Vicente Fernández, Juan Luis Guerra, Carlos Santana, Joan Manuel Serrat, Shakira, and Caetano Veloso, among others.
