Chichi Peralta won a Latin Grammy Award yesterday for Best Merengue Album. His second CD, De Vuelta al Barrio, followed up on his very successful first CD, Pa’ Otro La’o (Caïmán Records America Inc.) For his biography, see http://www.worldmusicportal.com/Artists/Dominican/chichi_peralta.htm#Biography or the record company’s page at http://www.caiman.com/chichiperalta/index.shtml Three Dominican performers were nominated in the Second Latin Grammy Awards held yesterday in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS. Dominican performers dominated in the Best Merengue Album category with: Eddy Herrera (Me Enamoré), Chichi Peralta (De Vuelta al Barrio) and Toño Rosario (Yo Soy Toño). In the Best Tropical Song category, Toño Rosario was also nominated for his Yo me Muero por Ella. In the first Grammy Awards ceremony last year, Juan Luis Guerra won in the merengue category with his Ni es lo Mismo, Ni es Igual. For more information on the Latin Grammy Awards see http://www.grammy.com/awards/latin_grammy/
