Official Sponsors Announced For 7th Annual Latin GRAMMY(R) Awards

“The Latin Recording Academy®, in conjunction with NYC Big Events, today announced the corporate sponsors for the upcoming 7th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. This will mark the first time New York City will host the Latin GRAMMYs, which will be broadcast on the Univision Network from 8–11 p.m. (ET/PT).

Major corporate sponsors include Heineken, Clinique, Delta, Washington Mutual, Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, Wal-Mart, Pepsi, Bally Total Fitness, McDonald’s®, Univision Online and Univision Radio. The sponsors help to support the programs surrounding the biggest night in Latin music, including the festive Latin GRAMMY Street Parties, the prestigious 2006 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Tribute honoring Ricky Martin, and the Latin GRAMMY After Party, presented by Heineken.

“The Latin Recording Academy is thrilled to have such strong supporters and partners joining us as we celebrate excellence in the Latin recording arts,” said Latin Recording Academy President Gabriel Abaroa. “The wide array of support we are seeing from such major corporate sponsors proves the incredible growth in the popularity of Latin music. This is just the beginning.”"

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