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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Famous curves: Jennifer Lopez, the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants, stole the show as she arrived for the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas tonight She's one of the most instantly recognisable Latino stars, with a level of worldwide fame many of her contemporaries can only dream of.
So it was only to be expected that Jennifer Lopez would steal the show as she arrived for the Latin Grammys in a figure-hugging mink dress tonight.
But while her famous curves were as eye-catching as ever, she had plenty of competition from the crowd of Latin American stars walking the red carpet in Las Vegas.
I'm the star! Marc Anthony tries to steal the limelight as his posing wife ignores his antics
Perfect curves: Jennifer poses with her husband Marc Anthony, who later took to the stageDresses in every shade of the rainbow, along with lashings of make-up and over the top hair dos, were the order of the night.
Actress Camilla Belle, whose mother is Brazilian, chose a stylish orange top and flowing skirt. But her tasteful outfit was somewhat overshadowed by some of her fellow red carpet stars.
The awards kicked off with Argentina's Gustavo Cerati picking up early awards for best rock album and song.
Top of their game: Singers Natalia Jimenez and Ricky Martin perform a duet onstage
Male stars: Enrique Iglesias performs onstage while Spanish musician Alejandro Sanz, right, accepts the award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album Cerati, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke earlier this year, has been a fixture in Latin music for decades. He fronted the popular rock band Soda Stereo in the 1980s and 90s before launching a solo career.
Cerati won the best rock album Latin Grammy for Fuerza Natural and best rock song award for 'Deja Vu' during a pre-telecast ceremony in which 34 statues were handed out.
The award for best urban song went to Spanish hip-hop singer Mala Rodriguez for No Pidas Perdon. Rodriguez is also nominated for best urban album for Dirty Bailarina.
Spanish gypsy singer Rosario performs Cuentame Que Te Paso
Nelly Furtado performs onstage after winning the Best Female Pop Vocal Album, while Spanish hip hop singer La Mala Rodriguez poses with her award for Best Urban SongSeveral elder statesman of Latin music picked up key awards, including Panamanian salsa singer Ruben Blades for best singer-songwriter album with Cantares del Subdesarrollo, Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil took home best MPB (musica popular brasileira) album for Banda Dois and best native Brazilian roots album for Fe Na Festa.
Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval won best instrumental album for A Time For Love.
The night's biggest awards, for categories like record of the year and best new artist, will be revealed during a live broadcast on the Spanish language Univision Network later tonight.
Spaniard Alejandro Sanz, Uruguay's Jorge Drexler, and Mexican trio Camila are among the contenders in several of the key categories.
The Latin Recording Academy recognizes music released anywhere in the world under the condition that they were recorded in Spanish or Portuguese.
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