WHERE FRANCISCO SALDAÑA, JULIO REYES COPELLO, AND SAÚL HERNÁNDEZ WERE INDUCTED INTO THE LATIN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME. SPECIAL AWARDS WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO FIGURES SUCH AS DRACO ROSA, LUIS FONSI, AND THE ICONIC SONG ‘CONGA’.

PRESENTED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO DRACO ROSA AT THE 25TH EDITION OF THE LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS. THIS ACCOLADE HONORS ARTISTS WHO, THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS, HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTISTIC VALUE OF LATIN MUSIC.

ERIKA ENDER, PRESIDENT OF THE PUERTAS ABIERTAS FOUNDATION AND CREATOR OF TALENPRO, PRESENTED THE PROJECT'S RESULTS, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPACT ON 12 INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL CENTERS THAT BENEFITED OVER 8,000 PEOPLE. BROADCAST NATIONWIDE, THE GRAND FINALE CELEBRATED THE TALENT OF YOUNG PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR SOCIAL COMMITMENT, FEATURING A DISTINGUISHED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JURY, INCLUDING CARLOS PONCE, KARINA BANDA, JOHNNY LOZADA, JORGE PLASENCIA, ANDY CLAY, AND ALEJANDRA PALOMERA, ALONG WITH LOCAL FIGURES LIKE MAYER MIZRACHI, MARUJA HERRERA, ARIANNE BENEDETTI, AND RICARDO VELÁSQUEZ. DURING THE GALA, MILLY QUEZADA WAS HONORED FOR HER CAREER AS TALENPRO ARTIST, DEBI NOVA AS GENERATION ARTIST, AND LEGENDARY BOXER ROBERTO DURÁN RECEIVED THE FARO PANAMÁ AWARD FOR HIS SOCIAL IMPACT. WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY RECEIVED A FULL UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP, WHILE THE TUTORING TEACHER WAS AWARDED A BRAND-NEW SEDAN. THE MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT BRIGADE RECEIVED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THEIR SCHOOL, AND THE STANDOUT FAMILY WAS ALSO AWARDED. ADDITIONALLY, THE POPULAR VOTE WAS INTRODUCED THIS YEAR, ADDING EXCITEMENT TO A NIGHT FILLED WITH AWARDS FOR WINNERS, FINALISTS, AND TEACHERS.

ERIKA ENDER CAPTIVATED THE AUDIENCE WITH HER POWERFUL VOICE AND EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE AT THIS PRESTIGIOUS CHARITY EVENT, DEDICATED TO RAISING FUNDS FOR THE EMPOWERMENT AND EDUCATION OF MORE THAN 1,000 VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE. THE GALA BROUGHT TOGETHER INFLUENTIAL FIGURES TO CREATE A POSITIVE IMPACT. IN A SPECIAL COLLABORATION FOR THE EVENING, ERIKA ENDER’S VOICE AND LENA BURKE’S PIANO CREATED AN UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT OF MUSICAL HARMONY THAT DEEPLY RESONATED WITH THE ATTENDEES.

"DESPACITO," IN ITS VERSION CO-WRITTEN BY ERIKA ENDER, LUIS FONSI, AND DADDY YANKEE, HAS REACHED AN UNPRECEDENTED MILESTONE AS THE ONLY SINGLE TO ACHIEVE THIS CERTIFICATION. THIS RECOGNITION REAFFIRMS THE CULTURAL AND MUSICAL INFLUENCE THAT "DESPACITO" HAS HAD WORLDWIDE, REMAINING AT THE TOP YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE AND BEING THE ONLY LATIN SONG TO REACH THIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS. THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS NOT ONLY A MILESTONE FOR THE SONG AND MUSIC IN GENERAL BUT ALSO FOR ERIKA ENDER, WHO STANDS OUT AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LATIN SONGWRITERS IN THE GLOBAL MUSIC INDUSTRY.

THIS EMOTIONAL SONG, DEDICATED TO HER FATHER DIEGO VERDAGUER, STANDS OUT AS THE ONLY UNRELEASED TRACK ON HER ALBUM "SESIÓN ACÚSTICA - ANA VICTORIA".