peermusic ``Scores'' With 2002 MTV Latin Music Award Wins; Juanes, Sin Banderas and Diego Torres Win Awards at This Year's Award Ceremony

Business Wire, Oct 29, 2002

Entertainment Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002

peermusic publishing's success at this year's 2002 MTV Latin Awards followed their huge success this year at the Latin Grammy Awards: Juanes, Sin Banderas and Diego Torres, were all awarded at the MTV Latin Music Awards for this year's honors. Nominated for 13 awards this year, peermusic's songwriters were responsible for three of the top honors.

Says peermusic Regional Creative Director, Latin America, Jennifer Racca, "The entire peermusic team is proud to share in the success of our composers for these Awards."

Juanes, whose second album, "Un Dia Normal" (Surco/Universal) has received great critical acclaim and a Latin Grammy Award this year, was named Best Male Artist; Coti Sorokin, one of peermusic's most prolific artists/songwriters/producers, co-wrote the Billboard-topping single "Color Esperanza," which gave BMG artist Diego Torres the win for Best Artist Southern Region; and Sin Bandera also won for Best New Artist North.

A highly successful year for peermusic's Latin division, peermusic was responsible for seven 2002 Latin Grammy winners for the following awards from their songwriters: Best New Artist for Jorge Moreno, whose album featured a version of "Babalu" (Ernesto Lecuona); Best Pop Album By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for Sin Bandera's Leonel Garcia cuts "Para Alcanzarte," "Kilometros," "A Encontrarte," "A Primera Vista," "Entra En Mi Vida," "Te Vi Venir," "Sirena," "Si Me Besas" and "Ven"; Best Rock Solo Vocal Album by Alejandra Guzman for Reyli Barba's "Labios de Fuego"; Best Rock Album By A Duo Or Group by la Ley for "Paraiso," co-written by Claudia Brant; Best Rock Song by Juanes for "Un Dia Normal"; Best Merenge Album for Olga Tanon's "Yo Por Ti" (which includes the single "Como Olvidar" by Gustavo Arenas and Jorge Luis Piloto); and Best Engineered Album by Alexandre Pires for the songs "Usted Se Me Llevo La Vida" (co-written by Donato Poveda), "Aqui Nada Es Igual" (co-written by Donato Povedo), "Si Tu Me Amaras" (co-written by Claudia Brant), "Es Por Amor" (co-written by Donato Poveda) and "Amor De Mujer" (co-written by Donato Poveda).

peermusic is the pre-eminent music publishing company in the world with exceptional outreach through its 33 offices located in 27 countries. Its vast and varied catalog includes more than 250,000 titles in virtually all genres of music including pop, rock, urban, classical, country, jazz and Latin. The company has a long-standing reputation for its prestigious Latin catalog, which includes such classics as "Perfidia" and "Sabor A Mi."

Today, peermusic honors this reputation with its new roster of artists and composers, whose talent places them constantly at the top of the Latin music charts, with songs in such varied genres as Latin Alternative Rock, Pop, Regional Mexican, Salsa, Tropical, and many more.