{"id":161600,"date":"2026-09-17T04:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/gabriel-pagan-achieves-second-nomination-for-the-2026-latin-grammy-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T04:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:59:08","slug":"gabriel-pagan-achieves-second-nomination-for-the-2026-latin-grammy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/gabriel-pagan-achieves-second-nomination-for-the-2026-latin-grammy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Pag\u00e1n achieves second nomination for the 2026 Latin Grammy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gabriel Pag\u00e1n celebrates his second Latin Grammy 2026 nomination<\/h2>\n\n<p>Renowned Dominican artist Gabriel Pag\u00e1n is celebrating after receiving his second Latin Grammy nomination, this time in the prestigious &#8220;Best Merengue\/Bachata Album&#8221; category. The recognition comes thanks to his recent record production titled &#8220;No era el plan,&#8221; a project that has managed to stand out in the Latin music industry.<\/p>\n\n<p>In an exclusive conversation with Alofoke Deportes, the performer expressed the excitement this new milestone in his career brings him, recalling that his first foray into these awards took place in 2017 with his album &#8220;Contra Corriente,&#8221; when he competed in the Best Contemporary Tropical Album category.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A project born from passion<\/h2>\n\n<p>For Pag\u00e1n, this nomination has a particular meaning due to the organic nature of the album. According to the artist, the album&#8217;s title, &#8220;No era el plan&#8221; (It wasn&#8217;t the plan), precisely reflects how this musical proposal emerged, which had the support and talent of prominent figures in the tropical genre.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I receive this blessing in a very special way. It is an album where I have the privilege of featuring collaborations from great masters and colleagues such as Ilegales, Vladimir Dotel, Nelson Zapata from Proyecto Uno, Eddy Herrera, and Manny Cruz.<\/p><cite>Gabriel Pag\u00e1n<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The interpreter of &#8220;A tan solo una hora&#8221; emphasized that his creative process is not focused on obtaining awards, but on authenticity. He assured that his greatest satisfaction lies in creating music from love and passion, allowing the public and the industry to value the effort behind each melody.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda full of projects<\/h2>\n\n<p>Beyond the joy of the nomination, Gabriel Pag\u00e1n already has his sights set on the future. The artist shared that, during the months of October and November, he will be developing a university tour that will travel through various points of the Dominican Republic. Likewise, he announced that he is preparing new performances together with other colleagues in the musical field, which will be revealed soon.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See Gabriel Pag\u00e1n&#8217;s post about his nomination<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Music is, in the artist&#8217;s words, a universal language that people consume, and with this new recognition, Gabriel Pag\u00e1n reaffirms his position as one of the most versatile and consistent voices in the current Dominican scene.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabriel Pag\u00e1n celebrates his second Latin Grammy 2026 nomination Renowned Dominican artist Gabriel Pag\u00e1n is celebrating after receiving his second Latin Grammy nomination, this time in the prestigious &#8220;Best Merengue\/Bachata Album&#8221; category. The recognition comes thanks to his recent record production titled &#8220;No era el plan,&#8221; a project that has managed to stand out in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[13373,13753,15982,11690],"class_list":{"0":"post-161600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-bachata","9":"tag-gabriel-pagan","10":"tag-latin-grammy","11":"tag-meringue"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}