Salvador Sobral’s bpm has been nominated for Best Engineered Album at the Latin Grammy Awards.
The award, which goes to the engineers and mixers behind the album rather than the artist, honours excellence in technical aspects of creation. Deft engineers and mixers weave sounds together, making sure they balance and complement one another and the singer’s lead vocal. Without their technical prowess, an amazing album could wind up feeling a bit meh and devoid of emotion.
Salvador took the time to shout out to each member of the team in an Instagram post, writing:
“Congratulations to Leo Aldrey (producer and mixing engineer), Rafael Giner (mixing engineer), Nelson Carvalho (sound engineer) and Tiago Sousa (mastering engineer) for being nominated for Best Engineered Album, with bpm, at the Latin Grammys.”
Previous winners include Rosalia’s El Mal Querer and Shakira’s Fijación Oral Vol. 1.
Salvador Sobral’s BPM
The LP features 13 jazz songs, including our fave “sangue so meu sangue”.
Translating to “Blood of my blood,” it showcases the Eurovision 2017 winner’s jazz stylings. It’s predominantly a slow piano ballad, but it does swerve toward the dramatic in the middle with the addition of some drums and guitars.
On social media, Sobral said the song was the “best lyrics/music combination of the album”. Meanwhile, the accompanying music video was filmed in an underground passageway. Shot in one take, it focuses on the passage of time and the changing of seasons.
While most of the tracks are in Portuguese, there are also two English-language songs. Upon releasing the album, Salvador noted on Instagram that the process of creating the LP had been difficult at times, but worth it in the end.
“I’m still convinced that I’m more of an interpreter than a composer, but the experience of having created our ‘semillas’, writing lyrics, arranging and then listening to those arrangements with the band, recording, doing overdubs, singing back vocals and even mixing was such a painful and tumultuous trip that it become a wonderful and freeing ride. These are my beats per minute, hope you enjoy.”
Carolina Deslandes also secures nomination
But Salvador isn’t the only Festival da Canção alum in the mix.
Carolina Deslandes is up for Best Long Form Music Video for “Mulher.” The video is a staggering 32 minutes.
The Idol alum placed second in the 2021 national final with her song “Por um triz”.
Are you a fan of the album? Do you feel that technical prowess and does it give you all the feels? Let us know in the comments box down below.
I still wonder whether the lyrics of sangue do meu sangue were based on a personal story? Eitherway, my favourite from the album is “paint the town”.
I also hope it was not inspired by real life experience… perhaps some unconscious fear. Anyway, it’s a touching song, with strong, thought-provocking lyrics for sure. I can’t help feeling goosebumps.
Julio Iglesias is also nominated for Record of the Year. He represented Spain in 1970.
It’s been a good year for Eurovision. Duncan and Maneskin’s success and now Duncan and Salvador nominated for the Grammy’s.
He chose these people personally and was personally involved in all decisions of the album, just as he should as a truly professional artist. He said that in several interviews. He is not exactly one of these brainless pseudo-pop Divas where everything is cooked for them and we have a fair share of those in ESC.
And were you there to present counter-evidence? No! He said so himself in interviews and I take his word for it, considering the control he has over all aspects of what he has done so far. What you are doing is obviously belittling this achievement because you obviously are in “I hate Salvador camp” and by doing so you are belittling yourself.
Duncan was also nominated?
Let’s make it clear: It’s true that if “bpm” win Salvador won’t receive the trophy (it will be receive the producer and the mastering team) but it’s a big thing and more taking account that is competing with huge latin albums like “El Madrileño” and “Un canto por México” and the portuguese song market it’s soooooo tiny (and that is the reason why Portugal is taking Eurovision seriously again)
Well reserved! Bpm is such an exquisite album and Salvador’s best work until now. Since he got so much involved in every stage of creation (from composition to recording and mixing sound), this nomination is very much his own too.
The article you are commenting on quotes Salvador saying: “I’m still convinced that I’m more of an interpreter than a composer, but the experience of having created our ‘semillas’, writing lyrics, arranging and then listening to those arrangements with the band, recording, doing overdubs, singing back vocals and even mixing was such a painful and tumultuous trip that it become a wonderful and freeing ride. These are my beats per minute, hope you enjoy.” Besides, there is a six-part documentary on his YouTube Channel showing his active involvement in the different stages. But of course Salvador is not the engineer… Read more »