19th Annual Gardel Awards
| 19th Annual Gardel Awards | |
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| Date | June 6, 2017 |
| Location | Gran Rex Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Most awards | Abel Pintos (3) |
| Most nominations | Abel Pintos (5) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | TN |
The 19th Annual Gardel Awards ceremony were held on June 6, 2017. The TN network broadcast the show live from the Gran Rex Theatre in Buenos Aires. The ceremony recognizes the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from January 1, 2016 to January 31, 2016.
Lalo Mir and hosted the ceremony. The "pre-telecast" ceremony was held on the same day at the Opera Allianz Theatre prior to the main event and was hosted by Gabriela Radice.
The nominations were announced on May 9, 2017 at Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre. Abel Pintos acquired the most nominations with five, while Carajo, and Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas followed with three nominations each. Pintos was the biggest winner of the night with three trophies, including Best Male Pop Album the Golden Gardel Award for Album of the Year for , and Song of the Year for "Cómo Te Extraño". Eruca Sativa, Carajo and Babasónicos followed with two trophies each. The Solidarity Gardel Award went to León Gieco, for the video of his song "La memoria", which pays tribute to the victims at the AMIA bombing attack.
The 2017 edition of the Gardel Awards received 1,500 applications, marking a 23% of increase regarding the 2016 edition, even thourgh Universal, one of the major record companies, declined to submit its artists for award consideration. The genre that received the most nominations was rock, followed by folklore and pop.
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