Juanes wins 5 Latin Grammys, sweeping awards.

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Colombian rocker Juanes wins 5 Grammy Awards, sweeping the ninth annual Latin Grammy Awards and bringing his career total to 17.

SHOWS: (FLASH) HOUSTON, TEXAS (NOVEMBER 13, 2008) (UNIVISION - MUST COURTESY LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY/UNIVISION; NO ACCESS TELEMUNDO / NBC NETWORK / NBC AFFILIATES / MEXICO / WIRELESS / INTERNET)

1. JUANES PERFORMING SONG OF THE YEAR 'ME ENAMORA'

2. JUAN LUIS GUERRA ANNOUNCING JUANES AS WINNER OF ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR 'LA VIDA... ES UN RATICO'

3. ACTRESS MAYRIN VILLANUEVA, PEPE AND BETO FROM 'PESADO' ANNOUNCING JUANES AS WINNER OF SONG OF THE YEAR FOR 'ME ENAMORA'

4. EDNITA NAZARIO AND CARLOS SANTANA ANNOUNCING JUANES AS WINNER OF RECORDING OF THE YEAR FOR 'ME ENAMORA'

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JUANES, ROCK SINGER SAYING:

"To all the Spanish-language community in the United States: congratulations! You have chosen the correct president for the world. You decided it. (CROWD APPLAUDING) Congratulations and now it's time for a change. To all the Academy, a thousand, thousand, thousand thanks, my blessed God, to my father, my mother, my siblings, Colombia. This is impressive!"

6. JUANES AND LEGEND PERFORMING 'IF YOU ARE OUT THERE'

7. KANY GARCIA WALKING ON STAGE TO ACCEPT BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) KANY GARCIA, SINGER-SONGWRITER, SAYING:

"As a new artist, one has incredible expectations but you don't know what's going to happen until things come to pass-- and then they happen in such a beautiful way."

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GLORIA ESTEFAN, WINNER OF PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD, SAYING:

"First, thank you. Thank you to the Academy, to all the people who voted for me, for person of the year, many thanks. Thanks to all the fans, without you there's no music. Why make it?"

10. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING ESTEFAN

11. ESTEFAN PERFORMING WITH JOSE FELICIANO ON GUITAR IN FOREGROUND AND CARLOS SANTANA ON GUITAR, IN BACKGROUND

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JOSE FELICIANO, FIRST-TIME GRAMMY WINNER FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY ALBUM FOR 'SEÑOR BACHATA'

"I don't know if I'm dreaming but I want to thank the academy."

13. CAFE TACVBA PERFORMING 'ESTA VEZ' GRAMMY WINNER FOR BEST ROCK SONG

STORY: Colombian rock singer Juanes swept the Latin Grammys on Thursday (November 13), tying up the top three categories for work from his album "La Vida ... Es Un Ratico."

Much of the spotlight at the ninth annual event stayed on the black-clad Juanes, who goes by his single nickname. A darling of the Latin Grammy academy, Juanes won five awards, bringing his career total to 17 -- a record.

Juanes won for top record, top album and song of the year for his album, with a title that translates to "life is but a little moment."

"To all the Spanish-language community in the United States: congratulations! You have chosen the correct president for the world. You decided it. (CROWD APPLAUDING) Congratulations and now it's time for a change. To all the Academy, a thousand, thousand, thousand thanks, my blessed God, to my father, my mother, my siblings, Colombia. This is impressive!," said Juanes, who the Houston Chronicle dubbed as "Latin America's answer to Bono," the activist frontman of Irish rock band U2, for the Colombian's pursuit of causes like land mine victims.

R & B artist John Legend and Juanes sang "If You Are Out There," a song featured in some of Obama's campaign appearances.

Legend admitted that he had not sang in Spanish before, and that Juanes had helped him with his pronunciation.

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany Garcia won best new artist and for work from best female pop vocal album for her 2007 work, "Cualquier Dia."

"As a new artist, one has incredible expectations but you don't know what's going to happen until things come to pass-- and then they happen in such a beautiful way." said the 25-year-old Garcia.

Earlier in the week singer Gloria Estefan was named the Latin Grammy artist of 2008 -- the first woman to win the award. Estefan was one of the first Latin singers to break into the popular U.S. music scene during the 1980s with the Miami Sound Machine.

"First, thank you. Thank you to the Academy, to all the people who voted for me, for person of the year, many thanks. Thanks to all the fans, without you there's no music. Why make it?" she said.

Estefan performed with legendary guitarists Jose Feliciano and Carlos Santana.

Puerto Rican guitarist-singer Feliciano, best-known for his Christmas classic "Feliz Navidad," received his first-ever Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Album for "Señor Bachata."

"I don't know if I'm dreaming but I want to thank the academy," the blind musician said.

Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba, which has been compared to the alt-rock band Radiohead, entered the evening with six nominations -- more than Juanes. The band went on to win two awards, including best rock song for "Esta Vez," a track from its rock concept album "Sino."

The event was broadcast live from Houston, Texas, on the television network Univision, almost entirely in Spanish.