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Eslabón Armado’s ‘Ella Baila Sola’ dominated the streamers. Will it conquer the Latin Grammys?

From left, Damian Pacheco, Brian Tovar, Pedro Tovar and Ulises Gonzalez of Eslabón Armado attend the 2023 Latin American Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 20, 2023, in Las Vegas.

LOS ANGELES — It was late September when Pedro Tovar’s mom called to tell him he was a Latin Grammy-nominated songwriter. He was still riding off the high of his band Eslabón Armado becoming the first Mexican regional act to perform on “Good Morning America.”

“It was unexpected,” Tovar said of his two nominations for Eslabón Armado’s smash hit “Ella Baila Sola,” a swooning romantic ballad featuring Peso Pluma that’s up for song of the year and regional Mexican song. The band also is slated to perform live for the first time at the Latin Grammys, taking place in Sevilla, Spain, on Thursday.

“I don’t normally see many [regional Mexican] artists getting general-field nominations,” added Tovar. “[I’m] excited to be representing Mexico at the awards show.”

An elegant cut from Eslabón Armado’s 2023 album, “Desvelado,” the song about a beautiful girl dancing alone has proven to be

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