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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2001

21^st Annual Tejano Music Awards Winners

The Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA) announces the official winners of the 21^st Annual Tejano Music Awards and related events for 2001.

• XXI TEJANO MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
  "Song of the Year" – "Ya No Voy Aguantar" – Michael Salgado
  "Most Promising Band" – Los García Brothers
  "Male Entertainer of the Year" – Jay Perez
  "Female Entertainer of the Year" – Jennifer Peña
  "Male Vocalist of the Year" – Jay Perez
  "Female Vocalist of the Year"- Jennifer Peña
  "Album of the Year " (Group) – Jimmy Gonzalez y Mazz – "Quien Iva A Pensar"
  "Album of the Year" (Conjunto) – Los García Brothers – "Los García de Jimmy García"
  "Mexican Regional Song of the Year" – Intocable – "Ya Estoy Cansado"
  "Showband of the Year" –Kumbia Kings
  "Crossover Song of the Year" – "Señorita Tequila" – Jay Perez
  "Selena" Lifetime Achievement Award" – A.B. Quintanilla III

• 2001 TMA INDUSTRY WINNERS
  Accordion: Pete Ybarra – Emilio y Grupo Rio
  Guitar: Jimmy Gonzalez – Jimmy Gonzalez y Mazz
  Bajo Sexto: Johnny Lee Rosas – Masizzo
  Trumpet: Albert "Skeeter" Amezquita – Ruben Ramos & the Texas Revolution
  Saxophone: Val Maltos – Jay Perez
  Bass Player: A.B. Quintanilla III – Los Kumbia Kings
  Drummer: Chente Barrera – Chente Barrera
  Keyboard: Cruz Martinez – Los Kumbia Kings
  Percussionist: Eric Casías – Emilio y Grupo Rio
  Rising Star – Male: Ben De Leon – Solido
  Rising Star – Female: Trisha – Trisha
  Rising Star – Group: Solido
  Songwriter of the Year: (tie) A.B. Quintanilla III & Beto Ramon
  Record Producer of the Year: A.B. Quintanilla III – Los Kumbia Kings
  Instrumental Song of the Year: "El Rey Del Rodeo" – Emilio y Grupo Rio
  Video of the Year: "Vivir Sin Aire" - Ruben Ramos & the Texas Revolution

• HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

  • PERFORMERS
    Mel Moran
    María Elena Castañon

  • COMPOSERS
    Rosbel Ruiz
    Hector Escamilla

  • PIONEERS
    Rudy "El Borrado" Fuentes
    Rosita Ornelas

Texas Talent Musicians Association awards four (4) scholarships per year to deserving area high school seniors who plan to pursue music in college. This year’s recipients are as follows:

• 
  Raúl Faz / Burbank High School
• 
  Sarah Ann Gamboa / Burbank High School
• 
  Ernest Alvarado / Southwest High School
• 
  Christina Ann Perez / South San Antonio High School

Since 1980, the Tejano Music Awards (TMA) and related special events produced by TTMA has provided a forum to create greater awareness and appreciation for "Tejano Music" a format that originated in South Texas and which reflects cultural roots of the Mexican-American heritage. The music is said to have "matured" over the past 20 years since it began.

Without a doubt, Tejano music has now entered into maturity; this unique format has received national and international acceptance and popularity. TTMA will continue in its mission to provide the best recording artists to the world and 2001 proved to be a continuous growth for Tejano music.

Texas Talent Musicians Association is a non-profit state chartered organization whose purpose is to promote professional excellence; a better understanding and appreciation of Tejano music; and to provide a public forum for songwriters, performers, and musicians in order to recognize their artistic efforts and achievements through the Tejano Music Awards and related events.

The 21^st Annual Tejano Music Awards is sponsored by ACDelco, Ford, and Coca-Cola.

TTMA is based in San Antonio, Texas, "The Tejano Music Capitol of the World."