BIG WRITERS

Lanfranco Music (also home of Samalea Songs and Nelia Music), best known as the small publisher with BIG WRITERS , is  Miami's first GRAMMY AWARD winning independent Latin Music publisher. With more than 15  years of experience, Lanfranco Music, has become a leader in its field. Winner of 23"El Premio ASCAP" Latin music Awards and 2 BMI Latin Music Awards, Lanfranco has published songs included in two Grammy Award winning recordings, received "Song of the Year" awards in the Billboard/Premio Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards, and Emmy and Grammy nominations. Numerous songs comprising the Lanfranco Music catalogue have climbed Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks and Billboard 50 charts reaching the number 1 spot and top ten positions.
Aside from winning awards, Lanfranco Music was the first Latin music publisher to present gold and platinum records to its songwriters, arrangers, producers, and performers in recognition of airplay and sales exceeding 50,000 and 100,000 units respectively. We initiated the awards in 1992 in San Juan, Puerto Rico and later turned it into a radio show recognizing songwriters, broadcast in Miami.
In an effort to recognize Latin Music songwriters, Lanfranco Music initiated two succesful campaigns, joined by many writers and publishers.  The first led to the creation of the ASCAP Latin music awards. The second led to the inclusion of songwriter's names in the Billboard Hot Larin tracks Chart

Winner of 23 "El Premio ASCAP" awards given by the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Winner of ASCAP pop award and 2 BMI Latin Music Award given by 
BMI performance society.

PUBLISHER OF BILLBOARD/UNIVISION LO NUESTRO SONG OF THE YEAR "COMO ME DUELE AMOR" WRITTEN BY RICARDO QUIJANO AND PERFORMED BY "LA MAFIA" TEJANO MUSIC SENSATION.

PUBLISHER OF EMMY AWARD NOMINATED "ABRAZAME FUERTE" WRITTEN BY JORGE LUIS PILOTO AND INTERPRETED BY LOURDES ROBLES.

PUBLISHER OF GRAMMY AWARD WINNING "VIDA" WRITTEN BY ARMANDO LARRINAGA AND "UN MILLON DE ROSAS" BY BARBARA LARRINAGA AND ARMANDO LARRINAGA. BOTH SONGS PERFORMED BY "LA MAFIA".

PUBLISHER OF GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATED "DATE UN CHANCE" WRITTEN BY OMAR ALFANNO AND PERFORMED BY LUIS ENRIQUE.

PUBLISHER OF THE 2005 LATIN GRAMMY AWARD WINNING "ARRANCAME EL CORAZON" AND "YO SE QUE TE IRAS" BOTH WRITTEN BY RICARDO QUIJANO AND RECORDED BY LA MAFIA

PUBLISHER OF "AGUA PASADA" WRITTEN BY GIL FRANCISCO AND PERFORMED BY FRANKIE NEGRON, NOMINATED FOR "TROPICAL SONG OF THE YEAR" IN EL PREMIO LO NUESTRO.

PUBLISHER OF "COMO SE CURA UNA HERIDA" WRITTEN BY JORGE LUIS PILOTO AND RUDY PEREZ, PERFORMED BY JACI VELAZQUEZ AND NOMINATED BILLBOARD SONG OF THE YEAR

CO PUBLISHER OF "HIPS DON'T LIE" WINNER OF ASCAP POP AWARD AND NOMINATED TO A GRAMMY

ASCAP 1994

ASCAP 1997

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ASCAP 1997

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Pedro Azael, with LANFRANCO MUSIC'S Armando Samalea and Silvia Samalea, shows off his PLATINUM "PREMIO LANFRANCO"

Charlie Donato, pictured with LANFRANCO MUSIC'S president Silvia Samalea, was a big winner during the 2nd "PREMIOS LANFRANCO" held in Miami, Florida

LANFRANCO MUSIC celebrates Latin music's first radio awards ceremony honoring songwriters, arrangers, producers and artists

Armando Larrinaga, pictured with LANFRANCO'S  Armando and Silvia Samalea, displays the "PREMIO LANFRANCO" he earned by writing the hit song "VIDA"

Ricardo Quijano receives another" PREMIO LANFRANCO" from Silvia and Armando Samalea for 3 of his compositions included in albums selling over 100,000 copies.

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Oscar de la Rosa lead singer of the popular Tejano music group "La Mafia", displays his "PREMIO LANFRANCO"

Omar Alfanno proudly displays his triple "PREMIO LANFRANCO"

Honorees at the "PREMIOS LANFRANCO" Latin music awards celebrate with artists who performed their
 hit songs

Ricardo Quijano holds up his first of numerous Platinum records at the "PREMIOS LANFRANCO" in Puerto Rico

In 1992, LANFRANCO MUSIC celebrates Latin Music's first awards ceremony honoring songwriters with gold and platinum records.

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Jorge Luis Piloto with his "PREMIO LANFRANCO"  (gold and platinum records awarded to songwriters, producers, arrangers and artists) At the 1st annual awards ceremony held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1992

LANFRANCO MUSIC songwriter Ricardo Quijano, nabs the pretigious "SONG OF THE YEAR" award at Billboard/Univision Lo Nuestro Latin music awards with his song "Como me duele amor" performed by Tejano music's "LA MAFIA" and published by LANFRANCO MUSIC