Xavi Earns First Latin Grammy Nominations With “Dosis”

Phoenix-born singer-songwriter Joshua Xavier Gutiérrez, known professionally as Xavi, received the first Latin Grammy nominations of his career after releasing his 19-track sophomore album, “Dosis.” The 22-year-old artist was nominated for contemporary Mexican music album for “Dosis,” released in May, and regional song for “No Capea,” a collaboration with Tejano-regional group Grupo Frontera.

Gutiérrez began composing music as a teenager and now describes his catalog as an evolving personal archive of his adolescence. His album rollout also coincided with extensive live performances, including arena dates across Mexico on his headline “X” tour.

“To see Dosis and ‘No Capea’ celebrated alongside artists I admire is a dream come true,” Gutiérrez said following the nominations announcement. “I dedicate these nominations to my grandfather, who first introduced me to music — making him proud means everything.”

The nominations mark a major institutional milestone for Gutiérrez, who emerged from social media and streaming platforms to become one of the prominent figures in the international surge of contemporary música mexicana. His rise followed the viral acoustic hit “La Victima” and the follow-up smash “La Diabla,” songs that popularized a softer, guitar-centric lane known as romantic tumbados.

Those releases placed him alongside young Mexican American and Mexican performers including Ivan Cornejo and DannyLux, who expanded the youth audience for sierreño and requinto-led arrangements. His debut album, “Next,” established Gutiérrez as a teen balladeer within regional Mexican music before he used “Dosis” to pursue a broader production palette and move past stylistic boundaries.

“It’s been a long year of straight work,” Gutiérrez said of the 14-month production cycle behind the record. “Everything that we’ve done in this album has been an adventure and experience that has molded me into who I am today.”

The album’s expanded scope includes guest appearances from regional Mexican figures Fuerza Regida, Carin León, Gabito Ballesteros, and Neton Vega, along with Colombian acts Manuel Turizo and Kapo. On “En Privado,” Gutiérrez and Turizo combine Dominican bachata rhythms with regional Mexican brass, using traditional güiro percussion alongside live trumpets.

Gutiérrez’s first official English-language recording, “Find Us Again,” came unexpectedly during a songwriting session at a hotel in Miami, Florida. Built around country-leaning guitar strums and a pop-rock dynamic build, the song allowed him to explore his bilingual upbringing on record.

“There’s the tumbado Xavi, the romantic Xavi, the Xavi who sings in English, música mexicana Xavi,” Gutiérrez noted, describing his intent to dismantle genre barriers and reach an international audience.

His partnership with Kapo on “Bien Pedos” moves over an up-tempo pop-reggaeton cadence, contrasting Gutiérrez’s sonorous vocal style with Kapo’s raspy performance. With Hermosillo native Carin León, Gutiérrez restructured traditional Mexican folk forms on “La Morrita,” combining a fast-paced huapango accordion rhythm with contemporary lyrical themes.

On “De Salida,” Gutiérrez turns to mainstream pop balladry, using solo requinto guitar licks between classical keyboard progressions rather than confining the arrangements on “Dosis” to standard corrido instrumentation.

Despite the shifts across the tracklist, Gutiérrez’s material remains centered on young romance and interpersonal conflict. “Neptuno” recounts the aftermath of a broken relationship, while the title track “Dosis” focuses on cyclical romantic attachment.

“I always go back to the moment where I feel alive the most,” Gutiérrez said of his lyrical method. “That’s when I can speak from my soul. And when I’m writing, I like to go back to that moment and base everything on that feeling.”

During peak creative sessions, Gutiérrez has generated up to 10 complete songs in a single day. He said adapting to the protracted timelines of professional recording, mastering, and promotional cycles remains one of the primary operational hurdles of his career.

“Every time I make something, I want it to drop tomorrow,” Gutiérrez said. “But it’s five months of process and so much waiting.”