Billboard Latin Music Awards

The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The Billboard awards are the Latin music industry’s longest running award. The award ceremonies are held during the same week as Latinfest+ (formerly known as the Billboard Latin Music Conference).

History

The first award ceremony began in 1994 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, Florida under the name Latin Music Awards to "represent a broad cross-section of Latino talent, covering every music genre" and then published on Billboard Magazine. The winners were selected based on points accumulated from Billboard's radio and retail charts and categorized into several subcategories designed to reward artists, songs and albums over the course of one year (between March 6, 1993 to March 5, 1994). The categories of the Latin music were: pop, tropical/salsa, regional Mexican, rap, rock and jazz. The first ceremony also introduced several special awards, decided by the Billboard editorial committee: the Latin Music Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Award, to recognize an artist's career in the Latin music industry and to honor a musical personality who has largely contributed to the Latin music genre.

During the 1996 ceremony the Spirit of Hope Award was introduced as a special honor "in recognition of artists extraordinary philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond their musical work". The 1997 ceremony was the first with hosts Daisy Fuentes and Herb Alpert. The 1999 awards show hosted by Daisy Fuentes and , was televised for the first time from Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

Since 2021 the Billboard Icon Award, initially presented exclusively during the Billboard Music Awards, was also awarded during the Latin ceremony. In 2022 the ceremony introduce the Legend Award gave to artists "whose contribution to music makes them a household name and who maintains a career that has withstood the test of time".

Musician Enrique Iglesias has won 47 awards, the colombian Shakira has won 44 awards, and is the most awarded female.

Ceremonies

Categories

The categories are listed according to Billboard's mention throughout the nominations; any changes in the name over the course of the ceremonies are listed alongside.

Overall artist categories

• Artist of the Year (1994, 1999–present)
• New Artist of the Year (–present)
• Tour of the Year (–present)
• Crossover Artist of the Year (–present)
• Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year (2023–present)

Overall songs categories

• Hot Latin Song of the Year (1994, 1999–present)
• Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event (–present)
• Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year (1994–2009)
• Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male (2010–present)
• Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female (2010–present)
• Duo/Group Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year (2010–present)
• Hot Latin Songs Label of the Year
• Hot Latin Songs Imprint of the Year (–2022)
• Airplay Song of the Year
• Airplay Label of the Year
• Airplay Imprint of the Year
• Sales Song of the Year (2023–present)
• Streaming Song of the Year (2023–present)
• Global 200 Latin Song of the Year (2023–present)

Overall albums categories

• Top Latin Album of the Year
• Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo/Group
• Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Male
• Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female
• Top Latin Albums Label of the Year
• Top Latin Albums Imprint of the Year (–2022)

Latin Pop genre categories

• Latin Pop Artist of the Year
• Latin Pop Duo/Group of the Year
• Latin Pop Song of the Year
• Latin Pop Album of the Year
• Latin Pop Airplay Label of the Year
• Latin Pop Airplay Imprint of the Year
• Latin Pop Airplay Label of the Year
• Latin Pop Albums Label of the Year

Tropical genre categories

• Tropical Artist of the Year, Solo
• Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
• Tropical Song of the Year
• Tropical Album of the Year (–2022)
• Tropical Songs Airplay Label of the Year
• Tropical Albums Label of the Year

Regional Mexican categories

• Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Solo
• Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
• Regional Mexican Song of the Year
• Regional Mexican Album of the Year
• Regional Mexican Airplay Label of the Year

• Regional Mexican Albums Label of the Year

Latin Rhythm categories

• Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Solo
• Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
• Latin Rhythm Song of the Year
• Latin Rhythm Album of the Year
• Latin Rhythm Airplay Label of the Year
• Latin Rhythm Albums Label of the Year

Writers, producers and publishers categories

• Songwriter of the Year
• Producer of the Year
• Publisher of the Year
• Publishing Corporation of the Year

Special honors

See also

• Billboard Music Awards

Notes

References

External links

• Official site
• Telemundo Official Show Site