2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards

The 29th Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony, presented by Billboard to honor the most popular albums, songs and performers in Latin music, took place on September 29, 2022, at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida.^[2] The ceremony was broadcast by Telemundo.

29th Billboard Latin Music Awards
Date	September 29, 2022
Site	Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida, United States
Hosted by	Kate del Castillo, Jaime Camil
Highlights
Most awards	Bad Bunny (8)
Most nominations	Bad Bunny (23)
Television coverage
Network	Telemundo
Ratings	1.551 million[1]
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The nominations were announced on August 18, 2022.^[3] Puerto Rican singer Chayanne received the Icon Award at the ceremony.^[4] Christina Aguilera was honored with the Spirit of Hope award, and also performed.

Performers

The performers for the ceremony were announced on August 25, 2022.^[5]

List of performers at the 29th Billboard Latin Music Awards

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Alejandra Guzmán Angela Aguilar CNCO Pablo López	Tribute to Raphael “Mi gran noche” “Estar enamorado” "Como yo te amo” “Que sabe nadie” “Escándalo”
Calibre 50	"El mexicano es ca..."
Camilo	"Aeropuerto"
Chayanne	"Como Tú y Yo"
Christina Aguilera	"La Reina"
Elvis Crespo	"Neverita" "Suavemente"
Eslabon Armado	"Hasta La Muerte"
Farruko	"Nazareno (Remix)" "Viaje"
Grupo Firme Camilo	"Ya Supérame" "Alaska"
Los Ángeles Azules Carlos Vives	"Cumbia del Corazón"
Maluma	"Junio"
Manuel Turizo	"La Bachata"
Ozuna	"La Copa"
Pepe Aguilar	"Hasta Que Llegue El Alba"
Piso 21 Manuel Turizo	"Los Cachos"
Raphael	"De tanta gente"
Tini	"Carne Y Hueso"

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on August 18, 2022. Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny received the most nominations (23, winning 9), followed by Colombian singer Karol G (15, winning 3), Puerto Rican artists Farruko (11, winning 3), and Rauw Alejandro (10, winning 2), Dominican group Aventura (7) and Mexican regional group Eslabon Armado (6).^[3] With his 23 nominations, Bad Bunny became one of two artists to receive that number of nominations in a single ceremony, the other being Ozuna, at the 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.^[6]

Artist of the Year	New Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny Farruko Jhayco Karol G Rauw Alejandro	Ivan Cornejo Los Gemelos de Sinaloa Los Lara Luis R. Conriquez Yahritza y Su Esencia
Tour of the Year	Crossover Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny Los Bukis Maluma Marc Anthony Ricky Martin & Enrique Iglesias	Skrillex Chris Brown DJ Khaled Ed Sheeran Rvssian Shawn Mendes
Hot Latin Song of the Year	Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event
Farruko – "Pepas" Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone – "Me Porto Bonito" Bad Bunny – "Tití Me Preguntó" Bad Bunny – "Yonaguni" Becky G & Karol G – "Mamiii"	Becky G & Karol G – "Mamiii" Aventura & Bad Bunny – "Volví" Bad Bunny & Bomba Estéreo – "Ojitos Lindos" Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone – "Me Porto Bonito" Bad Bunny & Rauw Alejandro – "Party"
Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male	Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female
Bad Bunny Farruko Jhayco Chencho Corleone Rauw Alejandro	Karol G Anitta Becky G Kali Uchis Rosalía
Duo/Group Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year	Hot Latin Songs Label of the Year
Grupo Firme Aventura Calibre 50 Eslabon Armado Fuerza Regida	Rimas Music VIP Sony Music Latin Universal Music Latin Entertainment Warner Latina
Hot Latin Songs Imprint of the Year	Airplay Song of the Year
Rimas Carbon Fiber Duars Entertainment Sony Music Latin Universal Music Latino	Rauw Alejandro – "Todo de Ti" Aventura & Bad Bunny – "Volví" Becky G & Karol G – "Mamiii" Farruko – "Pepas" Farruko, Víctor Cárdenas & DJ Adonis – "El Incomprendido"
Airplay Label of the Year	Airplay Imprint of the Year
Sony Music Latin Lizos Rimas Universal Music Latin Entertainment Warner Latina	Sony Music Latin Duars Entertainment Fonovisa Rimas Universal Music Latino
Top Latin Album of the Year	Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo/Group
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti Farruko – La 167 J Balvin – Jose Karol G – KG0516 Rauw Alejandro – Vice Versa	Eslabon Armado Aventura Calibre 50 Los Bukis Maná
Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Male	Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female
Bad Bunny Anuel AA J Balvin Ozuna Rauw Alejandro	Karol G Becky G Kali Uchis Natti Natasha Rosalía
Top Latin Albums Label of the Year	Top Latin Albums Imprint of the Year
Rimas Del Sony Music Latin Universal Music Latin Entertainment Warner Latina	Rimas Del Duars Entertainment Sony Music Latin Universal Music Latino
Latin Pop Artist of the Year	Latin Pop Duo/Group of the Year
Enrique Iglesias Becky G Camilo Kali Uchis Sebastián Yatra	Maná Bomba Estéreo CNCO Jesse & Joy Reik
Latin Pop Song of the Year	Latin Pop Album of the Year
Rauw Alejandro – "Todo de Ti" Becky G & Karol G – "Mamiii" Karol G – "Provenza" Sebastián Yatra – "Tacones Rojos" Shakira & Rauw Alejandro – "Te Felicito"	Rosalía – Motomami Becky G – Esquemas Enrique Iglesias – Final (Vol. 1) Jay Wheeler – De Mi Para Ti Sebastián Yatra – Dharma
Latin Pop Airplay Label of the Year	Latin Pop Airplay Imprint of the Year
Sony Music Latin Rimas Universal Music Latin Entertainment Warner Latina WK	Sony Music Latin Duars Entertainment Hecho a Mano RCA Universal Music Latino
Latin Pop Albums Label of the Year	Latin Pop Albums Imprint of the Year
Universal Music Latin Entertainment Interscope Geffen A&M Records RCA Sony Music Latin Warner Latina	Universal Music Latino Capitol Latin Hecho a Mano Sony Music Latin Warner Latina
Tropical Artist of the Year, Solo	Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
Prince Royce Carlos Vives Elvis Crespo Marc Anthony Romeo Santos	Aventura Gente de Zona La Sonora Dinamita Los Ángeles Azules Monchy & Alexandra
Tropical Song of the Year	Tropical Album of the Year
Aventura & Bad Bunny – "Volví" Don Omar & Nio Garcia – "Se Menea" Marc Anthony – "Mala" Marc Anthony – "Pa'lla Voy" Romeo Santos – "Sus Huellas"	Marc Anthony – Pa'lla Voy Buena Vista Social Club – Ahora Me Da Pena EP Carlos Vives – Cumbiana II El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico – De Trulla Con El Combo Luis Vargas / Frank Reyes – Grandes de La Bachata: Vol. IV
Tropical Songs Airplay Label of the Year	Tropical Songs Airplay Imprint of the Year
Sony Music Latin Columbia Rimas Saban WK	Sony Music Latin Aura Hecho a Mano Rimas Unisono
Tropical Albums Label of the Year	Tropical Albums Imprint of the Year
Sony Music Latin BMG Discos Fuentes The Orchard Universal Music Latin Entertainment	Sony Music Latin Norte Premium Latin The Orchard Top Stop
Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Solo	Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
Christian Nodal Carin Leon Ivan Cornejo Junior H Natanael Cano	Eslabon Armado Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga Calibre 50 Grupo Firme Yahritza y Su Esencia
Regional Mexican Song of the Year	Regional Mexican Album of the Year
Grupo Firme – "Ya Supérame (En Vivo Desde Culiacán, Sinaloa)" Calibre 50 – "A la Antigüita" Eslabon Armado featuring DannyLux – "Jugaste y Sufrí" Grupo Firme & Carin Leon – "El Tóxico" Grupo Firme & Maluma – "Cada Quien"	Ivan Cornejo – Alma Vacía Calibre 50 – Las 20 Número 1 de Calibre 50 en Billboard Eslabon Armado – Nostalgia Eslabon Armado – Tu Veneno Mortal, Vol. 2 Junior H – Mi Vida En Un Cigarro 2
Regional Mexican Airplay Label of the Year	Regional Mexican Airplay Imprint of the Year
Universal Music Latin Entertainment Afinarte Lizos Music VIP Sony Music Latin	Fonovisa Afinarte Disa Lizos Remex
Regional Mexican Albums Label of the Year	Regional Mexican Albums Imprint of the Year
Universal Music Latin Entertainment Del Manzana Rancho Humilde Sony Music Latin	DEL Fonovisa JHRH Manzana Z Records
Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Solo	Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
Bad Bunny Farruko J Balvin Karol G Rauw Alejandro	Wisin & Yandel Baby Rasta & Gringo Los Legendarios Piso 21 Zion & Lennox
Latin Rhythm Song of the Year	Latin Rhythm Album of the Year
Farruko – "Pepas" Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone – "Me Porto Bonito" Aventura & Bad Bunny – "Volví" Bad Bunny – "Yonaguni" Becky G & Karol G – "Mamiii"	Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti Farruko – La 167 J Balvin – Jose Karol G – KG0516 Rauw Alejandro – Vice Versa
Latin Rhythm Airplay Label of the Year	Latin Rhythm Airplay Imprint of the Year
Sony Music Latin Republic Rimas Universal Music Latin Entertainment Warner Latina	Universal Music Latino Carbon Fiber Duars Entertainment Rimas Sony Music Latin
Latin Rhythm Albums Label of the Year	Latin Rhythm Albums Imprint of the Year
Rimas Interscope Geffen A&M Records Real Hasta La Muerte Sony Music Latin Universal Music Latin Entertainment	Rimas Carbon Fiber Duars Entertainment Real Hasta La Muerte Universal Music Latino
Songwriter of the Year	Producer of the Year
Bad Bunny Edgar "Edge" Barrera Marco "Mag" Borrero Roberto "La Paciencia" Rosario Tainy	Tainy Jimmy Humilde Marco "Mag" Borrero Ovy On The Drums Subelo Neo
Publisher of the Year	Publishing Corporation of the Year
RSM Publishing, ASCAP Kid From The BKLYN Publishing, ASCAP Sony Discos Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP Universal Music Corp, ASCAP WC Music Corp., ASCAP	Sony Music Publishing Kobalt Music RSM Publishing Universal Music Warner Chappell Music

Special Merit Awards

• • Icon Award: Chayanne^[4]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Raphael^[7]
  • Spirit of Hope: Christina Aguilera^[8]
  • Legend Award: José Feliciano^[9]