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Billboard Latin Music Awards
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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 the same week as Latinfest+ (formerly the Billboard Latin Music Conference).

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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 was then published in Billboard Magazine.[1][2] The winners were selected based on points accumulated from Billboard's radio and retail charts and categorized into subcategories designed to reward artists, songs and albums over one year (between March 6, 1993, to March 5, 1994).[2] The categories of the Latin music were: pop, tropical/salsa, regional Mexican, rap, rock and jazz.[2] The first ceremony also introduced several special awards, decided by the Billboard editorial committee:[3] 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.[4][5]

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."[6][7] The 1997 ceremony was the first with hosts Daisy Fuentes and Herb Alpert. The 1999 awards show, hosted by Daisy Fuentes, was televised for the first time from the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.[8]

Since 2021, the Billboard Icon Award, initially presented exclusively during the Billboard Music Awards, has also been awarded during the Latin ceremony. In 2022, the ceremony introduced the Legend Award given to artists "whose contribution to music makes them a household name and who maintains a career that has withstood the test of time."[9]

Musician Enrique Iglesias has won 47 awards, Colombian Shakira has won 44 awards, and is the most awarded female.[10]

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Ceremonies

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Categories

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The categories are listed according to Billboard's mention throughout the nominations; any changes in the name during 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

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 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

Writers, producers and publishers categories

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Special honors

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Notes

  1. The Artist of the Year category was introduced in 2010. The Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year and Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year awards are presented since 1994 and 1998, respectively.
  2. The Album of the Year award was introduced in 2008. Each genre had their own Album of the Year category in 1994.
  3. Each genre had their own Song of the Year category from 1995 to 1998.
  4. Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year winner.
  5. Pop Album of the Year
  6. Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year
  7. Regional Mexican Album of the Year
  8. During this period, each genre had their own Album of the Year award with Male, Female, Group and New Artist categories.
  9. Pop Song of the Year.
  10. Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year.
  11. Regional Mexican Song of the Year.
  12. Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year winner.
  13. Son by Four won the Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year and Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year awards.[17]
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