Billboard Spirit of Hope Award

The Billboard Spirit of Hope is an honor that is presented by Billboard magazine to a Latin artist or a group in recognition of their extraordinary philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond their musical work."^[1] The accolade was established in 1996 in honor of Selena, who died a year earlier.^[2] The recipient of the Spirit of Hope is decided by the Billboard editorial committee.^[3] The Spirit of Hope Award was first given to Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan.^[2]

Spirit of Hope
Awarded for	"philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond their musical work"[1]
Presented by	Billboard
First award	1996
Currently held by	J Balvin (2024)
Website	billboard.com/latin

Since 1996, the Spirit of Hope has been presented during the Billboard Latin Music Awards.^[4] The award was not presented in 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021.

Recipients

Year	Image	Recipient	Nationality	Ref.
1996		Gloria Estefan	Cuba United States	[2]
1997		Emmanuel	United States	[5]
1998		Willy Chirino	Cuba United States	[6]
1999		Olga Tañón	Puerto Rico	[7]
2000		Maná	Mexico	[8]
2001		Los Tigres del Norte	United States	[9]
2002		Ricky Martin	Puerto Rico	[10]
2003	—	El General	Panama	[11]
2004	—	Soraya	Colombia	[12]
2005		Juan Luis Guerra	Dominican Republic	[13]
2006		Shakira	Colombia	[14]
2007		Ricardo Montaner	Venezuela	[15]
2008		Juanes	Colombia	[16]
2009		Daddy Yankee	Puerto Rico	[17]
2010		Marc Anthony	United States	[3]
2011		Gloria Estefan	Cuba	[18]
2012	No award			[19]
2013		Maná	Mexico	[20]
2014		Carlos Vives	Colombia	[21]
2015		Carlos Santana	United States	[22]
2016	No award			[23]
2017		Luis Fonsi	Puerto Rico United States	[24]
2018	No award			[25]
2019				[26]
2020		Maluma	Colombia	[27]
2021	No award
2022		Christina Aguilera	United States	[1]
2023		Karol G	Colombia	[28]
2024		J Balvin		[29]

See also

• Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
• List of humanitarian and service awards