The Latin American Music Awards (Latin AMAs) is an annual American music awards show produced by TelevisaUnivision. It is the Spanish-language counterpart of the American Music Awards (AMAs). As with AMAs, the Latin AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers and are produced by SOMOS Productions. The first Latin AMAs debuted on October 8, 2015, on Telemundo and were hosted by Lucero. The awards were not held in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, they resumed a year later.
The broadcast was moved from Telemundo to Univision in 2023.
Ceremonies # Year Host VenueCity01October 8, 2015LuceroDolby TheatreLos Angeles02October 6, 201603October 26, 2017Diego Boneta and Becky G04October 25, 2018Becky G, Gloria Trevi, Leslie Grace, Roselyn Sanchez and Aracely Arambula05October 17, 2019Eugenio Derbez and Jaqueline Bracamontes06April 15, 2021Jacqueline BracamontesBB&T CenterSunrise, Florida07April 21, 2022Cristián de la Fuente, Jacqueline Bracamontes and Rafael AmayaMichelob Ultra ArenaLas Vegas08April 20, 2023Julian Gil, Galilea Montijo, Clarissa Molina and Natti NatashaMGM Grand Garden Arena09April 25, 2024Thalía, Alejandra Espinoza, Becky G, and Carlos Ponce
Categories
Current awards
Artist of the Year Album of the Year Song of the Year New Artist of the Year Favorite Duo or Group (2018–present) Streaming Artist of the Year (2021–present) Favorite Pop Artist (2018, 2021–present) Favorite Pop Album (2018, 2021–present) Favorite Pop Song (2018, 2021–present) Best Collaboration - Pop/Urban (2023–present) Favorite Urban Artist (2016–present) Favorite Urban Album (2015-2016, 2018–present) Favorite Urban Song Favorite Regional Mexican Artist (2016-) Favorite Regional Mexican Duo or Group (2015-2017, 2021–present) Favorite Regional Mexican Album (2016–present) Favorite Regional Mexican Song Best Collaboration - Regional Mexican (2023–present) Favorite Tropical Artist Favorite Tropical Album Favorite Tropical Song Best Collaboration - Tropical (2023–present) Favorite Crossover Artist Collaboration Crossover of the Year (2023–present) Collaboration of the Year (2015-2017, 2021–present) Tour of the Year (2018-2019, 2022–present)
Discontinued awards
Favorite Male Artist (2018-2022) Favorite Female Artist (2015, 2018–2022) Social Artist of the Year (2021-2022) Favorite Pop/Rock Artist (2019) Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist (2015-2016) Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist (2015-2017) Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist (2016-2017) Favorite Pop/Rock Duo or Group (2015-2017) Favorite Pop/Rock Album (2016-2017, 2019) Favorite Pop/Rock Song (2015-2017, 2019) Favorite Regional Mexican New Artist (2016) Favorite Regional Mexican Male Artist (2015) Favorite Urban New Artist (2016) Favorite Urban Male Artist (2015) Favorite Urban Duo or Group (2015-2016) Favorite Tropical New Artist (2016) Favorite Dance Song (2015-2016) Favorite Crossover Song (2016) Favorite Streaming Song (2015) Viral Song of the Year (2022) Favorite Video (2018-2022) Favorite Virtual Concert (2021)
Special awards Dick Clark Achievement Award 2017: Pitbull
Extraordinary Evolution Award 2019: Becky G 2021: Ozuna 2022: Christian Nodal Legacy Award 2023: Carlos Vives
Legend Award
2021: José Luis Rodríguez 'El Puma' 2022: Lupita D’Alessio 2024: Banda MS 2024: Ricardo Montaner
Icon Award
2021: Alejandro Fernández
International Artist Award of Excellence 2019: Marc Anthony
Pioneer Award 2023: David Bisbal 2023: Prince Royce 2024: Yandel
Records
Most wins
The record for most Latin American Music Awards won is held by Karol G with 23 awards. The record for most Latin American Music Awards won by a male artist belongs to Bad Bunny, with 15 awards. The record for most wins for a group belongs to CNCO, who have collected 13 awards.
Rank Artist Number of awards1 Karol G 232 Bad Bunny 153 Enrique Iglesias 144 CNCO 135 Christian Nodal 116 Romeo Santos 107 Becky G 9 Prince Royce Shakira8 Ozuna 89 Anuel AA 6 Feid Selena Gomez10 Banda MS 5 J Balvin Sebastian Yatra
Most wins in a single ceremony The record for the most Latin American Music Awards won in a single year is held by Karol G (in 2022, 2023 and 2024) and Feid (in 2024). Enrique Iglesias (in 2015 and 2016), Anuel AA (in 2019), and Bad Bunny (in 2021 and 2022) follow with 5 awards won in a single year.
Karol G: 8 (2023) Karol G: 6 (2022) Karol G: 6 (2024) Feid: 6 (2024)
Most nominations
J Balvin is the most nominated act overall of the award show with 44 nominees, followed by Bad Bunny with 41. The most nominated female act is Karol G with 28, followed by Shakira with both 25 nominees. Banda MS is the most nominated group of the show, with 33 nominees, followed by Calibre 50 with 15 mentions.
NominationsAct44J Balvin41Bad Bunny 36Karol G33Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga32Daddy YankeeOzuna28Maluma26Romeo Santos25Shakira23Nicky Jam 22Enrique Iglesias 20Christian Nodal20Wisin18CamiloFarruko17Becky G16Luis Fonsi Rauw AlejandroSebastián Yatra15Calibre 50
Notes
See also American Music Awards American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist
References
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