2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards: The Winners
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The 2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards were held on April 30, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The awards show was hosted by actor/singer Mario Lopez and broadcast live on the Telemundo network.
The show featured performances by some of the biggest names in Latin music, including Ricky Martin, J Balvin, and Wisin & Yandel.
The night’s big winners were Ricky Martin, who took home the award for Latin Pop Artist of the Year, and J Bal
Introduction
It was a big night for reggaeton at the 2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards. J Balvin and Daddy Yankee took home awards for Top Latin Artist of the Year and Top Latin Song of the Year, respectively.
Other winners included Marc Anthony, who won Top Latin Album of the Year for his album 3.0, and Romeo Santos, who won Top Latin Artist of the Year.
Here is a complete list of the winners:
Top Latin Artist of the Year: J Balvin
Top Latin Song of the Year: “Despacito” by Daddy Yankee ft. Luis Fonsi
Top Latin Album of the Year: 3.0 by Marc Anthony
Top Male Artist of the Year: Romeo Santos
Top Female Artist of the Year: Shakira
Top Duo or Group of the Year: Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga
Top Billboards 200 Albums: Encore by Enrique Iglesias
Top Hot 100 Song: “Despacito” by Daddy Yankee ft. Luis Fonsi
Winners
This year’s Latin Billboard Awards were a huge success! The top three winners were Shakira, Ricky Martin, and Enrique Iglesias. Other notable winners included Marc Anthony, Carlos Santana, and Gloria Estefan.
Top Latin Artist
The Latin Billboard Music Awards are awarded annually by the Billboard magazine. The 2015 awards ceremony was held on April 30, 2015, at the Hard Rock Event Center in Hollywood, Florida. The ceremony recognizes the most popular albums, songs and performers in Latin music, as measured by the Billboard charts.
This year’s top Latin artist is Romeo Santos. Santos is a Dominican singer, songwriter and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the hip hop group Aventura. In 2011, he released his first solo album, Formula, Vol. 1, which topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and was certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His second album, Formula, Vol. 2 was released in 2014 and also topped the Latin albums chart. Santos has won numerous awards, including threeLatin Grammy Awards and four Billboard Music Awards.
Top Latin Album
On Thursday, the 2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards took place in Miami, honoring the biggest names in Latin music.
The night’s big winner was Marc Anthony, who took home the trophy for Top Latin Album for his latest release, 3.0. Anthony also won the award for Top Tropical Album.
Other winners included J Balvin, who was named Top Latin Artist; Romeo Santos, who won Top Latin Song for “Odio”; and Gloria Trevi, who won Top Latin Female Artist.
A full list of winners is below.
Top Latin Album: 3.0 – Marc Anthony
Top Latin Artist: J Balvin
Top Tropical Album: 3.0 – Marc Anthony
Top Tropical Song: “Bailando” – Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona
Top Latin Female Artist: Gloria Trevi
Top Latin Male Artist: Romeo Santos
Top Social Media Artist: Nicky Jam
Top Latin Song
The top Latin song of the year was awarded to Luis Fonsi for “Despacito” featuring Daddy Yankee. The track spent a record-breaking 45 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart.
Top Latin Airplay Song
It should come as no surprise that Juanes’ “A Dios le Pido” is the top Latin airplay song of the year. The Colombian singer’s smash hit spent an astounding 19 weeks at the top of the charts and was one of the most played radio singles of 2002. It was also a Top 10 single on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, making it one of only six Spanish-language songs to achieve that distinction in the past decade.
Top Latin Streaming Song
“Bailar” – Deorro feat. Elvis Crespo
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/6rqZoiKLUCQVxFgRWx5MkB
iTunes: https://itun.es/us/b7Yafb?i=1078609953
Conclusion
The 2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards were held on Thursday, October 8, in Miami. The show was hosted by Mario Lopez and Gaby Espino and featured performances by Ricky Martin, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, and many more.
The night’s big winners were Ricky Martin and Daddy Yankee, who each took home three awards. Martin won for Top Latin Album, Hot Latin Song of the Year, and Latin Pop Artist of the Year; while Daddy Yankee won for Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top Latin Song, and Urban Artist of the Year.
Other winners included Enrique Iglesias (who won two awards), Shakira, Juanes, Mana, Gloria Trevi, Wisin & Yandel, and Zoe Saldana.
