Latin American Music Awards


The Latin American Music Awards is an annual American music awards show produced by TelevisaUnivision. It is the Spanish-language counterpart of the American Music Awards. As with AMAs, the Latin AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers and is produced by SOMOS Productions. The first Latin AMAs debuted on October 8, 2015, on Telemundo and was 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.

Categories

Current awards

  • Artist of the Year
  • Album of the Year
  • Song of the Year
  • New Artist of the Year
  • Favorite Duo or Group
  • Streaming Artist of the Year
  • Favorite Pop Artist
  • Favorite Pop Album
  • Favorite Pop Song
  • Best Collaboration - Pop/Urban
  • Favorite Urban Artist
  • Favorite Urban Album
  • Favorite Urban Song
  • Favorite Regional Mexican Artist
  • Favorite Regional Mexican Duo or Group
  • Favorite Regional Mexican Album
  • Favorite Regional Mexican Song
  • Best Collaboration - Regional Mexican
  • Favorite Tropical Artist
  • Favorite Tropical Album
  • Favorite Tropical Song
  • Best Collaboration - Tropical
  • Favorite Crossover Artist
  • Collaboration Crossover of the Year
  • Collaboration of the Year
  • Tour of the Year

Discontinued awards

Special awards

Dick Clark Achievement Award
Extraordinary Evolution Award
Legacy Award
Legend Award
Icon Award
International Artist Award of Excellence
Pioneer Award

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.
RankArtistNumber of awards
1Karol G23
2Bad Bunny15
3Enrique Iglesias14
4CNCO13
5Christian Nodal11
6Romeo Santos10
7Becky G9
7Prince Royce9
7Shakira9
8Ozuna8
9Anuel AA6
9Feid6
9Selena Gomez6
10Banda MS5
10J Balvin5
10Sebastian Yatra5

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 and Feid. Enrique Iglesias, Anuel AA, and Bad Bunny follow with 5 awards won in a single year.

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.
NominationsAct
44J Balvin
41Bad Bunny
36Karol G
33Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga
32Daddy Yankee
32Ozuna
28Maluma
26Romeo Santos
25Shakira
23Nicky Jam
22Enrique Iglesias
20Christian Nodal
20Wisin
18Camilo
18Farruko
17Becky G
16Luis Fonsi
16Rauw Alejandro
16Sebastián Yatra
15Calibre 50