The 2003 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards, produced and broadcast live on

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, were held on Thursday, May 8, 2003. The award show aired on Telemundo at 7pm EST. The awards show was held at the

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Host

Roselyn Sánchez Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez (born April 2, 1973) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer, and writer. On television, she is best known for her roles as Elena Delgado on the CBS police procedural ''Without ...

Performers

Ricky Martin Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning ...

Chayanne Elmer Figueroa Arce (born June 28, 1968), better known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 albums and sold over 50 million records worldwide, making him one of ...

Thalía Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer and actress. Referred to as the " Queen of Latin Pop", she is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists. Havin ...

Eros Ramazzotti Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti (; born 28 October 1963) is an Italian pop singer, musician and songwriter. He is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in bo ...

Gilberto Santa Rosa Gilberto Santa Rosa Cortés, nicknamed "El Caballero de la Salsa" (The Gentleman of Salsa) (born August 21, 1962), is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero. He is a six time Grammy Award winner and has sold over three million ...

Pilar Montenegro Pilar Montenegro (; born María del Pilar Montenegro López on May 31, 1972, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican Latin pop singer and actress. Biography When Montenegro was 10 years old she landed her first acting part in the TV series ''Juguem ...

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La India Linda Viera Caballero (born March 9, 1969), better known as La India, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa, house music and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, winning the Latin Grammy Aw ...

Lupillo Rivera Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra, better known by the stage name Lupillo Rivera, is an American singer and songwriter. In 2010, Rivera was awarded a Grammy Award for his album, '' Tu Esclavo y Amo''. His older sister was the late singer and actress J ...

A.B. Quintanilla Abraham Quintanilla III (born December 13, 1963), known professionally as A.B. Quintanilla III or A.B. Quintanilla, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, and the older brother of singer Selena, known as " The Queen of Tejano ...

Kumbia Kings The Kumbia Kings were a Mexican-American cumbia group from Corpus Christi, Texas, created by A.B. Quintanilla. Their music encompasses the styles of cumbia (hence their name), hip hop, and R&B. They produce songs in both Spanish and English. ...

Los Tucanes de Tijuana Los Tucanes De Tijuana (English: ''The Toucans of Tijuana'') are a Mexican norteño band led by Mario Quintero Lara. The band was founded in Tijuana, Baja California in 1987. They, along with Los Tigres del Norte, were pioneers in playing the ...

Alexandre Pires Alexandre Pires do Nascimento (born January 8, 1976) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 1980s. Career Pires began his career playing a new and more appellat ...

David Bisbal David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''. He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...

The following list are the 2003 Billboard Latin Music Award Winners

Special awards

Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame

Armando Manzanero Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican Maya peoples, Mayan musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the ...

Spirit of Hope Award

El General Edgardo Armando Franco (born 27 September 1969), better known as El General, is a Panamanian former reggae artist considered by some to be one of the fathers of "Reggae en Español". During the early 1990s, he was one of the artists who initiate ...

Star of the Year Award

Your World Award (Premio Tu Mundo)

Hot Latin Songs of the Year

Hot Latin Song of the Year

*"Y Tu Te Vas" –

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Vocal Duet or Collaboration

Por Ese Hombre "Por Ese Hombre" is a song originally recorded by Argentine duo Pimpinela and Spanish singer Dyango for the former's fifth studio album, ''Lucía y Joaquín'' (1985). It was covered by American singer Brenda K. Starr and Puerto Rican singers Tito N ...

" Brenda K. Starr with

Tito Nieves Humberto "Tito" Nieves (born June 4, 1959; also known "El Pavarotti de la Salsa") is a Puerto Rican musician who became one of the leading salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s. Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and raised in the Unite ...

Víctor Manuelle Víctor Manuel Ruiz Velázquez (born September 27, 1968), known professionally as Víctor Manuelle, is an American salsa musician, known to his fans as ''El Sonero de la Juventud'' ("The Singer Of Youths"). He is identified primarily with ''s ...

Artist of the Year

People

Songwriter of the Year

*Estefano (10 titles)

Producer of the Year

*Rudy Perez (8 titles)

Latin Pop Albums

Male

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Un Día Normal ''Un Día Normal'' (English: ''A Normal Day'') is the second studio album recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, It was released by Surco Records on 21 May 2002. The album was remastered in 2022 for its 20th anniversary. Album informa ...

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*'' Quizás'' –

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...

*''De Noche En La Ciudad'' –

Aleks Syntek Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...

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MTV Unplugged ''MTV Unplugged'' is an American television series on MTV showcasing musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show aired regularly from 1989 to 1999 and less frequently from 2000 to 2009, when it was usually billed as ''MTV Un ...

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Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Awar ...

Female

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*'' Desahogo'' –

*'' Acústico'' –

Ednita Nazario Edna María Nazario Figueroa (born April 11, 1955) is a Puerto Rican musician, singer, and composer who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age and has released twenty-three (23) studio ...

*'' Acústico Vol. II'' –

Duo or Group

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Revolución de Amor ''Revolución de Amor'' ( en, Revolution of Love) is the sixth studio album (sixteenth overall) recorded by Mexican rock band Maná, It was released by WEA Latina on August 20, 2002 (see 2002 in music). Allmusic considers it one of their strong ...

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Maná Maná () is a Mexican pop rock band. The band is considered one of the best-selling Latin music artists and the most successful Latin American band of all time with over 40 million records sold worldwide. The group's current lineup consists o ...

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El Primer Instinto ''El Primer Instinto'' is an album recorded by Mexican rock band Jaguares. The album released on October 22, 2002 under the label Sony Music International. The album consists of rearranged songs from Caifanes and Jaguares, plus two new songs. ...

'' – Jaguares *''Las Ketchup'' –

Las Ketchup Las Ketchup is a Spanish girl group founded by flamenco record producer Manuel "Queco" Ruiz. The group, which consists of sisters Lucía, Lola, and Pilar Muñoz (later to be joined by a fourth sister Rocío), is best known for the 2002 hit singl ...

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Sin Bandera Sin Bandera is a romantic ballads duo consisting of Mexican singer-songwriter Leonel Garcia and Argentine singer-songwriter Noel Schajris. They formed in Mexico in 2000. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album ''Sin ...

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New Artist

*''Las Ketchup'' –

*'' De Pata Negra'' –

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*'' Desahogo'' –

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Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year

Los Temerarios Los Temerarios are a Mexican Grupera band from Fresnillo, Zacatecas started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years, they were known as ''Conjunto La Brisa''. ''Los Temerario ...

Latin Rock/Alternative Album of the Year

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Radio Bemba Sound System ''Radio Bemba Sound System'' is a live album by Manu Chao that was released in 2002. It is the accompanying CD to the performer's live DVD '' Babylonia en Guagua'', filmed over two nights (4–5 September) in 2001 during the tour for '' Pro ...

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Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mu ...

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Tropical Album of the Year

Male

*'' Viceversa'' –

*'' Urbano'' –

Elvis Crespo Elvis Crespo Díaz (born July 30, 1971) is an Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of the Merengue genre. He has won multiple awards, including a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award in merengue. Early years Crespo was born in New York City and was na ...

*''Le Preguntaba a la Luna'' –

*''Vuela Muy Alto'' –

Jerry Rivera Jerry Rivera (born Gerardo Rivera Rodríguez on July 31, 1973) is a Puerto Rican salsa singer and songwriter. Early years Rivera was born in Humacao, a town located on the eastern coast of Puerto Rico. He moved with his family to Levittown i ...

Female

*''Latin Songbird: Mi Alma Y Corazon'' –

*''Hecho a Mano'' – Albita *''Pienso en así...'' –

Milly Quezada Milagros Quezada Borbón (born May 21, 1955) is a Dominican singer specializing in Merengue. She is a four-time Latin Grammy Award winner and has been referred to as the "Queen of Merengue" because of her impact on the world of merengue music. ...

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Temptation Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment that threatens long-term goals.Webb, J.R. (Sep 2014). Incorporating Spirituality into Psychology of temptation: Conceptualization, measurement, and clinical implications. Sp ...

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Duo Or Group

*'' Confesiones'' –

Monchy y Alexandra Monchy & Alexandra were a bachata musical group from the Dominican Republic. They sang together as a duo beginning in 1998. Their first big hit was " Hoja en Blanco", which they released in 1999. Since then, they had many other hits, such as "H ...

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We Broke the Rules In Modern English, ''we'' is a plural, first-person pronoun. Morphology In Standard Modern English, ''we'' has six distinct shapes for five word forms: * ''we'': the nominative (subjective) form * ''us'' and ': the accusative (objective; ...

'' – Aventura *''Latino'' – Grupo Mania *''Un Gran Dia En El Barrio'' –

Spanish Harlem Orchestra Spanish Harlem Orchestra is a Latin dance music orchestra based in the United States, founded by Aaron Levinson and Oscar Hernandez. Their debut album was released in October 2002. The orchestra often tours worldwide. Discography ''Un Gran ...

New Artist

*''Un Gran Dia En El Barrio'' –

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'' – Aventura *''Derroche De Amor'' – Raulin Rodriguez *''No Es Casualidad'' –

Yoskar Sarante Yoskar "El Prabu" Sarante (2 January 1970 – 28 January 2019) was a prominent Dominican bachata singer. Early life Yoskar Sarante, born in 1970, was one of the most prolific singers of new bachata of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. B ...

Regional Mexican Album of the Year

Male Solo Artist

*''Amorcito Corazon'' –

*'' Un Canto de México'' –

Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández Abarca (; born 24 April 1971) is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as El Potrillo by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million records worldwide, making him one of the most successful Hispanic music artists. He is the ...

*''Sold Out At The Universal Amphitheatre Vol. 2'' –

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Lo Dijo el Corazón ''Lo Dijo el Corazón'' is an album by Joan Sebastian, released in 19 February 2002, through the record label Musart Records. In 2003, the album earned Sebastian a Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the G ...

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Joan Sebastian José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa (April 8, 1951 – July 13, 2015), known professionally as Joan Sebastian (), was a Mexican singer-songwriter. He composed more than 1,000 songs, including compositions for artists such as Bronco, Vicente Fernánd ...

Male Duo or Group

*''Una Lagrima No Basta'' –

*'' Sueños'' –

Intocable Intocable ("Untouchable" in English) is an American band from Zapata, Texas that plays Regional Mexican music; specializing in Norteño and Tejano music. It was started by friends Ricardo Javier Muñoz and René Orlando Martínez in the ear ...

*''Perdoname Mi Amor'' –

Conjunto Primavera Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican Norteño-Sax band from Ojinaga, Chihuahua. In the 1990s and 2000s they were one of the most popular acts in Regional Mexican music. History Conjunto Primavera was formed on the first day of spring in 1978 by the ...

*'' La Reina del Sur'' –

Los Tigres del Norte Los Tigres del Norte (English: ''The Tigers of the North'') are a norteño band from San Jose, California. Originally founded in Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales of 60 million albums, the band is one of the most recognized groups in the ...

Female Group or Female Solo Artist

*''Libre'' –

Jennifer Peña Jennifer Marcella Peña (born September 17, 1983) is an American Tejano/Latin pop singer who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña was born in San Antonio, Texas, and is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peñ ...

*''Solo Tuya'' –

Aracely Arambula Araceli or Aracely, a Spanish female name from Latin ''Ara Caeli'', "the altar in heaven", may refer to: Politicians * Aracely Leuquén Uribe, a Chilean politician * Araceli Velazquez, a Mexican politician * Araceli Torres Flores, a Mexican politi ...

*''Soy Así'' –

Grupo Límite LMT, Grupo Límite, or Límite, is a Mexican Norteño and Tejano band formed in Monterrey, Mexico in 1994. The group was led by singer Alicia Villarreal until she left to pursue a solo career. History The band debuted in 1995 with the record, '' ...

*''A Toda Onda'' –

La Onda ''La Onda'' (The Wave) was a multidisciplinary artistic movement created in Mexico by artists and intellectuals as part of the worldwide waves of the counterculture of the 1960s and the avant-garde. Pejoratively called as ''Literatura de la Onda'' ...

New Artist

*''A Toda Onda'' – Grupo La Onda *''Solo Tuya'' –

*''En La Esquina'' –

Chicos de Barrio Chicos de Barrio is a Mexican musical group formed in 1995 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. The group has 11 members, of which the percussion, harmony and swing are predominant. The group's music combines urban, hip hop, salsa, vallenato, reggae a ...

*''El Rey de la Banda'' – Germán Lizárraga y su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa

Other Latin

Latin Greatest Hits Album of the Year

*" Grandes Exitos" –

Latin Compilation Album of the Year

*"Las 30 Cumbias Mas Pegadas" – Various Artists

Latin Jazz Album of the Year

*"The Shadow Of The Cat" –

Gato Barbieri Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (November 28, 1932 – April 2, 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spa ...

Latin Dance Club Play Track of the Year

*" Escape/Escapar (Remixes)" –

Latin Dance Single of the Year

*" Alive (Thunderpuss Remix)" –

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

Latin Rap Album of the Year

*" A La Reconquista" –

Héctor y Tito Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'', m ...

Labels

Publisher of the Year

*EMI April, ASCAP

Publishing Corporation of the Year

*EMI Music Publishing

New Categories

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Male

*"Y Tu Te Vas" –

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Female

*"Quitame Ese Hombre" –

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Duo or Group

*"Entra En Mi Vida" –

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, New Artist

*"Entra En Mi Vida" –

Tropical/Salsa Airplay Track of the Year, Male

*"Viviendo" –

Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Gra ...

Tropical/Salsa Airplay Track of the Year, Female

" – Brenda K. Starr

Tropical/Salsa Airplay Track of the Year, Duo or Group

*"Te Quiero Igual Que Ayer" –

Tropical/Salsa Airplay Track of the Year, New Artist

*"Asereje" –

Regional Mexican Airplay Track of the Year, Male Solo Artist

*"Te Solte La Rienda" –

Regional Mexican Airplay Track of the Year, Male Group

*"Perdoname Mi Amor" –

Regional Mexican Airplay Track of the Year, Female Group or Female Solo Artist

*"Quitame Ese Hombre (version nortena)" –

Regional Mexican Airplay Track of the Year, New Artist

*"Quitame Ese Hombre (version nortena)" –

Latin Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

*"Storm" –

Fernando Ortega Juan Fernando Ortega Work ID No. 332498534 (born March 2, 1957) is a singer-songwriter in contemporary Christian music. He is noted both for his interpretations of many traditional hymns and songs, such as " Give Me Jesus", "Be Thou My Vision" ...

Latin Tour of the Year

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...

Label Awards

Hot Latin Tracks Label Of the Year

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Top Latin Albums Label Of the Year

Latin Pop Airplay Label Of the Year

Tropical/Salsa Airplay Label Of the Year

Regional Mexican Airplay Label Of the Year

* Fonovisa

Latin Pop Albums Label Of the Year

Tropical/Salsa Albums Label Of the Year

Regional Mexican Albums Label Of the Year

Univision Music Group Univision Music Group is a Latin music company in the United States. Founded in April 2001 by Univision Communications , the Univision Music Group included three record labels: Univision Records, Fonovisa Records and Disa Records. In June 2 ...

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Performers

Special awards

Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame

Spirit of Hope Award

Star of the Year Award

Your World Award (Premio Tu Mundo)

Hot Latin Songs of the Year

Hot Latin Song of the Year

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Artist of the Year

People

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Latin Greatest Hits Album of the Year

Latin Compilation Album of the Year

Latin Jazz Album of the Year

Latin Dance Club Play Track of the Year

Latin Dance Single of the Year

Latin Rap Album of the Year

Labels

Publisher of the Year

Publishing Corporation of the Year

New Categories

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Male

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Female

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, Duo or Group

Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year, New Artist

Tropical/Salsa Airplay Track of the Year, Male

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Latin Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

Latin Tour of the Year

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Hot Latin Tracks Label Of the Year

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Latin Pop Albums Label Of the Year

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Regional Mexican Albums Label Of the Year

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