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 is produced by SOMOS Productions. The first Latin AMAs debuted on October 8, 2015, on Telemundo and was hosted by

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. The awards were not held in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, they resumed a year later. In 2023, the broadcast will be moved from Telemundo to Univision.

Ceremonies

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 *

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Extraordinary Evolution Award *

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: Christian Nodal Legacy Award *

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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.

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).

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(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.

Notes

References

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