The Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Salsa Female Artist of the Year (or Tropical Female Artist of the Year) is an honor presented annually by American network

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. The Lo Nuestro Awards were first awarded in 1989 and has been given annually since to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on '' Billboard'' Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm

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. At the present time, the winners are selected by the audience through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a

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. This category originally was awarded as Tropical Salsa Artist of the Year (1989-1992), and from 1993 onwards was separated as Female Artist of the Year and Male Artist of the Year. The award was first presented to Dominican singer Angela Carrasco in 1993. Puerto-Rican American performer

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holds the record for the most awards with 13, out of seventeen nominations. Tañón also has become the most awarded in Lo Nuestro Awards history, with 25 accolades. Cuban singers Celia Cruz and Gloria Estefan, awarded three and two times, respectively, are the only multiple winners beside Tañón. Puerto-Rican singer

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is the most nominated performer without a win, with 12 unsuccessful nominations.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award and the nominees for each year. Celia Cruz 1

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References

{{Premios Lo Nuestro categories Tropical Female Artist of the Year Music awards honoring women Tropical musicians Awards established in 1993

Winners and nominees

See also

References