The 13th Lo Nuestro Awards ceremony, presented by

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to honor the best Latin music of 2000 and

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, took place on February 8, 2001, at a live presentation held at the

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. The ceremony was broadcast in the United States and Latin America by Univision. During the ceremony, twenty-nine categories were presented. Winners were announced at the live event and included Puerto-Rican American band

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receiving six competitive awards. Mexican singer-songwriter

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earned three accolades and the Excellence Award; and Mexican singer

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, American singer

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and Colombian performer

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is ...

earned two awards each. The 13th Lo Nuestro Awards were the first to be held since the inception of the

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Background

In 1989, the

Lo Nuestro Awards The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish for "Our Thing") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by Univision, a Spanish-language television network based in the United States. The awards began in ...

were established by

, to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and the results were tabulated and certified by the accounting firm

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. The trophy awarded is shaped like a

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. The 13th Lo Nuestro Awards ceremony was held on February 8, 2001, in a live presentation held at the

. The ceremony was broadcast in the United States and Latin America by Univision. The categories included were for the Pop, Tropical/Salsa, Regional Mexican and Music Video fields before the 2000 awards, from 2001 onwards categories were expanded and included a Rock field; for the Regional Mexican genre a Ranchera, Grupero, Tejano and Norteño fields were added; and Traditional, Merengue and Salsa performances were also considered in the Tropical/Salsa field. Before the

inception, the Lo Nuestro Awards were considered as the Grammy Award equivalent for Latin music. Therefore, the Lo Nuestro ceremony was advanced from May to February since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards were held in September, 2000.

Nominees and winners

Winners were announced before the live audience during the ceremony. Puerto Rican American band

were the most nominated performers and won their six nominations, including Pop and Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year for their single "

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". The song spent 20 weeks at number-one in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Songs and is the longest-running single in the history of the chart with 61 weeks. Mexican singer

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was awarded for Pop Album of the Year with ''

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'', the best-selling Latin album in the United States in 2001. At the newly introduced rock categories, Colombian singer-songwriter

won her two nominations, Artist and Album of the Year for ''

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'', which also won the

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. Mexican performer

dominated the Regional/Mexican field winning Album (''Secreto de Amor''), Song ("Secreto de Amor"), and Grupero Performance. Sebastian also received the Excellence Award. Fellow Mexican singer

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was honored with the "Premio del Pueblo" (''Viewers Choice'') in the pop field, while Puerto-Rican American

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 ...

earned the same distinction for the Tropical field, and singer-songwriter

received the same accolade for the Regional/Mexican field. Aguilar also won for Ranchero Performance and Regional/Mexican Male Artist. Nominees and winners of the 13th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards (winners listed first).

Special awards

*Excellence Award:

. *Special Tribute ("Jóvenes con Legado"):

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 ...

. *Internet Awards: **Pop:

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. **Tropical:

Carlos Vives Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...

. **Regional/Mexican:

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. *Premio del Pueblo (''Viewers Choice''): **Pop:

. **Tropical:

. **Regional/Mexican:

References

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Background

Nominees and winners

Special awards

See also

References