The 28th Lo Nuestro Awards ceremony, presented by the American network

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, honoring the best

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music of 2015 in the United States, took place on February 18, 2016, at the

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, Florida beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST (8:00 p.m. EST). During the ceremony, Lo Nuestro Awards were presented in 26 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by Univision. Mexican actors

Galilea Montijo Galilea Montijo (born Martha Galilea Montijo Torres on June 5, 1973) is a Mexican actress, comedian, model, and TV presenter. She currently hosts ''Hoy'', a morning show of Televisa that airs on Mondays through Fridays in Mexico (on Las Estrellas ...

and

Arath de la Torre Arath De La Torre Balmaceda (born March 20, 1975) is a Mexican actor and comedian, best known for his roles in the television series ''Una Familia con Suerte'' as Pancho López and the critically acclaimed and popular novelas ''Soñadoras'' and ...

hosted the show. American singer-songwriter

Nicky Jam Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", "En la Cama", "Te Busco", "El Perdón", "Hasta el Amanecer", and "El Amante"; ...

, Puerto-Rican American singer

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 ...

and Spanish artist

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 ...

earned three awards each, including Pop/Rock Album of the Year and Pop Song of the Year for Martin; American

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performer

J Balvin José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. He has been referred to as the " Prince of Reggaeton" (from Spanish: "Príncipe del Reggaetón"), and is one of the best-sell ...

received the

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accolade. Colombian singer-songwriter

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 ...

received the Excellence Award and several performers including Balvin, Colombian artists Fonseca,

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and

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, performed a medley of his greatest hits during the show. Mexican artist

Paquita la del Barrio Francisca Viveros Barradas, (born April 2, 1947) known professionally as Paquita la del Barrio ("Paquita From the Neighborhood") is a Mexican singer, songwriter, and actress. She is a Grammy nominated singer of rancheras and other Mexican genres. ...

earned the Trajectory Award. The telecast garnered in average 11 million viewers in North America.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 28th Lo Nuestro Awards were announced on December 1, 2015. American singer-songwriter

Romeo Santos Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the bachata group Aventura. In 2002, the song " Obsesión" reached number one in It ...

with seven nominations became the most nominated act, followed by Dominican artist

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with six. Puerto Rican singer

earned three awards, including Pop/Rock Album of the Year for his album ''

A Quien Quiera Escuchar ''A Quien Quiera Escuchar'' (''To Those Who Want to Listen'') is the sixth Spanish album and tenth studio album by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released on February 10, 2015, through Sony Music Latin. It won the Grammy Award for Best ...

'' which also won the

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; Pop Song of the Year for "

Disparo al Corazón "Disparo al Corazón" ( en, "Shot to the Heart") is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, released on January 13, 2015 as the second single from his Grammy Award–winning Spanish-language album, ''A Quien Quiera Escuchar'' (2015) ...

", a track nominated for

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and Song of the Year at the 16th Latin Grammy Awards; and Video of the Year for the single "

La Mordidita "La Mordidita" ( en, "The Nibble") is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, featuring Cuban singer Yotuel Romero, from his tenth studio album, ''A Quien Quiera Escuchar'' (2015). It was released on April 21, 2015 through Sony M ...

" featuring Yotuel. Puerto Rican performer

earned three awards, including two shared with Spanish singer-songwriter

, for the single "

El Perdón "El Perdón" ( en, "Forgiveness") is a song by American singer Nicky Jam and Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias released as the first single to Nicky Jam's fourth studio album '' Fénix'' (2017). An English-language version of the song, titled "Forgi ...

. Jam also received the Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Artist of the Year while Iglesias won for Pop Male Artist. The

was American

artist

, and Mexican singer

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won the first Album of the Year award for ''Hoy Más Fuerte''. Colombian singer-songwriter received the Excellence Award and Mexican artist

was recognized for her musical career. Winners are listed first and indicated in bold and with a double-dagger ().

Presenters and performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Note: The remaining awards were announced at the Lo Nuestro Awards website.

Performers

Source:

Ceremony information

Categories and voting process

The categories considered were for the Pop, Tropical, Regional Mexican, and Urban genres, with additional awards for the General Field that includes nominees from all genres, for the Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, New Artist, Collaboration and Music Video categories. The nominees were selected through an

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voting poll at the official website from December 1-20, 2015; the winners were chosen from a total 26 different categories. The ceremony was hosted by Mexican actors

and

Ratings and reception

The American telecast on

drew in an average 11 million people during its three hours of length. Univision was second and third in the ratings during its first two and a half hour, but rose to number one in the last 30 minutes of the broadcast. According to Glenn Santana of the newspaper '' Primera Hora'', the ratings were the lowest since 2011, and in 2016 faced strong competition from other networks such as

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and

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with the TV series '' Fatmagül'' and '' Celia'', respectively.

References

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