The Tejano Music Award for Male Entertainer of the Year is an honor presented annually by the
Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA). The
Tejano Music Awards were first awarded in 1981 and was established to recognize the most talented performers of
Tejano music—a subgenre of
regional Mexican music. The nominees were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors and disc jockeys of Spanish-language radio stations in Texas.
Originally, winners were chosen by Tejano radio station
KIWW listeners, and later by fans of Tejano musicians in the Southwest of the United States.
Winners are selected through a survey of 50,000 Texas households with Hispanic surnames. By 1987, the award ceremony was broadcast through 32 radio stations and 25 local television channels in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
The awards ceremony were originally held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, then to the
San Antonio Convention Center until 1994, and the
Alamodome until 1999. As of 2015, the ceremony is held annually at the
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas.
The award was first presented to
Roberto Pulido, who introduced
country music and ballads to the traditional
polka
Polka is a dance and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though associated with Czech culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the Americas.
History
Etymology
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and
ranchera music
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of Tejano. Beginning in 1982,
Little Joe Hernandez
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dominated the award for three consecutive years until
La Mafia's
Oscar Gonzalez won for two consecutive years in 1985.
Emilio Navaira, who is called the "King of Tejano music",
holds the record for most wins at five. The award was disestablished following the
2006 Tejano Music Awards
The Tejano Music Awards (TMA) is an accolade created by former arts teacher and musician Rudy Trevino in 1980. The accolade recognizes outstanding performers of Tejano music, a German polka-based Latin music genre recorded in Spanish or English-l ...
along with the
Tejano Music Award for Female Entertainer of the Year
The Tejano Music Award for Male Entertainer of the Year is an honor presented annually by the List of music organizations in the United States, Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA). The Tejano Music Awards were first awarded in 1981 and was es ...
and were merged into
Tejano Music Award for Entertainer of the Year for the
2007 awards ceremony.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
References
Notes
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External links
Official site of the Tejano Music Awards
{{Tejano Music Award categories
Male Entertainer of the Year
Awards established in 1981
Awards disestablished in 2007