The 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards

Billboard Latin Music Awards

The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...

, produced and broadcast lived on Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

, were held on Thursday, April 27, 2006. The award show aired on Telemundo at 8pm EST. The awards show and after party were be held at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood, Florida

-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...

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Hot Latin Song of the Year

• "Mayor Que Yo" Baby Ranks
  Baby Ranks
  David Luciano Acosta, known professionally as Baby Ranks, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist. He was born and grew up in Carolina, Puerto Rico to Dominican parents. He has co-billing on the Luny Tunes album Mas Flow 2, and sings on multiple tracks including the single "Mayor Que Yo"...
  
  , Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
  , Tonny Tun Tun, Wisin
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
  , Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
  , & Héctor el Father (Mas Flow/Machete)
• "La Camisa Negra
  La camisa negra
  "La Camisa Negra" is a Spanish rock song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Octavio Mesa and recorded by Juanes for his third studio album Mi Sangre...
  
  " Juanes
  Juanes
  Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
  
   (Surco/Universal Latino)
• "La Tortura" Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   Featuring Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
  
   (Epic/Sony BMG Norte) - won
• "Rakata
  Rakata
  Rakata is a collapsed stratovolcano of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java. Standing tall, it was the largest and southernmost of three volcanoes that formed the island Krakatoa and the only one not totally destroyed in the eruption of 1883...
  
  " Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   (Mas Flow/Machete)

Vocal Duet or Collaboration

• "Ella Y Yo" Aventura Feat. Don Omar
  Don Omar
  Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
  
   (Premium Latin)
• "Mayor Que Yo
  Mayor Que Yo
  Mayor Que Yo is a Reggaeton single from the album Mas Flow 2. It is sung by Daddy Yankee, Tonny Tun Tun, Baby Ranks, Wisin & Yandel and Hector "El Father", and produced by Luny Tunes...
  
  " Baby Ranks
  Baby Ranks
  David Luciano Acosta, known professionally as Baby Ranks, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist. He was born and grew up in Carolina, Puerto Rico to Dominican parents. He has co-billing on the Luny Tunes album Mas Flow 2, and sings on multiple tracks including the single "Mayor Que Yo"...
  
  , Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
  , Tonny Tun Tun, Wisin
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
  , Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
  , & Héctor el Father (Mas Flow/Machete)
• "Obsesion (No Es Amor) AVENTURA
  Aventura
  Aventura is a former bachata music group from The Bronx, New York, United States. Aventura was formed in 1994 by Anthony Santos, Henry Santos, Lenny Santos, and Max Santos, three of whom are natives of The Bronx and one born in the Dominican Republic...
  
  " Frankie J
  Frankie J
  Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr. , better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings....
  
   Feat. Baby Bash
  Baby Bash
  Ronnie Ray Bryant , better known by his stage name Baby Bash , is a Mexican-American rapper. From 1995 to 1998, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, as part of the Vallejo, California group Potna Duece, after which he changed the last part of the name to Bash...
  
   (Columbia/Sony BMG Norte)
• "La Tortura
  La Tortura
  "" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...
  
  " Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   Featuring Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
  
   (Epic/Sony BMG Norte) - won

Male

• "Adentro" Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Cautivo" Chayanne
  Chayanne
  Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Paso A Paso" Luis Fonsi
  Luis Fonsi
  Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
  
   (Universal Latino)
• "En La Luna" Reyli
  Reyli
  Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....
  
   (Sony BMG Norte) - won

Female

• El Sexto Sentido
  El Sexto Sentido
  El Sexto Sentido is the ninth studio album by Mexican latin pop singer Thalía. It was released by EMI Music on July 19, 2005. The most successful singles of the album were Amar sin ser amada, Un alma sentenciada and Seducción. A reloaded version was later released...
  
  Thalía
  Thalía
  Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• Escucha Atento Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
  
   (Warner Latina)
• Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   (Epic/Sony Music) - won
• Una Nueva Mujer Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)

Duo or Group

• Flores de Alquiler
  Flores de Alquiler
  -Production:*Producer: Armando Avila*Production assistant: Carlos "Patato" Valdes*Production coordination: Emilio Avila*A&R: Gilda Oropeza*A&R: Guillermo Gutierrez*Mastering: Vlado Meller*Photography: Fernando Velasco| width="30%" |-Music:...
  
  La 5a Estacion
  La 5a Estación
  La Quinta Estación were a Spanish pop/rock band composed of two musicians from Madrid: Natalia Jiménez and Ángel Reyero...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• En Vivo RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• Nuestro Amor
  Nuestro Amor
  Nuestro Amor is RBD's second studio album.The album was released on September 22, 2005 in Mexico, selling over 127,000 in its first seven hours of release, and 160,000 in the first week, enough for being certified platinum. It was eventually certified 3× Platinum+ Gold. In the U.S, the album was...
  
  RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• Rebelde
  Rebelde
  Rebelde was a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and created by Cris Morena. It is a remake of a famous Argentine series Rebelde Way adapted for the Mexican audience therefore leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. The series ran for three seasons, the final episode airing in...
  
  RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin) - won

New Artist

• Flores De Alquiler
  Flores de Alquiler
  -Production:*Producer: Armando Avila*Production assistant: Carlos "Patato" Valdes*Production coordination: Emilio Avila*A&R: Gilda Oropeza*A&R: Guillermo Gutierrez*Mastering: Vlado Meller*Photography: Fernando Velasco| width="30%" |-Music:...
  
  La 5a Estacion
  La 5a Estación
  La Quinta Estación were a Spanish pop/rock band composed of two musicians from Madrid: Natalia Jiménez and Ángel Reyero...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• Nuestro Amor
  Nuestro Amor
  Nuestro Amor is RBD's second studio album.The album was released on September 22, 2005 in Mexico, selling over 127,000 in its first seven hours of release, and 160,000 in the first week, enough for being certified platinum. It was eventually certified 3× Platinum+ Gold. In the U.S, the album was...
  
  RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• Rebelde
  Rebelde
  Rebelde was a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and created by Cris Morena. It is a remake of a famous Argentine series Rebelde Way adapted for the Mexican audience therefore leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. The series ran for three seasons, the final episode airing in...
  
  RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin) - won
• En la Luna
  En la Luna
  En la Luna is the debut album by Mexican singer Reyli, released on September 14, 2004 by Sony International.-Original Release:#"Calma" – 4:14 #"Hasta Que Amanezca" – 3:53 #"Amor del Bueno" – 4:04...
  
  Reyli
  Reyli
  Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)

Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year

• Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   - won
• Juanes
  Juanes
  Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
  
  
• RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
  
• Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
  

Latin Rock/Alternative Album of the Year

• "Un Viaje" Café Tacuba (Universal Latino)
• "Chavez Ravine" Ry Cooder
  Ry Cooder
  Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
  
   (Perro Verde/Nonesuch/Warner Bros.)
• "Cronicas de un Laberinto" Jaguares
  Jaguares (rock band)
  Jaguares is a Mexican alternative rock band formed by former Caifanes lead singer Saúl Hernández, ex-Caifan Alfonso André , and two long-time friends Federico Fong and José Manuel Aguilera .-History:...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Consejo" La Secta Allstar
  La Secta AllStar
  La Secta AllStar is a prominent rock en Español band from Puerto Rico. The band members are Mark Kilpatrick , Gustavo Laureano , John Lengel , and Mikey Genao .-Band history:...
  
   (Universal Latino) - won

Male

• "Ironia" Andy Andy
  Andy Andy
  Andy Andy or Andy "Fan" is a Dominican musician from the famed Villalona family. He first started as a merenguero. He struggled with this type of music and decided to cross over to bachata at first with the nickname "Andy Fan". His first music album, Aquí Conmigo , was released in 2002...
  
   (Wepa/Urban Box Office) - won
• "Adios Amor" Joseph Fonseca (Karen/Universal Latino)
• "En Vivo Desde Carnegie Hall" Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Hoy, Manana Y Siempre" Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
   (SGZ/Univision)

Female

• "Grandes Exitos" La India
  La India
  La India , known also as "La Princesa de la Salsa" , is a singer of salsa. She has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.-Early years:...
  
   (Universal Latino)
• "MQ" Milly Quezada
  Milly Quezada
  Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer. She is a singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States...
  
   (J&N/Sony BMG Norte)
• "Atrevete A Olvidarme" Brenda K. Starr
  Brenda K. Starr
  Brenda K. Starr is an American singer-songwriter. She is well known originally in dance-pop, but now mostly in salsa-based music...
  
   (Mi Voz/Boss)
• "Como Olvidar: Lo Mejor de Olga Tañón" Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   (Warner Latina) - won

Duo or Group

• "God's Project" Aventura (Premium Latin/Sony BMG Norte) - won
• "I Love Salsa" N'Klabe
  N'Klabe
  N'Klabe is a Puerto Rican Salsa group formed in 2003.-History:N'Klabe was formed in 2003 by Félix Javier "Felo" Torres, Ricky Luis Porrata, and Héctor Torres Donato...
  
   (NU/Sony BMG Norte)
• "Dos Soneros, Una Historia" Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
   & Víctor Manuelle
  Victor Manuelle
  Víctor Manuelle, born Víctor Manuel Ruiz on November 4, 1968 in Bronx, New York, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated Puerto Rican American salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Asi Es Nuestra Navidad" Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa
  Gilberto Santa Rosa, also known as "El Caballero de la Salsa" , is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero.-Early years:...
  
   & El Gran Combo
  El Gran Combo
  El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican Salsa music orchestra. It is Puerto Rico's most successful musical group, and one of the most popular salsa orchestras across Latin America...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)

New Artist

• "Ironia" Andy Andy
  Andy Andy
  Andy Andy or Andy "Fan" is a Dominican musician from the famed Villalona family. He first started as a merenguero. He struggled with this type of music and decided to cross over to bachata at first with the nickname "Andy Fan". His first music album, Aquí Conmigo , was released in 2002...
  
   (Wepa/Urban Box Office) - won
• "Mas Grande Que El" Elvis Martinez
  Elvis Martinez
  Elvis Martínez, aka El Jefe, is a popular bachata performer whose career got off to a fast start in the late '17. Born in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic, Martínez is not only a singer but also a songwriter and guitarist....
  
   (Univision/UG)
• "Buena Vista Social Club Presents Manuel Guajiro Mirabal" Manuel Guajiro Mirabal (World Circuit/Nonesuch/Warner Bros.)
• "I Love Salsa" N'Klabe
  N'Klabe
  N'Klabe is a Puerto Rican Salsa group formed in 2003.-History:N'Klabe was formed in 2003 by Félix Javier "Felo" Torres, Ricky Luis Porrata, and Héctor Torres Donato...
  
   (NU/Sony BMG Norte)

Male Solo Artist

• "Mis Duetos" Vicente Fernández
  Vicente Fernández
  Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte) - won
• "El Rey De Las Cantinas" Lupillo Rivera
  Lupillo Rivera
  Guadalupe Rivera in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.Rivera wanted to be a restaurant...
  
   (Univision/UG)
• "Inventario" Joan Sebastian
  Joan Sebastian
  Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...
  
   (Musart
  Musart Records
  Musart Records is the name of several different record labels that have issued records at various times in the 20th century.#The name is also known as Discos Musart in Mexico and is a Mexican label. It is known for releasing traditional Mexican folk music as well as international releases licensed...
  
  /Balboa)
• "Las Dos Caras De La Moneda" Beto Terrazas (Sony BMG Norte)

Male Duo or Group

• "Y Sigue La Mata Dando
  Y Sigue La Mata Dando
  -DVD tracklisting:-Personnel:This information from Allmusic.*Marty Bilecki — Engineer, digital mastering, mixing*Alfredo Ramírez Corral — Arranger, keyboards, vocals, engineer, digital mastering, mixing*Gerardo Vázquez G. — Creative director...
  
  " Grupo Montéz de Durango
  Grupo Montéz de Durango
  El Grupo Montéz de Durango is a duranguense band currently based in Chicago, USA. This group is well known in the United States, Mexico and Central America. Although Grupo Montez de Durango's sound is deeply rooted in the music of traditional Mexican music, it is also influenced by the members'...
  
   (Disa) - won
• "X" Intocable
  Intocable
  Intocable is a Tejano/Norteño musical group from Zapata, Texas that was started by friends Ricky Muñoz and René Martínez in the early 90's. Within a couple years as a band, Intocable had already risen to the top of the Tejano and Norteño fields with a musical signature that had fused Tejano's...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• "Mas Capaces Que Nunca" K-Paz de la Sierra
  K-Paz de la Sierra
  K-Paz de la Sierra is a Duranguense band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois by Mexican natives. The group was formed on Christmas Eve of 2002 by some departing members of Montez de Durango. The company ProcanRecords gave them the opportunity. K-paz De La Sierra was well known in the U.S. in the...
  
   (Disa)
• "Divinas" Patrulla 81
  Patrulla 81
  Patrulla 81 is a musical group originally from the Mexican state of Durango. Group member José Ángel Medina formed the group in 1981. In 2004, the group released Cómo Pude Enamorarme de Ti, a hit in both the United States and Mexico. In December 2007, the band released a new album, A Mi Ley,...
  
   (Disa)

Female Group or Female Solo Artist

• "Confesiones" Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara is a Mexican Latin Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer, and Grammy-nominated recording artist.-Early life and early career:...
  
   & Jennifer Pena
  Jennifer Peña
  Jennifer Marcella Peña , is an American Latin Pop/Tejano singer and actress who has sold over 3.5 million records internationally. Peña is the third and youngest daughter of Jaime and Mary Peña with other siblings Janet and Jackie...
  
   (Fonovisa/UG)
• "Y Seguimos Con Duranguense!!!" Los Horóscopos de Durango
  Los Horoscopos de Durango
  Los Horóscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas in Chicago during 1975...
  
   (Disa) - won
• "La Reina Del Pasito Duranguense" Diana Reyes
  Diana Reyes
  Diana Reyes is a Mexican singer of duranguense music.Reyes was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. She has released three gold records since 2004: La Reina del Pasito Duranguense, Las No. 1 de la Reina, and Te Voy a Mostrar...
  
   (Musimex/Universal Latino)
• "Parrandera, Rebelde, Y Atrevida" Jenni Rivera (Fonovisa/UG)

New Artist

• "100% Autoridad Duranguense" La Autoridad De La Sierra (Disa)
• "Gracias Rigo" La Autoridad De La Sierra (Disa)
• "La Reina Del Pasito Duranguense" Diana Reyes
  Diana Reyes
  Diana Reyes is a Mexican singer of duranguense music.Reyes was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. She has released three gold records since 2004: La Reina del Pasito Duranguense, Las No. 1 de la Reina, and Te Voy a Mostrar...
  
   (Musimex/Universal Latino) - won
• "Las Dos Caras De La Moneda" Beto Terrazas (Sony BMG Norte)

Male

• "Porque Es Tan Cruel El Amor" Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Nada Es Para Siempre" Luis Fonsi
  Luis Fonsi
  Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...
  
   (Universal Latino)
• "La Camisa Negra" Juanes
  Juanes
  Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums...
  
   (Surco/Universal Latino) - won
• "Amor Del Bueno" Reyli
  Reyli
  Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)

Female

• "Viveme" Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini
  Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
  
   (Warner Latina) - won
• "No" Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   (Epic/Sony BMG Norte)
• "Bandolero" Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Algo Esta Cambiando" Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas
  Julieta Venegas Percevault , known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer...
  
   (Ariola/Sony BMG Norte)

Duo or Group

• "Obsesion (No Es Amor)" Frankie J
  Frankie J
  Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr. , better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings....
  
   Featuring Baby Bash
  Baby Bash
  Ronnie Ray Bryant , better known by his stage name Baby Bash , is a Mexican-American rapper. From 1995 to 1998, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, as part of the Vallejo, California group Potna Duece, after which he changed the last part of the name to Bash...
  
   (Columbia/Sony BMG Norte)
• "Algo Mas
  Algo Más
  "Algo más" is La 5ª Estación's second single release from their second studio album, Flores de alquiler.-Song information:Algo más was written by Natalia Jimenez the lead singer...
  
  " La 5a Estacion
  La 5a Estación
  La Quinta Estación were a Spanish pop/rock band composed of two musicians from Madrid: Natalia Jiménez and Ángel Reyero...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Solo Quédate En Silencio
  Solo quédate en silencio
  "Sólo Quédate En Silencio" is the second single released from RBD's debut album Rebelde. The second single was first meant to be "Un Poco De Tu Amor", but due the heavy rotation of "Sólo Quédate En Silencio", it was chosen to be second single.-Chart performance:The song became RBD's first...
  
  " RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• "La Tortura
  La Tortura
  "" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...
  
  " Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   Featuring Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
  
   (Epic/Sony BMG Norte) - won

New Artist

• "Algo Mas
  Algo Más
  "Algo más" is La 5ª Estación's second single release from their second studio album, Flores de alquiler.-Song information:Algo más was written by Natalia Jimenez the lead singer...
  
  " La 5a Estacion
  La 5a Estación
  La Quinta Estación were a Spanish pop/rock band composed of two musicians from Madrid: Natalia Jiménez and Ángel Reyero...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte) - won
• "Solo Quédate En Silencio
  Solo quédate en silencio
  "Sólo Quédate En Silencio" is the second single released from RBD's debut album Rebelde. The second single was first meant to be "Un Poco De Tu Amor", but due the heavy rotation of "Sólo Quédate En Silencio", it was chosen to be second single.-Chart performance:The song became RBD's first...
  
  " RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• "Yo Quisiera" Reik
  Reik
  Reik is a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican band from Mexicali, Baja California formed by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas , Julio Ramírez Eguía , and Gilberto Marín Espinoza...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Amor del Bueno" Reyli
  Reyli
  Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)

Male

• "Que Ironia
  Que Ironía
  "Que Ironía" is the second single from Mary Ann Acevedo's first studio album, Mary Ann. This song was written by Eduardo Reyes, Camarena and produced by Guillermo Torres.-Music video:...
  
  " Andy Andy
  Andy Andy
  Andy Andy or Andy "Fan" is a Dominican musician from the famed Villalona family. He first started as a merenguero. He struggled with this type of music and decided to cross over to bachata at first with the nickname "Andy Fan". His first music album, Aquí Conmigo , was released in 2002...
  
   (Wepa/Urban Box Office) - won
• "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Para Ti
  Para Ti
  Para Ti is Juan Luis Guerra's Ninth album. Theres a change in his lyrics because they no longer involve his culture or nationality, it involves more his religious faith with songs like "Las Avispas" and "Mi padre me Ama"...
  
  " Juan Luis Guerra
  Juan Luis Guerra
  Juan Luis Guerra is a singer, songwriter and producer from the Dominican Republic who has sold over 30 million records, and won numerous awards including 12 Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards...
  
   (Venemusic/Universal Latino)
• "Resistire
  Resistiré
  Resistiré is a 2003 Argentine telenovela. This serial features a gorgeous woman torn between her terrorist fiancee and a handsome tailor. It starred Pablo Echarri, Celeste Cid, Carolina Fal and Fabián Vena....
  
  " Tono Rosario
  Toño Rosario
  Máximo Antonio del Rosario , commonly known as Toño Rosario, is a Grammy-award nominee Merengue musician born in the Dominican Republic.-Biography:Tono Rosario is a singer-songwriter, arranger and producer...
  
   (Universal Latino)

Female

• "Quiero Ser
  Quiero Ser
  Quiero Ser is Menudo's eighth Spanish album and the second one released in 1981 featuring Ricky Melendez, Rene Farrait, Johnny Lozada, Xavier Serbia and Miguel Cancel...
  
  " Milly Quezada
  Milly Quezada
  Milagros Quezada Borbón, known simply as Milly Quezada, is a Latin Grammy-winning Dominican Merengue music singer. She is a singer in Latin America; especially in those Latin American countries bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and in the eastern seaboard region of the United States...
  
   (J&N)
• "Tu Eres" Brenda K. Starr
  Brenda K. Starr
  Brenda K. Starr is an American singer-songwriter. She is well known originally in dance-pop, but now mostly in salsa-based music...
  
   (Mi Voz/Boss)
• "Bandolero" Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte) - won
• "Vete Vete" Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón
  Olga Tañón is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy-winning Merengue and Latin Pop artist. Tañón has earned 5 Latin Grammy Awards and 19 Premios Lo Nuestro awards during her career.-Early years:...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)

Duo or Group

• "Ella Y Yo
  Ella y Yo
  "Ella y Yo" is Aventura's second single from their fourth studio album God's Project and features Reggaeton star Don Omar. The song is also in Don Omar's compilation album, Da Hitman Presents Reggaetón Latino...
  
  " Aventura Featuring Don Omar
  Don Omar
  Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
  
   (Premium Latin) - won
• "La Boda" Aventura (Premium Latin)
• "Hasta El Fin
  Hasta El Fin
  Hasta el Fin is Monchy & Alexandra's fourth studio released album under the Sony International Label, which was released on October 19, 2004.-Track listing:#Perdidos#No Me Pidas Más#Hasta El Fin#Esperando Estar Juntos#No Te Prometo Que Sí...
  
  " Monchy & Alexandra (J&N)
• "Amor de Una Noche" N'Klabe
  N'Klabe
  N'Klabe is a Puerto Rican Salsa group formed in 2003.-History:N'Klabe was formed in 2003 by Félix Javier "Felo" Torres, Ricky Luis Porrata, and Héctor Torres Donato...
  
   (NU/Sony BMG Norte)

New Artist

• "Lamento Boliviano" Amarfis Y La Banda De Atakke (Amarfica/J&N) - won
• "Me Extranaras" Edgar Daniel (Musical Productions)
• "La Gorda Linda" Arthur Hanlon
  Arthur Hanlon
  Arthur Hanlon is an American pianist, songwriter and arranger widely regarded as the best-known instrumentalist in the Latin music realm. Born to Irish-American parents, he hails from Detroit, Michigan, but found his calling in Latin music and has received widespread recognition in that realm,...
  
   Featuring Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
   (Fonovisa)
• "Te Extrano" Xtreme
  Xtreme (group)
  Xtreme was an American music group consisting of members Danny Mejia and Steven Tejada of Dominican descent. The group focuses on the Latin genre bachata...
  
   (SGZ)

Male Solo Artist

• "Y Las Mariposas" Pancho Barraza (Musart
  Musart Records
  Musart Records is the name of several different record labels that have issued records at various times in the 20th century.#The name is also known as Discos Musart in Mexico and is a Mexican label. It is known for releasing traditional Mexican folk music as well as international releases licensed...
  
  /Balboa)
• "Recostada En La Cama" El Chapo De Sinaloa
  El Chapo de Sinaloa
  Ernesto Pérez better know by his stage name El Chapo de Sinaloa , is a Mexican norteño/banda singer....
  
   (Disa)
• "Ya Me Habian Dicho" Lupillo Rivera
  Lupillo Rivera
  Guadalupe Rivera in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.Rivera wanted to be a restaurant...
  
   (Univision)
• "Dueno De Ti" Sergio Vega (Sony BMG Norte) - won

Male Group

• "No Puedo Olvidarte" Beto Y Sus Canarios (Disa)
• "Hoy Como Ayer
  Hoy Como Ayer
  "Hoy Como Ayer" is a song performed by Mexican group Conjunto Primavera. Released in 2005 as the first single from the album of the same name, the song became their first number-one single for the band in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart as well as peaking number-one on the Billboard Regional...
  
  " Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
  
   (Fonovisa)
• "Mi Credo" K-Paz de la Sierra
  K-Paz de la Sierra
  K-Paz de la Sierra is a Duranguense band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois by Mexican natives. The group was formed on Christmas Eve of 2002 by some departing members of Montez de Durango. The company ProcanRecords gave them the opportunity. K-paz De La Sierra was well known in the U.S. in the...
  
   (Disa)
• "Eres Divina" Patrulla 81
  Patrulla 81
  Patrulla 81 is a musical group originally from the Mexican state of Durango. Group member José Ángel Medina formed the group in 1981. In 2004, the group released Cómo Pude Enamorarme de Ti, a hit in both the United States and Mexico. In December 2007, the band released a new album, A Mi Ley,...
  
   (Disa) - won

Female Group Or Female Solo Artist

• "Lo Busque" Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara is a Mexican Latin Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer, and Grammy-nominated recording artist.-Early life and early career:...
  
   (Fonovisa)
• "Si La Quieres" Los Horóscopos de Durango
  Los Horoscopos de Durango
  Los Horóscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas in Chicago during 1975...
  
   (Disa) - won
• "El Sol No Regresa" Diana Reyes
  Diana Reyes
  Diana Reyes is a Mexican singer of duranguense music.Reyes was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. She has released three gold records since 2004: La Reina del Pasito Duranguense, Las No. 1 de la Reina, and Te Voy a Mostrar...
  
   (Musimex/Universal Latino)
• "Que Me Vas A Dar" Jenni Rivera (Fonovisa)

New Artist

• "Yo Me Quede Sin Nadie" La Autoridad De La Sierra (Disa)
• "Fruta Prohibida" Los Elegidos (Fonovisa)
• "Cosas del Amor" Sergio Vega
  Sergio Vega (bassist)
  Sergio Vega is an American musician. He is the former bassist of post-hardcore band Quicksand, which originated in New York City in 1990. In 1995, Quicksand disbanded, although they reunited again in 1997 to tour with Deftones...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Dueno de Ti" Sergio Vega
  Sergio Vega (bassist)
  Sergio Vega is an American musician. He is the former bassist of post-hardcore band Quicksand, which originated in New York City in 1990. In 1995, Quicksand disbanded, although they reunited again in 1997 to tour with Deftones...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte) - won

Latin Tour of the Year

• Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
  , Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
  
   & Chayanne
  Chayanne
  Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...
  
  
• Vicente Fernández
  Vicente Fernández
  Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
  
  
• Juan Gabriel
  Juan Gabriel
  Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....
  
  
• Luis Miguel
  Luis Miguel
  Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...
  
   - won

Album of the Year

• "Barrio Fino: En Directo
  Barrio Fino en Directo
  Barrio Fino en Directo is the second live album by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee, released on December 13, 2005, by El Cartel Records. The album is a live collection of songs from Daddy Yankee's previous album Barrio Fino...
  
  " Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   (El Cartel/Interscope) - won
• "Da Hitman Presents Reggaeton Latino
  Da Hitman Presents Reggaetón Latino
  -Track listing:# "Reggaetón Latino " — 4:50# "Dile" — 3:24# "Ella y Yo" — 4:26# "Pobre Diabla " -Track listing:# "Reggaetón Latino (Chosen Few Remix)" (featuring Fat Joe, N.O.R.E. and LDA) — 4:50# "Dile" — 3:24# "Ella y Yo" (Don Omar with Aventura) — 4:26# "Pobre Diabla (Remix)" -Track listing:#...
  
  " Don Omar
  Don Omar
  Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
  
   (VI/Machete/UMRG)
• "Flashback
  Flashback (narrative)
  Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
  
  " Ivy Queen
  Ivy Queen
  Ivy Queen is a Puerto Rican Latin Grammy nominated reggaeton composer and singer. She is most commonly known as "La Reina del Reggaeton" . She is also known as the Queen of Rivalries.-Early years:...
  
   (La Calle/Univision)
• "Pa'l Mundo
  Pa'l Mundo
  Pa'l Mundo is the fifth studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, released on November 8, 2005 by Machete Music. It is notable for being their first commercially successful album. It has sold over 3,000,000 albums worldwide...
  
  " Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   (Machete)

Song of the Year

(new category)

• "Ven Bailalo" Angel & Khriz
  Angel & Khriz
  Angel & Khriz is a well known Puerto Rican reggaeton duo, consisting of Angel Rivera Guzmán,31 and Christian Colón,30.Also known as "The Mvps of Reggaeton" "Los Jugadores Estrella" and now "Los Internacionales" They worked largely with Luny Tunes,and were introduced in 2002 in the CD MVP, by Hector...
  
   (Luar/MVP/Machete)
• "Mayor Que Yo
  Mayor Que Yo
  Mayor Que Yo is a Reggaeton single from the album Mas Flow 2. It is sung by Daddy Yankee, Tonny Tun Tun, Baby Ranks, Wisin & Yandel and Hector "El Father", and produced by Luny Tunes...
  
  " Baby Ranks
  Baby Ranks
  David Luciano Acosta, known professionally as Baby Ranks, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist. He was born and grew up in Carolina, Puerto Rico to Dominican parents. He has co-billing on the Luny Tunes album Mas Flow 2, and sings on multiple tracks including the single "Mayor Que Yo"...
  
  , Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
  , Tonny Tun Tun, Wisin
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
  , Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   & Hector el Father
  Hector El Father
  Héctor Delgado Román, is a Puerto Rican former reggaeton artist and producer, formerly known by the artistic names Héctor "El Father" and Hector "El Bambino". He announced his retirement in 2008 but had a series of "Farewell Concerts" that went until May 2010. He rose to fame as a member of the...
  
   (Mas Flow/Machete) - won
• "Lo Que Paso, Paso
  Lo Que Pasó, Pasó
  "Lo Que Pasó, Pasó" is a single by Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee from his seventh studio album Barrio Fino. It was released in September 2004 by Machete Music and El Cartel Records...
  
  " Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   (El Cartel/VI/Machete)
• "Rakata
  Rakata
  Rakata is a collapsed stratovolcano of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java. Standing tall, it was the largest and southernmost of three volcanoes that formed the island Krakatoa and the only one not totally destroyed in the eruption of 1883...
  
  " Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel
  Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
  
   (Mas Flow/Machete)

Latin Ringtone of the Year

(new category)

• "Gasolina
  Gasolina
  "Gasolina" , is a reggaetón song written by Daddy Yankee and Eddie Dee for Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino. It features Glory, who sings the line "dame más gasolina"...
  
  " Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   (El Cartel/VI/Machete)
• "Lo Que Paso, Paso
  Lo Que Pasó, Pasó
  "Lo Que Pasó, Pasó" is a single by Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee from his seventh studio album Barrio Fino. It was released in September 2004 by Machete Music and El Cartel Records...
  
  " Daddy Yankee
  Daddy Yankee
  Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...
  
   (El Cartel/VI/Machete)
• "Solo Quédate En Silencio
  Solo quédate en silencio
  "Sólo Quédate En Silencio" is the second single released from RBD's debut album Rebelde. The second single was first meant to be "Un Poco De Tu Amor", but due the heavy rotation of "Sólo Quédate En Silencio", it was chosen to be second single.-Chart performance:The song became RBD's first...
  
  " RBD
  RBD
  RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
  
   (EMI Latin)
• "La Tortura
  La Tortura
  "" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...
  
  " Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
   Featuring Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz
  Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
  
   (Epic/Sony BMG Norte) - won

Latin Dance Club Play Track of the Year

• "No Te Quiero Olvidar (Ralphi Rosario Remix)" Betzaida
  Betzaida
  Betzaida is an American singer of Latin pop music. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Puerto Rican and Mexican parents, Betzaida released her debut self-titled album in 2004 on Fonovisa Records. She first gained fame through her song "La Copa Será Tuya Al Final" which aired on Univision to promote...
  
   (Fonovisa)
• "La Gorda Linda (Norty Cotto Remix)" Arthur Hanlon
  Arthur Hanlon
  Arthur Hanlon is an American pianist, songwriter and arranger widely regarded as the best-known instrumentalist in the Latin music realm. Born to Irish-American parents, he hails from Detroit, Michigan, but found his calling in Latin music and has received widespread recognition in that realm,...
  
   Featuring Tito Nieves
  Tito Nieves
  Humberto "Tito" Nieves became one of the leading Salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
  
   (Fonovisa)
• "I Don't Care/Que Más Dá (Dance Remixes)" Ricky Martin
  Ricky Martin
  Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
  
   Featuring Fat Joe
  Fat Joe
  Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....
  
   (Columbia/Sony BMG Norte) - won
• "Sugar Daddy
  Sugar Daddy
  "Sugar Daddy" is a hit single for Motown quintet The Jackson 5 in late 1971.The song, which peaked at #3 on the R&B singles chart and #10 on the pop singles chart in the beginning of 1972, was one of the Jackson 5 hits produced by The Corporation: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and...
  
  " Yerba Buena
  Yerba Buena
  Yerba buena is a rambling aromatic herb of western and northwestern North America, ranging from maritime Alaska southwards to Baja California Sur...
  
   (Fun Machine/Razor & Tie)

Latin Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year

• "Kickin' ItýJuntos" Akwid
  Akwid
  Akwid is an American hip hop group combining hip hop-style vocals with regional Mexican music. An earlier incarnation of the group was known as Juvenile Style...
  
   & Jae-P
  Jae-P
  Jae-P, born Juan Pablo Huerta, is a Mexican rapper. Born in Jalisco, Mexico on May 24, 1984, Jae-P is the son of Mexican immigrants from the states of Guanajuato and Colima...
  
   (Univision) - won
• "Los Aguacates De Jiquilpan" Akwid
  Akwid
  Akwid is an American hip hop group combining hip hop-style vocals with regional Mexican music. An earlier incarnation of the group was known as Juvenile Style...
  
   (Univision)
• "Desahogo" Vico C
  Vico C
  Vico C is an Puerto Rican rapper and rap artist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rap and has played an influential role in the development of Latin American hip hop....
  
   (EMI Latin)
• "John Ghetto" Juan Gotti
  Juan Gotti
  Juan Ramos, better known by his stage name Juan Gotti, is an American rapper of Mexican descent, and member of Dope House Records. He raps in both Spanish and English. Billboard has called him "one of the pioneers of the West Coast Latin rap movement"....
  
   (Dope House/Warner Latina)

Latin Greatest Hits Album of the Year

• "Antologia De Un Rey" Ramon Ayala
  Ramon Ayala
  Ramon Ayala is a bajo sexto player from Donna, Texas, who currently resides in the Rio Grande Valley. He is the son of Pedro Ayala. His progressive style and technique has earned him the 2009 Bajo Sexto Player of the Year Award from the South Texas Conjunto Association. In 2009 he celebrated his...
  
   Y Sus Bravos Del Norte (Freddie)
• "Tesoros De Coleccion: Lo Romantico De Los Caminantes" Los Caminantes
  Los Caminantes
  Los Caminantes are a Mexican Grupera band hailing from San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato led by singer-songwriter Agustín Ramírez. Originally named Los Caminantes Aztecas, the group was formed by brothers Agustín, Brígido, Horacio, Martín and along with Humberto "Pecas" Navarro in the mid 1970s....
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "Historia De Una Reina
  Historia de Una Reina
  Historia de Una Reina is a compilation album by Mexican pop singer Ana Gabriel. It was released on 2005. It was nominated to Latin Greatest Hits Album Of The Year in the Latin Billboard Music Awards of 2006, but lost to Marco Antonio Solís La Historia Continúa.....
  
  " Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel
  Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
  
   (Sony BMG Norte)
• "La Historia ContinuaýParte II" Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
   (Fonovisa) - won

Latin Compilation Album of the Year

• "Mas Flow 2
  Mas Flow 2
  Mas Flow 2 is the second compilation album by reggaeton producers Luny Tunes. The album was a joint venture with reggaeton artist Baby Ranks as he was featured in virtually every song in the album. Many of reggaeton's biggest names were featured in the album, such as Daddy Yankee, Wisin & Yandel,...
  
  " Luny Tunes
  Luny Tunes
  Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:...
  
   & Baby Ranks
  Baby Ranks
  David Luciano Acosta, known professionally as Baby Ranks, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist. He was born and grew up in Carolina, Puerto Rico to Dominican parents. He has co-billing on the Luny Tunes album Mas Flow 2, and sings on multiple tracks including the single "Mayor Que Yo"...
  
   (Mas Flow/Machete)
• "Boy Wonder & Chencho Records Present: El Draft 2005" Various Artists (Chencho/Chosen Few Emerald/Urban Box Office)
• "Chosen Few: El Documental" Various Artists (Chosen Few Emerald/Urban Box Office) - won
• "The Hitmakers Of Reggaeton" Various Artists (VI/Machete)

Latin Jazz Album of the Year

• "Vol. 5: Carnival" Los Hombres Calientes
  Los Hombres Calientes
  Los Hombres Calientes is a New Orleans based jazz group. They are most associated with Latin jazz, especially Afro-Cuban jazz, and contemporary jazz...
  
   (Basin Street)
• "Listen Here!" Eddie Palmieri
  Eddie Palmieri
  Eddie Palmieri , is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.-Early years:...
  
   (Concord)
• "Do It!
  Do It!
  Do It! is the fifth album by the band Clinic, released on 7 April 2008. The single "Free Not Free" was made available on 1 February 2008 as a free download from . "Witch " was released as the second single in May 2008...
  
  " Poncho Sanchez
  Poncho Sanchez
  Poncho Sanchez , a Mexican-American, is a conguero , Latin jazz band leader, and salsa singer. In 2000, Sanchez and his ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Picante album Latin Soul...
  
   (Concord Picante/Concord)
• "Sandoval: Live At The Blue Note" Arturo Sandoval
  Arturo Sandoval
  Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....
  
   (Half Note) - won

Latin Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

• "Timeless" The Katinas
  The Katinas
  The Katinas are a Contemporary Christian music group. The family of five brothers hails from American Samoa, and moved to Washington, USA after the death of their mother in 1988. The group's members sang in church as children, and began playing fairs, soon moving up to nationwide slots opening for...
  
   (BHT/Word-Curb)
• "Que Tan Lejos Esta El Cielo" Salvador
  Salvador (band)
  Salvador is a Christian band. The band began with Art, Nic, and Josh Gonzales as part of the worship band in their home church located in north east Austin, Texas. Which was called King of Glory church...
  
   (Word-Curb/Warner Bros.)
• "So Natural
  So Natural
  So Natural, an Australian food brand which produces organic products, is part of Freedom Foods Group Limited, a diversified food company operating within the health & wellness sector. So Natural was formed in 1991 when it started producing soy milk...
  
  " Salvador
  Salvador (band)
  Salvador is a Christian band. The band began with Art, Nic, and Josh Gonzales as part of the worship band in their home church located in north east Austin, Texas. Which was called King of Glory church...
  
   (Warner Bros./Word-Curb)
• "Dios Es Bueno
  Dios es Bueno
  Dios es Bueno is the twenty-ninth album released by Marcos Witt. This album was recorded live in Puerto Rico. It also included a DVD which contains four music videos...
  
  " Marcos Witt
  Marcos Witt
  Marcos Witt , is an American, four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Christian singer and pastor.-Biography:Marcos Witt is the second born of three children to Jerry and Nola Witt, a young American missionary couple. The Witt family moved to Durango, México, in 1964 and they started a missionary...
  
  (CanZion/Sony BMG Norte) - won

Songwriter of the Year

• Raymond Ayala (Daddy Yankee)
• Juan Gabriel
• Juanes - won
• William O. Landron (Don Omar)

Publisher of the Year

• EMI April, ASCAP
• EMI Blackwood, BMI - won
• Ser-Ca, BMI
• WB, ASCAP

Publishing Corporation of the Year

• EMI Music Publishing - won
• Peermusic Publishing
• Sony/ATV Music Publishing
• Warner/Chappell Music Publishing

Hot Latin Songs Label of the Year

• Disa
• Fonovisa
• Sony BMG Norte - won
• Universal Latino

Top Latin Albums Label of the Year

• Disa
• Machete
• Sony BMG Norte
• Univision Music Group - won

Latin Pop Airplay Label of the Year

• EMI Latin
• Sony BMG Norte - won
• Universal Latino
• Warner Latina

Latin Pop Albums Label of the Year

• EMI Latin
• Sony BMG Norte - won
• Universal Latino
• Univision Music Group

Tropical Albums Label of the Year

• Machete - won
• Sony BMG Norte
• Universal Latino
• Urban Box Office

Regional Mexican Albums Label of the Year

• Disa - won
• EMI Latin
• Sony BMG Norte
• Univision Music Group