Premio Lo Nuestro 2010 was held on Thursday February 18, 2010 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL was broadcasted live on the Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 Network. The nominees were announced in December 2009 during a live televised morning show Despierta América! on Univision Network. This year marked the first time the awards are presented in High Definition

High-definition television

High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

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Performers

• 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:...
  
   — "Baila, Baila / Salomé / Torero"
• 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...
  
   — "Que Será de Ti
  Qué será de ti
  "Qué será de ti" is the second single of the live album Primera fila by Mexican singer Thalía. The song is a cover of "Como vai você" recorded by the Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos, who sang both in Portuguese and Spanish...
  
   / Entre el Mar y Una Estrella
  Entre el mar y una estrella
  "Entre el mar y una estrella" is the title of a pop song written by Marco Flores and recorded by Thalía. It was released as the first single from her studio album Arrasando and became the first number-one single for the singer at the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart...
  
   / Amor a la Mexicana"
• 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...
  
   — "Estuve"
• 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,...
  
   — "Descontrol
  Descontrol
  "Descontrol" is the second single from Daddy Yankee's album Daddy Yankee Mundial . The single was released to radios on January 12, 2010 and digitally on February 23, 2010...
  
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• Banda el Recodo
  Banda el Recodo
  Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
  
   — "Me Gusta Todo de Tí
  Me Gusta Todo de Tí (song)
  "Me Gusta Todo de Ti" is the lead single from the album of the same name . The song reached #1 on the Top Latin Songs in late 2009.-Chart performance:...
  
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• Pee Wee
  Pee Wee (entertainer)
  Irvin Salinas Mártinez better known as Pee Wee, is a Mexican American singer and actor. He is a former singer for the band Kumbia Kings and was a lead singer for Kumbia All Starz, both created by A.B. Quintanilla. In early 2008 he left Kumbia All Starz to become a solo artist...
  
   — "Quédate
  Quédate
  "Quédate" is a song from Pee Wee's debut studio album Yo Soy. It was released as the second promo single from the album debuted live at El Show De Los Sueños on November 2008. It was eventually chosen as the album's official third single, released on December 24, 2009...
  
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• David Bisbal
  David Bisbal
  David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
  
   — "Mi Princesa"
• Jenny Rivera
  Jenny Rivera
  Jennifer "Jenni" Rivera is a Mexican-American singer, better known for her work within the banda and norteña music genres. She's been active in the music scene since 1992 and her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues, infidelity, and relationships...
  
   — "Ya Lo Sé"
• Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
   — "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
  Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
  "" is a song performed by Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the second single. Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes was produced by Cachorro López and written by Claudia Brant, Noel Schajris and Gianmarco Zignago. It was announced...
  
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• Tito El Bambino
  Tito El Bambino
  Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
  
   — "Te Pido Perdón
  Te Pido Perdón
  "Te Pido Perdón" is the second single by reggaeton artist Tito El Bambino from the special edition of his third studio album El Patrón...
  
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• Alejandro Fernández — "Se Me Va la Voz
  Se Me Va la Voz
  "Se Me Va la Voz" is a spanish language song by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández released as the lead single from his seventh studio album, Dos Mundos: Evolucion. The music video of the song was released on YouTube in December 2009...
  
  " Special Performing: Career Achievement Award
• Aventura — "Su Veneno
  Su Veneno
  "Su Veneno" is Aventura's third single from their album The Last. The song spent four consecutive weeks number-one on the tropical charts.-Chart performance:...
  
   / Dile al Amor
  Dile al Amor
  "Dile Al Amor" is Aventura's fourth single from their album The Last. This was the second song from Aventura to reach number-one on Hot Latin Tracks.-Music video:...
  
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• Espinoza Paz
  Espinoza Paz
  Isidro Chávez Espinoza and best known as Espinoza Paz, is a Mexican musician and composer of Mexican Regional music. He is now a banda and norteña music composer in Mexico.-Early career:...
  
   — "Lo Intentamos"
• 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:...
  
   — "Me Enamore De Ti" Special Performing: Lifetime Achievement Award
• Paquita la del Barrio
  Paquita la del Barrio
  Paquita la del Barrio is the stage name of Francisca Viveros Barradas , a Mexican singer of rancheras and other Mexican styles. She was born in Alto Lucero, Veracruz and started her career in Mexico City in 1970. Her songs usually take a stance against Mexico's sexist male culture. This has made...
  
   — "Rata de dos Patas / Tu Ultima Parada"
• Luis Enrique
  Luis Enrique (singer)
  Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...
  
   — "Yo No Sé Mañana"
• Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
  
   and Ana Isabelle
  Ana Isabelle
  Ana Isabel Acevedo Avilés is a Puerto Rican dancer, singer and actress. In December 2007 she released her first album, "Por El Amor". And in 2009, she became the first winner of Univision's Viva el Sueño.-Career:...
  
   — "Por Amarte Así
  Por Amarte Así
  "Por Amarte Así" is a song recorded by Cristian Castro from his album, Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor.-Background:Por Amarte Asi was the third single released from the album, Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor, which was produced by Colombian songwriter Kike Santander...
  
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• Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
  
   — "Manos al Aire
  Manos al Aire
  "Manos al Aire" is a Latin pop song recorded by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado. Written by Furtado, Alex Cuba and James Bryan, it was produced by Furtado and Bryan for the former's fourth studio album, Mi Plan...
  
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• Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón
  Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...
  
   — "El Torito Acosta"
• Jimmy Zambrano — "Sin Perdon"
• Grupo Manía
  Grupo Manía
  Grupo Manía is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s...
  
   — "Maria Lola"

Presenters

• Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez
  Natalia Jiménez Sarmiento is a Spanish singer. She is the lead singer of the Spanish pop band La 5a Estacion.-Early life:Jiménez was born to a Spanish father who was a singer; and her mother is Portuguese.-Career:...
  
  
• William Levy
  William Levy (actor)
  William Levy is a Cuban-American actor and former model.-Early life and education:Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. He is of Jewish ancestry on his paternal grandfather's side. Levy migrated to Miami, Florida, when he was 14. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration...
  
  
• Jacqueline Bracamontes
  Jacqueline Bracamontes
  Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
  
  
• Eiza González
  Eiza González
  Eiza González Reyna, Eiza González Reyna, Eiza González Reyna, (born January 30, 1990 in Caborca Sonora, México, is a Mexican actress and singer, and the daughter of former model Glenda Reyna...
  
  
• Franco "El Gorila"
• 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....
  
  
• Luz Ríos
  Luz Rios
  Luz Rios is a Mexican singer and songwriter. Rios' received world-wide recongnition with her 4th studio album, “Aire” featuring the hit single “Aire”. The song featured a duet with Mexican icon singer-songwriter Joan Sebastian...
  
  
• Carolina Tejera
  Carolina Tejera
  Nelly Carolina Tejera is a Venezuelan model and actress.-Biography:Tejera's mother is from Spain and her father is from Guadalajara, Mexico....
  
  
• Arcángel
• Gloria Estefan
  Gloria Estefan
  Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
  
  
• Melina León
  Melina León
  Melina León is a Puerto Rican merengue singer and actress. From an early age she performed with several groups including The Rubi, Girls of Puerto Rico and The Cherries, with whom she appeared in several San Juan hotels...
  
  
• Eddy Herrera
  Eddy Herrera
  Eddy Jose Herrera de los Rios, also known as Eddy Herrera, is a merengue singer and winner of more than seven Casandra Awards. Born on 30 April 1964 in the Dominican Republic, in the city of Santiago de Los Caballeros.-History :...
  
  
• Jose Luis Terrazas Jr.
  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'...
  
  
• Fabian Muro
  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'...
  
  

• Christian Chávez
  Christian Chávez
  For the Argentine footballer, see Cristian Manuel Chávez.Christian Chávez is a singer and actor best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela Rebelde and its spin off teen band RBD...
  
  
• Carolina la O
• Gabriel Soto
  Gabriel Soto
  Gabriel Soto Borja-Diaz is a Mexican actor, model. He is known for winning the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, placing first runner-up in Mister World 1996, being a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and for acting in telenovelas.- Biography :His mother Elisa Diaz committed...
  
  
• Lili Estefan
  Lili Estefan
  Lili Estefan is a famous well known Cuban American model and show host, currently the host of El Gordo y la Flaca on Univision.-Biography:...
  
  
• Carlos & Alejandra
  Carlos & Alejandra
  Carlos & Alejandra is a Latin music group focusing on the genre of bachata. The group is composed of members Carlos Vargas Franco Jr. and Bianca Alejandra Feliz. Their first album was La Introduccion.-Carlos:...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Don Francisco
  Don Francisco (television host)
  Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld , better known by his stage name, Don Francisco, is a Chilean television personality, and a popular television personality on the Univision network reaching Spanish-speaking viewers in the United States...
  
  
• Miguel Galindo
  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...
  
  
• René Camacho
  La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
  La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• Aleks Syntek
  Aleks Syntek
  Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña , better known as Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and producer. He is married to Karen Coronado, sister of talkshow host Ingrid Coronado.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tati
  Tati
  Tati can refer to:* Tati Concessions Land, in present Botswana* Tati language, a disambiguation page* Tats, an Iranian people* Tati , a stringed instrument used in traditional folk music by the Naga people in North Eastern India and north-western Myanmar* Tati a 2005 album by Italian trumpeter...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Raúl González
  Raúl González (host)
  Raúl González is a Venezuelan TV Host and Actor. He began his career acting in children’s theatre in his native Caracas. In his early twenties, he hosted a kids' TV show in Venezuela, Supercrópolis...
  
  

Premio Lo Nuestro Artist of the Year

• Aventura
• Flex
  Flex (singer)
  Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• Maná
  Maná
  Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Collaboration of the Year

• / / Aventura featuring Akon
  Akon
  Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
  
   and 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....
  
   — "All Up 2 You
  All Up 2 You
  "All Up 2 You" is the second single by Aventura from their album The Last. The song features Akon and Wisin & Yandel. On April 23, they performed the song at the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards. Aventura member Romeo uses the auto-tune effect in his vocals. A merengue remix was made for the song...
  
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• / Calle 13
  Calle 13 (band)
  Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...
  
   featuring Café Tacuba — "No Hay Nadie Como Tú
  No Hay Nadie Como Tú
  "No Hay Nadie Como Tú" is the first single by alternative-rap duo Calle 13 taken from their third studio album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, released on October 7, 2008 by Sony BMG. It features Mexican alternative rock group Café Tacuba. The single is known for its mixture of different musical...
  
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• / / / 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 :...
  
   featuring Aleks Syntek
  Aleks Syntek
  Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña , better known as Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and producer. He is married to Karen Coronado, sister of talkshow host Ingrid Coronado.-Biography:...
  
  , David Bisbal
  David Bisbal
  David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
  
   and Noel Schajris
  Noel Schajris
  Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez is a naturalized Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer-songwriter Leonel García concluded their partnership in 2007...
  
   — "Aquí Estoy Yo
  Aquí Estoy Yo
  "Aquí Estoy Yo" is a song written by Luis Fonsi, Claudia Brant and Gen Rubin; it was produced by Fonsi and Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album Palabras del Silencio, and it is performed by Fonsi, David Bisbal, Aleks Syntek, and Noel Schajris....
  
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• / Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
  
   and Jesse & Joy
  Jesse & Joy
  Jesse & Joy are a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by siblings Jesse and Joy .-History:...
  
   — "Imparable"

Album of the Year

• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — 5to Piso
  5to Piso
  - Personnel :*Jair Alcalá – accordion*Mikey Allred – assistant engineer*Jorge "La Chiquis" Amaro – producer, engineer, Bass, dums*David Angell – violin*Monisa Angell – viola*Ricardo Arjona – arranger, producer, bass arrangement...
  
  
• Fanny Lú
  Fanny Lu
  Fanny Lucía Martínez Buenaventura , known professionally as Fanny Lú, is a Colombian singer-songwriter and actress from Santiago de Cali, Colombia.-Early life:...
  
   — Dos
• Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
  
   — El Culpable Soy Yo
  El Culpable Soy Yo
  El Culpable Soy Yo is an album by Mexican pop singer Cristian Castro, It was released in 2009. The album was produced by A.B. Quintanilla. The 5th song on the album features his grandmother Socorro Castro mother of Verónica Castro. On June 29, 2009, the album was certified gold...
  
  
• Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
   — Gran City Pop
  Gran City Pop
  Gran City Pop is the ninth studio album by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio released by Universal Music Group on June 23, 2009 . The album's first single "Causa y Efecto" became Rubio's first number one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs since Ni Una Sola Palabra in 2006...
  
  
• La 5ª Estación — Sin Frenos
  Sin Frenos
  Sin Frenos is the fourth studio album release from Spanish music duo, La Quinta Estación. The album received the Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Album" in 2010.-Album information:...
  
  

Best Male Artist

• Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
  
  
• Enrique Iglesias
  Enrique Iglesias
  Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
  
• Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres
  Tommy Torres is a Grammy Award winning producer, singer, and songwriter. Named as the No. 1 Hot Latin Tracks producer of 2007 by Billboard Magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists such as Ricardo Arjona, Ednita...
  
  

Best Female Artist

• Fanny Lú
  Fanny Lu
  Fanny Lucía Martínez Buenaventura , known professionally as Fanny Lú, is a Colombian singer-songwriter and actress from Santiago de Cali, Colombia.-Early life:...
  
  
• Gloria Trevi
  Gloria Trevi
  Gloria Trevi is a Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter. She was described as the "Supreme Diva of the Mexican Pop" by the music channel VH1 and sold over 20 million records.-Biography:...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
  
  
• Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
  

Best Group or Duo

• Jesse & Joy
  Jesse & Joy
  Jesse & Joy are a Latin Grammy Award–winning Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by siblings Jesse and Joy .-History:...
  
  
• La 5ª Estación
• Los Temerarios
  Los Temerarios
  Los Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....
  
  
• Playa Limbo
• 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...
  
  

Breakout Artist or Group of the Year

• Alexander Acha
  Alexander Acha
  Alexander Acha Alemán is a Latin Grammy winning Mexican singer-songwriter.The son of Mexican pop singer Emmanuel, Alexander Acha is also a pianist and a Berklee College of Music alum. He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic and he still attends the Mass at the Church...
  
  
• Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
  
  
• Sonohra
  Sonohra
  Sonohra is an Italian duo constituted by the brothers Diego and Luca Fainello, native to the city of Verona. They were winners of the edition 2008 of the Young section of Festival of Sanremo.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tati
• Victor & Leo

Song of the Year

• / / / 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 :...
  
   featuring Aleks Syntek
  Aleks Syntek
  Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña , better known as Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and producer. He is married to Karen Coronado, sister of talkshow host Ingrid Coronado.-Biography:...
  
  , David Bisbal
  David Bisbal
  David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
  
   and Noel Schajris
  Noel Schajris
  Nahuel Schajris Rodríguez is a naturalized Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist based in Mexico who experienced chart-topping success as part of the duo Sin Bandera until he and fellow singer-songwriter Leonel García concluded their partnership in 2007...
  
   — "Aquí Estoy Yo
  Aquí Estoy Yo
  "Aquí Estoy Yo" is a song written by Luis Fonsi, Claudia Brant and Gen Rubin; it was produced by Fonsi and Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album Palabras del Silencio, and it is performed by Fonsi, David Bisbal, Aleks Syntek, and Noel Schajris....
  
  "
• Playa Limbo — "Asi Fue"
• Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Rubio
  Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
  
   — "Causa y Efecto
  Causa y Efecto
  "" is a song performed by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the lead single on March 30, 2009. Causa y Efecto became a hit reaching number 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Hot Latin Airplays. Causa y Efecto...
  
  "
• Ricardo Arjona
  Ricardo Arjona
  Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
  
   — "Como Duele
  Como Duele
  "Cómo Duele" , is a song by Guatemalan pop singer Ricardo Arjona released in November 2008 as the first commercial single from his fourteenth studio album, 5to Piso ....
  
  "
• La 5ª Estación — "Que te Quería
  Que te Quería
  "Que te Quería" is La 5ª Estación's first single released from their fourth studio album, Sin Frenos.-Song information:This was La Quinta Estacion's first single as a duo.Angel Reyero, composer and band member, comments:...
  
  "

Album of the Year

• 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:...
  
   — Fuego
  Fuego (La Secta album)
  Fuego is the fifth studio album released by Puerto Rican rock band La Secta. The album was released on November 24, 2008 by Sony International...
  
  
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...
  
   — La Luz del Ritmo
  La Luz del Ritmo
  La Luz del Ritmo is the fifteenth albums by Ska Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. After a 7 year long hiatus of the group in which some of the members of the band spent some time in their own projects, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs regrouped to launch a very anticipated disc which includes 5 new...
  
  
• Moderatto
  Moderatto
  Moderatto is a Mexican band active since the late-1990s.-Beginning:Moderatto began playing in the mid nineties in Mexico City, as a parody of the glamorous style of many 1980s bands like Poison and Mötley Crüe. Originally started as a side project for the members' original bands, they eventually...
  
   — Queremos Rock
• Zoé
  Zoé
  Zoé is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican alternative/psychedelic band. They initially formed in Mexico City in 1994, although membership started to stabilize in 1997...
  
   — Reptilectric
  Reptilectric
  Reptilectric is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Zoé. Released in October 2008 through EMI Music, it was produced by Phil Vinall, who has previously worked with Radiohead and Placebo. The first single of the album was Reptilectric, which has its own music video...
  
  

Artist of the Year

• Beto Cuevas
  Beto Cuevas
  Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Maná
  Maná
  Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo...
  
  
• Motel
  Motel (band)
  Motel is a Mexican Rock band created in 2002, consisting of Guillermo Méndez, Rodrigo Dávila Chapoy, José Damián and Rubén Puente.-History:...
  
  

Song of the Year

• Los Rufianes — "Dame Tu Corazón"
• 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:...
  
   — "Déjalos Que Hablen"
• Beto Cuevas
  Beto Cuevas
  Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
  
   — "Hablame"
• Vivanativa — "Mariposa Mía"
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...
  
   — "Should I Stay or Should I Go
  Should I Stay or Should I Go
  "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November...
  
  "

Album of the Year

1. 15 Años de Corazon - Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s...
   
   
2. Ciclos
   Ciclos (Luis Enrique Album)
   Ciclos is the seventeenth studio album by Nicaraguan recording artist Luis Enrique, released by Top Stop Music on May 19, 2009.- Track listing :# "Yo No Sé Mañana" - 4:19...
   
    - Luis Enrique
   Luis Enrique (singer)
   Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...
   
   
3. El Mensaje - Rey Ruiz
   Rey Ruiz
   Rey Ruiz is a salsa singer from Cuba. Ruiz reached international fame across Latin America, Europe and among Hispanic music fans in the United States.-Biography:...
   
   
4. La Introduccion
   La Introduccion
   La Introduccion is Carlos & Alejandra's debut album. Previous efforts by the group were spread through the Internet. La Introduccion is the group's first studio album.-Track listing:#Explicame#Arrepentimiento#El Amor no Tiene Edad#Cafecito#Quizas...
   
    - Carlos & Alejandra
   Carlos & Alejandra
   Carlos & Alejandra is a Latin music group focusing on the genre of bachata. The group is composed of members Carlos Vargas Franco Jr. and Bianca Alejandra Feliz. Their first album was La Introduccion.-Carlos:...
   
   
5. The Last
   The Last (album)
   John Bush of Allmusic gave the album a somewhat positive review. He called the lead single "Por un Segundo" a "straight bachata, rhythmic and sweet" and noted that the crossovers are put on the latter half of the album. Tijana Ilich of About.com praised the vocals of Anthony "Romeo" Santos and the...
   
    - Aventura

Best Male Artist

1. Domenic Marte
2. Fonseca
3. 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:...
   
   
4. Hector Acosta
5. Luis Enrique
   Luis Enrique (singer)
   Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...
   
   

Best Group or Duo

1. Adolescent's Orquesta
2. Aventura
3. Carlos & Alejandra
   Carlos & Alejandra
   Carlos & Alejandra is a Latin music group focusing on the genre of bachata. The group is composed of members Carlos Vargas Franco Jr. and Bianca Alejandra Feliz. Their first album was La Introduccion.-Carlos:...
   
   
4. Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s...
   
   
5. Jorge Celedón
   Jorge Celedón
   Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...
   
    and Jimmy Zambrano

Soloist or Group Revelation of the Year

1. Carlos & Alejandra
   Carlos & Alejandra
   Carlos & Alejandra is a Latin music group focusing on the genre of bachata. The group is composed of members Carlos Vargas Franco Jr. and Bianca Alejandra Feliz. Their first album was La Introduccion.-Carlos:...
   
   
2. Grupo Rush
3. Indio
4. Marcy Place
5. Rafely Rosario

Song of the Year

1. "Eres Asi" - Domenic Marte
2. "Llego el Amor" - 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:...
   
   
3. "Marialola" - Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s...
   
   
4. "Por Un Segundo
   Por Un Segundo (song)
   "Por un Segundo" is Aventura's first single from their album The Last. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks Chart which was the first time for Aventura. The song was awarded "Tropical Song of the Year" at the Premios Lo Nuestro 2010 awards.-Music video:The music video for...
   
   " - Aventura
5. "Yo No Sé Mañana" - Luis Enrique
   Luis Enrique (singer)
   Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...
   
   

Merengue

Meringue

Meringue is a type of dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar, occasionally some recipes may call for adding an acid such as cream of tartar or a small amount of vinegar and a binding agent such as cornstarch found in icing sugar which may be added in addition to the corn starch which...

 Artist of the Year

1. Eddy Herrera
   Eddy Herrera
   Eddy Jose Herrera de los Rios, also known as Eddy Herrera, is a merengue singer and winner of more than seven Casandra Awards. Born on 30 April 1964 in the Dominican Republic, in the city of Santiago de Los Caballeros.-History :...
   
   
2. Elvis Crespo
   Elvis Crespo
   Elvis Crespo , is a Puerto Rican-American Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer.-Early years:Crespo was born in New York City and was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley...
   
   
3. Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía
   Grupo Manía is a popular merengue group from Puerto Rico that released its debut album in 1993. The group was formed by brothers Héctor, Edwin and Oscar Serrano together with Alfred Cotto in the early 90s...
   
   
4. 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...
   
   
5. Rafely Rosario

Tropical Salsa Artist of the Year

1. Adolescent's Orquesta
2. Charlie Cruz
   Charlie Cruz
   Charlie Cruz is one of the new stars of the salsa music genre. His start was well received by the Puerto Rican recording industry. Born in 1975 in Puerto Rico Cruz was the oldest of seven siblings. He lived his adolescent years in Paterson, New Jersey, in the United States, where he grew to love...
   
   
3. 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:...
   
   
4. Jerry Rivera
   Jerry Rivera
   -Albums:* Empezando a Vivir Sony Music* Abriendo Puertas * Cuenta Conmigo * Cara de Niño...
   
   
5. Luis Enrique
   Luis Enrique (singer)
   Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...
   
   

Tropical Traditional Artist of the Year

1. Aventura
2. Domenic Marte
3. Fonseca
4. Hector Acosta
5. Jorge Celedón
   Jorge Celedón
   Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...
   
    and Jimmy Zambrano

Album of the Year

1. Más Adelante
   Más Adelante
   -Chart performance:-Sales and certifications:...
   
    - La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they...
   
   
2. Nosotros Somos - 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'...
   
   
3. Para Siempre - 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....
   
   
4. Sólo Contigo - Pesado
5. Te Presumo - Banda el Recodo
   Banda el Recodo
   Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
   
   

Male Artist of the Year

1. 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....
   
   
2. Espinoza Paz
3. German Montero
4. 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...
   
   
5. 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...
   
   

Female Artist of the Year

1. Alicia Villarreal
   Alicia Villarreal
   Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer.-Biography:...
   
   
2. 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...
   
   
3. Jenni Rivera
4. Luz Rios
5. Paquita la del Barrio
   Paquita la del Barrio
   Paquita la del Barrio is the stage name of Francisca Viveros Barradas , a Mexican singer of rancheras and other Mexican styles. She was born in Alto Lucero, Veracruz and started her career in Mexico City in 1970. Her songs usually take a stance against Mexico's sexist male culture. This has made...
   
   

Group or Duo of the Year

1. Alacranes Musical
   Alacranes Musical
   Alacranes Musical is a Mexican-American band produced by Oscar Urbina that plays duranguense music. They are from the Aurora suburb of Chicago, Illinois.-Recordings:...
   
   
2. Banda el Recodo
   Banda el Recodo
   Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
   
   
3. Dareyes de la Sierra
4. 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'...
   
   
5. La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they...
   
   

Song of the Year

1. "El Último Beso
   El Último Beso
   "El Último Beso" es una adaptación de la canción "Last Kiss", escrita por Wayne Cochran en 1962 e interpretada originalmente por Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders. Esta primera versión tuvo poco éxito. Cochran basó la canción en un accidente de tránsito , donde fallecieron tres parejas de adolescentes...
   
   " - Vicente Fernández
2. "Lo Intentamos" - Espinoza Paz
3. "Quiéreme Más
   Quiéreme Más
   -Chart performance:-Sales and certifications:...
   
   " - 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,...
   
   
4. "Te Presumo" - Banda el Recodo
   Banda el Recodo
   Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
   
   
5. "Ya Es Muy Tarde" - La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they...
   
   

Duranguense Artist of the Year

1. Alacranes Musical
   Alacranes Musical
   Alacranes Musical is a Mexican-American band produced by Oscar Urbina that plays duranguense music. They are from the Aurora suburb of Chicago, Illinois.-Recordings:...
   
   
2. El Trono de México
3. 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'...
   
   
4. 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...
   
   
5. 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,...
   
   

Banda of the Year

1. Banda el Recodo
   Banda el Recodo
   Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
   
   
2. Dareyes de la Sierra
3. 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....
   
   
4. Espinoza Paz
5. La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
   La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they...
   
   

Norteño

Norteño (music)

Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...

 Artist of the Year

1. 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....
   
   
2. 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...
   
   
3. Los Inquietos del Norte
4. Los Tucanes de Tijuana
5. Pesado

Grupera

Grupera

Grupera is a genre of Mexican folk music. It is influenced by the styles of cumbia, norteño, and ranchera, and reached the height of its popularity in the 1980s, especially in rural areas. The music actually has roots in the rock groups of the 1960s, but today generally consists of five or fewer...

 Artist of the Year

1. Control
2. Huichol Musical
3. La Nobleza de Aguililla
4. Los Pikadientes de Caborca
   Los Pikadientes de Caborca
   Los Pikadientes de Caborca are a Mexican musical group whose debut single, "La Cumbia del Río," charted on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks in 2008....
   
   
5. 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...
   
   

Ranchera

Ranchera

Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played...

 Artist of the Year

1. Diego Verdaguer
   Diego Verdaguer
   Diego Verdaguer is a singer-songwriter from Argentina who has resided in Mexico for almost 30 years. He plays the trumpet and the bandoneón. He is married to fellow Argentine singer Amanda Miguel. His most famous songs are "Corazón de Papel" and "La Ladrona"...
   
   
2. Pedro Fernández
   Pedro Fernández
   José Martín Cuevas Cobos , known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican recording artist and actor.-Discography:*1979: La De La Mochila Azul*1989: Vicio*1990: Por Un Amigo Más*1991: Muñecos De Papel...
   
   
3. Pepe Aguilar
   Pepe Aguilar
   José "Pepe" Aguilar Jiménez is a popular singer-songwriter of ranchera, mariachi and pop music. Pepe is the son of Mexican icon Antonio Aguilar and folkloric actress Flor Silvestre.-Career:...
   
   
4. 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...
   
   

Album of the Year

1. Down to Earth
   Down to Earth (Alexis & Fido album)
   Down To Earth is the third studio album by the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Alexis & Fido released on March 31, 2009 through Wild Dogz Music and Sony Music Latin...
   
    - Alexis & Fido
2. El Patrón
   El Patrón (album)
   El Patrón is the third studio album by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito El Bambino, released on March 3, 2009 by Universal Music Latino. It was produced primarily by Monserrate with other contributions by Nérol, Marioso, Mambo Kingz, among others....
   
    - Tito El Bambino
   Tito El Bambino
   Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
   
   
3. La Evolución Romantic Style
   La Evolución Romantic Style
   La Evolución Romantic Style is the second studio album by Panamian singer Flex. It was released on January 27, 2009. A special edition was also released on the same day.-Standard Edition:-Special Edition:...
   
    - Flex
   Flex (singer)
   Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
   
   
4. Te Amo
   Te Amo (album)
   -Chart performance:-Certification:...
   
    - Makano
   Makano (singer)
   Ernán Enrique Jiménez , is a Panamanian singer better known by his stage name Makano. At the age of 12, Jiménez was part of a reggaeton group called "Los Makanos". The members of the group made a promise that the first of them to record a full disc would carry on the group's name...
   
   
5. Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra
   Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra
   Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra is the third compilation album by WY Records and is Nesty "La Mente Maestra"'s first album. It is presented by Wisin & Yandel and was released on October 28, 2008 by WY Records and Machete Music...
   
    - DJ Nesty
   Nesty "La Mente Maestra"
   Nesty "La Mente Maestra" is a Puerto Rican reggaeton music producer. He is currently signed with Machete Music...
   
    (featuring 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....
   
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Artist of the Year

1. 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,...
   
   
2. Flex
   Flex (singer)
   Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
   
   
3. R.K.M & Ken-Y
   R.K.M & Ken-Y
   José Nieves and Kenny Vázquez , both of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, are a Grammy Award-nominated reggaeton duo.-Early career:The duo started their career of music in high school. R.K.M was inspired by the recent explosion of reggaeton music in the 90's...
   
   
4. Tito El Bambino
   Tito El Bambino
   Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
   
   
5. 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....
   
   

Revelation of the Year

1. Arcángel
   Arcangel (singer)
   Austin Santos , better known by his stage name Arcángel, is a singer-songwriter, rapper and actor. He was born in New York City, and eventually moved to Puerto Rico in 2002, interested in becoming a performer of reggaeton, a contemporary Latin American urban music genre...
   
   
2. De La Ghetto
   De La Ghetto
   Rafael Castillo , better known by his stage name De La Ghetto, is an American reggaeton singer/rapper originally of the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto.-Biography:...
   
   
3. Franco "El Gorila"
4. Makano
   Makano (singer)
   Ernán Enrique Jiménez , is a Panamanian singer better known by his stage name Makano. At the age of 12, Jiménez was part of a reggaeton group called "Los Makanos". The members of the group made a promise that the first of them to record a full disc would carry on the group's name...
   
   
5. Yomo
   Yomo
   Yomo is a Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist. He was raised in the barrio of Tres Puntos, Humacao, Puerto Rico...
   
   

Song of the Year

1. "All Up 2 You
   All Up 2 You
   "All Up 2 You" is the second single by Aventura from their album The Last. The song features Akon and Wisin & Yandel. On April 23, they performed the song at the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards. Aventura member Romeo uses the auto-tune effect in his vocals. A merengue remix was made for the song...
   
   " - Aventura (featuring Akon
   Akon
   Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
   
    & 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....
   
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2. "Dime Si Te Vas Con Él
   Dime Si Te Vas Con Él
   "Dime Si Te Vas Con Él" is the first single from Flex featuring another fellow Panamanian Mr. Saik, second studio album La Evolución Romantic Style, "Dime Si Te Vas Con Él" is quickly placed in the top positions globally, following the success of their debut single "Te Quiero"...
   
   " - Flex
   Flex (singer)
   Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
   
   
3. "El Amor" - Tito El Bambino
   Tito El Bambino
   Efraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
   
   
4. "Me Estás Tentando
   Me Estás Tentando
   "Me Estás Tentando" is the first single by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their compilation album Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra, released on October 21, 2008 by Machete Music. A remix of the single was released on February 17, 2009. It features Franco "El Gorila" and...
   
   " - 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....
   
   
5. "¿Qué Tengo Que Hacer?
   ¿Qué Tengo Que Hacer?
   "¿Qué tengo que hacer?" is the third single by Daddy Yankee from the soundtrack Talento de Barrio released on 19 January 2009. The remix was released in March. Daddy Yankee uses the Auto-tune effect in his verse...
   
   " - 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,...
   
   

Video of the Year

1. La Perla
   La Perla (song)
   "La Perla" is the third single by alternative rap duo Calle 13 taken from their third studio album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, released on May 9, 2009 by Sony BMG. It features Panamanian salsa singer Rubén Blades and samba group La Chilinga. A music video was made and released for this song....
   
    - Calle 13
   Calle 13 (band)
   Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...
   
    (featuring Rubén Blades
   Rubén Blades
   Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
   
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2. Esclavo de Sus Besos - David Bisbal
   David Bisbal
   David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
   
   
3. Recuérdame
   Sin Frenos
   Sin Frenos is the fourth studio album release from Spanish music duo, La Quinta Estación. The album received the Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Album" in 2010.-Album information:...
   
    - La 5ª Estación (featuring 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...
   
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4. Loco Por Ti
   Si Tú Te Vas (album)
   -Si Tú Te Vas Bonus DVD:The information from: * BONUS DVD* Si Tú Te Vas * Loco Por Ti * Extras Making Of* Extras Making Of* Special Interview * Photo Gallery-Chart performance:...
   
    - Los Temerarios
   Los Temerarios
   Los Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....
   
   
5. Cumbayá
   Cumbayá (song)
   "Cumbayá" is the first single from Pee Wee debut studio album Yo Soy released on May 26, 2009, released worldwide on June 1, 2009 and released on June 30, 2009 on iTunes, the song was produced under Mas Flow Inc by the producers Luny Tunes...
   
    - Pee Wee
   Pee Wee (entertainer)
   Irvin Salinas Mártinez better known as Pee Wee, is a Mexican American singer and actor. He is a former singer for the band Kumbia Kings and was a lead singer for Kumbia All Starz, both created by A.B. Quintanilla. In early 2008 he left Kumbia All Starz to become a solo artist...
   
   
6. Loba
   She Wolf (song)
   She Wolf is a song by Colombian singer–songwriter Shakira taken from her third English-language studio album of the same name. Shakira wrote and produced the track with John Hill, and Sam Endicott...
   
    - 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...
   
   

External links

• http://www.univision.net/corp/en/pr/Miami_01122009-1.html Univision Press Release Premio Lo Nuestro 2010
• http://www.univision.net/corp/en/pr/Miami_08022010-0.html Univision Press Release Premio Lo Nuestro 2010a