2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards


The 26th Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony, presented by Billboard magazine, honored the best performing Latin recordings of 2018 and took place on April 25, 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Billboard presented awards in 59 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by Telemundo for the 21st time, and was the culmination of the Billboard Latin Music Conference. The awards recognize the most popular Latin performers, songs, albums, labels, songwriters and producers in the United States. Recipients were based on sales, radio airplay, online streaming and social data during a one-year period.
Venezuelan actress, model and presenter Gaby Espino hosted the ceremony. Throughout the show, Espino was joined by Bad Bunny, Carlos Vives, Mark Tacher and Luis Fonsi as co-hosts.
Ozuna led the list of nominations for the 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards, with 23 nods in 15 categories — a record number in the history of the awards. Ozuna was the biggest winner of the night, with eleven awards.

Performers

Presenters

The nominees for the 26th Billboard Latin Music Awards were announced on February 12, 2019 J Balvin and Shakira led the nominations with 12 each. Ozuna leads the list of nominations with 23 nods in 15 categories — a record number in the history of the awards. He is followed in number of finalist slots by J Balvin and Nicky Jam, with 13 each, Bad Bunny with 12, and Daddy Yankee with 8.
Complete list of winners

Awards

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple nominations:
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The following received multiple awards:
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Four
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