Billboard Latin Music Award for Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year explained

The Billboard Latin Music Award for Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year (formerly Hot Latin Tracks Artist of the Year) is an honor presented annually at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, a ceremony which honors "the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, streaming and social data that informs Billboards weekly charts."^[1] The award is given to best performing artists on Billboards Hot Latin Songs chart, which measures the most popular Latin songs in the United States.^[2] The Hot Latin Songs chart was based solely on radio airplay since its induction in 1986 until October 2012, when it started to also measure digital sales and streaming activity.^[3] In 2010, the category was split into three: Male, Female, and Duo or Group.

Recipients

1994–2009

Year	Artist	Nominees
1994	Los Fantasmas del Caribe	Nominations were not provided prior to 1999.	[4]
1995	Selena		[5]
1996	Selena		[6]
1997			[7]
1998			[8]
1999	Alejandro Fernandez		[9]
2000	Enrique Iglesias		[10]
2001	Son By Four		[11]
2002	Cristian Castro		[12]
2003	Alexandre Pires		[13] [14]
2004	Conjunto Primavera		[15] [16]
2005	Paulina Rubio		[17] [18]
2006	Juanes		[19] [20]
2007	Wisin & Yandel		[21] [22]
2008	Juan Luis Guerra		[23] [24]
2009	Flex		[25] [26]

Since 2010

Male

Year	Male Artist	Nominees
2010	Tito El Bambino		[27]
2011	Enrique Iglesias		[28] [29]
2012	Pitbull		[30] [31]
2013	Don Omar		[32]
2014	Prince Royce		[33] [34]
2015	Romeo Santos		[35] [36]
2016	Romeo Santos		[37]
2017	Nicky Jam		[38]
2018	Luis Fonsi		[39]
2019	Ozuna		[40]
2020	Bad Bunny		[41]
2021			[42]
2022			[43]
2023	Peso Pluma		[44]
2024			[45] [46]

Female

Year	Female Artist	Nominees
2010	Shakira
2011
2012
2013
2014	Thalía
2015	Natalia Jimenez
2016	Shakira
2017
2018
2019	Natti Natasha
2020	Karol G
2021
2022
2023
2024			[47]

Duo or Group

Year	Duo or Group	Nominees
2010	Aventura
2011	La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
2012	Maná
2013	Banda El Recodo
2014	La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
2015	Banda Sinaloense MS
2016	Banda Sinaloense MS
2017	Banda Sinaloense MS
2018	Calibre 50
2019	Banda Sinaloense MS
2020	Calibre 50
2021	Eslabon Armado
2022	Grupo Firme
2023	Grupo Frontera
2024	Fuerza Regida

Records

Most nominations

General

From 1994 to 2009

Nominations	Act
6	Enrique Iglesias
5	Juanes
4	Cristian Castro
3	Marco Antonio Solís
	Ricky Martin
	Wisin & Yandel
2	Conjunto Primavera
	Daddy Yankee
	Marc Anthony
	Selena

Male

From 2010 ongoing

Nominations	Act
7	J Balvin
6	Daddy Yankee
5	Prince Royce
	Bad Bunny
4	Enrique Iglesias
3	Romeo Santos
	Ozuna
2	Luis Fonsi
	Pitbull
	Don Omar
	Nicky Jam
	Maluma
	Anuel AA
	Jhayco

Female

From 2010 ongoing

Nominations	Act
10	Shakira
6	Becky G
	Karol G
	Jennifer Lopez
5	Natti Natasha
4	Thalía
	Jenni Rivera
	Rosalía
3	Kali Uchis
2	Leslie Grace
	Anitta
	Natalia Jiménez
	Young Miko

Duo or Group

From 2010 ongoing

Nominations	Act
8	Banda Sinaloense MS
7	Calibre 50
5	La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
4	Aventura
	Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda
	Banda El Recodo
	Eslabon Armado
3	Wisin & Yandel
	Fuerza Regida
	Zion & Lennox
2	Los Plebes del Rancho
	Grupo Firme
	Grupo Frontera

Most awards

General

From 1994 to 2009

Awards	Act
3	Enrique Iglesias
2	Selena

Male

From 2010 ongoing

Awards	Act
3	Bad Bunny
2	Romeo Santos
	Peso Pluma

Female

From 2010 ongoing

Awards	Act
7	Shakira
5	Karol G

Duo or Group

From 2010 ongoing

Awards	Act
4	Banda Sinaloense MS
2	La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
	Calibre 50

See also

• Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Artist

Notes and References

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41. News: Daddy Yankee & Bad Bunny Win Big at 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards: Complete Winners List. Billboard. Flores. Griselda. October 21, 2020. October 6, 2023.
42. News: Bad Bunny Wins Big at 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards: Full Winners List. Billboard. Cobo. Leila. September 23, 2021. October 6, 2023.
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