| Leading Ladies of Entertainment | |
| Awarded For: | "indelible impressions and contributions to the Latin entertainment industry" |
| Presenter: | Latin Recording Academy |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Website: | www.latingrammy.com |
The Leading Ladies of Entertainment is an honor presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend women "excelling in the arts and sciences, and who have made indelible impressions and contributions to the Latin entertainment industry." Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. The accolade was established by the organization to acknowledge the gender gap in the Latin entertainment industry. Then-president of the Latin Recording Academy, Gabriel Abaroa explained: "Women face a myriad of difficulties in the entertainment industry, but despite those obstacles, the women we are honoring have continually demonstrated perseverance, fortitude, and grace under pressure."[1] A portion of the sponsorships on the events are used to fund scholarships to young women studying in music.[2] The awards were first presented to Marcella Araica, Leila Cobo, Erika Ender, Rebeca Leon, and Gabriela Martinez. The event was held twice in 2019, the first as a Mexican edition in June and again during the Latin Grammy Week in November.
| scope=col | Year | scope=col class=unsortable | Image | scope=col | Recipient | scope=col | Occupation(s) | scope=col class=unsortable | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | Audio engineer, mixer, and vice president of N.A.R.S Records and Dream Asylum Studios | [3] | ||||||
| Executive director of Content & Programming for Latin Music & Entertainment for Billboard | |||||||||
| Singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, television personality | |||||||||
| — | CEO and founder of Lionfish Entertainment | ||||||||
| — | General manager for Warner Music Latina and SVP Marketing Warner Music Latin America | ||||||||
| — | Executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Univision Communications. | ||||||||
| 2018 | Singer, songwriter, and actress | [4] | |||||||
| — | Senior vice president and general manager of CNN en Español and Hispanic Strategy for CNN U.S. | ||||||||
| — | |||||||||
| Journalist and co-anchor of Primer Impacto | |||||||||
| 2019 (Mexican edition) | Announcer | [5] | |||||||
| Architect | |||||||||
| Singer | |||||||||
| Alondra de la Parra | Orchestra director | ||||||||
| — | Art expert | ||||||||
| 2019 | — | Audio engineer and producer | [6] | ||||||
| Singer-songwriter and social activist | |||||||||
| — | Music executive, president and partner of Seitrack US | ||||||||
| actress, model, author, and former Miss Universe | |||||||||
| — | Chief financial officer(CFO) and executive vice president of operations for Universal Music Latin America & Iberian Peninsula | ||||||||
| 2020 | recording artist, actress, film producer, and social activist | [7] | |||||||
| — | entertainment attorney | ||||||||
| Goyo | singer, producer and cofounder of ChocQuibTown | ||||||||
| broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author | |||||||||
| 2021 | — | founder & CEO of Nevarez Communications | [8] | ||||||
| — | managing director for Spotify Latin America region | ||||||||
| Ivy Queen | singer-songwriter | ||||||||
| — | music composer | ||||||||
| 2022 | singer and songwriter | [9] | |||||||
| — | global head of Latin at Amazon Music | ||||||||
| — | Founder and CEO of Spain's RLM | ||||||||
| — | pianist, musical director, record producer |
With the exception of the 2019 Mexican edition, each year is linked to an article about the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.