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\n\tRegional Mexican music star Peso Pluma<\/a> was the big winner at Thursday night\u2019s (Oct. 5) 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards, taking home eight awards, including artist of the year, new; Hot Latin Songs artist of the year, male; and the coveted songwriter of the year award, reflecting his more than 20 hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.<\/p>\n \n\tPluma\u2019s awards also included four nods alongside trio Eslab\u00f3n Armado<\/a> for their runaway hit \u201cElla Baila Sola,\u201d which won Hot Latin Song of the year and Hot Latin Song of the year, vocal event, among other prizes.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards Red\u00a0Carpet\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n \t10\/05\/2023\t<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \n\tPluma was followed in number of wins by global superstar Bad Bunny<\/a>, with seven awards, including artist of the year, tour of the year and Global 200 Latin artist of the year, as well as two awards for his smash hit \u201cTiti me Pregunt\u00f3.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBoth Pluma and Bad Bunny performed at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, which were produced by MBS Events and aired live on Telemundo from the Watsco Center in Miami.<\/p>\n \n\tNext up in wins was Colombian star Karol G<\/a>, who won five awards, two of them for her album Ma\u00f1ana Ser\u00e1 Bonito<\/em> as Top Latin Album of the year. The set, which debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart \u2014 the first Spanish-language album by a female artist to do so in history \u2014 also won Latin Rhythm Album of the year. Karol G also took home the Hot Latin Songs artist of the year, female and top Latin Albums artist of the year, female awards. In addition, she was honored with Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Spirit of Hope Award for her philanthropic work supporting women through her Con Cora Foundation.<\/p>\n \n\tThe four top winners \u2014 Peso Pluma, Bad Bunny, Karol G and Eslab\u00f3n Armado \u2014 reflect the current state of Latin music, where urban beats are living high on the charts along with a new generation of Mexican music artists who have become global successes.<\/p>\n \n\tThe plurality was also reflected in this year\u2019s special awards, with Mexican cumbia act Los Angeles Azules<\/a> receiving the Billboard Lifetime Achievement Award and reggaet\u00f3n pioneer Ivy Queen<\/a> the Icon award.<\/p>\n \n\tFinalists and winners of the Billboard Latin Music Awards reflect performance of new recordings on Billboard<\/em>\u2018s albums and songs charts during a one-year period from the rankings dated Aug. 13, 2022, through this year\u2019s Aug. 12, 2023 charts. Determinations are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay and touring, tracked by Billboard and its data partner, Luminate. \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tOther key winners of the evening included Manuel Turizo, Shakira, Bizarrap, Fuerza Regida, Aventura, Camilo, Edgar Barrera, Grupo Frontera, Ivan Cornejo, Man\u00e1, Marshmello, Romeo Santos and Wisin & Yandel.<\/p>\n \n\tThe full list of winners is below.<\/p>\n \n\tCATEGOR\u013aAS DE ARTISTAS \/<\/strong> OVERALL ARTIST CATEGORIES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tArtista del A\u00f1o \/ Artist of the Year:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Bad Bunny<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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