Featherweight, Bad Bunny, Border Group and Karol G lead the nominations the 2023 Latin Billboard Awards, a list that only has three nominated Spanish artists. Among them, the most awarded artist in the history of these awards, Enrique Iglesias.
One name has been crowned the great favorite of the BillBoard Awards with 21 nominations: the Mexican Featherweight. They follow him Bad Bunny and Border Groupwith 15 nominations each, andKarol Gwho is the woman competing for the greatest number of awards with 13 nominations.
Of course, the list of nominees in no less than 48 categories also includes artists like Bizarre, Raw Alejandro, Shakira either Manuel Turizowho boast of having placed their songs at number one in Latin countries.
As far as Spanish representation is concerned, It is not going to be a gala in which the music of our country is going to be played over others. Only three artists are nominated: Rosala, Quevedo and Enrique Iglesias.
The most morbid candidacy
The Catalan was already one of the great winners in last year’s edition and therefore MOTOMAMI took home one of the most important recognitions, the Latin Pop Album of the Yearin addition to the Best Alternative Music Album and the Best Packaging Design. To these she adds the Producer of the Year award, which she received at the Billboard Women in Music 2023.
This year, it has six nominations, including Hot Latin Songs Female Artist of the Year where he competes with Becky G, Karol G, Shakira and Young Miko; Top Latin Albums, along with Becky G, Kali Uchis, Karol G and Yuridia; and Latin Pop Artist of the Year soloist, a candidacy she shares with Becky G, Enrique Iglesias, Sebastin Yatra and Shakira.
In the Tropical Song of the Year category, Motomami does a double and is nominated for Despech and for the song The Handkerchiefhis collaboration with Romeo Santos, internationally known for his bachatas.
It also adds a nomination for the best Latin Pop Song of the year for Kissa song he performs with Raw Alejandro and which was the first single of the three songs that are part of his EP RR.
It was released in April and in July the breakup of the couple who had already been engaged was made public, amid rumors of infidelity and messages of love for her from the singer of Everything about you. If they are awarded, the two artists will be able to go on stage together and we will have one of the most desired images: their reunion since they announced their separation.
The other two Spanish candidates
Enrique Iglesias is another of the Spanish names that appears on the list of candidates for the Billboard Latin Music Awards 2023. The son of Julio Iglesias and Isabel Preysler accumulated, since 1996, 48 awards, which makes him the most awarded artist in the history of these awards. Among them, a very special one, the one he received in 2020 as the Greatest Latin Artist in History, due to his impressive recording work, with 180 million records sold, 19 billion streams and 17 billion views of his videos.
In this edition, although it only has one candidate, Latin Pop Artist of the Year Soloist, This is one of the most notable. Her rivals to win the award are Becky G, Rosala, Sebastin Yatra and Shakira.
The last Spanish representative in these awards is Quevedo that, for his successful collaboration with Bizarrap, the Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. #52 popularly known as stayis nominated in the Global 200 Latin Song of the Year and Latin Rhythm Song of the Year categories.
