By Clary Castro
05 Oct 2023, 1:44 PM EDT
Today, at 7PM/6C, the 2023 Billboard Awards will begin, recognizing the best of Latin music in various categories. Tonight the public hopes to see the stellar performances, on stage, of Peso Pluma and Bad Bunny, artists who represent the Mexican regional and the urban genre respectively.
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On the other hand, it is also true that songs like “She Baila Sola” generate a lot of expectation in the public, fans hope that Peso Pluma will perform in the company of Eslabón Armado.
Find out here the artists who have the most nominations tonight:
Before announcing the top nominees of the night, it is important to emphasize that tonight the regional Mexican genre will experience a great moment, since at least four of its top representatives are on this list of top nominees and these are: Weight Pen, Border Group, Rigid Force and Armed Link.
Here are the top nominees of the night:
- Featherweight – 21 nominations.
- Bad Bunny – 15 nominations.
- Frontera Group – 15 nominations.
- Karol G – 13 nominations.
- Shakira – 12 nominations.
- Ruled Force – 12 nominations.
- Armed Link – 10 nominations.
- Rauw Alejandro – 7 nominations.
- Rosalía, Bizarrap, Feid, Yng Lvcas – 6 nominations (each).
- Ivan Cornejo, Manuel Turizo, Natanael Cano – 4 nominations (each).
These are the nominees in their respective categories:
Artist of the Year
- Bad Bunny
- Ruled Force
- Border Group
- Karol G
- Featherweight
Artist of the Year, Debut
- Bizarre
- Chinese Bales
- Border Group
- Featherweight
- Yng Lvcas
Crossover Artist of the Year
- Justin Timberlake
- Lil Jon
- Maître Gims
- Marshmello
- Sean Paul
In the next category –Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year– many expect the winner to be Peso Pluma and Eslabón Armado, although the category is very close since the musical work that both Bad Bunny and Bizarrap have done has had a global reach, especially all of the latter thanks to their successful collaborations; number 52 was with Quevedo.
Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year
- Bad Bunny, “Tití asked me”
- Bizarrap & Quevedo, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52”
- Armed Link & Featherweight, “She Dances Alone”
- Manuel Turizo, “La bachata”
- Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma, “The Baby”
Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male
- Bad Bunny
- Feid
- Junior H
- Natanael Cano
- Featherweight
Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female
- Becky G
- Karol G
- Rosalia
- Shakira
- Young Miko
Top Latin Album” of the Year
- Ruled Force, Let They Speak: I.
- Ivan Cornejo, Damaged
- Karol G, Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful
- Featherweight, Genesis
- Rauw Alejandro, Saturn
“Latin Pop” Album of the Year
- Camilo, From the inside to the outside
- Morat, If yesterday were today
- 21st floor, 777
- Selena, Moonchild mixes
- Tini, Cupid
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