The 4th annual ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards which honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music took place in

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

Pop

Song of the year

* "

Amame Una Vez Más Amame (Love Me) may refer to: *''Amame'', 1988 album by La Mafia * ''Ámame'' (album), 1989 album by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico * "Amame" (song), 1993 song by Selena *"Ámame", a 2003 song by Alexandre Pires *''Amame'', 2023 album by Mari Boine ...

Amanda Miguel Amanda Antonia Miguel Samso (born 1 June 1956) is an Argentine singer-songwriter, pianist and Businessperson, businesswoman. With more than 36 years of artistic career, Amanda Miguel has released 12 studio albums, has sold over 15 million copies ...

Winners List 1997. LMQ-12
/ref>

Pop album of the year, Male

Tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...

Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top List of best-selling music artists, reco ...

Pop album of the year, female

Pies Descalzos ''Pies Descalzos'' (, ) is the third studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on 6 October 1995, by Sony Music Colombia. Its music incorporates Latin pop styles, additionally experimenting with pop rock elements. Looking to ...

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer-songwriter. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Music", she has had a Cultural impact of Shakira, significant impact on the ...

Pop album of the year, duo or group

Macarena Non Stop ''Macarena Non Stop'' is a compilation album by Latin dance group Los del Río. It was released in 1996, by BMG US Latin and Del Donna Entertainment. Preceding the album was the Bayside Boys Remix and the original version, which reached number ...

Los del Río Los del Río (, "those from the river"), also known as the Del Rios, are a Spanish Latin pop and dance duo formed in Dos Hermanas, Andalusia, in 1962. Consisting of Antonio Romero Monge (born 17 February 1940) and Rafael Ruiz Perdigones (born ...

Pop album of the year, new artist

Pop video of the year

Un Poco de Amor "Un Poco de Amor" (English: A Little Bit of Love) is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, taken from her third studio album ''Pies Descalzos''. It was released on May 16, 1996, by Sony Music and Columbia Records as the fourth single fr ...

Tropical/Salsa

Tropical/salsa song of the year

*"Ironía",

Frankie Ruiz José Antonio Torresola Ruiz, better known as Frankie Ruiz (March 10, 1958 – August 9, 1998), was a Puerto Rican singer. He was a major figure in the salsa romántica subgenre that was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. During his youth, ...

Tropical/salsa album of the year, male

*"Auténtico",

Manny Manuel Cruz Manuel Hernández Santiago (born December 1, 1972), known artistically as Manny Manuel, is a Puerto Rican musician and singer of merengue, bolero, and tropical music. He became famous first as a member of the group Los Sabrosos del Mereng ...

Tropical/salsa album of the year, female

*"Dicen Que...", Albita

Tropical/salsa album of the year, duo or group

*"La Makina...A Mil",

La Makina LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...

Tropical/salsa album of the year, new artist

Dark Latin Groove Dark Latin Groove (DLG) is a salsa band that mixes salsa, reggae and hip-hop. The group was brought together in New York by producer Sergio George (who also signed them to his record company Sir George Records) and included Huey Dunbar, Fraga ...

", DLG

Tropical/salsa video of the year

Oye Como Va Oye is Spanish for "hey" or "listen". Oye or Oye! or OYE may refer to: Geography *Oye, Ekiti, a town and LGA in Ekiti State. *Oye-Plage, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Oyes, a commune in Marne, France People *Kenneth A. Oye, an American pol ...

", Tito Puente Jr.

Regional Mexican

Regional Mexican song of the year

*"El Príncipe",

Grupo Límite LMT, Grupo Límite, or Límite, is a Mexican Norteño band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico in 1994. The group was led by singer Alicia Villarreal until she left to pursue a solo career. History The band debuted in 1995 with the record, ...

Regional Mexican album of the year, male

*"Pedro Fernández", Pedro Fernández

Regional Mexican album of the year, female

Siempre Selena ''Siempre Selena'' () is the second posthumously released album by American singer Selena, released by EMI Latin on October 29, 1996. The album contained mostly unreleased recordings and remixes of previously released content. Songs on the albu ...

Selena Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter. Known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Tejano Music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most cel ...

Regional Mexican album of the year, duo or group

*"Unidos Para Siempre",

Los Tigres del Norte Los Tigres del Norte (English: ''The Tigers of the North'') are a norteño band from San Jose, California. Originally founded in the small town Rosa Morada in the municipality of Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales of 32 million albums, the ...

Regional Mexican album of the year, new artist

*"Por Puro Amor",

Regional Mexican video of the year

*"Juan Sabor", La Tropa F

Other awards

Hot latin tracks artist of the year

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican label Fonovisa where he released three Spanish albums ''Enrique Iglesias (album), Enrique ...

Latin rap album of the year

*"In Da House",

Proyecto Uno Proyecto Uno (from Spanish into English: Project One) is a Dominican-American Hip hop/ Merengue house group which helped popularize a style of music that blends merengue with techno, dancehall, hip-hop/ rap and reggae music. The band was found ...

Latin rock album of the year

Si El Norte Fuera El Sur Si El Norte Fuera El Sur is the sixth studio album released on August 20, 1996, by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona. Reception The Allmusic review by Jason Birchmeier awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "All in all, it's Arjona's th ...

Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold ...

Contemporary Latin jazz album of the year

*Jazzin',

Tito Puente Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also k ...

La India Linda Bell Viera Caballero (born March 9, 1969), known professionally as La India, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa, house music and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, winning the L ...

With

Count Basie Orchestra The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 19 ...

Latin dance single of the year

*"Cuba", El Mariachi

Latin dance album of the year

*"Verano 96", Various Artists

Songwriter of the year

Marco Antonio Solís Marco Antonio Solís Sosa (born 29 December 1959) is a Mexican musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Solís began his musical career at the age of six, performing with his cousin Joel ...

Publisher of the year

*Fonomusic

Publishing corporation of the year

*Fonomusic

Producer of the year

Spirit Of Hope

Emmanuel Immanuel or Emmanuel (, "God swith us"; Koine Greek: ) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the House of David. The Gospel of Matthew ( Matthew 1:22 –23) interprets this as a prophecy of ...

Billboard Lifetime achievement award

Herb Alpert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter, pianist, singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, conductor, painter, sculptor and theatre producer, who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called "Herb Alpe ...

Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame

José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer. Also known as ''El Príncipe de la Canción'' (The Prince of Song), his performance and vocal style have influenced ma ...

References

{{Billboard Latin Music Awards Billboard Latin Music Awards

Latin Billboard Music Awards The ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards grew out of the ''Billboard'' Music Awards program from ''Billboard'' magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The ''Billboard'' awards are the La ...

Billboard Music Awards The ''Billboard'' Music Awards are honors given out annually by '' Billboard'', a publication covering the music business and a music popularity chart. The ''Billboard'' Music Awards show has been held annually since 1990, with the exception of ...

Latin Billboard Music