The 12th Lo Nuestro Awards ceremony, presented by

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to honor the best Latin music of 1999 and

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, took place on May 5, 2000, at a live presentation held at the James L. Knight Center in

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. The ceremony was broadcast in the United States and Latin America by Univision. During the ceremony, nineteen categories were presented. Winners were announced at the live event and included Mexican singer-songwriter

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and Puerto-Rican American singers

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and

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receiving three competitive awards each. Aguilar earned the award for Regional Mexican Album of the Year, Crespo won for Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year, and the Pop Album of the Year was presented to American band

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. A special tribute was given to Mexican singer

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and the Excellence Award was received by Mexican performer

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Background

In 1989, the

Lo Nuestro Awards The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish language, Spanish for "Ours") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music (genre), Latin music, presented by TelevisaUnivision, and is carried by its Univision network in ...

were established by

, to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and the results were tabulated and certified by the accounting firm

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. The categories included are for the Pop, Tropical/Salsa, Regional Mexican and Music Video. The trophy awarded is shaped like a

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. The 12th Lo Nuestro Awards ceremony was held on May 5, 2000, in a live presentation held at the James L. Knight Center in

. The ceremony was broadcast in the United States and Latin America by Univision.

Winners and nominees

Winners were announced before the live audience during the ceremony. American singer

Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer and actor. He is the top selling salsa artist of all time. A four-time Grammy Award, eight-time Latin Grammy Award and twenty-nine-tim ...

was the most nominated performer, but ended the ceremony winning none. Anthony's nominations at the Tropical/Salsa Field (Male Singer and Song of the Year) were awarded to Puerto-Rican American

, who also received the Album of the Year accolade for his second album '' Píntame''; while his Pop Field nominations were handed to " Livin' la Vida Loca" by

for Song of the Year and Male Artist was also given to Martin. The English-language version of "Livin' la Vida Loca" was also nominated for a

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for Song of the Year at the 42nd Grammy Awards. American band

received the Pop Album of the Year Award, three months after winning the

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. Colombian singer

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was named Pop Female Artist for the third time. The Regional/Mexican field was dominated for second year in a row by Mexican singer

who won Male Artist and Album of the Year; his father, performer

, received the Excellence Award at the ceremony.

Notes

This list is incomplete since there are not enough references to fill the nominees for all categories, only the winners are available and some nominees on a few categories.

Honorary awards

*Excellence Award:

. *Special Tribute:

References

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Background

Winners and nominees

Notes

Honorary awards

See also

References