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The 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards were held on Thursday night live from the Watsco Center in Florida. The annual awards ceremony wrapped this year’s Billboard Latin Music Week, which celebrated Latin culture and entertainment with conferences, workshops, performances, and more. The biggest chart-toppers in Latin music were honored on Thursday night, awarding the albums, songs, performers, labels, and imprints that have dominated Billboard’s weekly charts throughout 2021.
Rimas Entertainment artist Bad Bunny went into the night as the finalist with the most categories to their name (22!), and came out of the evening still the top honoree. The “Dákiti” singer took home Artist of the Year, Hot Latin Song of the Year, Top Latin Album of the Year, Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, and more.
Bachata kings Aventura were awarded ‘Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group.’ This summer, Bad Bunny and Aventura teamed up on their hit collaboration “Volví,” which in just one day after its release, trended No. 1 in over sixteen countries on Apple Music, nine countries on Spotify, and hit No. 7 on the Spotify Global Chart.
Regional Mexican group Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga were honored with two awards last night, Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group and Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Duo or Group. Their 2020 collaboration “Qué Maldición” with Snoop Dogg and Becky G recently went 9x platinum!
Congratulations as well to our partners at Rimas for being recognized as Label or Imprint of the Year across numerous categories, including Hot Latin Songs, Streaming Song, Top Latin Albums, Latin Rhythm Albums.
Find the full list of winners for the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards here and The Orchard distributed artists and partners below.
Artista del Año / Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Hot Latin Song” Canción del Año / Hot Latin Song of the Year
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti”(Rimas)
Hot Latin Song”, Colaboración Vocal del Año / Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event:
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti”(Rimas)
Hot Latin Songs” Artista del Año, Masculino / Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male:
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Hot Latin Songs” Artista del Año, Dúo o Grupo / Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga (Lizos)
“Hot Latin Songs” Sello Discográfico del Año / Hot Latin Songs Label of the Year:
Rimas
“Hot Latin Songs” Casa Disquera del Año / Hot Latin Songs Imprint of the Year:
Rimas
Canción del Año, Streaming / Streaming Song of the Year:
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti”(Rimas)
Top Latin Album” del Año /Top Latin Album of the Year
Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG (Rimas)
Top Latin Albums” Artista del Año, Masculino / Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Male:
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Top Latin Albums” Sello Discográfico del Año / Top Latin Albums Label of the Year:
Rimas
Top Latin Albums” Imprint del Año / Top Latin Albums Imprint of the Year:
Rimas
Artista Tropical del Año, Dúo o Grupo / Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group:
Aventura (Premium Latin Music)
Artista Regional Mexicano del Año, Dúo o Grupo / Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Duo or Group:
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga (Lizos)
Artista “Latin Rhythm” del Año, solista / Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Solo:
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Artista “Latin Rhythm” del Año, Dúo o Grupo / Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Duo or Group
Los Legendarios (La Base Music Group/ WK Records)
Álbum “Latin Rhythm” del Año / Latin Rhythm Album of the Year:
Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG (Rimas)
Latin Rhythm Albums” Sello Discográfico del Año /Latin Rhythm Albums Label of the Year:
Rimas
Latin Rhythm Albums” Casa Disquera del Año /Latin Rhythm Albums Imprint of the Year:
Rimas
Compositor del Año / Songwriter of the Year:
Bad Bunny (Rimas)