Billboard and Telemundo announced the finalists for this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards, honoring the Latin albums, songs, performers, labels, and imprints that have dominated Billboard’s weekly charts throughout 2021. Among these nominees are over 90 of The Orchard distributed artists, with labels such as Rimas and Lizos sweeping various award categories.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards––considered the longest running award-show in Latin music––will be live broadcasted through Telemundo on Thursday, September 23. Hosted at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida, the event will kick-off at 7pm EST with a red carpet special followed by a three-hour award ceremony.
Rimas Entertainment dominated the Latin Music Award categories. Rimas Entertainment artist and legend Bad Bunny scored the most nominations of any artist, a finalist for 22 awards in 13 categories from Artist of the Year to Songwriter of the Year. Bad Bunny even competes against himself in multiple categories, with four of his songs nominated for Streaming Song of the Year and all three of his albums up for the title of Top Latin Album category. Bad Bunny’s Latin Music Award success this year comes at no surprise: his three albums released in 2020 were filled with chart-topping hits, such as his Jhay Cortez collaboration “Dakiti” that spent 27 weeks at No.1 in Hot Latin Songs.
Nominated for Producer of the Year is Rimas artist Mora, one of the masterminds behind some of Bunny’s record-breaking albums such as YHLQMDLG and El Último Tour del Mundo. While writing for Bad Bunny and other artists, Mora also dropped his debut solo album, Primer Día de Clases (First Day of Classes), a 16-track set driven by his signature slow-tempo reggaeton sound that charted at No. 7 on the Top Latin Albums chart.
Ozuna is another fellow reggaetón star up for a Latin Music Awards, with seven nominations in categories such as Artist of the Year and Song of the Year. Ozuna has been unstoppable since beginning his musical career in 2012. Ozuna’s debut album “Odisea” sat in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums, and by 2018 he had 43 charting hits on Hot Latin Songs chart, crowning him Billboard’s Top Latin Artist. This year, Ozuna collaborated with another music icon, Anuel AA, on a 12 original song album, Los Dioses.
Find the full list of nominees for this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards here, and The Orchard distributed artists and partners below.
Artista del Año / Artist of the Year
Anuel AA (Real Hasta La Muerte)
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Ozuna (Aura)
“Hot Latin Song” Canción del Año / Hot Latin Song of the Year
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti”(Rimas)
Bad Bunny & Rosalía – “La Noche De Anoche” (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, Masculino / Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male:
Anuel AA (Real Hasta La Muerte)
“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
“Hot Latin Songs” Casa Disquera del Año / Hot Latin Songs Imprint of the Year:
Aura Music
Duars
Canción del Año, Airplay /Airplay Song of the Year:
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti” (Rimas)
Ozuna, Karol G & Myke Towers – “Caramelo” Remix (Aura Music)
Sello Discográfico del Año, Airplay / Airplay Label of the Year:
Remex
Rimas
Casa Disquera del Año, Airplay / Airplay Imprint of the Year:
Aura
Rimas
Canción del Año, Ventas / Sales Song of the Year:
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti” (Rimas)
Canción del Año, Streaming / Streaming Song of the Year:
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti” (Rimas)
Bad Bunny – “Yo Perreo Sola” (Rimas)
Bad Bunny – “Vete” (Rimas)
Bad Bunny, Jowell & Randy & Ñengo Flow – “Safaera” (Rimas)
Top Latin Album” del Año /Top Latin Album of the Year
Anuel AA – Emmanuel (Real Hasta La Muerte)
Bad Bunny – El Último Tour del Mundo (Rimas)
Bad Bunny – Las Que No Iban a Salir (Rimas)
Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG (Rimas)
Top Latin Albums” Artista del Año, Masculino / Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Male:
Anuel AA (Real Hasta La Muerte)
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Ozuna (Aura Music)
Top Latin Albums” Artista del Año Dúo o Grupo / Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group:
Aventura (Premium Latin Music)
Los Legendarios (WK)
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga (Lizos)
Top Latin Albums” Sello Discográfico del Año / Top Latin Albums Label of the Year:
Glad Empire
Rimas
Top Latin Albums” Imprint del Año / Top Latin Albums Imprint of the Year:
Real Hasta La Muerte
Rimas
Latin Pop Airplay” Sello Discográfico del Año / Latin Pop Airplay Label of the Year:
Rimas
Latin Pop Airplay” Casa Disquera del Año / Latin Pop Airplay Imprint of the Year:
Real Hasta La Muerte
Rimas
WK Records
Latin Pop Albums” Sello Discográfico del Año /Latin Pop Albums Label of the Year:
Thirty Tigers
Hecho A Mano
Artista Tropical del Año, Solista / Tropical Artist of the Year, Solo:
Elvis Crespo (Flash Music Inc)
Artista Tropical del Año, Dúo o Grupo / Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group:
Aventura (Premium Latin Music, Inc.)
N’Klabe (Nulife Entertainment)
Canción Tropical del Año / Tropical Song of the Year:
Nio García, Casper Mágico, Ozuna, Wisin & Yandel, Myke Towers & Flow La Movie – “Travesuras“ (Flow La Movie, Inc / GLAD EMPIRE)
“Tropical Airplay” Sello Discográfico del Año /Tropical Airplay Label of the Year:
Pina
“Tropical Airplay” Casa Disquera del Año / Tropical Airplay Imprint of the Year:
Pina
WK
Hecho a Mano
Álbum Tropical del Año / Tropical Albums of the Year:
Sonora Ponceñ – Hegemonía Musical (La Buena Fortuna Music LLC/SME Latin)
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico – En Cuarentena (Rimas)
“Tropical Albums” Sello Discográfico del Año / Tropical Albums Label of the Year:
Oreja Media Group’s Zacarías Ferreira
The Orchard
“Tropical Albums” Casa Disquera del Año / Tropical Albums Imprint of the Year:
The Orchard
Premium Latin
Top Stop
Artista Regional Mexicano del Año, Solista /Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Solo:
Junior H (Rancho Humilde / Z Records)
Artista Regional Mexicano del Año, Dúo o Grupo / Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Duo or Group:
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga (Lizos)
Canción Regional Mexicana del Año / Regional Mexican Song of the Year:
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga & Snoop Dogg – “Que Maldición” (Lizos)
“Regional Mexican Airplay” Sello Discográfico del Año / Regional Mexican Airplay Label of the Year:
Remex
Lizos
“Regional Mexican Airplay” Casa Disquera del Año / Regional Mexican Airplay Imprint of the Year:
Remex
Lizos
Álbum Regional Mexicano del Año / Regional Mexican Albums of the Year:
Junior H – Atrapado En Un Sueño (Rancho Humilde / Z Records)
“Regional Mexican Albums” Casa Disquera del Año / Regional Mexican Albums Imprint of the Year:
Lizos
Artista “Latin Rhythm” del Año, solista / Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Solo:
Anuel AA (Real Hasta La Muerte)
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Ozuna (Aura)
Artista “Latin Rhythm” del Año, Dúo o Grupo / Latin Rhythm Artist of the Year, Duo or Group:
Jowell & Randy (Rimas)
Los Legendarios (La Base Music Group/ WK Records)
Canción “Latin Rhythm” del Año Latin / Rhythm Song of the Year:
Bad Bunny – “Yo Perreo Sola” (Rimas)
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti” (Rimas)
“Latin Rhythm Airplay” Sello Discográfico del Año /Latin Rhythm Airplay Label of the Year:
Glad Empire
Rimas
“Latin Rhythm Airplay” Casa Disquera del Año /Latin Rhythm Airplay Imprint of the Year:
Aura
Rimas
Álbum “Latin Rhythm” del Año / Latin Rhythm Album of the Year:
Bad Bunny – El Último Tour del Mundo (Rimas)
Bad Bunny – Las Que No Iban a Salir (Rimas)
Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG (Rimas)
Anuel AA – Emmanuel (Real Hasta La Muerte)
“Latin Rhythm Albums” Sello Discográfico del Año /Latin Rhythm Albums Label of the Year:
Glad Empire
Rimas
“Latin Rhythm Albums” Casa Disquera del Año /Latin Rhythm Albums Imprint of the Year:
Aura
Real Hasta La Muerte
Rimas
Compositor del Año / Songwriter of the Year:
Bad Bunny (Rimas)
Anuel AA (Real Hasta La Muerte)
Productor del Año / Producer of the Year
Mora (Rimas)
