Wide array at Latin Music Awards
Miami -- Rare eclecticism marked the 19th yearly Billboard Latin
Euphony Awards, with no ace creative person or writing style dominating the name of
winners.
Rather, the changing Latin demographic, already reflected in
more and more diverse wireless formats and broader TV options,
permeated the winners lean in gross revenue and radio set airplay categories.
The honors were handed out Thursday in Miami and aired be on
Telemundo.
Leading the pack with tercet wins was ex-serviceman tropical star Juan
Luis Guerra and his group 440, whose record album "La Llave de Mi Corazon"
(EMI/Televisa) south Korean won in the tropical record album of the year, duet or group
class. Guerra and 440 besides won Hot Latin Songs artist of the
year, and Guerra took home producer of the yr, underscoring the
perennial radio set invoke of his songs.
Marking two wins to each one were reggaeton star Pop New Englander; banda prima donna
Jenni Diego Rivera; pop star Gloria Estefan; urban bachata chemical group
Aventura; late regional Mexican singer Valentin Elizalde;
duranguense group Alfredo Ramirez y Los Creadorez del Pasito
Duranguense; reggaeton pair R.K.M. & Ken-Y; and new bug out acts
Kany Garcia and Camila.
Dada Yankee's wins included the freshly created Latin album of the
year category for "El Cartel: The Big Boss" (El
Cartel/Interscope/IGA), the top-selling record album during the
eligibility full point. The Top Latin Albums artist of the year nod
went to Elizalde, whose gross sales have soared since he was shooter to
death a little more than a year ago. In a surprising twist, the Hot
Latin Strain of the yr honour went to Aventura's "Mi Corazoncito,"
which spent nearly the stallion eligibility period on the Hot
Latin Songs chart.
