Telemundo announced the list of nominees for the first ever "Latin American Music Awards," which will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 9pm/8c from the prestigious Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California. Nicky Jam leads with six nominations, followed by five-time nominees Enrique Iglesias and J Balvin; while Calibre 50, Maná and Romeo Santos earned four nominations each. The network also announced the first line-up of artists to perform at the inaugural awards ceremony including iconic Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi, popular regional mexican music leading man Gerardo Ortiz and powerful Italian pop trio Il Volo. The awards celebration will honor today's most influential and iconic Latin artists, as voted by the fans in the traditional format of the "American Music Awards," the world's biggest fan-voted award show. The two-hour show will feature performances by chart-topping talent in both English and Spanish, with a one-hour red carpet pre-show special at 8pm/7c. The program will also broadcast simultaneously on NBC Universo. Starting today at 12:00pm/11c, fans from the United States and Puerto Rico are able to place their vote online at www.LatinAMAs.com/vota, and fans worldwide can vote via Twitter by posting a tweet that contains first and last name of the nominee, category and the hashtag #LatinAMAs.
Latin urban music singer Nicky Jam leads all artists with six nominations including Artist of the Year and Favorite Male Artist-Urban; his collaboration with Enrique Iglesias "El Perdón" received three nominations including Song of the Year, Favorite Collaboration and Favorite Streaming Song. Also competing in the latter category is his song "Travesuras." Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias received five nominations, including the three aforementioned, as well as Artist of the Year and Favorite Male Artist. Colombian newcomer J Balvin also earned five nominations including New Artist of the Year and Favorite Male Artist-Urban; his song "Ay Vamos" is also nominated for Song of the Year, Favorite Song-Urban and Favorite Streaming Song. Regional mexican band Calibre 50 is a four-time nominee in the categories of Artist of the year and Favorite Duo or Group-Regional Mexican, their single "Contigo" is up for Song of the Year and Favorite Song-Regional Mexican. World renowned rock band Maná is up for four awards including Favorite Duo or Group-Pop/Rock, Album of the Year for "Cama Incendiada" and Favorite Song-Pop/Rock and Favorite Collaboration with their song "Mi Verdad" featuring Shakira. Also up for four awards is bachata leading singer Romeo Santos vying for Artist of the year and Favorite Artist-Tropical. His song "Hilito" is up for Song of the Year and Favorite Song-Tropical.Videos