2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards Recap

Latin music's biggest stars glittered this evening at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, where the glamour of this year's finalists, the excitement of each performance, and the emotion preceding each award thrilled television viewers worldwide. Top honors at the world's most prestigious Latin music event went to Aventura who received nine Billboard Latin Music Awards, while Tito "El Bambino" was honored with seven awards. Luis Fonsi received four awards, and Wisin y Yandel were granted three awards. The 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards Presented by State Farm aired live in HD on Telemundo, marking the network's 12th broadcast of the event.

The mega production featured 14 performances with 24 artists on stage and was filled with memorable moments, including an explosive opening by Pitbull, Jencarlos Canela, Banda Los Recoditos, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Paulina Rubio featuring Wyclef Jean. The celebration continued with impressive performances by Camila, Chayanne, David Bisbal, Espinoza Paz, Joan Sebastian, Juan Luis Guerra, La Original Banda El Limon, Luis Fonsi, Marc Anthony, Marco Antonio Solis, Nelly Furtado, Thalia, Tito "El Bambino", and Wisin y Yandel.  In addition, a special piece in honor of the victims of the Haiti and Chile earthquakes was performed by Ricardo Montaner, Nota, Milly Quezada and Tercer Cielo.

Billboard's Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon multi-platinum, international group, Los Temerarios, for its outstanding achievements in music; while Marc Anthony was honored with the Billboard's Spirit of Hope Award for his philanthropic work. 

Artists who received two Billboard Latin Music Awards included Espinoza Paz, Banda El Recodo, El Trono de Mexico, Vicente Fernandez, Luis Enrique, Shakira and Marisela. For the second consecutive year, Luis Fonsi won the Tu Mundo Award, selected by Telemundo.com users. The complete list of winners is available at https://www.nbcumv.com/mv/.
 
Talented actress Aylin Mujica, and host of Telemundo's morning show "Levantate" Alan Tacher, hosted the star-studded ceremony.  The event was preceded by the ultra stylish and highly anticipated red carpet arrivals pre-show, which featured the best in fashion and interviews with the stars as they paraded down the carpet just moments before the big show. "La Alfombra Roja de los Premios Billboard" was hosted by Monica Noguera and Rashel Diaz, along with Azucena Cierco, Jorge Bernal and Jessie Camacho, from key positions on the carpet.

Extending the awards excitement, on Saturday, May 1, at 7PM/ 6c, Telemundo will treat viewers to a special titled "Billboard Extra," which will feature the most memorable highlights of the evening, as well as behind-the-scenes footage.

In addition, to hear hit songs from this year's finalists, fans can purchase "The 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards Finalists" compilation CD, available only at Target, Target.com and iTunes.com/target.

The Billboard Latin Music Awards honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by sales and radio airplay data that informs Billboard's weekly charts during a one-year period from the issue dated February 7, 2009 through this year's January 30, 2010 issue. Winners reflect performance of new recordings on Billboard's sales charts, including Top Latin Albums, and radio charts, including Hot Latin Songs, with album categories confined to titles that did not appear before Nov. 8, 2008 issue but excluding finalists from the prior-year's Billboard Latin Music Awards. Based on sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, Billboard's charts are the world's most authoritative music rankings.

The awards show capped off the 21st annual Billboard Latin Music Conference presented by State Farm in association with T-Mobile. The conference, which was held on April 26-29 at the Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza in Puerto Rico, brought together today's top Latin music artists and key industry executives for informative panel discussions, live music showcases, networking receptions and The Billboard Bash – a pre-Billboard Latin Music Awards celebration which featured performances by some of this year's finalists.  This year's conference also included a superstar Q&A with Aventura, an "in-depth" session with Marc Anthony, and much more.  For details on the Billboard Latin Music Conference, visit: www.billboardlatinconference.com.

Now in its 116th year, Billboard is the world's premier music brand consisting of Billboard magazine, Billboard Events and Billboard.com - the online destination of choice for millions of music fans. The Billboard brand is built on its exclusive charts and unrivaled reporting on the latest news, issues and trends across all genres of music. The brand is owned by e5 Global Media and reaches tens of millions of consumers daily through many strategic relationships with major companies, including Reuters, SanDisk, Telemundo, Ticketmaster, Microsoft Zune, Napster, MTV, GTech, Virgin Mobile, AT&T, Sony Music Entertainment and Amazon. These relationships leverage Billboard's brand recognition, proprietary chart data and information resources to develop products, live events and print, television, radio, digital and mobile platforms.

Telemundo Communications Group ("Telemundo"), a division of NBC Universal, is a world-class media company, leading the industry in the production and distribution of high-quality Spanish-language content across its multi-platform portfolio to U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. Telemundo's multiple platforms include Telemundo, a Spanish-language television network featuring original productions, theatrical motion pictures, news and first-class sports events reaching 93% of U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets through its 15 owned-and-operated stations, 45 broadcast affiliates, and 800 cable affiliates; mun2, the preeminent voice for bicultural Hispanics in the U.S. reaching over 30 million U.S. TV households nationwide on digital and analog cable, satellite and free television; Telemundo Digital Media, which offers Telemundo's original content for distribution across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices and www.telemundo.com and www.holamun2.com; and Telemundo Internacional, the company's international distribution arm which has positioned Telemundo as a leading provider of Spanish-language content worldwide by syndicating content to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.

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