The Lo Nuestro Awards or Premios Lo Nuestro (Spanish for "Ours") is a Spanish-language awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by Univision, a Spanish-language television network based in the United States. The awards began in 1989.
| Lo Nuestro Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: Premio Lo Nuestro 2024 | |
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| Awarded for | recognition of the most talented performers of Latin music |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Univision (USA) Las Estrellas (Mexico) TeleOnce (Puerto Rico) |
| First awarded | 1989 |
| Website | [1] |
The artist with the most Premios Lo Nuestro awards is Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón.[1]
The awards ceremony features famous Latino actors, musicians and show business personalities. The show is broadcast all over the Americas. In February 2006, Univision announced that closed captioning in English would be offered for the first time in the history of the broadcast. The 2013 edition, which officially marked its 25th anniversary on the network, was dedicated to singer Jenni Rivera after her death in December 2012.
Background
editIn 1989, the Lo Nuestro Awards were established by Univision, to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music.[2] The nominees were initially selected by Univision and Billboard magazine, and the winners chosen by the public.[3] Nominees and winners for the Lo Nuestro Awards were selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and the results were tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Arthur Andersen.[2][4] The trophy awarded is shaped like a treble clef.[2][5] The categories included were for the Pop, Tropical/Salsa, Regional Mexican and Music Video fields before the 2000 awards, from 2001 onwards categories were expanded and included a Rock field; for the Regional Mexican genre a Ranchera, Grupero, Tejano and Norteño fields were added; and Traditional, Merengue and Salsa performances were also considered in the Tropical/Salsa field.[4][6] Before the Latin Grammy Awards inception, the Lo Nuestro Awards were considered as the Grammy Award equivalent for Latin music. Therefore, the Lo Nuestro ceremony was advanced from May to February since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards were held in September, 2000.[6] The eligibility period for songs to be nominated are from October 1 to September 30.[7]
Premio Lo Nuestro host cities
editPremio Lo Nuestro a la Excelencia
editIn addition to categories for different genres of music, the honors include "Premio Lo Nuestro a la Excelencia", (literally, The "Ours" award for Excellence), a career or lifetime achievement award.
Notes
editA.^ For the 2018 Lo Nuestro Awards, Univision commemorated the 30th anniversary of the awards by only presenting special awards. No nominations were presented that year.[8]
References
edit- ^ González, Rebeca (February 12, 2013). "Olga Tañón dará de qué hablar en Premio Lo Nuestro". Metro (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Historia: Premios Lo Nuestro". Terra (in Spanish). Terra Networks, Inc. February 6, 2006. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ^ Lannert, John (March 30, 1993). "Secada Lead Latin Noms Following Grammy Win". Billboard. 105 (10). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 10. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ a b "Univision Announces the Nominees for Spanish-language Music's Highest Honors Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina". Univision. March 27, 1996. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Lo Nuestro tiene sus candidatos". La Nación (in Spanish). La Nación, S.A. de C.V. April 15, 2012. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
- ^ a b "Seis nominaciones para Son by Four". Que Pues (in Spanish). Grupo Editorial Zacatecas, S. A. de C. V. January 9, 2001. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ^ "Univision Announces Superstar Nominees for "Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina" 2014". Univision. Univision Communications. December 5, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ^ "Ni votos ni nominados: te decimos por qué la 30 entrega de Premio Lo Nuestro es distinta a todas" [Neither votes nor nominees: we tell you why the 30th Premio Lo Nuestro award is different to all of them] (in Spanish). Univisión. January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.