American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist

American Music Awards for Favorite Latin Artist

Bad Bunny and Becky G is the most recent recipient

Country| United States
Presented by| American Music Awards
First award| 1998
Currently held by| Bad Bunny
Becky G
Most wins| Enrique Iglesias (8)
Most nominations| Enrique Iglesias (12)
Website| theamas.com

The American Music Award for Favorite Artist – Latin has been awarded since 1998. On the list below, the year reflects the year in which the awards were presented for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Enrique Iglesias with 8 wins. He is also the most nominated artist with 12 nominations. For the 48th American Music Awards in 2020, the category was split into Favorite Male Artist – Latin and Favorite Female Artist – Latin in recognition of the increasing popularity of the Latin genre in the US.

## Winners and nominees

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Inaugural award recipient Julio Iglesias. Enrique Iglesias leads the category with eight wins. Two-time winner Ricky Martin. Shakira is the most awarded female artist, with five wins. Two-time winner Jennifer Lopez. Becky G was the first female to win the award after it was split in 2020. Bad Bunny was the first male winner after the award was divided. Anitta was the first Brazilian singer to win the award.

### 1990s

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Year  | Winner and Nominees  | Ref

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1998
(25th)
Julio Iglesias | [1]
Enrique Iglesias
Luis Miguel
1999
(26th)
Enrique Iglesias | [citation needed]
Los Tigres del Norte
Ricky Martin

### 2000s

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Year  | Winner and Nominees  | Ref

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2000
(27th)
Ricky Martin | [2]
Enrique Iglesias
Jennifer Lopez
2001
(28th)
Enrique Iglesias | [citation needed]
Marc Anthony
Shakira
2002
(29th)
Enrique Iglesias | [citation needed]
Shakira
Jaci Velasquez
2003
(30th)
Enrique Iglesias | [3]
Marc Anthony
Shakira
2003
(31st)
Ricky Martin | [4]
Kumbia Kings
Luis Miguel
2004
(32nd)
Marc Anthony | [5]
Intocable
Paulina Rubio
2005
(33rd)
Shakira | [6]
Daddy Yankee
Luis Miguel
2006
(34th)
Shakira | [7]
Daddy Yankee
Don Omar
2007
(35th)
Jennifer Lopez | [8]
Daddy Yankee
Juan Luis Guerra
2008
(36th)
Enrique Iglesias | [9]
Juanes
Wisin & Yandel
2009
(37th)
Aventura | [10]
Luis Fonsi
Wisin & Yandel

### 2010s

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Year  | Winner and Nominees  | Ref

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2010
(38th)
Shakira | [11]
Daddy Yankee
Enrique Iglesias
2011
(39th)
Jennifer Lopez | [12]
Enrique Iglesias
Pitbull
2012
(40th)
Shakira | [13]
Don Omar
Pitbull
2013
(41st)
Marc Anthony | [14]
Prince Royce
Romeo Santos
2014
(42nd)
Enrique Iglesias | [15]
Marc Anthony
Romeo Santos
2015
(43rd)
Enrique Iglesias | [16]
Ricky Martin
Romeo Santos
2016
(44th)
Enrique Iglesias | [17]
J Balvin
Nicky Jam
2017
(45th)
Shakira | [18]
Daddy Yankee
Luis Fonsi
2018
(46th)
Daddy Yankee | [19]
J Balvin
Ozuna
2019
(47th)
J Balvin | [20]
Bad Bunny
Ozuna

### 2020s

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Year  | Winner and Nominees  | Ref.

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2020
(48th) | Becky G | Bad Bunny | [21]
Karol G | J Balvin
Rosalía | Ozuna
2021
(49th) | Becky G | Bad Bunny |
Kali Uchis | J Balvin
Karol G | Maluma
Natti Natasha | Rauw Alejandro
Rosalía | Ozuna
2022
(50th) | Anitta | Bad Bunny | [22]
Becky G | Farruko
Kali Uchis | J Balvin
Karol G | Jhayco
Rosalía | Rauw Alejandro
2025
(51st) | Becky G | Bad Bunny | [23]
Karol G | Feid
Natti Natasha | Peso Pluma
Shakira | Rauw Alejandro
Young Miko | Tito Double P

## Category facts

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### Multiple wins

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8 wins

* Enrique Iglesias

5 wins

* Shakira

4 wins

* Bad Bunny

3 wins

* Becky G

2 wins

* Marc Anthony
* Jennifer Lopez
* Ricky Martin

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### Multiple nominations

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12 nominations

* Enrique Iglesias

9 nominations

* Shakira

5 nominations

* Marc Anthony
* Bad Bunny
* Daddy Yankee

4 nominations

* Becky G
* Karol G
* Ricky Martin

3 nominations

* Jennifer Lopez
* Luis Miguel
* Romeo Santos
* Rosalía

2 nominations

* Luis Fonsi
* Natti Natasha
* Don Omar
* Kali Uchis
* Pitbull
* Wisin & Yandel

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## See also

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* Latin American Music Awards

## References

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American Music Award for Favorite Latin Artist

Latin Artist
(1998–2019)|

* Julio Iglesias (1998)
* Enrique Iglesias (1999)
* Ricky Martin (2000)
* Enrique Iglesias (2001)
* Enrique Iglesias (2002)
* Enrique Iglesias (2003)
* Ricky Martin (2003)
* Marc Anthony (2004)
* Shakira (2005)
* Shakira (2006)
* Jennifer Lopez (2007)
* Enrique Iglesias (2008)
* Aventura (2009)
* Shakira (2010)
* Jennifer Lopez (2011)
* Shakira (2012)
* Marc Anthony (2013)
* Enrique Iglesias (2014)
* Enrique Iglesias (2015)
* Enrique Iglesias (2016)
* Shakira (2017)
* Daddy Yankee (2018)
* J Balvin (2019)

Male Latin Artist
(2020–present)|

* Bad Bunny (2020)
* Bad Bunny (2021)
* Bad Bunny (2022)
* Bad Bunny (2025)

Female Latin Artist
(2020–present)|

* Becky G (2020)
* Becky G (2021)
* Anitta (2022)
* Becky G (2025)

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