Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Artist of the Year

Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Artist of the Year
Current: Lo Nuestro Awards of 2017
CountryUnited States
Presented byUnivision
First awarded2005
Currently held byMaluma (2017)
Most awardsWisin & Yandel (5)
Most nominationsDon Omar (11)
Websiteunivision.com/premiolonuestro

The Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Artist of the Year is an honor presented annually by American television network Univision at the Lo Nuestro Awards. The accolade was established to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music.[1] The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on Billboard Latin music charts, with the results tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte.[1][2] However, since 2004, the winners are selected through an online survey.[3] The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef.[1]

The award was first presented in 2005 to Puerto-Rican American performer Don Omar. The same year, Don Omar was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album for his album The Last Don Live.[4] Puerto-Rican American reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel are the most nominated act, with nine nominations, and also are the most awarded, with five wins. The duo also earned the Lo Nuestro Award for Artist of the Year in the 2011 ceremony.[5] American rapper Pitbull won Urban Artist of the Year in 2011, the same year the single "Give Me Everything" became his first to top the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.[6] Pitbull also won the following year and performed the main theme for the film Men in Black 3 (2012).[7] In 2014, Pitbull was awarded again in the category. Puerto-Rican American performer Tito El Bambino is the most nominated artist without a win, with three unsuccessful nominations.

  1. ^ a b c "Historia: Premios Lo Nuestro". Terra Networks (in Spanish). Telefónica. February 6, 2006. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  2. ^ Lannert, John (April 1, 1990). "Univision, Billboard Announce Latin Music Awards Nominees". Sun-Sentinel. Tribune Company. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. ^ "Ricky Martin, Shakira, Thalía, Ricardo Arjona, Pepe Aguilar Y Vicente Fernández entre las superestrellas nominadas para el Premio lo Nuestro 2004". Univision. Business Wire. January 14, 2004. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  4. ^ Espinoza, Ramón (November 3, 2014). "Complete list of 6th annual Latin Grammy nominations". USA Today. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  5. ^ "Lista de Ganadores de Premio lo Nuestro 2011". Univision. Univision Communications. February 17, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  6. ^ Trust, Gary (June 29, 2011). "Pitbull's 'Give Me Everything' Powers to No. 1 on Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  7. ^ Schillaci, Sophie A. (March 26, 2012). "Pitbull Goes 'Back in Time' for 'Men In Black III' Theme Song". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 31, 2014.