Lo Nuestro Awards
# Lo Nuestro Awards

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.

The artist with the most Premios Lo Nuestro awards is Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón.

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

In 1989, the Lo Nuestro Awards were established by Univision, to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees were initially selected by Univision and Billboard magazine, and the winners chosen by the public. 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. The trophy awarded is shaped like a treble clef. 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. 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. The eligibility period for songs to be nominated are from October 1 to September 30.

## Premio Lo Nuestro host cities

| Date | Ceremony | Venue | Host city | Host(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| May 31, 1989 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1989 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | |
| May 24, 1990 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1990 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Celia Cruz |
| May 23, 1991 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1991 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Plácido Domingo Juan Gabriel |
| May 14, 1992 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1992 | Caesars Palace | Las Vegas, Nevada | Gloria Estefan |
| May 20, 1993 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1993 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Armando Manzanero |
| May 19, 1994 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1994 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Emilio Estefan |
| May 18, 1995 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1995 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Julio Iglesias |
| May 9, 1996 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1996 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Marco Antonio Solis |
| May 8, 1997 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1997 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán |
| May 14, 1998 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1998 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Los Panchos |
| May 6, 1999 | Premio Lo Nuestro 1999 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Los Tigres del Norte |
| May 5, 2000 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2000 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Antonio Aguilar |
| February 8, 2001 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2001 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Joan Sebastian |
| February 7, 2002 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2002 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | José José |
| February 6, 2003 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2003 | James L. Knight Center | Miami, Florida | Luis Miguel |
| February 26, 2004 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2004 | Miami Arena | Miami, Florida | Ricky Martin |
| February 24, 2005 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2005 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Los Temerarios |
| February 23, 2006 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2006 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Ana Gabriel |
| February 22, 2007 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2007 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Juan Luis Guerra |
| February 21, 2008 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2008 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Vicente Fernández |
| March 26, 2009 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2009 | BankUnited Center | Coral Gables, Florida | Emmanuel |
| February 18, 2010 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2010 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Chayanne |
| February 17, 2011 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2011 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Maná |
| February 16, 2012 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2012 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Pepe Aguilar |
| February 21, 2013 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2013 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Alejandro Sanz |
| February 20, 2014 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2014 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Marc Anthony |
| February 19, 2015 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2015 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Ricardo Arjona |
| February 18, 2016 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2016 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Carlos Vives |
| February 23, 2017 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2017 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Romeo Santos |
| February 22, 2018 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2018 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Gloria Estefan Emilio Estefan |
| February 21, 2019 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Daddy Yankee Intocable |
| February 20, 2020 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2020 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Pitbull, Thalía, Alejandra Espinoza |
| February 18, 2021 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2021 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Gloria Trevi |
| February 24, 2022 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2022 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Paulina Rubio |
| February 23, 2023 | Premio Lo Nuestro 2023 | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | Alejandra Espinoza, Paulina Rubio, Adrián Uribe |

## Premio Lo Nuestro a la Excelencia

In 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.

