Lo Nuestro Award for Merengue Artist of the Year
# Lo Nuestro Award for Merengue Artist of the Year

The Lo Nuestro Award for Best Merengue Performance (or Lo Nuestro Award for Merengue Artist of the Year) is an honor presented annually by American network Univision. The Lo Nuestro Awards were first awarded in 1989 and has been given annually since to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. 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 being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte. At the present time, the winners are selected by the audience through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef.

The award was first presented to Puerto-Rican American singer Elvis Crespo in 2001. Puerto-Rican American performer Olga Tañón holds the record for the most awards with seven, out of the same number of nominations; Crespo, Tañón and Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra are the only performers awarded, with four, seven and three wins, respectively. Grupo Manía are the most nominated performers without a win, with six unsuccessful nominations.

## Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners and nominees of the award for each year.

| Key | Meaning |
| - | - |
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Year | Performer |
| 2001 (13th) | Elvis Crespo‡ |
| 2001 (13th) | Gisselle |
| 2001 (13th) | Ilegales |
| 2001 (13th) | Los Toros Band |
| 2002 (14th) | Olga Tañón‡ |
| 2002 (14th) | Eddy Herrera |
| 2002 (14th) | Fulanito |
| 2002 (14th) | Grupo Manía |
| 2002 (14th) | Milly Quezada |
| 2003 (15th) | Elvis Crespo‡ |
| 2003 (15th) | Fulanito |
| 2003 (15th) | Ilegales |
| 2003 (15th) | Oro Solido |
| 2004 (16th) | Olga Tañón‡ |
| 2004 (16th) | Joseph Fonseca |
| 2004 (16th) | Limi-T 21 |
| 2004 (16th) | Grupo Manía |
| 2005 (17th) | Elvis Crespo‡ |
| 2005 (17th) | Grupo Manía |
| 2005 (17th) | Limi-T 21 |
| 2005 (17th) | Los Toros Band |
| 2006 (18th) | Olga Tañón‡ |
| 2006 (18th) | Juan Luis Guerra |
| 2006 (18th) | La Gran Banda |
| 2006 (18th) | Los Toros Band |
| 2007 (19th) | Olga Tañón‡ |
| 2007 (19th) | Grupo Manía |
| 2007 (19th) | Limi-T 21 |
| 2007 (19th) | Chichí Peralta |
| 2008 (20th) | Olga Tañón‡ |
| 2008 (20th) | Elvis Crespo |
| 2008 (20th) | Juan Luis Guerra |
| 2008 (20th) | Toño Rosario |
| 2009 (21st) | Olga Tañón‡ |
| 2009 (21st) | Elvis Crespo |
| 2009 (21st) | Juan Luis Guerra |
| 2009 (21st) | Los Hermanos Rosario |
| 2009 (21st) | Raúl Acosta and Oro Solido |
| 2010 (22nd) | Juan Luis Guerra‡ |
| 2010 (22nd) | Elvis Crespo |
| 2010 (22nd) | Grupo Manía |
| 2010 (22nd) | Eddy Herrera |
| 2010 (22nd) | Rafely Rosario |
| 2011 (23rd) | Juan Luis Guerra‡ |
| 2011 (23rd) | Grupo Manía |
| 2011 (23rd) | Limi-T 21 |
| 2011 (23rd) | Omar Enrique |
| 2012 (24th) | Elvis Crespo‡ |
| 2012 (24th) | Limi-T 21 |
| 2012 (24th) | Los Hermanos Rosario |
| 2012 (24th) | Sohanny |
| 2013 (25th) | Juan Luis Guerra‡ |
| 2013 (25th) | Elvis Crespo |
| 2013 (25th) | Eddy Herrera |
| 2013 (25th) | Juan Luis Juancho |
| 2014 (26th) | Olga Tañón |
| 2014 (26th) | Elvis Crespo |
| 2014 (26th) | Juan Luis Juancho |
| 2014 (26th) | Kalimete |
| 2015 (27th) | TBA |
| 2015 (27th) | Héctor Acosta |
| 2015 (27th) | Elvis Crespo |
| 2015 (27th) | Grupo Treo |
| 2015 (27th) | Limi-T 21 |

## Multiple wins/nominations

| Number | Performer(s) |
| - | - |
| Wins ||
| 7 | Olga Tañón |
| 4 | Elvis Crespo |
| 3 | Juan Luis Guerra |
| Nominations ||
| 10 | Elvis Crespo |
| 7 | Olga Tañón |
| 6 | Juan Luis Guerra |
| 6 | Limi-T 21 |
| 3 | Grupo Manía |
| 3 | Eddy Herrera |
| 3 | Los Toros Band |
| 2 | Fulanito |
| 2 | Ilegales |
| 2 | Juan Luis Juancho |
| 2 | Los Hermanos Rosario |
| 2 | Oro Solido |
