The Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award is an honor that is presented by Billboard magazine to an artist or a group "an enduring and exceptional career, encompassing artistic and personal contributions that have had a major impact on Latin music worldwide." From 1993 to 2001, the accolade was presented as "El Premio Billboard " (English: The Billboard Award). The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is decided by the Billboard editorial committee. The Lifetime Achievement Award was first given to Morton Gould , the president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), during the 4th Annual Billboard Latin Music Conference in 1993. Gould was given the accolade for his "contribution to the growth of Latin music in the U.S".
7-604: From 1994, the Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented during the Billboard Latin Music Awards . The accolade is usually awarded to a recording artist, but may be presented to industry figures who have helped raise the awareness of Spanish-language music globally. Emilio Estefan , Ralph Mercado , and Jorge Pinos , are recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award who worked in the music industry to promote Latin music. The award
14-517: A musical personality who has largely contributed to the Latin music genre. During the 1996 ceremony the Spirit of Hope Award was introduced as a special honor "in recognition of artists extraordinary philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond their musical work". The 1997 ceremony was the first with hosts Daisy Fuentes and Herb Alpert . The 1999 awards show hosted by Daisy Fuentes and,
21-621: The Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The Billboard awards are the Latin music industry's longest running award. The award ceremonies are held during the same week as Latinfest+ (formerly known as the Billboard Latin Music Conference). The first award ceremony began in 1994 at
28-586: The Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, Florida under the name Latin Music Awards to "represent a broad cross-section of Latino talent, covering every music genre" and then published on Billboard Magazine . The winners were selected based on points accumulated from Billboard 's radio and retail charts and categorized into several subcategories designed to reward artists, songs and albums over
35-550: The course of one year (between March 6, 1993 to March 5, 1994). The categories of the Latin music were: pop , tropical / salsa , regional Mexican , rap , rock and jazz . The first ceremony also introduced several special awards, decided by the Billboard editorial committee: the Latin Music Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Award , to recognize an artist's career in the Latin music industry and to honor
42-771: Was not presented in 2003, 2004, and 2006. Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís has been given the Lifetime Achievement twice, once in 2005 and again in 2016, to commemorate his 30th and 40th anniversary as a recording artist respectively. Solís, José José , and Armando Manzanero are recipients of the Lifetime Achievement who have also been inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame . Billboard Latin Music Award The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of
49-674: Was televised for the first time from Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida . Since 2021 the Billboard Icon Award , initially presented exclusively during the Billboard Music Awards, was also awarded during the Latin ceremony. In 2022 the ceremony introduce the Legend Award gave to artists "whose contribution to music makes them a household name and who maintains a career that has withstood
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