Puerto Rican artists Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez lead the nominations for the seventh edition of the Latin American Music Awards, with ten and eight noms, respectively. The rappers are both foes and partners in this year’s edition of the award, competing against each other in several categories but also sharing two nominations with a collaboration song. 

Considered the Latino response to the American Music Awards, the Latin AMAs are produced by MBS Special Events and the Spanish-language network Telemundo, which will broadcast the award ceremony on April 21. Winners of 26 categories are determined by a poll of the public and fans.

Bad Bunny and Cortez face each other off in three categories including the coveted Artist of the Year, as well as Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Urban Artist. 

El Conejo also vies for the honor in two other top categories, including Album of the Year for El Último Tour del Mundo. Additionally, he is a candidate for Favorite Urban Album, Favorite Tropical Album, Favorite Tropical Song and Collaboration of the Year.

For his part, Cortez competes in other categories propelled by his collaboration songs with various artists. The hit “Dákiti,” a duet by Bad Bunny and Cortez, earned the artists another two nominations, in the top category Song of the Year and also in Favorite Urban Song. Also, “Fiel,” another collab with Los Legendarios and Wisin earned Cortez noms for Viral Song of the Year and Favorite Urban Song. 

El Conejo Malo and Cortez are closely followed by three artists also with multiple nods, Colombian artists J Balvin and Karol G and Puerto Rican artist Rauw Alejandro, with seven nominations each.

J Balvin is up for awards in the categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Favorite Urban Song for “In Da Getto,” Viral Song of the Year for “AM” and Favorite Video for “Lo Que Dios Quiera,” among others. Karol G’s nominations include Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Favorite Urban Album for KG0516, as well as Collaboration of the Year for “El Makinon” and Favorite Female Artist. Rauw Alejandro is competing in the categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year with “Todo de Ti,” and Album of the Year and Favorite Urban Album for Vice Versa, among others.  

There are many other artists with multiple nominations. Camilo, Grupo Firme and Kali Uchis have six nods; Aventura, Christian Nodal, Eslabon Armado, Marc Anthony and Sebastián Yatra, five; Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga, Farruko, Gera MX, Los Legendarios, and Maluma, four; Calibre 50, Carin Leon, Daddy Yankee, Enrique Iglesias, Ivan Cornejo, Los Dos Carnales, Myke Towers, Ozuna, Selena Gomez, Skrillex and Wisin, three; Annita, Carlos Vives, La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho, María Becerra, María Angeliq, Piso 21, Prince Royce and Ricky Martin, two.

Nominees up for one award include Anuel AA, Becky G, Camila Cabello, Chiquis, Christina Aguilera, CNCO, El Fantasma, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Evaluna Montaner, Gerardo Ortíz, Junior H, Khalid, Lennin Ramírez, Los Angeles Azules, Los Bukis, Luis Fonsi, Luis Vazquez, Natti Natasha, Nio Garcia, Pablo Alborán, Pabllo Vittar, Reik, Romeo Santos, Rosalía, Shawn Mendez, Sonora Ponceña, The Weeknd, Tini and Tommy Torres.

The 2022 Latin AMAs nominees are based on key fan interactions with music, including streaming, sales, airplay, and social activity tracked by Billboard through its data partners MRC Data and Next Big Sound from February 6 of 2021 through Jan. 29 of 2022, according to Telemundo.

The TV network said the nominees for Favorite Video and Favorite Social Artist were selected by a committee of industry professionals which consider the quality, content, creativity, and fan engagement of the music video for Favorite Video, and fan engagement and associated metrics on artist’s social media platforms for Favorite Social Artist. As with all Latin AMA categories, the winners for Favorite Video and Favorite Social Artist are determined by fan voting.

In addition to Telemundo, the Latin AMAs will stream live on the Peacock and broadcast simultaneously on Spanish entertainment cable network Universo. In the rest of the Americas, the show will be broadcast by Telemundo Internacional. 

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Grammy Award-winning artist Christina Aguilera with be the first-ever “Music Icon” of the People’s Choice Awards. She will receive the honor during the award ceremony taking place Dec. 7 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, where she’s also scheduled to perform. 

The awards are presented by cable channel E! since the network acquired them in 2017. They recognize artists in entertainment with winners selected by the general public online.

A top-selling pop artist, Aguilera is an accomplished singer, songwriter, actress and television personality who started as a child actor in Disney’s The Mickey Mouse Club in the first half of the 1990s. She rose to become a music sensation at the end of that decade and beginning of the 2000s with hits like “Genie in a Bottle”, “What a Girl Wants” and “Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)”. A long streak of hits would follow through the years, including “Beautiful,” “Fighter,” “Can’t Hold Us Down,” “Ain’t No Other Man” and “Hurt” as well as collaborations with artists like Maroon Five, Pitbull and A Great Big World. 

The artist of Ecuadorian descent released a Spanish-language album in 2000, Mi Reflejo, which won her a Latin Grammy. She has supported various social causes and programs like the UN’s World Food Program, for which she was an ambassador traveling to various nations suffering from high rates of malnutrition including Guatemala, Ecuador and Rwanda.

The singer has reportedly sold around 75 million records worldwide. 

In her music career, Aguilera has won five Grammy Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, one Billboard Music Award. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This year’s People’s Choice Awards will be hosted by SNL’s comedian and actor Kenan Thompson. The show will include a tribute honoring the life and legacy of R&B singer Marvin Gaye and the 50th anniversary of the release of his renowned record “What’s Going On.” The tribute performances will include Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer H.E.R. 

Another two Latina artists, Cardi B and Becky G, will be among more than a dozen presenters at the awards show. The pair of Grammy Award-winning singers will join a roster of more than a dozen Hollywood actors presenting the awards. They include Chase Stokes (Outer Banks), Eliza Coupe (Pivoting), Ginnifer Goodwin (Pivoting), Jack Quaid (Scream), Jojo Siwa (Siwas Dance Pop Revolution), Laverne Cox (Promising Young Woman), Leslie Jones (Coming 2 America), Lil Rel Howery (Free Guy, Vacation Friends), Lili Reinhart (Riverdale), Maggie Q (Pivoting), Mike Epps (The Upshaws), Paris Jackson (American Horror Stories), Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) and Wanda Sykes (The Upshaws).

This year the People’s Choice Awards will air simultaneously for the first time on both NBC and E! Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Live from E!: The 2021 People’s Choice Awards will kick off the night with a red carpet special at 7 p.m. ET/PT on E! 

Voting for the 2021 People’s Choice Awards is now closed. 

Check out the video for “Pa Mis Muchachas” by Aguilera, Becky G, Nicki Nicole ft. Nathy Peluso. 

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MGM’S Animated Comedy “The Addams Family Will feature Original Music from Christina Aguilera, Mogos, Rock Mafia & Snoop Dogg

The Addams Family Will Be Released in Theaters on October 11, 2019

Los Angeles – The Addams Family will feature original songs from global music superstars Christina Aguilera, Migos, Karol G, Rock Mafia and Snoop Dogg, among others. Based on the famous New Yorker creations of Charles Addams, the kookiest family on the block is back on the big screen with an all-star voice cast led by Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Elsie Fisher and Snoop Dogg playing IT. Directed by Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens) and Greg Tiernan (Thomas & Friends, Day of the Diesels), The Addams Family will be released in theaters on October 11, 2019 by Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM).

“We could not have asked for a better lineup of global superstars to help audiences embrace the weird and celebrate the absurd with two brand-new songs that perfectly compliment this fresh fun take on MGM’s beloved franchise, just in time for Halloween,” said MGM’s Motion Picture Group President, Jonathan Glickman.

The first Addams Family track to be released “My Family,” is performed by Migos, Karol G, Rock Mafia and Snoop Dogg and will drop this Friday, September 13. The song was written by Antonina Armato, Quavious Keyate Marshall, Carolina Giraldo, Danny Parra, Tim James, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. and Vic Mizzy and was produced by Rock Mafia. The track is being released by MGM Records and distributed by 12 Tone Music. “Haunted Heart,” performed by Christina Aguilera, was written by Antonina Armato, Aguilera and Tim James and was also produced by Rock Mafia. “Haunted Heart” will be released later this month by RCA Records ahead of the film’s debut. Both songs will be available for streaming and \or download at all major music retail digital platforms.

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