Billboard Latin Music Award for Songwriter of the Year
The Billboard Latin Music Award for Songwriter of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, a ceremony which honors "the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, streaming and social data that informs Billboard's weekly charts."[1] The award is given to the best performing songwriters on Billboard's Latin charts.
Billboard Latin Music Award for Songwriter of the Year | |
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Current: 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards | |
Awarded for | the best performing songwriters in Billboard magazine |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Billboard |
First awarded | 1996 |
Last awarded | 2019 |
Currently held by | Juan G. Rivera Vazquez "Gaby Music" (2019) |
Most awards | Marco Antonio Solís (5) |
Most nominations | Marco Antonio Solís (10) |
Website | billboardevents.com |
Marco Antonio Solís is the most awarded songwriter in the category with five wins out of ten nominations, followed by Espinoza Paz and Romeo Santos with four awards each from six and seven nominations, respectively. As of 2017, only Marco Antonio Solís, Espinoza Paz and Romeo Santos have won Songwriter of the Year thrice in a row. The current holder as of the 2019 ceremony is Juan "Gaby Music" Rivera.
Recipients
Year | Recipient | Nominees | Ref. |
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1996 | Marco Antonio Solís | Nominations were not present prior to 1999 | [2] |
1997 | Marco Antonio Solís | [3] | |
1998 | Marco Antonio Solís | [4] | |
1999 | No award | [5] | |
2000 | Marco Antonio Solís | [6] | |
2001 | Omar Alfanno |
|
[7] |
2002 | Juan Gabriel |
|
[8] |
2003 | Estéfano |
|
[9] [10] |
2004 | Juanes |
|
[11] [12] |
2005 | Leonel García |
|
[13] [14] |
2006 | Juanes |
|
[15] [16] |
2007 | Romeo Santos |
|
[17] [18] |
2008 | Marco Antonio Solís |
|
[19] [20] |
2009 | Espinoza Paz |
|
[21] [22] |
2010 | Espinoza Paz |
|
[23] |
2011 | Espinoza Paz |
|
[24] [25] |
2012 | Prince Royce |
|
[26] [27] |
2013 | Espinoza Paz |
|
[28] |
2014 | Romeo Santos |
|
[29] [30] |
2015 | Romeo Santos |
|
[31] [32] |
2016 | Romeo Santos |
|
[33] |
2017 | Horacio Palencia |
|
[34] |
2018 | Daddy Yankee | [35] | |
2019 | Juan "Gaby Music" Rivera |
|
[36] |
Records
Most nominations
Nominations | Recipient |
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10 | Marco Antonio Solís |
7 | Horacio Palencia |
Romeo Santos | |
6 | Espinoza Paz |
5 | Daddy Yankee |
4 | Joan Sebastian |
Juan Gabriel | |
Juanes | |
Rudy Pérez | |
3 | Estéfano |
Luciano Luna | |
2 | Don Omar |
Franco de Vita | |
Gerardo Ortíz | |
J Balvin | |
Kike Santander | |
Omar Alfanno |
Most awards
Awards | Producer |
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5 | Marco Antonio Solís |
4 | Espinoza Paz |
Romeo Santos | |
2 | Juanes |
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