Hispanic Heritage Month<\/a> is shaping up to be a really exciting one for the music industry, with the anticipated return of Billboard Latin Music Week and its grand finale, the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards.<\/p>\nThe October awards, which will be broadcasted live from the James L. Knight Center in Miami, honors the talent and artistry across Billboard\u2019s album and song charts.<\/p>\n
The full list of nominees<\/p>\n
The finalists for the big night on October 22 were announced in September, with Peso Pluma leading the pack thanks to 17 nominations (including Artist of the Year and Top Latin Album of the Year). Here\u2019s a look at who\u2019s up for some of the big honors:<\/p>\n
Artist of the Year<\/p>\n
Bad Bunny<\/p>\n
Fuerza Regida<\/p>\n
Karol G<\/p>\n
Peso Pluma<\/p>\n
Tito Double P<\/p>\n
Artist of the Year, New<\/p>\n
El De Las R\u2019s<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Cortes<\/p>\n
Gael Valenzuela<\/p>\n
Herencia de Grandes<\/p>\n
Omar Courtz<\/p>\n
Tour of the Year<\/p>\n
Bad Bunny<\/p>\n
Karol G<\/p>\n
Pitbull<\/p>\n
Ricardo Arjona<\/p>\n
Shakira<\/p>\n
Crossover Artist of the Year<\/p>\n
Bruno Mars<\/p>\n
Burna Boy<\/p>\n
DJ Snake<\/p>\n
Shenseea<\/p>\n
Steve Aoki<\/p>\n
Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year<\/p>\n
Bad Bunny<\/p>\n
Be\u00e9le<\/p>\n
Fuerza Regida<\/p>\n
Karol G<\/p>\n
Shakira<\/p>\n
Global 200 Latin Song of the Year<\/p>\n
El Bogueto, Fuerza Regida, Anuel AA & Yung Beef, \u201cCuando No Era Cantante (Remix)\u201d<\/p>\n
Fuerza Regida, \u201cMarlboro Rojo\u201d<\/p>\n
Peso Pluma & Tito Double P, \u201cda\u00f1o\u201d<\/p>\n
Rosal\u00eda & Yahritza y Su Esencia, \u201cLa Perla\u201d<\/p>\n
W Sound, Be\u00e9le & Ovy On The Drums, \u201cLa Plena (W Sound 05)\u201d<\/p>\n
Hot Latin Song of the Year<\/p>\n
Fuerza Regida, \u201cMarlboro Rojo\u201d<\/p>\n
Herencia de Grandes, \u201cYa Borracho\u201d<\/p>\n
Los Dos De Tamaulipas, \u201cAy\u00fadame\u201d<\/p>\n
Peso Pluma & Tito Double P, \u201cda\u00f1o\u201d<\/p>\n
Peso Pluma & Tito Double P, \u201cdopamina\u201d<\/p>\n
Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male<\/p>\n
Bad Bunny<\/p>\n
Junior H<\/p>\n
Omar Courtz<\/p>\n
Peso Pluma<\/p>\n
Tito Double P<\/p>\n
Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female<\/p>\n
Kali Uchis<\/p>\n
Karol G<\/p>\n
RaiNao<\/p>\n
Rosal\u00eda<\/p>\n
Shakira<\/p>\n
Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group<\/p>\n
Fuerza Regida<\/p>\n
Grupo Frontera<\/p>\n
Herencia de Grandes<\/p>\n
Hermanos Espinoza<\/p>\n
Los Dos De Tamaulipas<\/p>\n
Top Latin Album of the Year<\/p>\n
Be\u00e9le, BORONDO<\/p>\n
Clave Especial, MIJA NO TE ASUSTES<\/p>\n
Omar Courtz, Por Si Ma\u00f1ana No Estoy<\/p>\n
Peso Pluma & Tito Double P, DINAST\u00cdA<\/p>\n
Rosal\u00eda, LUX<\/p>\n
View the full list here<\/a>. Additionally, legendary Panamanian artist Rub\u00e9n Blades is set to receive the Icon Award during the ceremony.<\/p>\nSpecial events to look out for<\/p>\n
In the days leading up to the Billboard Latin Music Awards, Billboard Latin Music Week is also set to run from October 19 to 22 in Miami Beach with multiple showcases, workshops and exclusive performances. This includes artists like Pitbull, Maluma and Kany Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n
How to watch this year\u2019s Billboard Latin Music Awards<\/p>\n
You can actually attend the event yourself by securing tickets in advance! Or if you\u2019d rather watch from home, the ceremony will air live on Telemundo and stream on Peacock, as well as the Telemundo app and Telemundo Internacional.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards will take place Thursday, October 22, at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Jason Koerner\/Getty Images This Hispanic Heritage Month is shaping up to be a really exciting one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-403366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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