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\n\tAt the same time, Telemundo\u2019s\u00a0digital platforms and social channels captured 306 million total views, up 57% from the 2025 edition, with fans watching a combined 29.7 million minutes, a 41% gain against 2025.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards also powered \u201csignificant social engagement,\u201d according to\u00a0Talkwalker Social Content Ratings, for a No. 1 ranking across all TV in total social video views and the leading broadcast program of the day, regardless of language. Facebook, TikTok and Instagram led the way, while on YouTube, viewing minutes more than doubled (+101% vs. 2025), fueled by expanded livestream coverage.<\/p>\n
\n\tWith eight awards, plus the Billboard Vanguard Award, Fuerza Regida<\/a> was the big winner at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards<\/a>. Although not present, Bad Bunny was close behind with seven trophies, while Karol G, Peso Pluma and Romeo Santos won four each. Rosal\u00eda, Tito Double P and Prince Royce each took home three. <\/p>\n \n\tThe ceremony aired live on Telemundo and Peacock from James L. Knight Center in Miami, FL, and featured 47 categories spanning major Latin music genres such as pop, tropical, Latin rhythm and regional Mexican. Additionally, for the first time fans had a historic opportunity to choose one of the night\u2019s winners through a new award, Fan Favorite Artist, which went to Karol G.<\/p>\n \n\tDuring the show, Cristian Castro was saluted with the Billboard Lifetime Achievement Award for his enduring and exceptional career; and Rub\u00e9n Blades received the Billboard Icon Award, celebrating his timeless career in Latin music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The numbers are in: The 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards was a No. 1 hit. Presented Thursday, Oct.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[10546,74839,152543,88,216,105913],"class_list":["post-897229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-awards","tag-bbnews","tag-billboard-latin-music-awards","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-telemundo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}