{"id":112288,"date":"2021-04-16T12:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=112288"},"modified":"2021-04-16T12:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:23:44","slug":"latin-american-music-awards-bad-bunny-takes-home-5-awards-carrie-underwood-steals-the-show-with-david-bisbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/latin-american-music-awards-bad-bunny-takes-home-5-awards-carrie-underwood-steals-the-show-with-david-bisbal\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American Music Awards: Bad Bunny takes home 5 awards; Carrie Underwood steals the show with David Bisbal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Bad Bunny was absent for this year’s Latin American Music Awards but still won big, taking home\u00a0five out of the eight\u00a0awards he was nominated for. Karol G was the night’s second-biggest winner, taking home three awards thanks to her song of the year\u00a0“Tusa,”\u00a0featuring Nicki Minaj.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Up against J Balvin, who led the award show’s nominations, reggaeton veteran Daddy Yankee, Maluma and Karol G, Bad Bunny won the award for “Artist of the Year.” But Karol G came out on top for “Song of the Year” with Nicki Minaj, beating out Bad Bunny’s “Yo Perreo Sola” and Maluma & The Weeknd’s “Haw\u00e1i.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ushering in a new generation of Puerto Rican reggaeton artists, Rauw\u00a0Alejandro took home the award for “New Artist of the Year.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Going into Thursday\u2019s awards show, Colombian artists J Balvin and Karol G led the nominee pack with nine each. Balvin\u2019s \u201cColores\u201d album and Black Eyed Peas collaboration on “Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)\u201d earned nods for album and song of the year, respectively. <\/strong>However, the 35-year-old singer didn’t win any awards.\u00a0Karol G was up for artist of the year (so was Balvin) and her \u201cTusa\u201d collaboration with Nicki Minaj earned three nominations including song of the year.<\/p>\n

Some of Latin music\u2019s biggest artists performed, including Anitta, who kicked off the show with a sultry performance, Ricky Martin was joined by Carlos Vives to perform their song “Canci\u00f3n Bonita,”\u00a0Maluma performed alongside Wisin and Myke Towers, and Karol G was joined by Mariah Angeliq to perform “El Makinon” off of her latest album “KG0516.” Country music star Carrie Underwood joined Spanish crooner Bisbal for their first-ever television performance of “Tears of Gold.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Latin AMAs were hosted by Jacqueline Bracamontes and broadcast on Telemundo from the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.<\/p>\n

Like the American Music Awards, the Latin AMAs are voted on by fans. The nominations were based on fan interactions with music, including\u00a0streaming, sales, airplay\u00a0and social activity\u00a0tracked by Billboard through its data partners\u00a0MRC Data\u00a0and Next Big\u00a0Sound\u00a0from\u00a0Jan. 17, 2020\u00a0through Jan. 21, 2021.<\/p>\n

Check out all the Latin AMA winners below (in bold).<\/p>\n

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David Bisbal, left, and Carrie Underwood put on an amazing performance of their bilingual duet "Tears of Gold" for the first time on television. (Photo: Telemundo, Alexander Tamargo\/Telemundo)<\/span><\/p>\n

Artist of the Year \/\u00a0Artista del An\u0303o <\/strong><\/p>\n