The 18th Los 40 Music Awards, also named Los 40 Music Awards Santander 2023 for sponsorship reasons, took place on 3 November 2023, at WiZink Center in Madrid, to recognize the best in Spanish and international music of 2023.[1]
The nominations were announced on 17 October 2023. Colombian singer Manuel Turizo led the nominations with seven, followed by Aitana and Feid, with six each.[2] In the Spanish categories, the award for Best New Urban Act was introduced, while in the Global Latin categories, Best Urban Collaboration and Best Urban Song were introduced. In the International categories, four awards previously awarded were not presented: Best New Act, Best Video, Best Collaboration and Best Dance Act
Performers
The following is a list of artists slated to perform at the award show so far:[3]
^Though El Mundo mentions that Manuel Turizo, Aitana, and Feid, were the most nominated artists with six nominations each, Turizo appears with seven nominations in the nominations list, posted by the same newspaper. Other sources, such as Los 40, does not list Turizo as a nominee for "Copa Vacía" in the Best Latin Music Video, while El Mundo does. Similarly, despite "TQG" being nominated for Best Latin Music Video and Best Latin Urban Collaboration, Shakira is listed as a nominee only for the latter.