MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin

MTV Video Music Award
for Best Latin
Awarded forLatin music genre music videos
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded2010
Currently held byAnitta – "Mil Veces" (2024)
Most awardsJ Balvin & Anitta (3)
Most nominationsJ Balvin & Bad Bunny (8)
WebsiteVMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin was first introduced to the MTV Video Music Awards in 2010 under the name Best Latino Artist. The award was created to replace the Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica, which closed in 2009.

Initially, the award was given to the Latino artist with the most viewer votes on the MTV Tr3s' official website. The winner, however, did not receive the award at the main ceremony and in later years was announced during the Spanish-language rebroadcast of the award ceremony on tr3́s.

From 2014 to 2017, the award was not given, only to be reintegrated into the award ceremony in 2018 under the name Best Latin, being assigned to music videos and performing artists.[1]

J Balvin and Anitta are this award's biggest winners, having won three times each. Balvin is tied with Bad Bunny as the category's most prominent nominees, with eight nominations each.

Recipients

2010s

Recipients
Year[a] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2010 Aventura — [2]
2011 Wisin & Yandel "Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas" [3]
2012 Romeo Santos — [4]
2013 Daddy Yankee — [5]
2014 – 2017 —
2018 J Balvin and Willy William "Mi Gente" [6]
2019 Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) "Con Altura"
[7]

2020s

Recipients
Year[b] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2020 Maluma (featuring J Balvin) "Qué Pena" [8]
2021 Billie Eilish and Rosalía "Lo Vas a Olvidar" [9]
2022 Anitta "Envolver" [10]
2023 "Funk Rave" [11]
2024 "Mil Veces" [12]

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

3 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Notes

  1. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
  2. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

References

  1. ^ Exposito, Suzy (September 1, 2019). "This Week in Latin Music: Hispanic Artists Score at the VMAs, 'Thotiana' Remix, New Draco Rosa". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2010". MTV. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2011". MTV. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  4. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2012". MTV. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  5. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2013". MTV. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  6. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (August 20, 2018). "VMAs: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs". Billboard. August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga Lead 2020 MTV VMA Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Serrano, Athena (August 11, 2021). "The 2021 VMA Nominations Are Here: Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, and More". MTV News. MTV. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  10. ^ Grein, Paul (July 26, 2022). "Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow & Kendrick Lamar Lead 2022 MTV VMA Nominations: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  11. ^ Grein, Paul (August 8, 2023). "Taylor Swift Is Top Nominee for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (Complete List)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  12. ^ Atkinson, Kaite (September 11, 2024). "Here's the Full List of 2024 MTV VMAs Winners". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

See also