Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year

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Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year
Current: 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards
CountryUnited States
Presented by Billboard
First awarded2009
Last awarded2023
Currently held by"Tití Me Preguntó" by Bad Bunny
Most awards Don Omar, J Balvin, and Nicky Jam (3)
Most nominations Bad Bunny (9)
Website billboardevents.com

The Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year is an honor that is presented annually at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, a ceremony which honors "the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, streaming and social data that informs Billboard's weekly charts." [1]

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The accolade for Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year was first presented at the fifteenth Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2009 to Panamanian singer Flex's "Te Quiero". The song along with the parent album gained Flex thirteen nominations at the ceremony, where the song also received a nomination for Hot Latin Song of the Year, Hot Latin Song of the Year in the male category, Hot Latin Song of the Year in the new artist category, Latin Pop Song of the Year in the male category, Tropical Song of the Year in the male category and Latin RingMasters of the Year. [2] It topped the Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay chart for nine weeks in 2008. [3] Puerto Rican singer Don Omar's "Danza Kuduro" was awarded twice, first in 2011 and again in 2012. Bad Bunny is the artist with the most nominations with nine, respectively. American entertainer Pitbull is the most nominated artist without a win, with four. Puerto Rico is the most awarded nationality, with seven wins. Winners have also been from Panama, Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Spain.

Recipients

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Current holder Bad Bunny
YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2009 Flex "Te Quiero"
[4]
[5]
2010 Tito El Bambino "El Amor" [6]
2011 Don Omar featuring Lucenzo "Danza Kuduro"
[7]
[8]
2012
[9]
[10]
2013 Don Omar featuring Natti Natasha "Dutty Love"
[11]
2014 Daddy Yankee"Limbo"
[12]
[13]
2015 J Balvin featuring Farruko "6 AM"
[14]
[15]
2016 Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias "El Perdón"
[16]
2017 Nicky Jam"Hasta El Amanecer"
[17]
2018 J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé "Mi Gente"
[18]
2019 Nicky Jam and J Balvin"X"
[19]
2020 Daddy Yankee featuring Snow "Con Calma"
[20]
2021 Maluma and The Weeknd "Hawái (Remix)"
[21]
2022 Farruko"Pepas"
[22]
2023 Bad Bunny"Tití Me Preguntó"
[23]

Records

Most nominations

NominationsAct
9Bad Bunny
8Daddy Yankee
J Balvin
7Nicky Jam
6Don Omar
5Ozuna
4Pitbull
Farruko
Maluma
3Wisin (solo)
Yandel (solo)
2Tito "El Bambino"
Wisin & Yandel
Lucenzo
Darell
Anuel AA
Karol G

Multiple awards

AwardsAct
3Don Omar
J Balvin
Nicky Jam
2Lucenzo
Daddy Yankee
Farruko

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