Billboard Latin Music Award for Songwriter of the Year

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Billboard Latin Music Award for Songwriter of the Year
Current: 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards
Awarded forthe best performing songwriters in Billboard magazine
CountryUnited States
Presented by Billboard
First awarded1996
Last awarded2023
Currently held by Peso Pluma (2023)
Most awards Marco Antonio Solís (5)
Most nominationsMarco Antonio Solís (10)
Website billboardevents.com

The Billboard Latin Music Award for Songwriter of the Year is an honor 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] The award is given to the best performing songwriters on Billboard's Latin charts.

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Marco Antonio Solís is the most awarded songwriter in the category with five wins out of ten nominations, followed by Espinoza Paz and Romeo Santos with four awards each from six and seven nominations, respectively. As of 2023, only Marco Antonio Solís, Espinoza Paz, Romeo Santos and Bad Bunny have won Songwriter of the Year thrice in a row. The current holder as of the 2023 ceremony is Peso Pluma.

Recipients

Five-time winner Marco Antonio Solis MarcoAntonioSolisCollage-1-1000 adjusted.jpg
Five-time winner Marco Antonio Solís
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Four-time winners Espinoza Paz (above) and Romeo Santos (below)
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Three-time winner Bad Bunny
Two-time winner Juanes Juanes02.JPG
Two-time winner Juanes
YearRecipientNomineesRef.
1996 Marco Antonio Solís Nominations were not present prior to 1999 [2]
1997 [3]
1998 [4]
1999 No award [5]
2000 Marco Antonio Solís [6]
2001 Omar Alfanno
[7]
2002 Juan Gabriel
  • Marco Antonio Solís
  • Omar Alfanno
  • Estéfano
[8]
2003 Estéfano
[9]
[10]
2004 Juanes
  • Franco de Vita
  • Juan Gabriel
  • Marco Antonio Solís
[11]
[12]
2005 Leonel García
  • Fato
  • Rudy Pérez
  • Marco Antonio Solís
[13]
[14]
2006 Juanes
[15]
[16]
2007 Romeo Santos
[17]
[18]
2008 Marco Antonio Solís
  • Juan Luis Guerra
  • Romeo Santos
  • Joan Sebastian
[19]
[20]
2009 Espinoza Paz
  • Juanes
  • Joan Sebastian
  • Marco Antonio Solís
[21]
[22]
2010
  • Horacio Palencia
  • Romeo Santos
  • Joan Sebastian
[23]
2011
  • Romeo Santos
  • Horacio Palencia
  • Daddy Yankee
[24]
[25]
2012 Prince Royce
[26]
[27]
2013 Espinoza Paz
[28]
2014 Romeo Santos
  • Luciano Luna
  • Espinoza Paz
  • Gerardo Ortíz
[29]
[30]
2015
[31]
[32]
2016
[33]
2017 Horacio Palencia
  • Edén Muñóz
  • Luciano Luna
  • Daddy Yankee
[34]
2018 Daddy Yankee [35]
2019 Juan "Gaby Music" Rivera
  • Daddy Yankee
  • J Balvin
  • Ozuna
[36]
2020 Bad Bunny
  • Daddy Yankee
  • J Balvin
  • Ozuna
[37]
2021 [38]
2022
  • Edgar Barrera
  • Marco Barrera
  • Roberto Rosario
  • Tainy
[39]
2023 Peso Pluma
  • Bad Bunny
  • Edgar Barrera
  • Marco Barrera
  • Pedro Tovar
[40]

Records

Most nominations

NominationsRecipient
10Marco Antonio Solís
7Horacio Palencia
Romeo Santos
6Espinoza Paz
Daddy Yankee
4Joan Sebastian
Juan Gabriel
Juanes
Rudy Pérez
J Balvin
Bad Bunny
3Estéfano
Luciano Luna
Edgar Barrera
2Don Omar
Franco de Vita
Gerardo Ortíz
Kike Santander
Omar Alfanno
Ozuna
Tainy
Marco Barrera

Most awards

AwardsProducer
5Marco Antonio Solís
4Espinoza Paz
Romeo Santos
3Bad Bunny
2Juanes

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