Spirit of Hope | |
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Awarded for | "philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond their musical work" [1] |
Presented by | Billboard |
First award | 1996 |
Currently held by | J Balvin (2024) |
Website | billboard.com/latin |
The Billboard Spirit of Hope is an honor that is presented by Billboard magazine to a Latin artist or a group in recognition of their extraordinary philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond their musical work." [1] The accolade was established in 1996 in honor of Selena, who died a year earlier. [2] The recipient of the Spirit of Hope is decided by the Billboard editorial committee. [3] The Spirit of Hope Award was first given to Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan. [2]
Since 1996, the Spirit of Hope has been presented during the Billboard Latin Music Awards. [4] The award was not presented in 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021.
Year | Image | Recipient | Nationality | Ref. |
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1996 | ![]() | Gloria Estefan | Cuba United States | [2] |
1997 | ![]() | Emmanuel | United States | [5] |
1998 | ![]() | Willy Chirino | Cuba United States | [6] |
1999 | ![]() | Olga Tañón | Puerto Rico | [7] |
2000 | ![]() | Maná | Mexico | [8] |
2001 | ![]() | Los Tigres del Norte | United States | [9] |
2002 | ![]() | Ricky Martin | Puerto Rico | [10] |
2003 | — | El General | Panama | [11] |
2004 | — | Soraya | Colombia | [12] |
2005 | ![]() | Juan Luis Guerra | Dominican Republic | [13] |
2006 | ![]() | Shakira | Colombia | [14] |
2007 | ![]() | Ricardo Montaner | Venezuela | [15] |
2008 | ![]() | Juanes | Colombia | [16] |
2009 | ![]() | Daddy Yankee | Puerto Rico | [17] |
2010 | ![]() | Marc Anthony | United States | [3] |
2011 | ![]() | Gloria Estefan | Cuba | [18] |
2012 | No award | [19] | ||
2013 | ![]() | Maná | Mexico | [20] |
2014 | ![]() | Carlos Vives | Colombia | [21] |
2015 | ![]() | Carlos Santana | United States | [22] |
2016 | No award | [23] | ||
2017 | | Luis Fonsi | Puerto Rico United States | [24] |
2018 | No award | [25] | ||
2019 | [26] | |||
2020 | ![]() | Maluma | Colombia | [27] |
2021 | No award | |||
2022 | ![]() | Christina Aguilera | United States | [1] |
2023 | ![]() | Karol G | Colombia | [28] |
2024 | ![]() | J Balvin | [29] |