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She performed her hit song in a glittery two-piece blue outfit â€â€? with her band and a group of male dancers wearing black cowboy hats in the background
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Billboard Latin Music Awards Web site: http://billboardevents He has written more than 400 songs, which have been recorded by artists ranging from Luis Miguel to Elvis Presley " The song also won pop airplay track of the year, and his work "Grandes Exitos" earned the best greatest hits album award
Ricky Martin was honored with Telemundo's "Star" award and was among the list of performers that included Chayanne, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Lupillo Rivera
"Romance is in my blood," Pires said
Billboard also honored Panamanian rapper El General with its "Spirit of Hope" awards for his humanitarian work
The upstart Spanish trio Las Ketchup, which tied Montenegro with most nominations with seven, won two awards for pop album of the year (new artist) and tropical-salsa airplay track of the year (new artist) for their best-selling song "Asereje," known to English listeners as "The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah) "
Brazilian singer Alexandre Pires was the hot Latin tracks artist of the year, the top honor given to an individual performer
Latin rock mainstays Mana won the album of the year award in the genre for "Revolucion de Amor" (Love Revolution)
Chayanne, a veteran singer and actor who starred in the 1998 film "Dance With Me," won Latin track of the year â€â€? the top award for an individual song â€â€? for the single "Y Tu Te Vas (And Then You Leave) He said he briefly visited a hospital for treatment for hoarseness after performing this week in Miami Rivera won regional Mexican album of the year for a male solo artist for "Amorcito Corazon (Love of My Heart) Mexico's Los Temerarios took home the top Latin albums' artist of the year for "Una Lagrima No Basta" (One Tear Is Not Enough)
Montenegro, whose song "Quitame Ese Hombre (Take Him Away From Me)" became an anthem for women, won female pop airplay track of the year
The awards, presented at the Miami Arena, honor the most popular albums, songs and performers in Latin music as determined by sales and radio airplay data published on Billboard's weekly charts "
Colombian rocker Juanes, whose "Un Dia Normal (A Normal Day)" won for male pop album of the year, could hardly be heard during his acceptance speech
Mexican songwriter and producer Armando Manzanero took home Billboard's Lifetime Achievement Award for expanding the boundaries of Latin music
Thalia, who showed up in a flowing red dress, signed autographs for the adoring red carpet crowd, some of whom tossed flower petals at her Chayanne, Montenegro Win Latin Billboards
May 8, 10:08 PM EST
Puerto Rican artist Chayanne and Mexican singer-actress Pilar Montenegro were the big winners at the Billboard Latin Music Awards Thursday night, taking home three trophies each
Mexican star Thalia won the female pop album of the year for "Thalia" and the Telemundo Viewers Choice award Pires showed up without a date and sang his love song "Ama Me" (Love Me) Manzanero, 68, recorded his first album in 1959 com
The experienced performer admitted beforehand to being "nervous because I'm singing in front of all my colleagues
The song's norteno version won for regional Mexican track of the year for a female solo artist and for a new artist "
Among the stars who presented awards were Olga Tanon, Albita, Elvis Crespo and Tito Nieves It was the first time the awards were open to the public |