WHAT: Telemundo and Billboard announced the date for the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards, the longest-running and most prestigious awards show in Latin music. The live music special will bring fans together for an unforgettable celebration of Latin music’s biggest stars, honoring the year’s top artists, albums, and songs, while featuring exciting live performances from today’s top music talent.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards is the only awards show to honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, streaming, radio airplay and social data that informs Billboard’s weekly charts during a one-year period.
WHEN: Thursday, October 22
WHERE: The award show will take place at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida, and will be available LIVE on Telemundo and Peacock.
The awards will coincide with Billboard Latin Music Week, which returns to Miami October 19-22, celebrating Latin music, culture, and entertainment all week long with exclusive performances, one-of-a-kind conversations, workshops, showcases and exclusive fan experiences. Learn more about Billboard Latin Music Week at billboardlatinmusicweek.com.
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More details about the event to be announced soon.
About Billboard:
Billboard is the ultimate barometer of success in music. Through its iconic charts, breaking news, thought leadership, multi-platform storytelling, and world-class events, Billboard tracks the world’s top musicians and the business that powers them. Since its origin in 1894, music leaders and fans across the world look to Billboard as the most trusted source for music information, spanning 15 countries and published in 10 languages. The prestigious Billboard Music Awards are the only premium awards ceremony that recognizes musicians for their undeniable achievements on the Billboard charts, using pure data to determine the winners, rather than relying on opaque committees or undisclosed voters to select the honorees, giving fans maximum impact at each year’s ceremony, as Billboard’s chart data measures fans’ engagement with their favorite music. Billboard’s other premium experiences range from the Billboard Power 100 to Billboard Women in Music, Billboard Latin Music Week, and Billboard Live, which connects the most impactful artists and industry leaders with fans from all cultures and corners of the globe.
About Billboard Español:
Billboard has been responsible for discovering, championing and regularly featuring Latin artists over the course of its 128-year history. As an innovator in the music industry, Billboard recognized a demand for unique in-language content made by our music and industry experts for fans in all Spanish-speaking countries around the globe. Launched in 2022, Billboard Español serves as the premiere global destination in Spanish for music, offering unique and engaging content with a superior understanding of the Latin music industry and marketplace. Billboard Español also features exclusive video content of artists, many of whom will also be participating in Billboard Latin Music Week. Readers can also expect to find all Billboard charts, including Hot Latin Songs, Top Latin Albums and the Global 200 charts.
About NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises:
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises leads the media industry in the production and distribution of Spanish-language content for U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. The company serves U.S. Hispanics through its national broadcast network, the cable network Universo, and digital platforms including the Telemundo app, a suite of FAST channels, and streaming services, such as Peacock, among others. The Telemundo Network offers Spanish-language entertainment, news, and sports content reaching 95% of U.S. Hispanic TV households in 210 markets through 30 owned stations and 91 affiliate stations. Telemundo also owns an independent station serving Puerto Rico. Anchored on Telemundo Studios, the network is the #1 producer of scripted Spanish-language content in the U.S., and the only network to produce original content specifically for US Hispanic audiences. Offering over 600 hours of reality TV shows a year, and top-rated live specials such as the Billboard Latin Music Awards and Miss Universe, Telemundo is considered the undisputed Home of Live TV in Hispanic media. The network is also the exclusive Spanish-language home of the world’s two most popular sporting events, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is a division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Media Contact:
Adriana Nuñez-Cox
Director, Programming Publicity
