American Music Awards 2015 Results: Enrique Iglesias Wins Favorite Latin Artist Award
Enrique Iglesias was the big winner in the Favorite Latin Artist Award at the American Music Awards.
On a night dominated by Latinos, Iglesias' win only added to the fanfare. Jennifer Lopez starred as the host and performer while Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato also took the stage.
Iglesias' win was the only victory for Latin Americans on the night, with no other Latinos nominated in any of the many categories. He topped Ricky Martin and Romeo Santos in the category.
This is Iglesias' seventh American Music Award, all for the Favorite Latin Artist category. He won the award for the first time in 1999 and followed that up with a win in 2001, 2002 and 2003. He also picked up nominations for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Fans Choice Award in 2003 but did not win. He was not nominated again until 2008; he picked up his fifth AMA that year and followed it up with wins in 2014 and now in 2015.
He has also won five Latin American Music Awards and has a total of 199 award victories on a whopping 469 nominations. He has four Billboard Music Awards, 36 Billboard Latin Music Awards, one Grammy Award and five Latin Grammy Awards.
Other award winners at the 2015 American Music Awards included Nicki Minaj for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album and Favorite Artist in Rap/Hip-hop. Carrie Underwood was the favored country female artist and Luke Bryan was the favorite male artist in Country music. The soundtrack for "Pitch Perfect" scored the honor for being the best music to accompany a film while One Direction was voted the Artist of the Year.
Ariana Grande was the winner of best Pop/Rock female artist award while One Direction was the winner in the Favorite Duo or Group - Rock/Pop. The Weeknd" picked awards in the Favorite Album - Soul / R&B category as well as Favorite Male Artist for Soul/R&B.
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