Bad Bunny, Romeo Santos Win Big at ASCAP Latin Music Awards

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here's what happened in the Latin music world this week:

Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week's picks below.Pedro Capó, “La Sábana y los pies” (Sony Music Entertainment)In the midst of these uncertain times, Pedro Capó blessed fans with a new quarantine-inspired bop called “La sábana y los pies” (the sheets and the feet).

Fabio Acosta began his career in 2002, when he joined EMI Latin in Miami as an assistant to Lucas Piña, who at the time was the label's director of radio and promotion. From that platform, Acosta went on to launch his own independent radio promotion company, Akela Family Music."I worked with lots of artists, many number ones," he said.

Latin Music Week 2020 is set to take place October 20-23.

Ever since the beginning of his career in the late 1990s, Romeo Santos has been enticing audiences with his romantic and sultry lyrics. As the former frontman of bachata group Aventura, Santos was the voice of timeless songs such as “Obsession,” “Mi Corazoncito,” and “Un Beso.” In 2011, he kicked off his solo career and continued to drop heartfelt songs about love, betrayal, heartbreaks, and more.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorABC and Dick Clark Productions announced that the 2020 “American Music Awards” will return on November 22, though it’s unclear in what format or whether an audience will be present. The show promises to feature marquee performances and celebrate the top artists across multiple genres.Nominees will be announced in October.

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here's what happened in the Latin music world this week:

The American Music Awards will air as a three-hour show on Sunday Nov. 22, ABC and dick clark productions announced today (July 17). The show has been telecast from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles since 2007. No venue was specified in the fi

Latin music posted a healthy increase in audio consumption album equivalents in the U.S. in the first six months of 2020, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data's midyear report.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKhalid and Post Malone tied for Songwriter of the Year and Halsey’s 
“Without Me,” co-written with Delacey, won Song of the Year
 at the 2020 BMI Music Awards. Sony/ATV Music won awarded Publisher of The Year for the eighth time.BMI also celebrated the songwriters and publishers of the 50 most-performed Pop songs of the previous year.

Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here's what happened in the Latin music world this week:"Michael X" Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the Puerto Rican rapper turns his feelings into song rapping about racism and police brutality.

We’re still two months away from the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which are set for Sept. 16, but the academy has already selected a date for their 56th awards fest -- April 18, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET. That air date is a Sunday night, which is considered prime placement. This year

Bad Bunny and singer Romeo Santos have emerged as the toast of the 2020 ASCAP Latin Awards.The Puerto Rican artist was named Songwriter of the Year, while Santos claimed the Songwriter/Artist of the Year prize.Daddy Yankee’s Con Calma, featuring Snow, was also a winner, taking the Song of the Year title, while Universal Music Publishing Group officials earned Publisher of the Year, and Kobalt Songs Music Publishing bosses landed Independent Publisher of the Year.The news was announced online on

Bad Bunny, who is named songwriter of the year, Romeo Santos who took the songwriter/artist of the year and Daddy Yankee's "Con Calma" feat. Snow, which received the song of the year award.Meanwhile, Universal Music Publishing Group is awarded with publisher of the year and the independent publisher of the year goes to Kobalt Songs Music Publishing.

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here's what happened in the Latin music world this week:

After a two-week poll circulated asking Billboard readers to vote for the best dad in Latin music, fans crown Richard Camacho of the Latin pop group CNCO.

The upcoming 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will be held with “limited or no audience”, according to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Many awards shows have been postponed or cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic this year, but on Monday, Cuomo announced the annual music prizegiving will go ahead on 30 August with few spectators and in accordance with social distancing safety protocols.

(Reuters) - The MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) show will take place in New York at the end of August, MTV and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday, marking the first major awards show since the coronavirus pandemic that will occur in a physical venue.MTV and Cuomo said the Aug.

The coronavirus pandemic brought much of the world to a halt, but as things begin to open up in some parts of the globe live production is slowly figuring out how to make things work. Sound issues aside, the BET Awards put on an entertaining and non-claustrophobic program last night and the Emmy Awards have already announced a plan to move forward with a primetime telecast in some manner.