Riding on the tails of major releases that circled the globe, Romeo Santos and Enrique Iglesias dominated the 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm, taking home 10 and nine awards, respectively.
Santos was the top winner of the evening, grabbing 10 awards — including artist of the year — during the ceremony, which was broadcast live on the Telemundo network from the BankUnited Center in Miami. Santos also won for songwriter of the year, producer of the year, Hot Latin Songs artist of the year and for Top Latin Album and tropical album of the year for Formula, Vol. 2.
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After securing his first award, Santos thanked all the musicians who collaborated with him on his album, naming Carlos Santana, Nicki Minaj and Drake.
After winning the big award for artist of the year, he said he’d forgotten to name-check someone “very important. I had the great privilege of recording with a man I admire so much. More than an artist that I admire, he is like a brother to me. Thank you, Marc,” he said. Marc Anthony blew him a kiss from the seats.
And in addition to the fans, Santos thanked the DJs that promote his music by playing his songs and he named some of the big ones — Alex Sensation, DJ Lobo, DJ Africa, DJ Fabulare.