Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Male Artist of the Year
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| name = Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Salsa Male Artist of the Year
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| awarded_for = Tropical Salsa Male Artist of the Year
| presenter = Univision
| country = United States
| year = 1993
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| holder = Prince Royce (2014)
| website = [http://musica.univision.com/premio-lo-nuestro univision.com/premiolonuestro]
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The Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Salsa Male Artist of the Year (or Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Male Artist of the Year) is an honor presented annually by American network Univision. The Lo Nuestro Awards were first awarded in 1989 and has been given annually since to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music.{{cite web |url=http://www.terra.com/musica/noticias/historia_premios_lo_nuestro/oci75000 |title=Historia: Premios Lo Nuestro |work=Terra Networks|publisher=Telefónica|access-date=June 10, 2013 |date=February 6, 2006| language=es}} The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on Billboard Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte.{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-04-01/features/9002010689_1_latin-music-awards-musica-latina-univision-and-billboard|title=Univision, Billboard Announce Latin Music Awards Nominees|work=Sun-Sentinel|publisher=Tribune Company|last=Lannert|first=John|date=April 1, 1990|access-date=August 16, 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002051426/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-04-01/features/9002010689_1_latin-music-awards-musica-latina-univision-and-billboard|url-status=dead}} At the present time, the winners are selected by the audience through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef. This category originally was awarded as Tropical Salsa Artist of the Year (1989-1992), and from 1993 onwards was separated as Female Artist of the Year and Male Artist of the Year.
The award was first presented to Puerto-Rican American singer Jerry Rivera in 1993. American performer Marc Anthony holds the record for the most awards with eight, out of fourteen nominations. Anthony has also received the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Male Artist of the Year (2001). Puerto-Rican singer singers Rivera, Prince Royce, and Elvis Crespo, awarded three, four, and two times, respectively, are the only multiple winners beside Anthony. Performers Fonseca, Frankie Negrón, Romeo Santos and Tito El Bambino are the most nominated performers without a win, with three unsuccessful nominations each.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees for the majority of the years awarded.
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File:Carlos Vives - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010.jpg (pictured in 2010), five-time nominee and winner in 1995]]
File:Marc Anthony 2009 White House.jpg (pictured in 2009), the most awarded performer, winning eight times]]
File:Victor Manuelle2.jpg (pictured in 2007), seven-time nominee and winner in 2009]]
File:Juan Luis Guerra.jpg (pictured in 2005), winner in 2008]]
File:Luis Enrique adjusted.jpg (pictured in 2010), two-time nominee and 2010 winner]]
File:Prince Royce on Acceso Total in 2012.jpg (pictured in 2012), winner in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and nominee in 2014]]
References
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