Latin Pop ruled at the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards. As expected, the list of winners was dominated by Latin Pop superstars Enrique Iglesias and Shakira. Thanks to his album Euphoria, Enrique Iglesias was the big winner of the night taking 9 awards out of the 14 nominations he received this year. Shakira came in second place with 6 trophies that honored her album Sale El Sol. Adding to the positive Latin Pop performance of the night, the Mexican group Camila grabbed 3 awards at this year's competition.

The Tropical genre was dominated by Bachata artists. Prince Royce was a top winner with the 4 awards he collected last night while Aventura did not disappoint its fans with the 3 awards the Bachata group took home. Other big winners of the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards included Juan Luis Guerra (3), Daddy Yankee (3) and Banda El Recodo (2). Let's take a look at some of the most important awards of the night:

• Latin Artist of the Year: Enrique Iglesias
• Latin Artist of the Year, New: Prince Royce
• Hot Latin Song of the Year: Enrique Iglesias Feat. Juan Luis Guerra - "Cuando Me Enamoro"
• Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male: Enrique Iglesias
• Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female: Shakira
• Latin Album of the Year: Enrique Iglesias - Euphoria
• Tropical Album of the Year: Prince Royce - Prince Royce
• Regional Mexican Album of the Year: Pedro Fernandez - Amarte A La Antigua
• Latin Rhythm Album of the Year: Daddy Yankee - Mundial
• Latin Digital Album of the Year: Shakira - Sale El Sol

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Tomorrow's Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony is just the closing act of a larger event officially known as the Billboard Latin Music Conference & Awards. This three-day event, which took off yesterday in Miami, includes a rich schedule that covers different aspects of the Latin music industry.

One of these aspects is marketing. Yesterday, the event celebrated its first ever Billboard Latin Music Conference Music Marketing Awards honoring outstanding marketing campaigns. The awards were given in four categories and the following are the winners:

• Best tour campaign - Cardenas Marketing Network for Vive tu Musica with 5™, featuring Daddy Yankee & Reik.
• Best print campaign - Universal Music Latin America for Para Ellas, featuring David Bisbal.
• Best TV campaign - Alma DDB for House Party, featuring Bomba Stereo/ Systema Solar / El Tambor de la Tribu.
• Best online/social media campaign - Universal Music Latin Entertainment for Don Omar: King of the Internet.

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For the third consecutive year, State Farm is sponsoring the Billboard Latin Music Awards. To support even further this initiative, the largest auto and home insurer in the US, has built a social media channel offering information, a game, polls and active conversations about one of the biggest nights in Latin music.

The Facebook page, State Farm Latino, which is part of a new program called Tu Musica, Tu Ride, contains unique content relevant to this year's Billboard Latin Music Awards, and is a place where fans can go to share their predilection in music and Latin lifestyle. Currently, the page features an interactive game where fans can win 3 free song downloads when playing it.

The 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards are set for Thursday April 28th and it will air live on the Spanish network Telemundo. The State Farm Latino page is a nice bilingual channel to get connected with fellow Latin music fans just like you!

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According to a recent report carried out by Ovi Music, a downloading site from Nokia, Shakira remained for the second consecutive year as the most downloaded Latin music artist. This first spot was in big part due to the enormous success the Colombian superstar enjoyed with her hit song "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)" from her latest album Sale El Sol.

Right behind Shakira, Cuban American rapper Pitbull got the second position in a list based on Ovi Music downloads. The Top Ten Latin Music Artists Globally list included several Mexican artists like Alejandro Fernandez, Vicente Fernandez, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon and Mana. The list of top ten singles was dominated by Shakira who was able to put the following five hit songs on the list:

• 1. "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)"
• 3. "She Wolf"
• 5. "Loca"
• 8. "Gypsy"
• 9. "Hips Don't Lie"

If this is an indication for the upcoming Billboard Latin Music Awards, Shakira could probably have a wonderful night on April 28.

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