Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Male Artist of the Year


The Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Salsa 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. 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. 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, 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. 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.
KeyMeaning
Indicates the winner

', winner in 1993 and 1994
', five-time nominee and winner in 1995
', the most awarded performer, winning eight times
', seven-time nominee and winner in 2009
', winner in 2008
', winner in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and nominee in 2014
YearPerformerRef
1993
1993
1993
1993
1994
1994
1994
1994
1995
1995
1995
1995
1996
1996
Giro
1996
1996
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1998
1998
1998
1998
Víctor Manuelle
1998
1999
1999
1999
1999
2000
2000
2000
Víctor Manuelle
2000
2001
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2003
2004
2004
Víctor Manuelle
2004
2004
2005
2005
2005
2005
Víctor Manuelle
2006
2006
2006
2006
2007
2007
Andy Andy
2007
Fonseca
2007
2008
2008
2008
Fonseca
2008
2009
Víctor Manuelle
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
Luis Enrique
2010
2010
Fonseca
2010
2010
2011
2011
"El Torito"
2011
2011
Luis Enrique
2011
Tito El Bambino
2012
2012
2012
2012
Tito El Bambino
2013
2013
2013
Tito El Bambino
2013
Víctor Manuelle
2014
2014
2014
2014
Víctor Manuelle
2014