BMI Celebrates Its 2023 Latin Award Winners (PICS)

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BMIยฎย (Broadcast Music, Inc.ยฎ)ย celebrated its top Latin songwriters and publirs this evening at theย 30th Annual BMI Latin Awardsย held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.ย 

Ana Bรกrbaraย was named aย BMI Iconย in honor of her exceptional musical career spanning over 30 years and the influence โ€™s made on future generations of Latin songwriters.

In addition, theย BMI Latin Impact Awardย was presented for the first time at the award show and went to prolific songwriter/producerย Edgar Barrera, saluting the contributions he made to the genre with multiple award-winning songs in both Contemporary Latin and Regional Mexican categories.ย 

BMIโ€™sย Regional Mexican Song, Songwriterย andย Publir of the Yearย andย BMIโ€™s Contemporary Latin Song, Songwriterย andย Publir of the Yearย were also announced, as well as the topย 50 Latin songsย of the previous year.

The private event was hosted byย BMI President & CEO Mike Oโ€™Neillย andย BMI Vice President, Creative, Latin, Jesus Gonzalez.ย 

To honor BMIโ€™s newest Icon, an ensemble of female artists paid tribute to Ana Bรกrbara with performances of her most popular songs.

Adriana Rรญos gave her rendition of โ€œMala Racha,โ€ Angรฉlica Gallegos hit the stage with โ€œPara No Extraรฑarte Tanto,โ€ Alisun Solรญs sang her interpretation of โ€œDe Vez en Cuandoโ€ and Lupita Infante paid homage to the revered songwriter with a performance of โ€œFruta Prohibida.โ€

After receiving the BMI Icon Award, the globally celebrated queen ofย gruperoย captivated the audience with an electrifying performance of โ€œLo Busquรฉ,โ€ โ€œQuรฉ Poca,โ€ and a medley of โ€œQuise Olvidar/No Es Brujerรญa.โ€

Throughout her illustrious career, Ana Bรกrbara has released more than 10 studio albums, selling over six million records, and has received countless accolades including a Latin GRAMMY for Best Grupero Album forย Loca de Amar, four Premios Lo Nuestro and seven Premios Furia Musical awards, and a GRAMMY nomination for Best Mexican/Mexican-American album forย No Es Brujerรญa.ย 

In receiving the BMI Icon Award, Ana Bรกrbara joins an elite group of music creators who have been presented with BMIโ€™s highest honor, including Carlos Santana, Gloria Estefan, Juan Luis Guerra, Los Tigres del Norte and Los Lobos, among others.ย 

In addition, the ceremony also presentedย Edgar Barreraย with theย BMI Latin Impact Award, highlighting the distinguid achievement of having ten award-winning songs in both the Regional Mexican and Contemporary Latin categories, the most of any individual songwriter at this yearโ€™s ceremony.ย This marked the first time this honor was given out at the BMI Latin Awards.ย 

Throughout the event, the top songwriters and publirs of the previous yearโ€™s 50 most-performed Latin songs were also saluted leading up to the nightโ€™s top honors.

Puerto Rican hitmakerย Tainyย received the covetedย Contemporary Latin Songwriter of the Yearย for his work on five of the most-performed BMI Latin songs of 2022, including โ€œBaila Conmigo,โ€ โ€œCaramelo (Remix),โ€ โ€œIn Da Getto,โ€ โ€œLo Siento BB:/โ€ and โ€œYonaguni.โ€

Theย Regional Mexican Songwriter of the Yearย was a tie betweenย Edgar Barreraย andย Horacio Palenciaย for each penning six of BMIโ€™s most-performed regional Mexican songs of the past year.

Together they co-wrote โ€œ2 Veces,โ€ โ€œCada Quien,โ€ โ€œLa Sinvergรผenza,โ€ โ€œOjos Cerradosโ€ and โ€œYa Supรฉrame,โ€ and Barrera was also honored for writing โ€œBotella Tras Botellaโ€ and Palencia for his work on โ€œYa Solo Eres Mi Ex.โ€ย 

The mega hitย โ€œPepasโ€ย by Vรญctor Cardenas VIIC, IAMCHINO, Axel Quezada โ€œGhettoโ€ and Keriel K4G Quirรณz was namedย Contemporary Latin Song of the Year, andย โ€œJugaste y Sufrรญโ€ย by Daniel Balderrama Espinoza earned the title ofย Regional Mexican Song of the Year.ย 

Universal Music Publishing Groupย securedย Regional Mexican Publir of the Year, andย Sony/ATV Music Publishingย was namedย Contemporary Latin Publir of the Yearย with seven and 14 of the most-performed songs among their repertoires, respectively.

Earlier in the evening on the red carpet, the BMI Foundation presented Berklee College of Music student Angela Fernรกndez with the 2022 peermusic Latin Music Scholarship for her winning song “Ekiss.”

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