Tonight, BMI® (Broadcast Music, Inc.®) presented its 29th Annual BMI Latin Awards honoring reggaetón pioneers Wisin & Yandel with the BMI President’s Award for their exceptional talent and artistry. During the private ceremony, BMI also saluted the top Latin songwriters, publishers and administrators of the past year’s most-performed Spanish-language songs in the United States. BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President of Creative, Latin Jesus Gonzalez hosted the evening at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: Lupita Infante attends the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: (L-R) BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and Tainy attend the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: (L-R) Wisin, BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill, and Yandel attend the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: Cris Chil attends the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: Tainy walks onstage during the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: Yandel performs onstage during the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: Tainy is seen during the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 15: (L-R) Mario Quintero and Yandel attend the 2022 BMI Latin Awards at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 15, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.))
After receiving their award, Wisin & Yandel captivated the audience with an electrifying performance of some of their greatest hits including “Ahora Es,” “Pam Pam” and “Rakata.”
The top songwriters, publishers and administrators of the previous year’s most-performed Latin songs were also honored throughout the ceremony. Puerto Rican hitmaker Tainy won Contemporary Latin Songwriter of the Year for his work on nine of the most-performed Latin songs of 2021 including “Caramelo,” “Dákiti,” “LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE,” “La Nota,” “La Santa,” “Safaera,” “telepatía,” “Un Dia (One Day)” and “Yo Perreo Sola.”
Mexican songwriter Jesús Omar Tarazón took home the Regional Mexican Songwriter of the Year for penning four of the most-performed regional Mexican songs of the past year including “Altamente Probable,” “La Casita,” “Qué Maldición” and “Somos Los Que Somos.”
The mega hit “Dákiti” by Tainy, Egbert Rosa “Haze,” La Paciencia and Nydia Yera Laner won the coveted title of Contemporary Latin Song of the Year, and “Con Tus Besos” by Pedro Tovar nabbed the Regional Mexican Song of the Year. Universal Music Publishing Group secured the prestigious BMI Latin Publisher of the Year award, with 19 of the most-performed songs among their repertoire.
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