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Billboard Latin Music Week — the single most important, and biggest, gathering of Latin artists and industry executives in the world — is celebrating its 35th anniversary, taking place Oct. 14-18 at the Fillmore Miami Beach.This year’s coveted event will feature superstar speakers J Balvin, Young Miko, Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Sanz, Peso Pluma, JOP (Fuerza Regida), Eden Muñoz, Bad Gyal, Mon Laferte,Thalia and Maria Becerra, among many others. As tradition holds, the week coincides with the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards airing Sunday, Oct. 20, via Telemundo.
Over the past 35 years, Latin Music Week has become the one, steady foundation of Latin music in this country and for the world.
Tracing back to 1990, the star-studded conferences and showcases, initially named Latin Music Seminar, sponsored by Billboard, kicked off as a one-day event in Miami featuring a two-artist showcase and awards show. In 1992, the event took place in Las Vegas, where artists such as Selena Quintanilla and Jon Secada performed at the new-artist showcase. Shakira made her debut in 1996 at a conference showcase, and that same year, José Feliciano received El Premio Billboard; Juan Gabriel was inducted into the Hall of Fame; and Gloria Estefan received the Spirit of Hope award.
Some of the biggest names in Latin music history, including Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin, Chayanne, Tito Puente, Jenni Rivera and Emilio Estefan, to name a few, have participated at Billboard Latin Music Week throughout the years. Most recently, Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny, Karol G, Romeo Santos and Peso Pluma have also joined the celebration.
Below, check out a photo gallery of 35 years of Billboard Latin Music Week. To register for this year’s event, go to Billboard Latin Music Week.
Shakira
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Shakira arrives at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on April 22, 1999 at the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.
Celia Cruz
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Celia Cruz laughs as she jokes with photographers upon her arrival to the Latin Billboard Music Awards on April 27, 2000 at the Jackie Gleason Theatre of the Performing Arts in Miami Beach, Florida.
Soraya
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Soraya winner of the “Spirit of Hope” award at the 2004 Billboard Latin Music Awards on April 29, 2004 at The Miami Arena in Miami, Florida.
Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony arrive at the 2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Miami Arena on April 28, 2005 in Miami, Florida.
Shakira
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Shakira performs onstage during the 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on April 27, 2006 in Hollywood, Florida.
Arthur Hanlon
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Arthur Hanlon arrives at the 2007 Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards on April 26, 2007 at the Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Florida.
Calle 13
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Calle 13 in the press room at the 2007 Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards on April 26, 2007 at the Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Florida.
RBD
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Christian Chavez, Christopher Uckermann, Dulce María, Anahi and Alfonso Poncho Herrera Rodriguez of RBD attend the 2008 Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on April 10, 2008 in Hollywood, Florida.
Enrique Iglesias
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Enrique Iglesias attends a press conference and Q&A during the 2008 Billboard Latin Music Conference at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on April 9, 2008 in Hollywood, Florida.
Aventura
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Lenny Santos, Henry Santos Jeter and Anthony ‘Romeo’ Santos and Max Santos of Aventura attend a Q&A during Billboard Latin Music Conference at Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza on April 28, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Leila Cobo & Marc Anthony
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Leila Cobo and Marc Anthony speak at the Billboard Latin Music Conference at Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza on April 28, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Luis Fonsi
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Luis Fonsi performs onstage at the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot on April 29, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Don Omar
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Don Omar poses backstage during Billboard Latin Music Awards 2012 at Bank United Center on April 26, 2012 in Miami, Florida.
Leslie Grace, Gloria Trevi, Kat Dahlia & La Marisoul
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Leslie Grace, Gloria Trevi, Kat Dahlia and La Marisoul participate in 25th Annual Billboard Latin Music Conference – Q&A With David Bisbal & Lusi Fonsi at JW Marriott Marquis on April 23, 2014 in Miami, Florida.
J Balvin & Nicky Jam
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J Balvin and Nicky Jam speak at the Billboard Latin Conference 2017 at Ritz Carlton South Beach on April 26, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Leila Cobo
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Leila Cobo attends the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on April 26, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
J Quiles
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J Quiles is seen performing at Oasis Wynwood during Billboard Latin Music Week 2021 on Sept. 24, 2021 in Miami, Florida.
Mana
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Fher Olvera and Alex Gonzalez of Mana during the State of the Latin Music Market conference as part of the Billboard Latin Music Week at The Venetian on April 25, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cardi B & Ozuna
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Cardi B and Ozuna perform onstage at the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on April 26, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Karol G
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Karol G attends Billboard Latin Music Week 2021 on Sept. 21, 2021 in Miami, Florida.
Bernie Martinez, Bad Bunny & Bysael Martinez
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Bernie Martinez, Bad Bunny and Bysael Martinez pose in the press room during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on May 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Daddy Yankee
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Daddy Yankee performs onstage during Billboard Latin Music Week 2021 at Faena Theater on Sept. 22, 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Paquita la del Barrio & Bad Bunny
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Paquita la del Barrio and Bad Bunny on stage during the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards on Sept. 23, 2021 at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida.
Mariah Angeliq, Emilia Mernes, Laura Villa, Lucia Villa, & Elena Rose
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“Women on the Rise – The New Generation” panel with Mariah Angeliq, Emilia Mernes, Laura Villa, Lucia Villa, and Elena Rose during Billboard Latin Music Week 2021 at Faena Forum on Sept. 22, 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Bizarrap
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Bizarrap speaks onstage during The Sony Music Publishing Q&A with Bizarrap, Presented by Sony Music Publishing” panel at Billboard Latin Music Week 2022 held at Faena Forum on Sept. 28, 2022 in Miami, Florida.
Karol G
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Karol G attends the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards at Watsco Center on Oct. 05, 2023 in Coral Gables, Florida.
Peso Pluma
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Peso Pluma speaks onstage during the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards at Watsco Center on Oct. 5, 2023 in Coral Gables, Florida.
Nicky Jam & Ivy Queen
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Nicky Jam and Ivy Queen speak onstage at Billboard Latin Music Week held at Faena Forum on Oct. 3, 2023 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Mike Bahia & Greeicy
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Mike Bahia & Greeicy at Billboard En Vivo Featuring Greeicy and Mike Bahia held at the Faena Theater as part of Billboard Latin Music Week on Oct. 2, 2023 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Wisin
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Wisin at Billboard En Vivo Featuring Wisin held at Oasis Wynwood as part of Billboard Latin Music Week on Oct. 3, 2023 in Miami Beach, Florida.
The 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival brought the biggest voices on radio to the stage for two music-packed nights on Friday and Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and Billboard was backstage and in the pit for all the action.Night 1 saw Dua Lipa and Camila Cabello hit the stage, and Billboard‘s camera caught the pop powerhouses backstage for a sweet embrace, as well as Cabello’s meet-up with fellow Friday performer Gwen Stefani. We also captured Shaboozey walking the halls backstage after performing his now-11-week Billboard Hot 100-topping breakout hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
Night 2 kicked off with New Kids on the Block, who just announced last week that they’ll launch their first-ever Las Vegas residency on June 20 at Dolby Live at Park MGM. So was the iHeart set a good preview of what fans can expect? “A really small preview, because this was 20 minutes,” Donnie Wahlberg told Billboard backstage. “We’re going to do a very long, very intricate, hopefully very exciting and fun and energetic set with a lot of songs, a lot of hits, a lot of feels. But it was also a sample for us of the audience. Because it’s a real good example of what it might be like. A lot of New Kids fans showed up, and a lot of fans who were experiencing us for the first time. We pride ourselves on the fun and the energy that we bring to a show, and this was a great opportunity for us to share that with this crowd.” We also caught up with Donnie’s wife, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, backstage who is ready to house-hunt in Sin City: “Now I just get to come to Vegas and find a place to live, because we’re absolutely going to be finding houses to station ourselves here for a few months — or a few years, maybe.” The New Kids also invited Flavor Flav out onstage for their “Hangin’ Tough” finale, and we caught the Public Enemy hype man backstage with Wahlberg and bandmate Danny Wood.
Keith Urban also played on Saturday night, making the most of a brisk 20-minute set by playing three songs from his just-released High album: “Messed Up as Me,” “Wildside” and “Straight Line.” “We just packed ’em in as quick as possible,” Urban laughed backstage, adding that fans have been quick to embrace the new material. “It’s been immediate, which i haven’t seen that in a long time. It is what it is with songwriting — you write songs and some connect immediately and some take awhile — but when we did ‘Messed Up as Me’ from this record, it was immediate, because we were playing festivals, and it was immediate. ‘Wildside’ was immediate, the first night we did that. ‘Straight Line’ — it’s a different record.”
Before night 2 kicked off, Billboard caught up with OBB Media CEO Michael D. Ratner, whose team produced the festival livestream, which broadcast both nights on Hulu in real time. After teaming up with iHeart for livestreams of the New York and Los Angeles stops of Jingle Ball late last year, Ratner said his team was able to jump in seamlessly to take the reins of the iHeartRadio Music Festival for the first time in the fest’s 14 years. “The reason we work so well together is iHeart knows music,” he said on Saturday. “They have amazing talent relationships, as do we, but the idea that we’re able to storytell and make these shows more layered … it’s not just watching performance after performance after performance.” One key to that was adding some Vegas-specific touches, like teaming up mentalist Max Major with Cabello or enlisting the Blue Man Group for an intro. “You get these fun moments, and it’s embedded in the history of Vegas. … You mix that with what Vegas is today, which is residencies and EDM and lights and day parties and the Sphere, I think making it new and fresh while having a nod to old Vegas is cool. It’s a really good balance and team that makes the show very unique.”
If you weren’t in Vegas or just want to relive the two days of hits over again, find Billboard‘s best photos from backstage and onstage below.
Thomas Rhett & Gwen Stefani
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Thomas Rhett and Gwen Stefani at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shaboozey
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Shaboozey at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Victoria Monét
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Victoria Monét at day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dua Lipa & Camila Cabello
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Dua Lipa and Camila Cabello at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Doja Cat
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Doja Cat at day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
New Kids on the Block
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Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight and Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block at day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Black Crowes
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Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Keith Urban
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Keith Urban at day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Gwen Stefani
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Gwen Stefani at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Halsey
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Halsey at day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Thomas Rhett
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Thomas Rhett at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shaboozey
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Shaboozey at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Camila Cabello & Gwen Stefani
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Camila Cabello and Gwen Stefani at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dua Lipa
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Dua Lipa at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Donnie Wahlberg, Flavor Flav & Danny Wood
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Donnie Wahlberg, Flavor Flav and Danny Wood at day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Gwen Stefani
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Gwen Stefani at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nate White
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Nate White at day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Camilla Cabello
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Camilla Cabello at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Big Boy, AJ McLean & Christina Milian
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Big Boy, AJ McLean and Christina Milian at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Armani White
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Armani White at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Camila Cabello
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Camila Cabello performs on stage at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Gwen Stefani
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Gwen Stefani at day 1 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg
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Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg backstage on day 2 of the iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 21, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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