Fuerza Regida lead the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards with eight wins, as Bad Bunny takes Artist of the Year

Fuerza Regida had the biggest night at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards, which were held on Thursday 22 October at the James L. Knight Center in Miami and broadcast live on Telemundo and Peacock. The California regional Mexican group finished with eight awards, one more than Bad Bunny, who took seven.

If you are new to the group: Fuerza Regida are a California regional Mexican act and one of the loudest names in the genre's current boom. We looked at how the field was shaping up in our preview of the ceremony, when Peso Pluma led the nominations.

The big winners

Bad Bunny won Artist of the Year, Tour of the Year, Global 200 Latin Artist of the Year and Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male, along with the male Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year award. Bad Bunny beat Fuerza Regida, Karol G, Peso Pluma and Tito Double P for the top prize.

Fuerza Regida's "Marlboro Rojo" swept the song categories: Hot Latin Song of the Year, Global 200 Latin Song of the Year, Streaming Song of the Year and Regional Mexican Song of the Year. The group also won Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group, Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group, and Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Duo or Group.

Peso Pluma and Tito Double P took Top Latin Album of the Year and Top Regional Mexican Album of the Year for their joint record DINASTÍA, plus Hot Latin Song Vocal Collaboration of the Year for "daño". Peso Pluma also won Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, Solo. The awards reflect chart performance from the chart dated 13 September 2025 through the one dated 5 September 2026.

Other category winners

• Karol G won Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female, and Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female, and shared Latin Pop Song of the Year for "Coleccionando Heridas" with Marco Antonio Solís.
• Rosalía won Latin Pop Artist of the Year, Solo, and Top Latin Pop Album of the Year for LUX.
• Romeo Santos won Tropical Artist of the Year, Solo, and, with Prince Royce, Latin Airplay Song of the Year and Tropical Song of the Year for "Lokita Por Mí", plus Top Tropical Album of the Year for Better Late Than Never.
• Omar Courtz won Artist of the Year, Debut.
• Burna Boy won Crossover Artist of the Year.
• Aventura won Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group, Maná took Latin Pop Artist of the Year, Duo or Group, and Wisin & Yandel won the Rhythm award for duo or group.
• Rimas won the label awards for Hot Latin Songs and Top Latin Albums, Sony Music Latin took several airplay and tropical label prizes, and Double P Records won the Top Regional Mexican Albums label award.

The honorary awards

Rosalía received the Billboard Hall of Fame Award, and Rubén Blades the Billboard Icon Award. Fuerza Regida accepted the Vanguard Award, and Cristian Castro the Lifetime Achievement award. Blades, the Panamanian salsa great, was named in our earlier look at the ceremony's performers and honorees.

The night leaned heavily on regional Mexican music: Fuerza Regida, Peso Pluma and Tito Double P between them took the song, album and artist awards in that field and several of the biggest overall prizes. Bad Bunny's seven wins made him the night's other big winner, and Rosalía's double win for LUX adds to the Hall of Fame honour she collected on the same night.