# Premio Lo Nuestro 2003

Premio Lo Nuestro 2003 was the 15th anniversary of the awards. the show was hosted by Mexican presenters Marco Antonio Regil and Adal Ramones. Juanes, Thalía, Marc Anthony, Pilar Montenegro, Sin Bandera, Banda el Recodo and other Latin music greats gave electrifying performances. In the show, there was 36 awards winners with 135 nominations. In Pop genre, Awards was given for : Album of the Year, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Group or duo, Best New Artist and Song of the Year. In Rock Genre : Best Rock Album and Best rock Performer of the Year. In Tropical genre : Best Tropical Album of the Year, Best Tropical Male Artist, Best Tropical Female Artist, Best Tropical Group or Duo of the Year, Best Tropical New Artist, Tropical Song of the Year, Best Merengue Performance, Best Salsa Performance and Best Traditional Performance. Juanes was the biggest winner of night, took home four awards Best Pop Male Artist, Best Music Video, Best Rock Performance, and Pop Song of the Year . In the Regional Mexican, Pilar Montenegro took three awards for Regional Mexican Song of the Year, Pop Song of the Year ("Quitame Ese Hombre"), and for Best Regional Mexican Female Artist. In the tropical genre, Celia Cruz took home with four great awards of the night for Best Salsa Performance, Best Tropical Female Artist, Best Tropical Song of the year and Tropical Album of the Year. At the night, the greatest performance was a medley of top Latin hits from the last 15 years, performed by the artists that made them famous, including Vikki Carr, Son by Four, Los Ilegales, La Mafia, Luis Enrique, Wilfrido Vargas and Olga Tañón. There was a great tribute to Celia Cruz by the world-famous salsa group "Fania All-Stars", of which Cruz was a member during the 1970s, reunited for an exclusive performance that rocked the house.

## Nominees and winners

| Pop Album | Pop Song |
| Sin Bandera – Sin Bandera Las Ketchup – Hijas del Tomate Alejandro Sanz – MTV Unplugged Enrique Iglesias – Quizás Thalía – Thalía | Juanes – "A Dios le Pido" and Pilar Montenegro – "Quitame Ese Hombre" Sin Bandera – "Entra en Mi Vida" Shakira – "Suerte" Chayanne – "Y Tú Te Vas" |
| Pop Male Artist | Pop Female Artist |
| Juanes Chayanne Cristian Enrique Iglesias Luis Miguel | Shakira Alejandra Guzmán Pilar Montenegro Laura Pausini Jennifer Peña Thalía |
| Pop Group or Duo | Pop New Artist |
| Sin Bandera Kabah Las Ketchup OV7 | Las Ketchup Alejandro Montaner Area 305 Sin Bandera |
| Rock Album | Rock Artist |
| Maná – Revolución de Amor Cabas – Buenos Muchachos - La Mosca Tsé Tsé Cabas Los Rabanes – Money Pa' Qué Juanes – Un Día Normal | Juanes Cabas Maná Los Rabanes |
| Regional Mexican Album | Regional Mexican Song |
| Conjunto Primavera – Perdóname Mi Amor Liberación – Ahora y Siempre Lupillo Rivera – Amorcito Corazón Tucanes de Tijuana – Juego a la Vida Intocable – Sueños | Pilar Montenegro – "Quitame Ese Hombre" Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa – "Estoy Sufriendo" Banda el Recodo – "No Me Se Rajar" Conjunto Primavera – "Perdóname Mi Amor" Alberto and Roberto – "Tu Forma de Ser" |
| Regional Mexican Male Artist | Regional Mexican Female Artist |
| Joan Sebastian Lupillo Rivera Marco Antonio Solís Pedro Fernández | Pilar Montenegro Aracely Arámbula Jenni Rivera Paquita la del Barrio |
| Regional Mexican Group or Duo | Regional Mexican New Artist |
| Intocable Alberto and Roberto Banda el Recodo Conjunto Primavera Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa | Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa Adolfo Urías y su Lobo Norteño Aracely Arámbula Aroma |
| Tejano Performance | Grupero Performance |
| Intocable Jimmy González and el Grupo Mazz Los Palominos Control Bobby Pulido | Los Temerarios Alberto and Roberto Liberación Joan Sebastian |
| Ranchero Performance | Banda Performance |
| Vicente Fernández Pablo Montero Paquita la del Barrio Pedro Fernández | Banda el Recodo El Coyote and su Banda Tierra Santa Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa Lupillo Rivera Rogelio Martínez |
| Norteño Performance |
| Conjunto Primavera El Poder del Norte Los Tigres del Norte Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte |
| Tropical Album | Tropical Song |
| Celia Cruz – La Negra Tiene Tumbao Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá – A Bailar Cumbia Monchy & Alexandra – Confesiones Carlos Vives – Déjame Entrar Marc Anthony – Libre | Celia Cruz – "La Vida es un Carnaval" Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá – "Cumba Sobre el Río" Celia Cruz – "La Negra Tiene Tumbao" Marc Anthony – "Viviendo" |
| Tropical Male Artist | Tropical Female Artist |
| Marc Anthony Carlos Vives Elvis Crespo Gilberto Santa Rosa | Celia Cruz Brenda K. Starr Susana Baca Milly Quezada |
| Merengue Artist | Salsa Artist |
| Elvis Crespo Ilegales Fulanito Oro Solido | Celia Cruz El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico Gilberto Santa Rosa Marc Anthony |
| Tropical Duo or Group | Tropical New Artist |
| Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá Fulanito Ilegales Monchy & Alexandra | Proyecto Nuevo Dooble Fiilo Rafy Burgos "El Cupido" |
| Traditional Performance | Video of the Year |
| Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá Carlos Vives Fito Olivares Monchy & Alexandra | Juanes – "A Dios le Pido" (dir. Gustavo Garzón) Maná – "Ángel de Amor" (dir. Marlene Rodriguez) Carlos Vives – "Carito" (dir. Oscar Azul) Pablo Montero – "Hay Otra en Tu Lugar" (dir. Martin White Eagle) Cristian – "Lloviendo Estrellas" (dir. Paolo Scarfo) Enrique Iglesias – "Mentiroso" (dir. Simon Brand) Jorge Moreno – "Mi Sufrimiento" (dir. Jorge Moreno) Paulina Rubio – "Si Tú Te Vas" (banda version) (dir. Wayne Isham) Cabas – "Tu Boca" (dir. Felipe Dothee-Cigoto) Jerry Rivera – "Vuela Muy Alto" (dir. Marcelo Paez) |

## Special awards

* Excellence Award: Luis Miguel
* Premio del Pueblo (People's Choice):
** Pop: Thalía
** Rock: Shakira
** Tropical: Marc Anthony
** Regional/Mexican: Vicente Fernández
** Urban: El General

### Pop category

| S.No. | Sub - Category | Nominees | Winner |
| 1) | Album of the Year | Hijas del Tomate - Las Ketchup MTV Unplugged - Alejandro Sanz Quizás - Enrique Iglesias Thalia - Thalía | Sin Bandera - Sin Bandera |
| 2) | Best Male Artist | Chayanne Cristian Enrique Iglesias Luis Miguel | Juanes |
| 3) | Best Female Artist | Alejandra Guzmán Pilar Montenegro Laura Pausini Jennifer Peña Thalía | Shakira |
| 4) | Best Duo or Group | Kabah Las Ketchup OV7 | Sin Bandera |
| 5) | Best New Artist of the Year | Alejandro Montaner Area 305 Sin Bandera | Las Ketchup |
| 6) | Song of the Year | Entra en mi vida - Sin Bandera Quítame Ese Hombre - Pilar Montenegro Suerte - Shakira Y Tú Te Vas - Chayanne | A Dios le Pido - Juanes |

### Rock category

| S.No. | Sub - Category | Nominees | Winner |
| 1) | Album of the Year | Buenos Muchachos - La Mosca Tsé Tsé Cabas - Cabas Money Pa' Qué - Los Rabanes Un Día Normal - Juanes | Revolución de Amor - Maná |
| 2) | Best Rock Performance | Cabas Maná Los Rabanes | Juanes |

### Tropical category

| S.No. | Sub - Category | Nominees | Winner |
| 1) | Album of the Year | A Bailar Cumbia - Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá Bailando Bailando - Fito Olivares Confesiones - Monchy & Alexandra Déjame Entrar - Carlos Vives Libre - Marc Anthony | La Negra Tiene Tumbao - Celia Cruz |
| 2) | Best Male Artist | Carlos Vives Elvis Crespo Gilberto Santa Rosa | Marc Anthony |
| 3) | Best Female Artist | Brenda K. Starr Milly Quezada Susana Baca | Celia Cruz |
| 4) | Best Duo or Group | Fulanito Ilegales Monchy & Alexandra | Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá |
| 5) | Best New Artist of the Year | Dobble Fiilo Rafy Burgos El Cupido | Proyecto Nuevo |
| 6) | Song of the Year | Bandida - Elvis Crespo Cumbia Sobre el Río - Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá La Negra Tiene Tumbao - Celia Cruz Viviendo - Marc Anthony | La Vida es un Carnaval - Celia Cruz |
| 7) | Best Merengue Performance | Fulanito Ilegales Oro Sólido | Elvis Crespo |
| 8) | Best Salsa Performance | El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico Gilberto Santa Rosa Marc Anthony | Celia Cruz |
| 9) | Best Salsa Performance | Carlos Vives Fito Olivares Monchy & Alexandra | Celso Piña and su Ronda Bogotá |

### Regional Mexican category

| S.No. | Sub - Category | Nominees | Winner |
| 1) | Album of the Year | Ahora y Siempre - Liberación Amorcito Corazón - Lupillo Rivera Juego A La Vida - Tucanes de Tijuana Sueños (Intocable album) - Intocable | Perdóname Mi Amor - Conjunto Primavera |
| 2) | Best Male Artist | Lupillo Rivera Marco A. Solís Pedro Fernández | Joan Sebastian |
| 3) | Best Female Artist | Aracely Arámbula Ana Bárbara Jenni Rivera Paquita la del Barrio | Pilar Montenegro |
| 4) | Best Duo or Group | Alberto and Roberto Banda el Recodo Conjunto Primavera Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa | Intocable |
| 5) | Best New Artist of the Year | Adolfo Urias and su Lobo Norteño Aracely Arámbula Aroma | Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa |
| 6) | Song of the Year | Estoy Sufriendo - Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa No Me Se Rajar- Banda el Recodo Perdóname Mi Amor- Conjunto Primavera Tu Forma de Ser- Alberto and Roberto | Quítame Ese Hombre - Pilar Montenegro |
| 7) | Best Tejano Performance | Control Jimmy González and el Grupo Mazz Los Palominos | Intocable |
| 8) | Best Grupera Performance | Alberto and Roberto Joan Sebastian Liberación | Los Temerarios |
| 9) | Best Ranchera Performance | Pablo Montero Paquita la del Barrio Pedro Fernández | Vicente Fernández |
| 10) | Best Banda Performance | El Coyote and su Banda Tierra Santa Germán Lizárraga and su Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa Lupillo Rivera Rogelio Martínez | Banda el Recodo |
| 11) | Best Norteño Performance | El Poder del Norte Los Tigres del Norte Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte | Conjunto Primavera |

### Urban category

| S.No. | Sub - Category | Nominees | Winner |
| 1) | Album of the Year | Emboscada - Vico C Pura Gozadera- Proyecto Uno The Phenomenon - Big Boy Un Paso a la Eternidad - Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop | Is Back - El General & Pura Gozadera - Proyecto Uno |
| 2) | Best Urban Performance | Big Boy Proyecto Uno Vico C | El General |

### Popular award

| S.No. | Sub - Category | Winner |
| 1) | Popular Pop Artist | Thalía |
| 2) | Popular Rock Artist | Shakira |
| 3) | Popular Tropical Artist | Marc Anthony |
| 4) | Popular Regional Mexican Artist | Vicente Fernández |
| 5) | Popular Urban Artist | El General |
| 6) | Video of the Year | A Dios Le Pido - Juanes |