page_title: Lo Nuestro Award for Artist of the Year
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: Lo Nuestro Award for Artist of the Year / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: English: Shakira and her fiancee, Antonio de la Rúa, with President Obama
context_page_description: The Lo Nuestro Award for Artist of the Year is an honor presented annually by American network Univision. The Lo Nuestro Awards were first awarded since 1989 and was established to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The nominees and winners were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and also based on chart performance on Billboard Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte. At the present time, the winners are selected by the audience through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef.
  In 2010, the Artist of the Year award was presented for the first time and the nominees included bands Aventura and Maná and performers Flex, Luis Fonsi and Vicente Fernández. Aventura earned the award, and also was the recipient of the first Latin Artist of the Year accolade at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, which combines achievements on both the Top Latin Albums and Hot Latin Songs charts.
context_section_description: Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
caption: Colombian performer Shakira (pictured in 2009), winner in 2012
exif: {}