Latin urban singer Nicky Jam leads the nominees for the first Latin American Music Awards with six nominations.
The fan-voted awards show, to air in the US October 8 from Hollywood, California, on Telemundo, will feature performances in both English and Spanish from Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi, Gerardo Ortiz and Italian pop trio Il Volo. Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias and Colombian newcomer J Balvin have five nominations each; Calibre 50, Mana and Romeo Santos have four nominations each.
Starting on Tuesday, fans can vote online for nominees in 20 categories, including artist of the year, new artist, favourite collaboration and favourite streaming song, at www.LatinAMAs.com/vota or via Twitter.
The programme will be broadcast simultaneously on NBC Universo.
