The Billboard Latin Music Award for Songwriter of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, a ceremony which honors "the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, streaming and social data that informs Billboards weekly charts." The award is given to the best performing songwriters on Billboards Latin charts.
Marco Antonio Solís is the most awarded songwriter in the category with five wins out of ten nominations, followed by Espinoza Paz and Romeo Santos with four awards each from six and seven nominations, respectively. As of 2023, only Marco Antonio Solís, Espinoza Paz, Romeo Santos and Bad Bunny have won Songwriter of the Year thrice in a row. The current holder as of the 2023 ceremony is Peso Pluma.
Recipients
YearRecipientNominees1996Marco Antonio Solís199719981999colspan="2" 2000Marco Antonio Solís2001Omar Alfanno2002Juan Gabriel2003Estéfano2004Juanes2005Leonel García2006Juanes2007Romeo Santos2008Marco Antonio Solís2009Espinoza Paz201020112012Prince Royce2013Espinoza Paz2014Romeo Santos201520162017Horacio Palencia2018Daddy Yankee2019Juan "Gaby Music" Rivera2020Bad Bunny202120222023Peso Pluma
Records
Most nominations NominationsRecipient10Marco Antonio Solís7Horacio PalenciaRomeo Santos6Espinoza PazDaddy Yankee4Joan SebastianJuan GabrielJuanesRudy PérezJ BalvinBad Bunny3EstéfanoLuciano LunaEdgar Barrera2Don OmarFranco de VitaGerardo OrtízKike SantanderOmar AlfannoOzunaTainyMarco Barrera
Most awards
AwardsProducer5Marco Antonio Solís4Espinoza PazRomeo Santos3Bad Bunny2Juanes
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