LOS40 Music Awards
| LOS40 Music Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Best in Spanish and International music |
| Country | Spain |
| Presented by | Los 40 |
| First awarded | December 16, 2006 |
| Website | http://los40musicawards.los40.com |
LOS40 Music Awards formerly known as Premios 40 Principales is an award show by the musical radio station Los 40. Created in 2006 to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the worldwide station.
History
Top 40 music station is the most important in Spain, with 4,089,000 listeners in 2012, and the second strand of the country radio audience just behind the Cadena SER, in the same group. At first, began as a musical called Top 40 Radio in Madrid, from Cadena SER. After the program finished airing on 10 stations in the chain. At first lasted two hours later it was four, and eight hours later, when the program was transferred to the weekly edition on Saturday. The program was recorded, was sent to stations by geography Cadena SER Spanish and emitted as these, all at once, at the agreed time. Due to the success of the program, especially among young people, more and more hours of programming copaba and began to create his own style, the "Style 40" based on a language agile, dynamic, youthful, casual, for a very young audience where they compete in important music, music information and how to present the album. Wave Media was critical to convey that "Style 40" because we must not forget, the FM the tune a minority and Saturday afternoons Medium Wave stations emit eight hours of "Top 40" where listeners could choose the number 1. Thanks to the success of the program, and increased FM transmitters and receivers, Top 40 daily duration was increased in 1979 to reach 24 hours of daily broadcast stations radiofórmula new Top 40, still belonging to the Cadena SER . In 1985 began broadcasting via satellite and in the 1987-1988 season, constituted as radio station, Cadena 40 Principales, now independent of the Cadena SER, but still under the control of PRISA Group, who owns both chains.
Top 40 Waves received the award in the category National Radio in 1985. In 1998 both received Ondas Awards for Best Presenter Joaquin Luqui Musical Program and the 40 to 1 for Best TV Specialist Program. The program Your place or mine got in 2000 Ondas Award Most Innovative Radio Program, original and for their service to society. In 2004, the alarm Anda Ya! received the Innovation Award to radio waves. In 2010, Frank White is awarded the Gold Antenna Federation of Radio and Television Spain1
Ceremonies
| Year | Edition | Date | Venue | City |
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| 2006 | I | 16 de diciembre | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid | Madrid,  |
| 2007 | II | December 14th | ||
| 2008 | III | December 12th | ||
| 2009 | IV | December 11th | ||
| 2010 | V | December 10th | ||
| 2011 | VI | December 9th | ||
| 2012 | VII | January 24, 2013 | ||
| 2013 | VII | December 12th | ||
| 2014 | IX | December 12th | ||
| 2015 | X | December 11th | ||
| 2016 | XI | December 1st | Palau Sant Jordi | Barcelona, |
| 2017 | XII | November 10th | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid | Madrid, |
| 2018 | XIII | November 2nd |
Categories
- Spain
- Latin
- International
- International Album
- International Song
- International Artist
- International New Artist
- International Video
- America
All-time ranking
Los Premios 40 Principales España
NOTES:
- Special awards not included.
- Awards/nominations to collaborations of two or more acts are counted for everyone involved.
Los Premios 40 Principales América
| Act | Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse & Joy | 3 | 4 |
| Percance | 2 | 2 |
| Enrique Iglesias | 2 | 3 |
| One Direction | 2 | 3 |
| Pitbull | 1 | 1 |
| Vazquez Sounds | 1 | 1 |
| Denise Rosenthal | 1 | 1 |
| LMFAO | 1 | 1 |
| Axel | 1 | 1 |
| Francisca Valenzuela | 1 | 1 |
| Comando Tiburón | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Páez | 1 | 1 |
| Piva | 1 | 1 |
| Iván Zavala | 1 | 1 |
| Aura | 1 | 1 |
| Descemer Bueno | 1 | 1 |
| Gente de Zona | 1 | 1 |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | 1 | 2 |
| Zoé | 1 | 2 |
| Maluma | 1 | 2 |
| Juanes | 1 | 2 |
| Calvin Harris | 1 | 4 |
NOTES:
- Special awards not included.
- Awards/nominations to collaborations of two or more acts are counted for everyone involved.