Premios 40 Principales 2010 Awards Nominees announced.

Grupo PRISA’s radio division – Unión Radio – announced the nominees to this year’s edition of “Premios 40 Principales” Awards:

Alejandro Sanz and Maldita Nerea have earned five nominations and Miguel Bosé follows them with three. Behind them, Dani Martín, Pignoise, David Bisbal, Estopa and Robert Ramirez have been nominated in two categories. On the international awards category, Camila leads with three nominations (one of them in the national category of Mexico), and tied with two nominations are David Guetta, Kesha, Lady Gaga, Shakira, Juanes, Diego Torres (one of them in the national category of Argentina).

The voting period on www.los40.com will begin at midnight (00:00) on October 16th 2010 and end on the twenty-three fifty-nine hours (23:59) December 3rd 2010.

Premios 40 Principales 2010 award gala will be held on December 10 at the Palacio de Deportes Comunidad de Madrid (Spain). The net profit from the sale of tickets for the gala will go to various humanitarian projects run by none profit organizations such as “Anar Foundation” and AMREF (African Medical Foundation and Research).

Premios 40 Principales nominees for the nineteen categories have been announced this morning. The ceremony took place at the Casa de América in Madrid. Some of the speakers at the event were Luis Merino, Director of Music for Unión Radio, Jorge Florez, Director of Music for SER Jaume Baro, Director of 40 Principales and singer Dani Martin, who is sponsoring this year’s edition. All speakers emphasized that these awards are the only of its kind in Spain and Latin America chosen by the public.

The event was also attended by artists such as Dover, El Pescao, Melendi, Despistaos, Pol 3.14, Maldita Nerea, Pignoise, Preciados or Robert Ramirez.

40 Principales’ team noted that the nominees have been selected among those artists that were played on the network at least once, between October 15, 2009 and September 30, 2010. The list of nominees was drawn up based on three criteria: the rotation in the 40 Principales lists, the results of market surveys conducted by the network and the album sales of each artist.

Premios 40 Principales Awards are organized into 4 sections: National (Spain), National (America), International in Spanish and International in Foreign Language (none Spanish):

PREMIOS 40 PRINCIPALES 2010 NOMINEES

SPAIN
Alejandro Sanz 5
Maldita Nerea 5
Miguel Bosé 3
Dani Martín 2
David Bisbal 2
Estopa 2
Pignoise 2
Robert Ramírez 2
Carlos Jean 1
Despistaos 1
Dover 1
El Canto del Loco 1
El Pescao 1
Enrique Iglesias 1
Funambulista 1
Melendi 1
Pereza 1
Pol 3.14 1
Preciados 1
Taxi 1

INTERNATIONAL
Camila* 3
David Guetta 2
Diego Torres** 2
Juanes 2
Kesha 2
Lady Gaga 2
Shakira 2
Edward Maya 1
Kylie Minogue 1
Paulina Rubio 1
Pitbull 1
Rihanna 1
Taio Cruz 1
Wisin y Yandel 1

* One nomination for National Mexican Artist
** One nomination for National Argentinean Artist

PREMIOS 40 PRINCIPALES 2010 NOMINEES

SPAIN – CATEGORIES

BEST SONG
Looking for paradise / Alejandro Sanz
Cosas que suenan a… / Maldita Nerea
Sick of love / Robert Ramírez
El run run / Estopa con Rosario
Lady Madrid / Pereza

NEW ARTIST
Maldita Nerea
Pol 3.14
Funambulista
Preciados
Robert Ramírez

BEST SOLO ARTIST
Melendi
Alejandro Sanz
El Pescao
Dani Martín
Enrique Iglesias

BEST GROUP
Despistaos
Dover
Pignoise
Taxi
Maldita Nerea

BEST ÁLBUM
Cardio / Miguel Bosé
Paraíso Express / Alejandro Sanz
Sin mirar atrás / David Bisbal
X Anniversarium / Estopa
Radio La Colifata presenta: El Canto del Loco / El Canto del Loco

BEST VIDEO CLIP
Nuestro amor será leyenda / Alejandro Sanz
16 añitos / Dani Martín
Ay Haití / Carlos Jean
Estuve a punto de / Miguel Bosé
El secreto de las tortugas / Maldita Nerea

BEST TOUR, FESTIVAL OR CONCERT
Sin mirar atrás / David Bisbal
Cardio Tour / Miguel Bosé
Paraíso Express / Alejandro Sanz
El secreto de las tortugas / Maldita Nerea
Año Zero / Pignoise

INTERNATIONAL IN SPANISH LANGUAGE – CATEGORIES

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN SPANISH LANGUAGE
Shakira
Juanes
Wisin y Yandel
Camila
Pitbull

BEST SONG IN SPANISH LANGUAGE
Waka Waka / Skakira
Mientes / Camila
Guapa / Diego Torres
Yerbatero / Juanes
Ni rosas ni juguetes / Paulina Rubio

INTERNATIONAL IN NONE SPANISH LANGUAGE – CATEGORIES

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN NONE SPANISH LANGUAGE
David Guetta
Lady Gaga
Kesha
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna

BEST SONG IN NONE SPANISH LANGUAGE
Sexy Bitch / David Guetta (feat. Akon)
Tik Tok / Kesha
Bad romance / Lady Gaga
Stereo love / Edward Maya (feat. Vika Jigulina)
Break your heart / Taio Cruz

NATIONAL CATEGORIES IN AMERICA

ECUADOR
Caalu
Norca
Tercer mundo
Fausto Miño
Daniel Betancourt

Argentina
Miranda
Teenangels
Dante
Diego Torres
Emmanuel Horvilleur

COLOMBIA
Dragon & Caballero
J. Balvin
Sebastian Yepes
Santiago Cruz
Don Tetto

CHILE
Koko
Mendez
Zaturno
Chico Trujillo
Croni K

PANAMA
Manuel Araúz
Iván Barrios
Margarita Henríquez
Comando Tiburón
Jhonny D

GUATEMALA
Francis Dávila
Malacates Trebol Shop
Duo Sway
El Clubo
Viento el contra

COSTA RICA
Fuerza Dread
Percance
Escats
4/ 24
Alonso Solis

MEXICO
Alejandro Fernández
Camila
Belanova
Panteon Rococo
Moenia

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