MIAMI, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/
-- Billboard and Telemundo announced the recipients of
the special awards for the 2012 Billboard
Mexican Music Awards Presented by State Farm™ to air live on
Thursday, October 18 at 7pm/6c from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Leading
Mariachi singer Pepe Aguilar
will be awarded the Billboard "Musical Legacy Award," in
recognition of a lengthy and rich musical trajectory that has
influenced the genre and its artists; Norteno music institution
Los Huracanes del Norte will be bestowed the Billboard
"Voice Award," given to an artist or musical group with a
distinctive and unique on and off-stage persona; while legendary
Banda music group La Original Banda El Limon de Salvador
Lizarraga will be presented with the "Excellence Award,"
awarded by Telemundo to an innovative artist or musical group that
has remained at the forefront of music, changing, renewing and
transforming themselves in order to remain
successful. Tickets to the awards show,
which will be hosted by telenovela stars Marlene Favela, Rafael Amaya and TV personality
Daniel Sarcos, are on sale
through Ticketmaster.com or by
phone at 1-800-745-3000. For a complete list of
finalists and announcements, visit
www.Telemundo.com/premiosbillboard, the official
website for the 2012 Billboard Mexican Music Awards presented by
State
Farm™. Fans
can also follow the awards show via
Facebook.com/PremiosBillboardTelemundo
and,
Twitter.com/@LatinBillboardsand
#BillboardsMX.
Pepe Aguilar
will be awarded the "Musical Legacy Award" in
recognition of a lengthy and rich musical trajectory that has
influenced the genre and its artists. Pepe Aguilar was recently immortalized on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star on the most famous boulevard
in the world, located next to the one honoring his father
Antonio Aguilar.
Originally from Zacatecas, Mexico,
Pepe Aguilar debuted as a
singer at the age of three in Madison
Square Garden in New York
in one of his father's shows. With global sales exceeding 12
million copies of his albums, he is considered a Latin music star
by critics. Twelve of his songs have reached the top 10 of the
Billboard charts, opening doors and resulting in new radio
opportunities for other singers of mariachi music. As composer and
producer he has worked with important figures, from Mexican
traditional music singers like Lupita D'Alessio, Edith Marquez and Guadalupe Pineda to Spanish and English singing
rock stars like Julieta Venegas,
Ely Guerra and Taboo (of The Black
Eyed Peas). Pepe Aguilar is a social media maverick and
has established an online talent contest titled "El Rey del
Mariachi" in search of the next representative of the traditional
Mexican music, to be promoted on his own record label with the goal
of developing traditional Mexican music new talent.
The Norteno music institution Los Huracanes del
Norte will be bestowed the "Voice Award", given to an artist or
musical group with a distinctive and unique on and off-stage
persona. Los Huracanes del Norte is one
of the most emblematic Norteno musical acts. They are creators of a
unique style that has given them international fame, with a
prolific production of 63 albums, and participation in 21 feature
films. Gold and Platinum albums, various
trophies, recognitions by government entities, medals, and many
awards not only for their music, but also for their great
humanitarian work have been bestowed to this legendary musical
group. Born in Yahualica, Jalisco
and raised in Tangancicuaro, Michoacan, the brothers Heraclio, Jesus and Francisco Garcia Ruvalcaba migrated to
the United States with their
parents in search of a better life. Part of their childhood and
youth were spent in the strenuous work of agriculture. Peasants by
day and bohemians by night, in 1969 they formed the group Los
Cuatro del Norte, animating the town celebrations, and performing
covers of the Nortena music idols of the time. Years and many music
hits later, the group returns to California, to celebrate 40 years of a
lustrous career.
The legendary Banda music group La Original Banda El
Limon de Salvador Lizarraga will receive the "Excellence
Award," presented by Telemundo to an
innovative artist or musical group that has remained at the
forefront of music, changing, renewing and transforming themselves
in order to remain successful. La Original Banda El Limon
de Salvador Lizarraga is one of the oldest groups in
contemporary Banda music. Originating in the mid-'60s and led by
clarinetist Salvador Lizarraga
Sanchez, the 17-member band has featured many classic
vocalists during its history, Julio
Preciado among them. Winners of multiple awards, the songs
by La Original Banda El Limon, have enjoyed steady success.
"Al Menos" for example, appeared for
39 consecutive weeks and peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Hot Latin
Tracks Songs chart.
Fans will also be able to cast their votes for their
favorite finalist and help select the winner of Telemundo's "Your
World Award" by accessing
www.Telemundo.com/PremiosBillboard. On-line
voting ends on October 18 at
7pm ET. While the recipients of
the 2012 Billboard Mexican Music Awards presented
by State Farm® are determined by
chart performance as listed on Billboard's weekly Regional Mexican
music charts, the "Your World Award" winner is decided solely by
fans' votes compiled on the website and is announced during the
telecast.
Telenovela stars Marlene Favela, Rafael Amaya and TV personality
Daniel Sarcos
will host the 2012 Billboard Mexican Music
Awards presented by State Farm™.
Marlene Favela is a Mexican
actress of telenovelas with a solid and steady career. Her more
notable work includes the original Telemundo productions of "El
Zorro" and "Los Herederos Del Monte". Favela,
who has been one of People en Espanol's "50 most beautiful," also
hosted the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2007. Favela recently
joined the cast of the Telemundo production "El Rostro de la
Venganza." Renowned actor Rafael
Amaya is one of telenovela's favorite leading men after
his starring roles in Telemundo's highly rated productions "Alguien
te Mira" and "La Reina del Sur," where he acted alongside
Kate del Castillo personifying the
famous "El Guero" Davila. The heartthrob actor also hosted "Premios
Tu Mundo" earlier in 2012. Daniel Sarcos is one of the most successful
and beloved hosts in Spanish language TV. He currently co-hosts
Telemundo's morning show "Un Nuevo
Dia". The awards show is preceded by the red carpet
special La Alfombra de los Premios Billboard de la Musica
Mexicana presentado por State Farm which will be hosted by TV
personalities Azucena Cierco
and Monica Noguera
with Guadalupe
Venegas from mun2 as Backstage Host, and
People en Espanol's Fashion and Beauty Director, Kika Rocha, as guest fashion
commentator.
The three musical acts, recipients of this year's
Billboards special awards: Pepe
Aguilar, La Original Banda El Limon de Salvador
Lizarraga and Los Huracanes del Norte will also be
performing, joining previously announced musical acts Los
Tucanes de Tijuana,
Conjunto Primavera,
3BallMTY, Yuridia, Julion
Alvarez y su Norteno Banda, America Sierra, Smoky, Los Primos
de Durango, J-King y Maximan,
Pesado, Duelo, Roberto Junior y Su Bandeno, Horacio Palencia, Mariachi Sol de
Mexico de Jose Hernandez and Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles
Billboard Mexican Music Awards finalists and winners are
determined by chart performance as chronicled in Billboard Magazine
and on Billboard.com during the eligibility period of August 27, 2011 through August 18, 2012. Award categories are based on
album and digital track sales data provided by Nielsen SoundScan
and radio airplay monitored by Nielsen BDS.
SOURCE Telemundo