Shakira, Sanz, Juanes top Billboard Latin awards

HOLLYWOOD, Florida (Hollywood Reporter) - International pop music stars Shakira,

Alejandro Sanz and Juanes were the top winners at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on Thursday.

Colombian native Shakira led the night with five trophies, including wins for Latin pop album, female, as well as the Spirit of Hope award for her charitable work.

Her duet with Spaniard Sanz -- "La Tortura" -- gave each star several wins, including nods for hot Latin song of the year, hot Latin vocal duet, and Latin ringtone of the year.

Sanz, with a total a four wins, was just ahead of Colombian heartthrob Juanes, who won three statuettes, including songwriter of the year. His hit tune "La Camisa Negra" was named Latin pop airplay song of the year, male; Italian pop singer

Laura Pausini's "Viveme" won the female prize.

Puerto Rico's Daddy Yankee, the face of the quickly evolving reggaeton movement, also won three awards, as did rising Dominican vocalist Andy Andy, who's been riding the breakthrough of his merengue-influenced album "Ironia."

Other winners during the colorful three-hour telecast included such familiar names as Arturo Sandoval,

Ricky Martin, Luis Miguel and Puerto Rico's Olga Tanon.

Winners were determined by sales and radio airplay figures compiled by Billboard magazine from February 12, 2005, through February 4, 2006.

The show, broadcast live on Telemundo, moved out of Miami this year to the 5,600-seat Hard Rock Live inside the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Hosted by Spanish-language television personality Candela Ferro and Mexican banda singer Lupillo Rivera, the ceremony capped the weeklong Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami, now in its 17th year.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter