' Gabriel, Anthony Earn Ñiiiiis Veterans and Newcomers Share Latin Awards Successes
$6.95 (U.S.), $8.95 (CAN.), £5.50 (U.K.), 8.95 (EUROPE), Y2,500 (JAPAN) aw a rn w Z THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT MAY 18, 2002 ' Gabriel, Anthony Earn Ñiiiiis Veterans And Newcomers Share Latin Awards Successes BY LEILA COBO Latin Albums artist of the year, MIAMI- Traditional ballads met a thanks to extraordinary sales of his new generation at the 13th annual salsa collection Libre, which was Billboard Latin Music Awards May released late last year and spent 9, with veteran Mexican singer/ more than 10 weeks at No. 1 on the songwriter Juan Gabriel taking Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. home four honors, while chart new- "I don't expect those things," 1 comers Manu Chao and Lupillo Anthony told Billboard, referring to Rivera -as well as salsa/pop star his awards. "But this album is so Marc Anthony -won two each. special for me. I never put so much Gabriel, who also performed dur- blood, sweat, and tears into one proj- ing the star- studded fest at the Jack- ect in my life. With this particular ie Gleason Theater in Miami, scored one, I honestly feel like I had a baby." big with his song "Abrázame Muy Anthony was one in a parade of Fuerte" (Hold Me Very Closely, the theme * Heinel<eR iEN VIVO- high -profile artists who performed at of the soap opera of the same name), which the awards show. It airs May 12 on the Flash won Latin track of the year and Latin Pop Billbóárd Telemundo network, whose acquisition Hometown News Airplay track of the year.
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