Latin Music's Biggest Night Is Coming to Miami. Here's Who Just Joined the Lineup.
Jessi Uribe, Ha*Ash, Elvis Crespo, Paola Jara and seven more acts are performing at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards — live October 22 at the James L. Knight Center.
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The 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards are happening in Miami. October 22. James L. Knight Center. And the lineup just got significantly bigger.
Ten new performers were announced this week: Elvis Crespo, Erick Brian, Ha*Ash, Jessi Uribe, La Nueva Ola de la Cumbia, Nanpa Básico, Nella, Paola Jara, Pututi & Nesty and SANTOS BRAVOS. They join Carlos Rivera, Chuyin, Fuerza Regida, Kapo, Manuel Turizo, Melymel, Ozuna, Pablo Alborán, RIZA, Tito Double P, Víctor Manuelle, Xavi and Yahritza y Su Esencia — already announced. The show airs live at 8 p.m. ET on Telemundo and Peacock, hosted by Carmen Villalobos and Javier Poza. Blue-carpet coverage starts at 7 p.m.
The names worth knowing: Jessi Uribe is one of the defining voices of música popular colombiana right now — 1.2 billion Spotify streams, collaborations with Alejandro Fernández, Carín León and Luis R Conriquez, and a recent joint project with Paola Jara, Despecho a 2 Voces, that landed across Latin America. Jara performs too. Elvis Crespo — Grammy and Latin Grammy winner, Billboard Hall of Fame recipient — is back after topping charts in Spain this year with "La Graciosa" alongside Quevedo.
Ha*Ash (sisters Hanna and Ashley) bring two decades of catalog and billions of YouTube views. Nella, the 2019 Latin Grammy Best New Artist, has built a career that includes Alejandro Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra and Gilberto Santa Rosa collaborations, plus work with Gustavo Dudamel. Former CNCO member Erick Brian performs behind his 2026 project DESTIEMPO. Colombian rapper Nanpa Básico brings Que Tin y Que Tan, featuring Camilo and Kapo.
Rounding out the new additions: La Nueva Ola de la Cumbia — a multicultural collective from Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Nicaragua that reimagines '80s, '90s and 2000s hits in a "cumbializado" style, fresh off SXSW 2026 — Cuban duo Pututi & Nesty, two of the leading voices in contemporary reparto, and SANTOS BRAVOS, the first Latin pop group built inside HYBE's K-pop system, coming off the FIFA Fan Festival in Monterrey and KCON LA.
Presenters include Becky G, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Lali, Lupillo Rivera, Ana Brenda Contreras, Jacky Bracamontes and Julio Vaqueiro. The awards close out Billboard Latin Music Week, which runs October 19–22 in Miami. Tickets through Ticketmaster.
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Jessi Uribe, Ha*Ash, Elvis Crespo, Paola Jara and seven more acts are performing at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards — live October 22 at the James L. Knight Center.
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