Pop sensation Lady Gaga was the toast of the Latin American music scene on Thursday night, winning two honors at the Los Premios MTV Awards in Los Angeles.

Grammy Award winning Canadian-Portuguese superstar Nelly Furtado has made history by reaching Number One on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart with her single "Manos Al Aire,"

Talented actress Marlene Favela and renowned actor/singer Carlos Ponce will be the official hosts of the 2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards, to take place Thursday, April 26 at Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Monica Noguera, Poncho de Anda, Penelope Menchaca, Luis Magaña and Hernan Zahar will host the carpet pre-show "La Alfombra de los Premios Billboard," beginning at 7PM ET/PT on Telemundo.

Los Tigres Del Norte, Wisin & Yandel, Francisco Saldana and Manual Eduardo Toscano were among the big winners at the 14th annual Latin Music Awards on Friday.

The 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards nominations were announced today, and Colombian singer/songwriter Shakira led the nominations with five. Shakira's five nominations include: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Short Form Music Video for "La Tortura," and Album Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Album for Fijación Oral Vol. 1.

Atlantic Records has set August 29th as the street date for the eagerly anticipated label debut from Latin rap superstar Tego Calderón. Released on Calderón's own Atlantic-distributed Jiggiri Records, the album is already being hailed as a landmark in the Latin hip-hop and reggaetón movement. When Calderón inked a worldwide deal with Atlantic last year, he became the first artist in the Latin hip-hop field to ink a global pact with a major label.