Belinda Tops 'Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica 2007' With Five Nominations

Belinda Tops 'Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica 2007' With Five Nominations

Alejandro Sanz and Babasonicos Follow with Four Nominations and Division Minuscula, Gustavo Cerati, Julieta Venegas, Kudai, Mana, Miranda!, Panda and Paulina Rubio Nab Three Nominations Each

Pop Super Star Hilary Duff Joins Previously Announced Live Performances by Avril Lavigne, Cafe Tacvba and The Cure

Los Premios MTV 2007 will introduce Three New Award Categories Including Fashionista, Best Urban Artist, and Influencia

MTV Tr3s Viewer Choice Awards Expand to Three Categories: Best Urban Artist, Best Pop Artist and Best New Artist

MTV Latin America and MTV Tr3s Viewers will Select Winners by Casting their Votes Beginning September 12th

Los Premios MTV Latin America 2007 will Broadcast live from El Palacio de Los Deportes in Mexico City, on Thursday, October 18th at 10.00 pm

MIAMI, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Latin America announced today the nominees for the sixth annual "Los Premios MTV Latin America 2007." Mexican pop artist Belinda tops the list with five nominations, followed by Spain's Alejandro Sanz and Argentina's Babasonicos with four nominations. Mexico's Division Minuscula, Julieta Venegas, Mana, Panda, and Paulina Rubio, together with Argentina's Gustavo Cerati and Miranda! and Chile's Kudai follow with three nominations each. In addition, pop superstar Hilary Duff signs on to perform live at the show. The event will air from El Palacio de Los Deportes in Mexico City, on Thursday, October 18th at 11:00 p.m. ET (10:00 p.m. Mexico, 11:00 p.m. Argentina and Chile).

"Los Premios MTV Latin America" brings together a variety of regional and local Latin American pop and rock artists, as well as international acts to reflect the music and attitude of youth in Latin America today. This year marks the second time the annual awards ceremony will take place in Mexico City. The event will air live on MTV Latin America to more than 24 countries. In addition, it will be seen on MTV Tr3s and MTV2 in the U.S., reaching an additional 90 million households. It will also be available on other MTVs around the world, as well as on various select broadcast stations throughout Latin America, details of which will be announced.

"Los Premios MTV" is the biggest musical celebration of the year for our fans in the region," commented Jose Tillan, Senior Vice President of Creative, Content and Music for MTV Networks Latin America. "This year's nominee line- up reflects our audience's diverse taste and speaks to the incredible talent in Latin America. As always, we are delighted to be able to offer an extremely musical platform to showcase and bring together such a wide variety of established and up and coming talent in a fun an irreverent manner that only MTV can do".

This year, pop superstar Hilary Duff will fire up the audience joining previously announced chart topper Avril Lavigne, Cafe Tacvba and internationally renowned The Cure, to perform live in the premiere celebration of local and international music in Latin America. In 2007, Duff released her third album, Dignity which reached the top five in the U.S. and Canada, the top twenty in Australia and the top forty in the UK. Her first single from this album, "With Love", made the U.S. Hot 100 hit list and topped Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Additional performers and presenters for Los Premios MTV 2007 will be announced shortly.

This year's show adds three new award categories, including the "Fashionista Award," for best dressed celebrity; "Best Urban Artist Award" for best R&B, rap, hip hop or reggaeton; and the "Influencia Award" honoring an artist for their influence and trajectory in the music industry.

The nominees in 19 of the total 23 categories were selected by a combination of MTV viewers and industry professionals; while the nominees in the four remaining categories were selected by a specialized panel of MTV Latin America executives.

VOTING THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA

Starting September 12th through October 5th, 2007, the winners of "Los Premios MTV 2007" will be selected by MTV Latin American viewers, who will cast their votes online at MTVla.com or via their cell phones by sending the text message VOTA to 33933 in Mexico and VOTA to 25252 in the rest of Latin America. The winners for the categories of "Best Independent Artist", "Promising Artist", and "Influencia" will be selected by a Los Premios committee of MTV Music and Talent executives. Nominees for the "Fashionista Award" will be selected live during the red carpet arrivals by a fashion expert; and the winner will be chosen by viewers online during the show and announced in the online post show.

VOTING IN THE U.S.

This year, MTV Tr3s has expanded its Viewer Choice Awards from one to three categories: Best Pop Artist, Best New Artist and Best Urban Artist. Starting September 12th, MTV Tr3s viewers can cast their vote for the "MTV Tr3s Viewers' Choice Awards" by logging onto lospremios.MTVTr3s.com, calling 1-877-MTVVOTE or by sending a PREMIOS text message to 66333. MTV Tr3s viewers will also be able to vote for all "Premios" nominees by following a link at premiosMTVTr3s.com. All winners will be announced during the live telecast on October 18th.

"By expanding the 'MTV Tr3s Viewer Choice Awards' to three categories, we seek to better represent the musical preferences of our U.S. Latino audience," said Jesus Lara, Senior Vice President, Talent and Music for MTV Tr3s and MTV/VH1 Latin America. "We are proud of the platform MTV Tr3s provides both established and emerging artists and are excited to discover who young U.S. Latinos vote for as best urban, pop and new artist!"

Tillan will serve as Executive Producer for the "Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica 2007" and Audrey Morrissey (a veteran of many MTV productions and award shows, and producer of "Alejandro Sanz MTV Unplugged," "La Ley MTV Unplugged" and four previous Los Premios MTV), will produce the show.

MTV has a long history of creating exciting music events with 22 locally produced award shows annually around the world. Additional MTV award ceremonies include the MTV India Excellence Awards (India), MTV Russia Music Awards (Russia), Australia Video Music Awards (Australia), MTV Romania Music Awards (Romania), MTV India Style Awards (India), MTV China Style Awards (China), MTV Philippines Style Awards (Philippines), MTV Indonesia Movie Awards (Indonesia), MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Japan), MTV Asia Awards (Singapore), CCTV-MTV Mandarin Music Honors (China), MTV Philipinas (Philippines), MTV Penghargaan (Indonesia), MTV Europe Music Awards, Video Music Brazil Awards, TRL Awards (US), MTV Movie Awards (US), MTV Video Music Awards (US).

MTV Networks Latin America, Inc., a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , owns and operates MTV Latin America, Nickelodeon Latin America, VH1 Latin America, Viacom Networks Brazil and the MTV Networks Digital Suite, a package of three digital services -- MTV Jams, MTV Hits, and VH1 Soul. Customized versions of the brands in Spanish and Portuguese can be seen throughout Latin America in more than 20 countries. MTV Networks Latin America also connects with its audiences interactively through its websites: www.mtvla.com, www.mundonick.com and www.vh1la.com, as well as through its broadband and community sites: www.mtvrevolution.com, www.mundonick.com/nickturbo and www.lazona.com.

MTV Tr3s is the most-widely distributed TV network dedicated to superserving today's bicultural Latino youth. MTV Tr3s' programming is rooted in the fusion of American and Latino music, cultures, lifestyles and languages. Music programming is at the core of MTV Tr3s and the channel features hitmakers, emerging artists and new sounds that resonate with young U.S. Latinos. In addition to music programming, MTV Tr3s programming slate also features lifestyle series, news, documentaries and other long-form programs that celebrate US Latino hybrid identity and culture.

   Following is a tally of artists who were nominated three or more times:     Belinda            5   Alejandro Sanz     4   Babasonicos        4   Division Minuscula 3   Gustavo Cerati     3   Julieta Venegas    3   Kudai              3   Mana               3   Miranda!           3   Panda              3   Paulina Rubio      3    

Following are all the categories and the nominees for "Los Premios MTV 2007" listed alphabetically (by first name) within each category.

   BEST GROUP OR DUO   Babasonicos             Universal   Kudai                   EMI   Mana                    Warner   Miranda!                Pelo Music/EMI   Panda                   Movic Records/Warner    BEST POP ARTIST   Alejandro               Sanz  Warner   Belinda                 EMI/Televisa   Julieta                 Venegas SonyBMG   Miranda!                Pelo Music/EMI   Paulina Rubio           Universal    BEST ROCK ARTIST   Babasonicos             Universal   Bersuit                 Universal   Catupecu Machu          EMI   Gustavo Cerati          SonyBMG   Moderatto               EMI/Televisa    BEST URBAN ARTIST   Anita Tijoux            Oveja Negra   Calle 13                SonyBMG   Daddy Yankee            Universal   Don Omar                Machete Music/Universal   Mala Rodriguez          Machete Music/Universal    BEST ALTERNATIVE ARTIST   Allison                 SonyBMG   Division Minuscula      Sones del Mexside/Universal   Kinky                   Universal   Panda                   Movic Records/Warner   Zoe                     Noiselab/EMI    BEST SOLO ARTIST   Alejandro Sanz          Warner   Belinda                 EMI/Televisa   Daddy Yankee            Universal   Gustavo Cerati          SonyBMG   Paulina Rubio           Universal    BEST ARTIST NORTH   Belinda                 EMI/Televisa   Division Minuscula      Universal   Julieta Venegas         SonyBMG   Paulina Rubio           Universal   Zoe                     Noiselab/EMI    BEST NEW ARTIST NORTH   Bengala                 Universal   Camila                  SonyBMG   Maria Jose              Warner   Masappan                SonyBMG   Pambo                   SonyBMG    BEST ARTIST CENTRAL   Aterciopelados          Nacional Records   Caramelos de Cianuro    Libero Iaizzo Producciones   Kudai                   EMI   Libido                  Circus Music   Los Bunkers             Feria La Oreja    BEST NEW ARTIST CENTRAL   Anita Tijoux            Oveja Negra   Juan Fernando Velasco   Union Music Group   Naty Botero             SonyBMG   PopCorn Nueva           Granada Records   Six Pack                Feria La Oreja    BEST ARTIST SOUTH   Airbag                  Warner   Babasonicos             Universal   Catupecu Machu          EMI   La Vela Puerca          Surco/Universal   Miranda!                Pelo Music/EMI    BEST NEW ARTIST SOUTH   Bicicletas              Estamos Felices   Ella es Tan Cargosa     PopArt Discos   Inmigrantes             SonyBMG   Las Pastillas del    Abuelo                 Crack Discos   Panico Ramirez          Independiente/PopArt    BEST INTERNATIONAL POP ARTIST   Avril Lavigne           SonyBMG   Gwen Stefani            Universal   Hilary Duff             Universal   Justin Timberlake       SonyBMG   Rihanna                 Universal    BEST INTERNATIONAL ROCK ARTIST   30 Seconds to Mars      EMI   Evanescence             SonyBMG   Maroon 5                Universal   My Chemical Romance     Warner   Panic! At the Disco     Warner    BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL ARTIST   + 44                    Universal   Lily Allen              EMI   Amy Winehouse           Universal   Fergie                  Universal   Klaxons                 Universal    REVELATION ARTIST   Camila                  SonyBMG   Division Minuscula      Sones del Mexside/Universal   Estelares               PopArt   Jesse & Joy             Warner   PopCorn Nueva           Granada Records    PROMISING ARTIST*  (NO ONLINE VOTING)   Bengala                 Universal   Inmigrantes             SonyBMG   Mala Rodriguez          Machete Music/Universal   Naif                    La Tina Records   No Te Va Gustar         Bizarro Records    BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST** (NO ONLINE VOTING)   L.E.G.O.                Osso Records   Los Dynamite            Noiselab   No lo soporto           Independiente/PopArt   No Te Va Gustar         Bizarro Records   The Hall Effect         Self release   Turbina                 Discos Burbuja / Discos Intolerancia    SONG OF THE YEAR   Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend      SonyBMG   Enrique Iglesias - Dimelo       Universal   Julieta Venegas con Anita    Tijoux - Eres Para Mi          SonyBMG   Ricky Martin con La Mari de    Chambao y Tommy Torres -    Tu Recuerdo                    SonyBMG   Rihanna con Jay-Z - Umbrella    Universal    VIDEO OF THE YEAR   Alejandro Sanz con Shakira -    Te Lo Agradezco Pero No    (Jaume de Laiguana)            Warner   Belinda - Bella Traicion    (Scott Speer)                  EMI/Televisa   Calle 13 - Tango del Pecado    (Israel Lugo, Gabriel Coss)    SonyBMG   Gustavo Cerati- Adios (Joaquin    Cambre)                        SonyBMG   Mana - Manda Una Senal (Wayne    Isham)                         Warner   Panda - Los Malaventurados    No Lloran (Rodrigo Guardiola)  Movic Records/Warner    ARTIST OF THE YEAR   Alejandro Sanz           Warner   Babasonicos              Universal   Belinda                  EMI/Televisa   Kudai                    EMI   Mana                     Warner    

Following are all the categories and the nominees for the "MTVTr3s Viewer Choice Awards" listed alphabetically (by first name) within each category.

   MTVTr3s Best Pop Artist   Aventura                 Premium Latin   Daddy Yankee             Interscope   Enrique Iglesias         Interscope   Jennifer Lopez           Epic   Rakim and Ken-Y          Universal Latino    MTVTr3s Best Urban Artist   Calle 13                 Sony/BMG Latino   Don Omar                 Machete   Hector "El Father"       Machete   Joell Ortiz              Koch   Wisin and Yandel         Machete    MTVTr3s Best New Artist   Kat DeLuna               Epic   Notch                    Machete   Xtreme                   La Calle Records   Down aka Kilo            Machete   Gustavo Laureano         Universal Latino    *  The winner of this category will be chosen by MTV Latin America Music      and Talent executives    ** The winner of this category will be chosen by a group of MTV music      executives from all over the world  

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