Aitana, Ana Mena and Manuel Turizo they won in Los40 Santander Music Awards 2023 at the gala concert, where there was also room for call for world peace.

“We want peace on this planet,” co-host Tony Aguilar exclaimed halfway through the four-hour gala on behalf of the honorees, urging the audience and nominees to raise their glowing white bracelets. This initiative was supported by UNICEF and joined the call of actress Silma Lopez, leading one of the categories, “yes to peace, yes to life.”

Beyond this statement, in an international situation marked by war in the Middle East, music reigned supreme at the gala, which honored artists such as Aitana, one of the favorites and finally the winner of the event in some awards returning this Friday night, November 3rd, at WiZink Center in Madrid.

“I greatly admire Manuel Carrasco, Beret and Quevedobut the two women I admire most are the ones who are leading the music scene, Ana Mena and Lola Indigo”, – he said, addressing his fellow nominees, receiving one of the main awards – Best album in the “Spain” category according to Alpha, which he brought to the stage in one of the evening’s magnificent performances, including his sensual dancing.

Aitana took the statuette very excited and incredulously, since it was her second prize of the evening, since Childrenhis hit, to which the entire WiZink Center danced, reached Best video clip.

In the category “Spain” Ana Mena was also crowned. winning best artist awardanother one of the most important, and the recognition of “Best Urban Artist” went to Quevedo. Alvaro de Luna (Best Song for Everything is with you), Saiko (Best Urban Artist)), Depaul (Best Artist from 40 to 1), Vicco (Best New Artist), Chanel and Abraham Mateo (Best Collaboration Clavaito) And Lola Indigo (Best tour from The Dragon) have completed the list of winners in this section.

In its turn, Manuel Turizo won the most awards in the Global Latino category. winning Best Album and Tour for “2000” and Best Latin Song for Meringue. Nevertheless, Camilo won Best Artistan award that He thanked Spain for “changing his life” and dedicated himself to “celebrating Colombian talent.”

Just another Colombian, like the previous two, Fadewas another one of the main heroes of this category, receiving awards for Best Urban Artist, Best Urban Collaboration for hey mor (With Ozuna) and Best Urban Song for Cool 101 (With Young Miko). Argentines Dookie (Best Concert Artist), Maria Becerra (Best video Empty heart) And Emily (Best Collaboration did not seewith the Brazilian Lyudmila) also won in the Latin section.

Shakira, Take That and Ozuna

How “most important Latin artist in history” Shakira was recognized with a Gold Music Award. The singer, who has accumulated the most awards and first place on Los40, thanked her for the award in a message from Miami, emphasizing that it was one of the “most beautiful” years of her career. Besides, vindicated Latin American artists and their voice. “What better way than to use our voice in our art,” he exclaimed, interpreting Acrostic.

British Take it They also won a Gold Music Award for a career that has made them “world pop legends” with songs like their classic “Patience”, which they performed on the WiZink Center stages after presenting one of their new songs “Windows”, which the public will be able to hear on their 2024 tour, which will take place in Spain.

Except, Ozuna also received a Golden Music Award. and he was chosen to open a gala full of performances with some of his best-known songs, most notably from Briton Tom Odell. Together with his piano, he performed his emotional “Another Love”, demonstrating why he won the Best Concert Artist category in the international category. In that, Lauren (Best Artist) Taylor Swift (Best Album “Midnights”) and Dua Lipa (Best Song “Dance the Night”), the rest of the awards have already been distributed.

Also of note were the impressive dance performances of Argentina’s Emilia and Spain’s Lola Indigo and Ana Mena, who filled the stage with impressive choreography, while Vicco’s “Nochentera” was among the most popular songs of the evening. Everything is with you” by Alvaro de Luna, who was surprised when he revealed his face after taking center stage with a group of percussion instruments.

The interpretations of the Colombian Feyd together with Young Miko and Manuel Turizo, as well as the interpretations of Chanel and Abraham Mateo at the national level also stood out at the event, in which, however, it was David Bisbal, winner of the award for best live artist, who managed to lift the entire stadium with his classic “Hail Mary” and draw applause from the crowd as he collected his statuette with his viral greeting: “First of all, how are the cars doing?”