Latinos take home some top awards at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards

Alexandra Gratereaux, Fox News Latino / May 24, 2011

Bruno Mars, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, and Taio Cruz took home some of Billboard’s top awards this weekend, while Justin Bieber broke a few more hearts with a kiss for his girlfriend, Selena Gomez.

At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Latino stars picked up a number of awards including:

Bruno Mars

• Top Radio Song for “Just the Way You Are” (beating out Usher ft. Pitbull)

Taio Cruz

• Hot 100 Song

• Top Digital Song

• Top Pop Song

-All were won for the Song “Dynamite” (Bruno Mars was also nominated for all three)

Shakira

•Top Latin Artist

•Top Latin Song (Three of her songs were nominated) “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”

Enrique Iglesias

•Top Latin Album for “Euphoria”

Pitbull, along with his dancing ladies in white and Ne-Yo, performed “Everything Tonight.” Multiple-award winner Taio Cruz also performed his hit song “Dynamite,” along with his breakthrough song “Break Your Heart.”

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