2006 Latin Billboard Music Awards Finalists To Be Announced On Telemundo's 'Al Rojo Vivo Con Maria Celeste'

NEW YORK (TeleMudo) - Finalists to the 2006 Latin Billboard Music Awards to be announced live on Telemundo. One of the most prestigious awards show in the industry, the "Billboard Latin Music Awards" is a star-studded event honoring the most popular performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales and radio airplay data published on Billboard's weekly charts.

The Billboard Latin Music Awards honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales and radio airplay data that informs Billboard's weekly charts during a one-year period from the issue dated February 12, 2005 through this year's February 4 issue.
Finalists, and the eventual winners, reflect performance of new recordings on Billboard's sales charts, including Top Latin Albums, and radio charts, including Hot Latin Tracks, with album categories confined to titles that did not chart before Billboard's Nov. 13, 2004 issue but excluding finalists from the prior-year's Billboard Latin Music Awards. Based on sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, Billboard's charts are the world's most authoritative music charts.

WHEN: Thursday, February 16, 2006
5:00PM/4:00PM (Central) on Telemundo

Finalists will be announced on "Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste." The popular daily newsmagazine airs nationwide in the U.S. and in 15 Latin American countries offering viewers the day's most important news and stories in its inimitable style. "Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste" can also be seen in Europe and the Middle East through different cable systems.