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Bad Bunny dominates Billboards Latin Music Awards

Miami, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- Bad Bunny dominated the Billboards Latin Music Awards on Thursday winning 10 trophies in an emotional ceremony in which a tribute was paid to Juan Gabriel and Johnny Ventura and Daddy Yankee, Paquita la del Barrio and Mana received special honors.Bad Bunny was the night's big winner, scoring 10 wins out of the 22 nominations he had earned, including artist of the year, Hot Latin Song of the Year for "Dakiti", and album of the year for "YHLQMDLG.""Thanks a lot, first of all, to my fans all over the world. Without you, no award would exist. Thank you, Billboard. I share this [award] with all of my colleagues nominated who are doing big things for the genre," said the Puerto Rican artist during his acceptance speech for the album of the year award. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOT LIST: CELEBRITIES WALK THE RED CARPET OF BILLBOARDS LATIN MUSIC AWARDS IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.SOUND BITES: DOMINICAN MUSICIAN, WILFRIDO VARGAS AND COLOMBIAN SINGER, CARLOS VIVES (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:1. WILFRIDO VARGAS, DOMINICAN MUSICIAN.- I wanted to say that I am very happy. (Happy to see) an artist being able to ascend and reach people and that people make his or her product their own, to always be remembered every time one has to pass on the music that he knew and lived with to children and grandchildren. (01.21 - 01.48)2. CARLOS VIVES, COLOMBIAN SINGER.- It's like an opportunity to really show what's underneath today's music. Let's see if we can change traditional rhythms with computers. It is an opportunity to show what is in the background of a song like "Besos en Cualquier Horario", that cumbia, those rhythms. It is an opportunity to sing in a more intimate way and show the strength of what is underneath. (01.59 - 02.27)