Shakira & Enrique Iglesias Win Big at Latin Billboard Awards

After a year that saw pop going bigger than ever, it's perhaps not surprising that two crossover superstars-Enrique Iglesias and Shakira--were the big winners at the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Leading the fray with nine honors was Iglesias, while Shakira followed with six Billboard Latin Music Awards. Iglesias' wins included Latin Artist of the Year--a category launched last year, which combines both sales and airplay-on the strength of his hit album "Euphoria" (Republic/Universal Music Latino), which was also the Latin Album of the Year and Latin Pop Album of the Year. "Euphoria" spawned several big hits, including "Cuando Me Enamoro," featuring Juan Luis Guerra, which won Hot Latin Song of the Year, Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event and Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year. Iglesias also picked up the trophy for Hot Latin Songs Artist of the year Male and Top Latin Albums Artist of the year, Male, for his sales.

Shakira won honors as Latin Pop Airplay Artist of the Year, Solo and Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female for her airplay accomplishments, and Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Female, for sales of her album "Sale el Sol" (Epic/Sony Music Latin). "Sale El Sol" also won Latin Digital Album of the year while "Waka Waka," the Shakira track featuring Freshlyground was the Latin Digital Download of the Year. Shakira also took home the newly minted Social 50 Latin Artist of the Year, based on performance on Billboard's new Social 50 chart.