Camilo, ASCAP winner of composer/artist of the year.
Myke Towers and Camilo were identified as composer of the year Y songwriter/artist of the yearrespectively, by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which announced the winners of its Latin music awards.
Camilo, a Colombian singer-songwriter who has won five Latin Grammys, topped the Billboard Latin Airplay, Pop Airplay and Rhythm Airplay charts with messy and released his second album, My handwhere ASCAP’s winning songs came from Baby and Vget rich.
Camilo’s story on his official Instagram account, thanking him for the award.
“The illusion that forms in me that songs born from the most sincere of my personality can connect with so many people, that they take me to visit so many places in the world and that, in addition, gives me moments like its. indescribable ”, Camilo said in a Statement emailed to The Associated Press.
And he added: “Since I decided to take this step, I have felt supported and respected by members of the music industry and I am very grateful and I want to continue working, always relying on the continued inspiration and creativity that comes from above, from God. ”
Towers, top rapper from Puerto Rico
Towers, a Puerto Rican urban music star, won the popularity charts last year with hits like this Bandit, Couple of the Year with Sebastian Yatra and My girlco-written with Christian Linares and YannC El Harmonico.
Mike Towers
Myke is a rapper and composer who has been in the Puerto Rican underground rap scene since he was a teenager. He started his career in 2013 and three years later he released his first mixtape: The end of the beginning. He has continued to introduce himself to various projects with artists from the urban scene. He also participated in the remix of What do you want from me with Randy and Miky Woodz, and collaborated on the theme If you will allow me by Rauw Alexander.
In February 2021 he joined Nicki Nicole and Rochy RD to do the remix of he is not yoursand in April he released the single couple of years with Sebastian Yatra. In June, he premiered with Luis Fonsi, Kiss Meand in July with Daddy Yankee and Jhay Cortez the single Turn up the volumeand in October she released the single with Camila Cabello and Tainy Oh na na.
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The honor of song of the year it is for dakiti, written by Jhay Cortez and Mora. The track, which also won the 2022 ASCAP Pop Award, topped Billboard’s year-end Top Latin Songs chart after spending 27 consecutive weeks in the top spot. It is also No. 1 Latin streaming song for 52 weeks in a row, and its music video has surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube.
The logo of the ASCAP Latin Music Awards.
The Publisher of the Year award went to Sony Discos Music Publishing for the hits included Back to back, Ram pam pam, AM remix, Problem, Honest, I’m back, Curiosity Y bottle after bottle.
Presented online, the ASCAP Latin Music Awards honored the songwriters and publishers of last year’s most popular songs. Winners were announced on the @ASCAPlatino and @ASCAP accounts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, with the hashtags #ElPremioASCAP and #ASCAPAwards.
Camilo and the CEO and President of Sony Music Publishing Latin America and US Latin, Jorge Mejía, will speak today about Camilo’s career and perspectives on the multicultural and multi-genre future of Latin music. This is in the conversation The Road to Latin Success: A Conversation with Camilo at Sony’s Jorge Mejia at 3 pm New York and can be viewed on ASCAP’s YouTube account.
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Source: Clarin
