The ceremony was televised in the United States by Telemundo for the 21st time, and was the culmination of the Billboard Latin Music Conference.
The awards recognize the most popular Latin performers, songs, albums, labels, songwriters and producers in the United States.
Recipients were based on sales, radio airplay, online streaming and social data during a one-year period.
Throughout the show, Espino was joined by Bad Bunny, Carlos Vives, Mark Tacher and Luis Fonsi as co-hosts.
The nominees for the 26th Billboard Latin Music Awards were announced on February 12, 2019 J Balvin and Shakira led the nominations with 12 each.