The 1st Latin American Music Awards was held on October 8, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

[3] The nominations were announced on September 2, 2015, on Telemundo's website.

Nicky Jam leads the nominees with six nominations.

[4] Lucero was announced as a host on October 2, 2015.

Rashel Diaz, Boris Izaguirre, Christian Ramirez, Kika Rocha, and Caeli were all announced co-hosts of the pre-show on the same day.