The MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin was first introduced to the MTV Video Music Awards in 2010 under the name Best Latino Artist.
The award was created to replace the Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica, which closed in 2009.
Initially, the award was given to the Latino artist with the most viewer votes on the MTV Tr3s' official website.
[1] J Balvin and Anitta are this award's biggest winners, having won three times each.
Balvin is tied with Bad Bunny as the category's most prominent nominees, with eight nominations each.