Premio Lo Nuestro 2002

Winners were announced at the live event and included Puerto-Rican American singer Olga Tañón receiving four competitive awards.

Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel, Chilean band La Ley, and Mexican-American performer Lupillo Rivera earned two accolades.

Puerto-Rican American singer Gilberto Santa Rosa also was awarded in two categories and received a special tribute along with Juan Gabriel.

[1] The nominees and winners were selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and the results were tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Arthur Andersen.

[7] Mexican band Palomo won three awards in the Regional/Mexican field: Tejano Performance, Group and Song of the Year for the track "No Me Conoces Aún", which spent 31 weeks at number-one in the Billboard Regional Mexican Songs chart, the longest reign on any Nielsen Company BDS-based airplay chart in history.

Mexican singer Paulina Rubio (pictured in 2007) won the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Female Artist of the Year.
Mexican performer Eduardo Verástegui (pictured in 2008) was named Pop New Artist of the Year.
Singer-songwriter Pepe Aguilar (pictured in 2006) received the Ranchero Performance Award.