The Tejano Music Award for Male Entertainer of the Year is an honor presented annually by the Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA).
[1] The nominees were originally selected by a voting poll conducted among program directors and disc jockeys of Spanish-language radio stations in Texas.
[5] By 1987, the award ceremony was broadcast through 32 radio stations and 25 local television channels in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Lopez was credited to have become the first female Tejano singer to have a number one single on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart in 1982.
Tejano music's "first leading lady", Laura Canales won the award for four consecutive times.