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Camilo and Myke Towers, separately won Ascap Awards .
Camilo and Myke Towers were recognized as Composer/Artist of the Year and Composer of the Year, respectively, by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP , for its acronym in English), which announced on Monday to the winners of its Latin music awards.
Camilo, Colombian singer-songwriter laureate with five Latin Grammys,headed the Billboard Latin Airplay, Pop Airplay and Rhythm Airplay charts with “Despeinada” and launched his second album, “Mis Manos”, from which the ASCAP winning songs “Bebé;” and “Vida de rico”.
“The illusion that generates in me that those songs that were born from the most honest of my being can connect with so many people,that they take me to so many places in the world and that they also give me moments like this is indescribable,” Camilo said in a statement sent by email to The Associated Press. “Since I decided to To take this step I have felt supported and respected by the members of the music industry and I am very grateful and want to continue working, always supported by the constant inspiration and creativity that comes from above, from God”.
Towers, Puerto Rican star of urban music, conquered Last year the popularity charts with hits like “Bandido”, “Couple of the Year” with Sebastián Yatra and “Mi niña”, co-written with Christian Linares and YannC El Harmonico.
The honor for song of the year went to “Dákiti” ;, written by Jhay Cortez and Mora. The theme, which also won the 2022 ASCAP Pop Award, headlined the Billboard’s list of most popular Latin songs at the end of the yearhaving spent 27 consecutive weeks in first place. It was also the No. 1 Latin streaming song for 52 weeks in a row, and its music video exceeds 1 billion views on YouTube. Sony Discos Music Publishing for hits including “Back For’ the return”, “Ram pam pam”, “AM remix”, “Problem”, “Faithful”, “I came back”, “Curiosity” and “Bottle after bottle”.
Camilo and the CEO and President of Sony Music Publishing Latin America & US Latin, Jorge Mejía, will discuss Camilo’s career and perspectives on the multicultural and multi-genre future of Latin music in “The Road to Latin Success: A Conversation with Camilo & Sony’s Jorge Mejia”. The conversation will be on Wednesday, May 25 at 3 p.m. New York (1900 GMT) and you can View the ASCAP YouTube account.
Presented online, the ASCAP Latin Music Awards honorthe songwriters and publishers of the most popular songs of the past year. ;either. The winners were announced on the @ASCAPLatino and @ASCAP accounts on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, with the hashtags #ElPremioASCAP and #ASCAPAwards.
The complete list is available at www.ascaplatino.com available on the ASCAP website: http://www.ascap.com/latinawards22.