2024’s Billboard Latin Women in Music celebrated its powerful honorees and music executives at an intimate get-together at the Cardozo Hotel in Miami Beach on Friday night (June 7). See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Hosted by Billboard , Loud And Live, and Only in Dade, the private celebration included star-studded guests such as Gloria Estefan , Ana Bárbara and La India , who will receive the Legend Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and Pioneer Award, respectively, at the second annual Billboard Latin Women in Music awards on Sunday (June 9). Award-winning hitmaker Emilio Estefan and breakthrough salsa artist Luis Figueroa were also in attendance.
“It’s a pleasure to be here, honoring a room of extraordinary women in an extraordinary year for Latin music,” Leila Cobo, chief content officer of Billboard Latin and Billboard Español , said during her welcome speech. “When I started at Billboard , a bit over 20 years ago, I never saw myself as an executive. I saw myself as a journalist because I was a journalist,” she continued.
“It took me a long time to see myself as an executive despite the fact that I began constructing a business that didn’t exist. I realized that I didn’t see myself as an executive because there wasn’t a role model that was doing the same thing that I was trying to do, and that made me aware of the importance of having role models in this business.” A post shared by Billboard Latin (@billboardla.
