| Don Omar awards and nominations | |
| Wins: | 33 |
| Nominations: | 69 |
Puerto Rican rapper Don Omar has won 33 awards from 69 nominations, being one of the most successful artists of the genre. He has been nominated for 11 Latin Grammy Awards, 1 Grammy Awards,[1] 23 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 4 Billboard Music Awards, 19 Lo Nuestro Awards, 4 International Dance Music Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 2 Premios People en Español, 2 MTV Video Music Awards and 1 Premio MTV Latinoamérica. He has received 3 Latin Grammy Awards, 17 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 1 Billboard Music Award, 3 Lo Nuestro Awards, 8 Viña del Mar International Song Festival Awards and 1 Guinness World Record.
Rivera was born and raised in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the oldest son of William Landrón and Luz Antonia Rivera. From an early age, he showed interest in the music of Vico C and Brewley MC. During his youth, he became an active member of a Protestant church, Iglesia Evangélica Restauración en Cristo in Bayamón where he occasionally offered sermons. However, after four years, he left the church to dedicate himself to singing.[2] Although his base genre is reggaeton, he also took other roots in latin pop and electropop since 2008.
He released 7 studio albums between 2003 and 2018, including the Billboard Latin Music Award winner King of Kings (2006) for the Reggaeton Album of the Year. Rivera was also responsible for the production of his 4 collaboration albums, including the Latin Grammy Award winner Meet the Orphans 2: New Generation (2012) for Best Urban Music Album. His fifth studio album, The Last Don II was released in June 2015.[3] [4] The artist made record in the history for Billboard.[5] [6] The artist was the Guinness World Record for the video most views in YouTube.[7]
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Last Don Live | Best Urban Music Album | [8] | ||
| 2006 | "Salió el Sol" | Best Promotional Video | [9] | ||
| King of Kings | Best Urban Album of the Year | [10] | |||
| 2007 | "No Sé De Ella (My Space)" (featuring Wisin & Yandel) | Best Urban Song | [11] | ||
| 2009 | iDon | Best Urban Music Album | [12] | ||
| "Sexy Robotica" | Best Urban Song | ||||
| 2010 | "Hasta Abajo" | [13] | |||
| 2011 | Meet The Orphans | Best Urban Music Album | [14] | ||
| "Danza Kuduro" (featuring Lucenzo) | Best Urban Song | ||||
| 2012 | "Dutty Love" (featuring Natti Natasha) | [15] | |||
| "Hasta Que Salga el Sol" | [16] | ||||
| Meet The Orphans 2: New Generation | Best Urban Music Album | ||||
| 2014 | "Pura Vida" | [17] | |||
| 2015 | The Last Don II | [18] | |||
| 2021 | El Amor Es Una Moda (with Alcover, Juan Magán) | Best Urban Fusion/Performance | [19] |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Last Don Live | Reggaeton Album of the Year | Nominated | [20] | |
| 2006 | Da Hitman Presents Reggaeton Latino | Reggaeton Album of the Year | Nominated | [21] | |
| Himself | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Ella y Yo" (featuring Aventura) | Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, Duo or Group | Won | [22] | ||
| 2007 | King of Kings | Reggaeton Album of the Year | Won | [23] [24] | |
| Himself | Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | "Ayer La Vi" | Reggaeton Song of the Year | Nominated | [25] | |
| 2010 | Himself | Tropical Airplay Artist of the Year, Male | Nominated | [26] | |
| 2011 | "Danza Kuduro" (featuring Lucenzo) | Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event | Nominated | [27] | |
| Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Himself | Latin Rhythm Airplay Artist of the Year, Solo | Nominated | |||
| Meet The Orphans | Latin Rhythm Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Himself | Latin Rhythm Albums Artist of the Year, Solo | Nominated | |||
| Latin Social Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2012 | "Danza Kuduro" (featuring Lucenzo) | Hot Latin Song of the Year | Won | [28] | |
| Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event | Won | ||||
| Digital Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| "Taboo" | Hot Latin Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Airplay Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Himself | Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male | Nominated | |||
| Latin Pop Airplay Artist of the Year, Solo | Won | ||||
| 2013 | Latin Artist of the Year | Nominated | [29] | ||
| "Dutty Love" (featuring Natti Natasha) | Hot Latin Song of the Year | Won | |||
| Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event | Won | ||||
| Airplay Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Digital Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Himself | Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male | Won | |||
| "Danza Kuduro" (featuring Lucenzo) | Digital Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Himself | Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Male | Nominated | |||
| Meet The Orphans 2: New Generation | Digital Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | "Zumba" | Latin Rhythm Song of the Year | Nominated | [30] | |
| Himself | Latin Rhythm Songs Artist of the Year, Solo | Won | |||
| Meet The Orphans 2: New Generation | Latin Rhythm Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Himself | Latin Rhythm Albums Artist of the Year, Solo | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Latin Rhythm Songs Artist of the Year, Solo | Nominated | [31] | ||
| The Last Don ll | Latin Rhythm Album of the Year | Nominated | [32] | ||
| 2016 | Himself | Latin Rhythm Albums, Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Industry Leader | Won | [33] | |||
| 2022 | "Se Menea" (with Nio Garcia) | Tropical Song The Year | Won | [34] |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Danza Kuduro" (featuring Lucenzo) | Latin Song of the Year | Won | [35] |
| "Taboo" | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Himself | Top Latin Artist | Nominated | [36] |
| "Dutty Love" (featuring Natti Natasha) | Top Latin Song | Nominated | ||
| "Hasta Que Salga El Sol" | Nominated |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Won | [37] | |
| The Last Don Live | Urban Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2006 | Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Nominated | [38] | |
| "Reggaeton Latino" | Urban Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2007 | "Angelito" | Best Latin Music Video | Won | [39] | |
| Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Nominated | [40] | |||
| 2009 | King of Kings Live | Urban Album of the Year | Nominated | [41] | |
| Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Nominated | [42] | |||
| 2011 | "Hasta Abajo" | Urban Song of the Year | Nominated | [43] | |
| Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | "Taboo" | Urban Song of the Year | Won | [44] | |
| Meet The Orphans | Urban Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | "Dutty Love" (featuring Natti Natasha) | Urban Song of the Year | Nominated | [45] | |
| Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| "Hasta Que Salga El Sol" | Urban Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Meet The Orphans 2: New Generation | Urban Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | "Zumba" | Urban Song of the Year | Nominated | [46] | |
| 2015 | Himself | Urban Artist of the Year | Nominated | [47] | |
| 2016 | |||||
| "Soledad" | Urban Song of the Year | ||||
| The Last Don II | Urban Album of the Year | ||||
| 2017 | "Mayor Que Yo 3" (with Luny Tunes, Daddy Yankee, Wisin & Yandel) | Urban Collaboration of the Year | [48] | ||
| 2023 | Himself | Male Urban Artist of the Year | [49] |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Himself | Antorcha de Plata | Won | [50] |
| Antorcha de Oro | Won | |||
| Gaviota de Plata | Won | |||
| 2010 | Antorcha de Plata | Won | ||
| Antorcha de Oro | Won | |||
| Gaviota de Plata | Won | |||
| 2016 | Gaviota de Plata | Won | ||
| Gaviota de Oro | Won |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Dale Don Dale" | Best Latin/Reggaeton Track | Nominated | [51] |
| 2011 | "Danza Kuduro" (featuring Lucenzo) | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | "Dutty Love" (featuring Natti Natasha) | Best Latin Dance Track | Nominated | |
| 2015 | "Pura Vida" | Nominated |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Himself | Favorite Latin Artist | Nominated | [52] |
| 2012 | Nominated | [53] |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Dutty Love" (featuring Natti Natasha) | Song of the Year | Nominated | [54] |
| Meet The Orphans 2: New Generation | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Himself | Best Latin Artist | Nominated | [55] |
| 2013 | Nominated | [56] |
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Last Album | Album of the Year - Male | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Himself | Top Artist - Male | |||
| "Se Menea" (with Nio Garcia) | Top Song - Tropical Urban | ||||
| Video of the Year | |||||
| 2023 | Himself | The Best Comeback |