{"id":6168,"date":"2025-10-24T02:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/laura-pausini-accepts-icon-award-2025-billboard-latin-music-awards-1236096972\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T02:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:39:57","slug":"laura-pausini-accepts-icon-award-2025-billboard-latin-music-awards-1236096972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/laura-pausini-accepts-icon-award-2025-billboard-latin-music-awards-1236096972\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Pausini Accepts Icon Honor at 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards: \u2018Feeling So Latina Is an Enormous Privilege\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tLaura Pausini <\/a>was recognized with the Billboard Icon Award at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music\u00a0Awards<\/a> on Thursday (Oct. 23), airing live on Telemundo. The Italian superstar received her trophy from Puerto Rican singer Ozuna<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThank you so much, Billboard<\/em>, for this important recognition,\u201d explained Pausini, elegant in a long black lace and beaded dress, evidently moved. \u201cThe fact that you consider me an icon makes me feel like a rare gem. It fills me with pride that after more than 30 years of career, I have the good fortune to be here, in front of all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always said it: being from Italy and at the same time feeling so Latina is an enormous privilege that you have allowed. You have adopted me since I was a teenager,\u201d she continued, adding that this time she would do something she had never done before: \u201cI\u2019m going to thank this hardworking Laura who hasn\u2019t given up when she\u2019s been told no, which has been many times, by the way.\u201d And she went on to perform a cappella part of her hit \u201cV\u00edveme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFinally, she dedicated it to her family and her team, to God, and to the songwriters who\u2019ve always inspired her. Moments before, Pausini performed her take of Gianluca Grignani<\/a>\u2018s classic \u201cMi Historia Entre Tus Dedos\u201d on a simple stage decorated with fog and white orbs of light.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Billboard Icon Award honors artists whose careers have not only remained relevant over the years, but also those who have established themselves as some of the most distinguished artists in their genres, celebrated globally for achieving both musical and commercial success.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith over 75 million records sold and 6 billion combined streams throughout her 30-year-plus career, Pausini is the most internationally-recognized Italian voice and a global pop icon. Among other recent achievements, last November she earned her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with a version of her 1990s hit\u00a0\u201cSe Fue\u201d featuring Rauw Alejandro<\/a>. In 2023, she was honored as the Latin Recording Academy\u2019s\u00a0Person of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tHer latest releases are \u201cMi Historia Entre Tus Dedos\u201d and Bad Bunny\u2019s \u201cTurista,\u201d both to be included in her upcoming covers album\u00a0Yo Canto 2<\/em>, while she recently announced a new world tour for 2026. <\/p>\n

\n\tAdditionally, Pausini participated in Billboard Latin Music Week in a highly anticipated \u201cIcon Q&A\u201d <\/a>session, where she delighted fans with her charm, sang \u201cTurista\u201d and offered details about her upcoming releases.<\/p>\n

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