The 1st Latin American Music Awards was held on October 8, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California It was broadcast live on Telemundo. The nominations were announced on September 2, 2015, on Telemundo's website. Nicky Jam leads the nominees with six nominations. Lucero was announced as a host on October 2, 2015. Rashel Diaz, Boris Izaguirre, Christian Ramirez, Kika Rocha, and Caeli were all announced co-hosts of the pre-show on the same day.