The 25th Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony, presented by Billboard magazine, will honor the best performing Latin recordings of 2017 and will take place on April 26, 2018 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas beginning at 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST. Billboard will present awards in 60 categories. The ceremony will be televised in the United States by Telemundo for the 20th time, and is the culmination of the Billboard Latin Music Conference, which will take place from April 23 to April 26, 2018.[1] Actress Gaby Espino and television presenter Marco Antonio Regil will host the show.[2] Espino first presided over the 22nd Billboard Latin Music Awards held in 2015.[3] The awards recognize the most popular Latin performers, songs, albums, labels, songwriters and producers in the United States. Recipients are based on sales, radio airplay, online streaming and social data during a one-year period from the issue dated February 4, 2017 through January 27, 2018.