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The Lo Nuestro Excellence Award (Spanish: Premio a la Excelencia) is an award honoring excellence of an artist's contribution to Latin music.^[2] It was first awarded at the 2nd Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in 1990 and has been presented annually since then. The Lo Nuestro Awards was established by American television network Univision in 1989 to recognize the most talented performers of Latin music. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef.^[3] During the presentation, a tribute is held to the winner of the award where the winner which includes several artists performing live covers of the recipient's notable hits.^[4]

The Excellence Award was first presented to Cuban singer Celia Cruz.^[5] Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan was honored with the Excellence Award in 1992 while her husband Emilio Estefan was bestowed with the accolade two years later. They were both presented with the award again in 2018.^[6] Juan Luis Guerra was honored with the trophy in 2007 and was later recognized as Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in the same year.^[7] The most recent recipient of the Excellence Award is Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos who was presented with the accolade in 2019.^[8]