In a press release, cited by Billboard magazine, the event’s producers stated that Karol G “has redefined” what it means to be a global artist.
“Through his authenticity, his pioneering achievements and his powerful connection with fans around the world, he has helped take Latin music to unprecedented heights,” the message adds.
In 2009, Whitney Houston was the most recent artist to be named by Excellence as an International Artist, according to the publication.
The Colombian singer He joins a select list of previous honorees that also includes Aerosmith, Bee Gees, Beyoncé, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart.
The 2026 AMAs ceremony will take place on May 25 at the MGM arena in Las Vegas.
Karol G’s successful tours
Karol G, who in April made history by becoming the first Latin artist to headline the Coachella Festival, is in one of her best moments.
At the beginning of this month, the Medellín native expanded her ‘Traveling around the World Tropitour’ tour from 39 to 63 concerts in stadiums, after the successful sale of tickets that reached two million in just four days in Latin America, the United States, Canada and Europe.
The tour Viatraveling around the world Tropitour will take Karol G this year and next to 20 countries, including his native Colombia, Spain, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, among others.
The first part of the tour – carried out for their most recent album, Tropicochaete— will take place in North America, where the Colombian will visit, between July 24 and October 15, the cities of Chicago, Toronto, Washington, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, San Antonio, El Paso, Boston, New York, Atlanta, Houston, Miami and Tampa.
Karol G will then travel to Latin America, where he will perform before the end of the year in Monterrey, Mexico City, San José, Bogotá, Quito, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and San Juan, between November 5 and February 26, 2027.
Then, her team said in a statement, “she will make history by becoming the first Latin artist to take a stadium tour through Europe as part of a world-wide tour.”
La Bichota’s first European concert will take place at the Olympic stadium in Barcelona on June 3, 2027 and, eight days later, on the 11th of the same month, it will be presented at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville.
