{"id":88208,"date":"2024-06-18T12:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/18\/billboards-leila-cobo-to-be-recognized-with-icon-award-in-colombia\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:04:06","slug":"billboards-leila-cobo-to-be-recognized-with-icon-award-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/18\/billboards-leila-cobo-to-be-recognized-with-icon-award-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard\u2019s Leila Cobo to Be Recognized With Icon Award in\u00a0Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tLeila Cobo, Billboard<\/em>\u2018s chief content officer, Latin\/Espa\u00f1ol, will be honored on Thursday (June 20) with the \u00cdcono M\u00e1ximo Award at the \u00cdcono & \u00cdcono Influencer Awards in Medell\u00edn, Colombia.<\/p>\n

\n\tCobo will receive the award in recognition of \u201cher outstanding contribution to the Latin music industry, achievements and impeccable career,\u201d according to a press release. She will also participate in the music conference to be held the day before the awards.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs a Colombian, receiving an award in Colombia, from the Colombian music industry, is emotional but also carries a lot of professional weight,\u201d Cobo said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m proud to have dedicated my career to shining a light on Latin music, and the fact that Premios \u00cdcono recognizes this is very exciting and fills me with joy. I truly feel the best is yet to come!\u201d <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLeila Cobo Talks \u2018Decoding \u2018Despacito\u201d Oral History Book on Latin Songs That Have Stood the Test of&nbsp\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\tBorn in Cali, Colombia, Cobo holds degrees in journalism from the Universidad Javeriana de Bogot\u00e1 and in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music. She also has a master\u2019s degree in communication from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith an extensive career in media in the United States and beyond, she is considered an expert on Latin music around the world. Author of novels, biographies and music books such as Decoding \u201cDespacito\u201d: An Oral History of Latin Music<\/em>, her work at Billboard <\/em>has been instrumental in strengthening the presence and representation of Latin music on all platforms.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe is also a renowned public speaker and, as its chief content officer, she programs Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Latin Music Conference, an annual event in Miami of great relevance to the industry. Her long list of interviewees includes superstars such as Shakira<\/a>, Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee<\/a>, Karol G, Pitbull, Ricky Martin<\/a>, Marc Anthony, Juanes<\/a>, Man\u00e1 and Jenni Rivera<\/a>, among many others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Leila Cobo, Billboard\u2018s chief content officer, Latin\/Espa\u00f1ol, will be honored on Thursday (June 20) with the \u00cdcono M\u00e1ximo Award at the \u00cdcono & \u00cdcono Influencer Awards in Medell\u00edn, Colombia. Cobo will receive the award in recognition of \u201cher outstanding contribution to the Latin music industry, achievements and impeccable career,\u201d according to a press release. She […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}