Laura Pausini is an Italian pop singer. Throughout her career, she has received multiple music awards in Italy and internationally. She won the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1993 and placed third in the Big Artists section in 1994. She was awarded two Lunezia Awards, eight Wind Music Awards, three awards at the Festivalbar, seven Telegatti and an MTV Italian Music Award. Internationally, she has won four awards at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, four Lo Nuestro Awards, four Latin Grammy Awards, two Billboard Latin Music Award and six World Music Awards. In 2006 she also became the first Italian female artist to win a Grammy Award, receiving the accolade for Best Latin Pop Album for the record Escucha. She has been honoured as a Commander Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, and as a World Ambassador of Emilia Romagna. In 2014, she received the Icon Award from FIMI and Italian Trade, in recognition of her estimated worldwide sales exceeding 70 million units. Academy Awards The Academy Awards (the Oscars) are given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. ! |- |style="text-align:center;"|2021 |"Io sì (Seen)" |Best Original Song | |style="text-align:center;"| |- |} ALMA Awards The ALMA Awards were established in 1995 by the National Council of La Raza to honor artistic achievement in entertainment obtained by Latin artists. Pausini has received two nominations in 2002. ! |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 2002 ||style="text-align:left;"| Laura Pausini || Breakthrough Artist/Group of the Year || |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |- |Lo mejor de Laura Pausini: Volveré junto a ti || Spanish-Language Album of the Year || |- ASCAP Latin Music Awards The ASCAP Latin Music Awards are annually assigned to the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most performed songs in Latin Music of the year. Pausini has won 5 awards. ! |- |style="text-align:center;"| 2003 || "Volveré junto a ti" || Pop/Ballad Song || |style="text-align:center;"| |- |style="text-align:center;"| 2006 ||rowspan="2"| "Víveme" || Top Rated Theme Song for Soap Opera || |style="text-align:center;"| |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2006 || Pop/Ballad Song || | style="text-align:center;"| |- |style="text-align:center;"| 2007 || "Como si no nos hubiéramos amado" || Pop/Ballad Song || |style="text-align:center;"| |- |style="text-align:center;"| 2010 || "En cambio no" || Pop/Ballad Song || |style="text-align:center;"| |- Billboard awards and accolades Billboard Latin Music Awards Established in 1990, the Billboard Latin Music Awards are the longest-running Latin Music Conference. The awards are annually