Bad Bunny, Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso are the big winners at this year’s Latin Grammys, as the Puerto Rican superstar and the burgeoning Argentine duo took home five awards in Las Vegas on Thursday.
In addition to wins in the Urban and Reggaeton categories, Bad Bunny ultimately won Album of the Year for the first time with I should have thrown more Photos, his best-selling love letter to Puerto Rico. The album was just nominated last week for album of the year at the overall Grammy Awards, where it will go up against the likes of Kendrick Lamar. GNX and that of Lady Gaga Mayhem among others.
Benito entered tonight’s awards as the top nominee, leading the pack with 12 nominations, including two entries in the record and song of the year categories. Perennial hitmaker Edgar Barrera was close behind with 10, as were Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso. Ca7riel and Paco won for Best Pop Song, Best Alternative Music Album, Best Alternative Song, and Best Short and Long Form Music Video.
Elsewhere in the general categories, Alejandro Sanz won record of the year for “Palmeras En El Jardín,” while Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” won song of the year. Paloma Morphy, meanwhile, won the award for best new artist.
This year’s awards marked the 14th edition of the Latin Grammys in Sin City and a return to Vegas for the first time since 2022. Since then, the 2023 awards show was held in Spain, while last year’s was held in Miami.
In addition to the awards themselves, the evening kicked off with Santana performing her international hit “Oye Como Va” alongside ceremony host Maluma, as well as Cristian Nodal, Barrera and Grupo Frontera. Gloria Estefan, who won the award for best traditional tropical album for her record roots, performed “La Vecina” alongside Nathy Peluso.
Elena Rose performed a beautiful rendition of her song “Me Lo Merezco” and Karol G, who is set to headline Coachella 2026, followed immediately after with a rendition of “Coleccionando Heridas” alongside Marco Antonio Solis. Kacey Musgraves, meanwhile, performed “Lost in Translation” alongside Carin León for the song’s live debut.
A list of some of tonight’s many winners is below, with winners in bold. A complete list is available on the Latin Recording Academy website.
Record of the year
“Baile Inolvidable”, Bad Bunny
“DTmF”, Bad Bunny
“Friends Day”, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
“#Tetas”, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
“Fabulous Catastrophes”, Jorge Drexler and Knowing Russia
“Lara”, Zoé Gotusso
“If I had met you before”, Karol G
“Cancionera”, Natalia Lafourcade
“At your side”, Liniker
“Palm trees in the garden”, Alejandro Sanz
Album of the year
Our thingRaw Alejandro
I should have taken more photosbad bunny
PopularCA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
RootsGloria Estefan
Fist of YocahuVicente Garcia
Break the bubbleJoaquina
SongbookNatalia Lafourcade
Palabra De To’s (Seca)Carin Leon
CashewLiniker
In the Clouds – With My FriendsElena Rose
And now what?Alexandro Sanz
Song of the year
“Unforgettable Dance”, Marco Daniel Borrero, Antonio Caraballo, Kaled Elikai Rivera Cordova, Julio Gaston, Armando Josue Lopez, Jay Anthony Nuñez, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“Bogota”, Andres Cepeda, Mauricio Rengifo and Andres Torres, songwriters (Andrés Cepeda) “Cancionera” – Natalia Lafourcade, songwriter (Natalia Lafourcade)
“DtMF”, Bad Bunny, Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Hugo René Sención Sanabria and Tyler Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“El Día Del Amigo”, Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, Catriel Guerreiro, Ulises Guerriero, Amanda Ibanez, Vicente Jiménez and Federico Vindver, songwriters (CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso)
“Another night of crying”, Mon Laferte, songwriter (Mon Laferte)
“Palm Trees in the Garden”, Manuel Lorente Freire, Luis Miguel Gómez Castaño, Elena Rose and Alejandro Sanz, songwriters (Alejandro Sanz)
“If I had known you before”, Edgar Barrera, Andres Jael Correa Rios and Karol G, songwriters (Karol G)
“#Tetas”, Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, CA7RIEL, Gale, Ulises Guerriero, Vicente Jiménez and Federico Vindver, songwriters (CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso)
“Brown Veludo”, Liniker, songwriter (Liniker)
Best New Artist
Allah
Annasofia
Yerai Cortés
Julienne Gamboa
Camila Guevara
Isadora
Alex Luna
Paloma Morphy
Continued Nunes
Ruzzi
Best Contemporary Pop Album
Blue Room, the father
Palace, Elsa and Elmar
By breaking the bubble, Joaquina
In the Clouds – With My FriendsElena Rose
And now what? Alexander Sanz
Best Traditional Pop Album
BogotaAndres Cepeda
StaleZoe Gotusso
What we had to sayJesse and Joy
Natalia Lafourcade in concert at Carnegie HallNatalia Lafourcade
After 30, Rachel Sofia
Best Pop Song
“Bogota”, Andres Cepeda, Mauricio Rengifo and Andres Torres,
songwriters (Andrés Cepeda)
“El Día Del Amigo”, Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso,
Amanda Ibanez, Vicente Jiménez and Federico Vindver, songwriters (CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso)
“Querida Yo”, Camilo, Gonzalo Ferreyra, Nicolás Ramirez and Yami Safdie, songwriters (Yami Safdie and Camilo)
“Soltera”, Edgar Barrera, Bizarrap, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno and Shakira, songwriters (Shakira)
“TE QUIERO”, Juan Ariza, Covi Quintana and Nicole Zignago, songwriters (Nicole Zignago)
Best Latin Electronic Music Performance
“Orión (Sistek Remix)” Boza, Elena Rose, Sistek
“She wants techno”, Imanbek & Taichu
“Qqqq”, said Ela Minus
“Fuckered En Dubai – (Extedeed)”, M. Selected, Villa Electrines and Dj Polin
“That’s it”, Feaitoring Peaturukedah
Best urban/fusion performance
“Cave (Please (Please)
“DTmF”, Bad Bunny
“From Maravisha”, Tokischa with Nathy Peluso
“La Plena – W Sound 05”, W Sound with Beele and Ovy on drums
“Roma”, Jay Wheeler
Best Reggaeton Performance
“Baja Pa’ Acá”, Rauw Alejandro with Alexis and Fido
“I’ll take you Pa Pr”, Bad Bunny
“Tell him”, Nicky Jam
“Brilliance”, Lenny Tavarez
“Reggaeton Malandro”, Yandel with Tego Calderón
Best Urban Music Album
I should have taken more photosbad bunny
UnderwaterFaria
To go upNicki Nicole
MPC (popular carioca music)Papatinho
eliteYandel
Best Rap/Hip-Hop Song
“El Favorito De Mami”, Noah Assad, José Carabaño, Eladio Carrión, Samuel David Jiménez, Adam Moralejo, Albert Packness and Big Soto, songwriters (Big Soto with Eladio Carrion)
“Fresh”, Trueno, songwriter (Trueno)
“Parriba”, Pedro Elias Aquino, Jesus Fuenmayor and Mateo Palacios Corazzina, songwriters (Akapellah with Trueno)
“Sudor Y Tinta”, Samuel Wilfredo Dilone Castillo, Nohelys Jimenez “J Noa” and Manuel Varet Vakero, songwriters (J Noa & Vakero)
“Thc”, Arcángel, songwriter (Arcángel)
Best Urban Song
“Things Waiting”, Édgar Barrera, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno, Luis Miguel Gómez Castaño, Manuel Lorente Freire and Maluma, songwriters (Maluma)
“DTmF”, Bad Bunny, Marco Daniel Borrero.
“En La City”, Young Miko and Trueno, songwriters (Trueno with Young Miko)
“LA MuDANZA”, Luis Amed Irizarry, Marcos Efrain Masis, Jay Anthony Nuñez, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio and Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“Xq Eres Así”, Alejandro Avila, Jorge Alvaro Díaz, Manuel Lara, Nathy Peluso and Joyce Francue Santana Febres, songwriters (Alvaro Diaz with Nathy Peluso)
Best rock album
LegacyANIMAL
Moon in Works (Live)Marilina Bertoldi
Three days from EarthEruca Sativa
giantBread
NovelFito Paez
Best rock song
“La Torre”, Nicole Shirel Davidovich, RENEE and Pablo Stipicic, songwriters (RENEE) (TIE)
“Legado”, Andrés Giménez, songwriter (ANIMAL)
“Sale El Sol”, Fito Paez, songwriter (Fito Paez) (TIE)
“TRNA”, Ali Stone, songwriter (Ali Stone)
“FLY”, Eruca Sativa, songwriters (Eruca Sativa)
Best pop/rock album
VandalsChinese bandalos
Malhablado, Electric Diamond
spoiledLasso
The last day of our livesDani Martin
It’s already morning, I have to
A.RENEE
Best Pop/Rock Song
“For the Dead”, Leiva, Stover (read)
“Fabulous Disasters”, Knowing Russia, Jorge Drexler and Pablo Drexler, songwriters (Jorge Drexler and Knowing Russia)
“Lucifer”, Renzo Bravo, Lasso and Orlando Vitto, songwriters (Lasso)
“Don’t call mine ours”, Joaquina and Andry Kiddos, songwriters (Joaquina)
Best Alternative Music Album
Who You Work For Vol. IMarilina Bertoldi
PopularCA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
BodhiriyaJudeline
Every day All dayLatin Mafia
DaisyRusowsky
Best Alternative Song
“El Ritmo”, Salvador Colombo, songwriter (Bandalos Chinos)
“Joropo”, Javier Fernández Blanco, Pablo Gómez Cano, Roberto Gutierrez Acosta, Andrés De Las Heras, Judeline and Pablo López García, songwriters (Judeline)
“I feel like I deserve more,” Latin Mafia, songwriter (Latin Mafia)
“(Sola)”, Paloma Morphy, songwriter (Paloma Morphy)
“#Tetas”, Paco Amoroso, Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, CA7RIEL, Gale, Vicente Jiménez “Vibarco” & Federico Vindver, songwriters (CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso)
Best Salsa Album
Large swingJosé Alberto “El Canario”
PhotographsRubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
Look how I comeIsaac Delgado
Positive infinityThe Rosario brothers
Beginning and Second Round, Vol. IIGilberto Santa Rosa
Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
Son 30Czech Acosta
The last danceSilvestre Dangond & Juancho De La Espriella
Nobody dies of loveKaren Lizarazo
Baila ColombiaStars of Los Cumbia
The hierarchyPeter Manjarrés and Luis José Villa
Best merengue/bachata album
The most completeAlex Bueno
New punterEddie Herrera
Milly Quezada – Live Vol. 1 of the National Theater of the Dominican RepublicMilly Quezada
Best Traditional Tropical Album
Malena Burke Canta A Meme Solis, Vol. 1Malena Burke and Meme Solis
RootsGloria Estefan
As I walk, I cry, I cryFaildé Orchestra
Best Contemporary Tropical Album
HotMike Bahia
Fist of YocahuVicente Garcia
Optical illusionPedrito Martinez
BingoAlain Pérez
Candelaria FestivalPuerto Candelaria
Best Tropical Song
“Now or Never”, Juan José Hernández, songwriter (Gilberto Santa Rosa)
“Cariñito”, Techy Fatule, songwriter (Techy Fatule)
“La Foto”, Larry Coll, Luis Enrique and Marcos Sánchez, songwriters (Luis Enrique)
“Never Me Fui”, Rubén Blades, Andy Clay, Fonseca, Felipe González Abad and Yoel Henríquez, songwriters (Fonseca and Rubén Blades)
“If I had known you before”, Edgar Barrera, Andres Jael Correa Rios and Karol G, songwriters (Karol G)
“If Jesus came back”, Jorge Luis Piloto, songwriter (Víctor Manuelle)
“Venga Lo Que Venga”, Andy Clay, Fonseca and Alberto Montenegro, songwriter (Fonseca, Rawayana
