Rosalía was the big winner at the 2026 Latin Grammys. The Spanish star won Album of the Year for LUX (Complete Works) on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It’s her third win in that category. She also took Song of the Year for “La Perla,” featuring Yahritza y Su Esencia. Argentine artist Milo J won Record of the Year for “Niño,” and Aria Vega was named Best New Artist. Below you’ll find the biggest winners, the moments people are sharing and the rest of the major categories, all checked against the official winners list from the Latin Recording Academy.
Latin Grammys 2026 winners in the top four categories
- Album of the Year: LUX (Complete Works) – Rosalía
- Record of the Year: “Niño” – Milo J
- Song of the Year: “La Perla” – Noah Goldstein, David Rodríguez, Rosalía, Ryan Tedder and Dylan Wiggins, songwriters (Rosalía featuring Yahritza y Su Esencia)
- Best New Artist: Aria Vega
Going into the night, producer-songwriter Edgar Barrera had the most nominations with 10, Variety reports. Jorge Drexler, Rosalía, Karol G and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso had seven each. If you followed our Latin Grammys 2026 guide to the nominees and performers, you’ll see that the top prizes were split between two of those front-runners.
Rosalía’s night: a third Album of the Year
Rosalía won five awards in her own name. Along with Album of the Year and Song of the Year, she won Best Pop Song for “La Perla,” Best Alternative Music Album for LUX (Complete Works) and Best Short Form Music Video for “Sauvignon Blanc.” The album also won Best Engineered Album, an award that goes to its engineering team. She had already won Album of the Year for El Mal Querer in 2019 and for Motomami in 2022, Rolling Stone notes.
According to BBC News Mundo, Juanes presented the Album of the Year award. In her speech, Rosalía described LUX as “a leap into the void” and said the album was her truth. She also explained the title: it means “light” in Latin, and she called it a wish for “more light in the world.” Accepting Song of the Year earlier in the night, she thanked everyone who had told her she wasn’t good enough or that her music was too strange. (Her speeches were in Spanish, so these are translations.)
She also opened the show. Billboard described the number as a medley from LUX in a shimmering gold gown, with dozens of dancers around her. Rolling Stone reports that the songs were “La Rumba Del Perdón,” “La Perla” and “Dios Es Un Stalker.”
She didn’t win everything. Record of the Year went to Milo J, and Best Portuguese Language Song, where she was nominated for “Memória” with Carminho, went to Johnny Hooker’s “Viver e Morrer De Amor Na América Latina.”
Milo J, Karol G and the other big winners
Milo J
The young Argentine artist had one of the best nights of anyone. Besides Record of the Year for “Niño,” he won Best Urban Performance for “Gil” featuring Trueno and Best Folk Album for La Vida Era Más Corta. That album also won Best Recording Package for art director Camilo Joaquín Villarruel. Billboard says his performance of “Solifican12” and “Gil” featured the murga troupe Agárrate Catalina, with producer Gustavo Santaolalla playing charango.
Karol G
Karol G won Best Urban Music Album for Tropicoqueta and Best Reggaeton Performance for “Verano Rosa” featuring Feid. The reggaeton award was handed out before the telecast. BBC News Mundo reports that she shouted “Latina forever” as she held up the album award, and said people feel proud to be Latina when she sings those songs. Onstage, she sang “Ese Hombre Es Malo” backed by strings and a mariachi ensemble, a performance Billboard called “elegant, assured and refreshingly unexpected.”
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
The Argentine duo won three awards. They took Best Electronic Music Performance for “Beto’s Horns” (Fred Remix) with Fred Again.., Best Pop/Rock Song for “Hasta Jesús Tuvo Un Mal Día” featuring Sting, and Best Long Form Music Video for FREE SPIRITS (The Film).
Jorge Drexler and Edgar Barrera
Jorge Drexler also won three: Best Singer-Songwriter Album for Taracá, Best Alternative Song for “Ante la duda, baila” and Best Roots Song for “El tambor chico,” which he wrote with Facundo Balta. Edgar Barrera, the night’s most-nominated name, won Producer of the Year and shared Best Regional Song as a writer of “No Capea” by Xavi and Grupo Frontera. Songwriter of the Year went to Sara Schell.
Not every front-runner won. Mon Laferte had six nominations, including Album of the Year for FEMME FATALE, and the official list shows she didn’t win any of them.
Daddy Yankee’s Person of the Year moment and the tributes
Daddy Yankee was honored as the Latin Recording Academy’s 2026 Person of the Year. BBC News Mundo quotes his acceptance line: “Puerto Rico no es pequeño. Pequeño es el mapa” (“Puerto Rico isn’t small. The map is small.”). Billboard says his eight-minute medley moved through “Despacito,” “Rompe,” “Lo Que Pasó, Pasó” and “Dura” with Bad Gyal. Bizarrap was on the turntables, and Feid, Diljit Dosanjh, French Montana and LL Cool J also appeared. LL Cool J traded verses with him on the closing “Gasolina.” On the awards side, his collaboration “Daddy Yankee: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 0/66” with Bizarrap won Best Urban Song.
The show also paid tribute to salsa legend Willie Colón, who died in February, and to Mexican songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez on the centenary of his birth. Camila Fernández sang in the Jiménez tribute. She also won Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album for La Fernández.
More 2026 Latin Grammy winners
- Best Contemporary Pop Album: ¿Y Ahora Qué +? – Alejandro Sanz
- Best Traditional Pop Album: Yo Canto 2 – Laura Pausini
- Best Rap/Hip Hop Song: “Antisistema” – J Noa & Trooko
- Best Rock Album: Shine – Fito Páez
- Best Rock Song: “Ego” – The Warning
- Best Pop/Rock Album: Juanesteban – Juanes
- Best Salsa Album: El Alma En Clave – Luis Enrique
- Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album: El Último Disco Vol. 1 – Carlos Vives
- Best Contemporary Tropical Album: Antes Que El Tiempo Se Vaya – Fonseca
- Best Tropical Song: a tie between “Nombre y Apellido” (Luis Enrique, De La Ghetto) and “Realidad-Es” (Grupo Niche)
- Best Singer-Songwriter Song: “Dime” – Silvana Estrada
- Best Norteño Album: Lo Que Me Falta Por Llorar – Grupo Frontera
- Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album: Dosis – Xavi
- Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album: Equilibrivm – Anitta
Some early winners lists online have errors, especially for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Tropical Song. The Latin Recording Academy’s list on Grammy.com is the one to trust, and it has all 60 categories.
What’s next: the 2027 Grammy nominations
Awards season keeps going. Nominations for the 69th Grammy Awards will be announced on Monday, Nov. 16, and LUX shows up on several Album of the Year prediction lists. Our guide to the 2027 Grammy nominations, with start times and the Album of the Year contenders, has the details. If you’re more into rock legends, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2026 induction is also coming up.
FAQ
Who won Album of the Year at the 2026 Latin Grammys?
Rosalía, for LUX (Complete Works). It’s her third Album of the Year win, after El Mal Querer and Motomami.
Who won Record of the Year and Song of the Year?
Milo J won Record of the Year for “Niño.” Song of the Year went to “La Perla,” a songwriters’ award shared by Rosalía, Noah Goldstein, David Rodríguez, Ryan Tedder and Dylan Wiggins.
Who was Best New Artist at the Latin Grammys 2026?
Aria Vega. BBC News Mundo reports that she is from Barranquilla, Colombia, and that she called the win “un sueño premium” (a premium dream).
How many Latin Grammys did Rosalía win in 2026?
Five in her own name: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Song, Best Alternative Music Album and Best Short Form Music Video. LUX also won Best Engineered Album, which goes to its engineers.
Where did the 2026 Latin Grammys take place?
At the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. In the U.S., the show aired on Univision, UniMás and Galavisión and streamed on ViX.
Sources: Latin Recording Academy / Grammy.com official winners list; Variety; BBC News Mundo; Billboard; Rolling Stone. Featured image: Rosalía performing in Mexico City’s Zócalo in 2023, by Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 2.0.
