Bad Bunny, Gloria Estefan and Karol G Among 2025 Latin Grammy Nominees
NEED TO KNOW
- The 2025 Latin Grammy nominations were announced on Wednesday, Sept. 17
- This year, Bad Bunny, Gloria Estefan and Rauw Alejandro are among the nominees for Album of the Year
- The Latin Grammys will take place on Nov. 13 in Las Vegas
The 2025 Latin Grammy nominations are here!
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, the Latin Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 26th annual awards show.
This year, Rauw Alejandro, Bad Bunny, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Gloria Estefan, Vicente García, Joaquina, Natalia Lafourcade, Carín León, Liniker, Elena Rose and Alejandro Sanz were nominated for Album of the Year.
For record of the year, Bad Bunny and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso received two nominations, while Jorge Drexler & Conociendo Rusia, Zoe Gotusso, Karol G, Lafourcade, Liniker and Sanz received one.
In the Best New Artist category, nominations include Alleh, Annasofia, Yerai Cortés, Juliane Gamboa, Camila Guevara, Isadora, Alex Luna, Paloma Morphy, Sued Nunes and Ruzzi.
This year, the awards show added a new field for Visual Media and two new categories: Best Music for Visual Media and Best Roots Song.
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“We’re pleased to present this year’s nominees for the 26th Annual Latin GRAMMYs,” said Manuel Abud, CEO of The Latin Recording Academy said in a press release. “The impact of Latin music continues to grow on a global level, and all of the nominated artists encompass its diversity and richness while continuing to preserve the iconic sounds that make our music unique.”
The 2026 Latin Grammys features 60 categories that “reflect an expansive range of artists who released recordings during the eligibility period (June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025),” the press release read.
At this year’s ceremony, Raphael — a Spanish singer and actor — will be honored as the 2025 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. Meanwhile, Susana Baca, Enrique Bunbury, Ivan Lins, Pandora and Olga Tañón will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally, Eric Schilling will receive the Trustees Award.
This year’s Latin Grammys will be held on Nov. 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will air across TelevisaUnivision’s U.S. platforms, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
See the full list of 2025 Latin Grammy nominees at the link and an abbreviated list below.
Record of the Year
“Baile Inolvidable” – Bad Bunny
“DtMF” – Bad Bunny
“El Día Del Amigo” – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
“#Tetas” – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
“Desastres Fabulosos” – Jorge Drexler & Conociendo Rusia
“Lara” – Zoe Gotusso
“Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” – Karol G
“Cancionera” – Natalia Lafourcade
“Ao Teu Lado” – Liniker
“Palmeras En El Jardín” – Alejandro Sanz
Album of the Year
Cosa Nuestra – Rauw Alejandro
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny
Papota – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Raíces – Gloria Estefan
Puñito De Yocahú – Vicente García
al romper la burbuja – Joaquina
Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade
Palabra De To’s (Seca) – Carín León
Caju – Liniker
En Las Nubes – Con Mis Panas – Elena Rose
¿Y Ahora Qué? – Alejandro Sanz
Song of the Year
“Baile Inolvidable” – Marco Daniel Borrero, Antonio Caraballo, Kaled Elikai Rivera Cordova, Julio Gaston, Armando Josue Lopez, Jay Anthony Nuñez, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio & Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“Bogotá” – Andres Cepeda, Mauricio Rengifo & 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 & Tyler Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“El Día Del Amigo” – Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, Catriel Guerreiro, Ulises Guerriero, Amanda Ibanez, Vicente Jiménez & Federico Vindver, songwriters (CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso)
“Otra Noche De Llorar” – Mon Laferte, songwriter (Mon Laferte)
“Palmeras En El Jardín” – Manuel Lorente Freire, Luis Miguel Gómez Castaño, Elena Rose & Alejandro Sanz, songwriters (Alejandro Sanz)
“Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” – Edgar Barrera, Andres Jael Correa Rios & Karol G, songwriters (Karol G)
“#Tetas” – Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, CA7RIEL, Gale, Ulises Guerriero, Vicente Jiménez & Federico Vindver, songwriters (CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso)
“Veludo Marrom” – Liniker, songwriter (Liniker)
Best New Artist
Alleh
Annasofia
Yerai Cortés
Juliane Gamboa
Camila Guevara
Isadora
Alex Luna
Paloma Morphy
Sued Nunes
Ruzzi
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