The Latin Recording Academy® announced the nominees for the 26th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®, the preeminent international honor celebrating excellence in Latin music, and the only accolade awarded by music industry professionals. The Latin Academy's membership body of music creators, who represent all genres and creative disciplines—including recording artists, songwriters, producers, recording engineers and mixers—vote during the Awards Process.

This year's Album Of The Year category features an exceptional group of creators across a variety of genres who reflect the diversity within Latin music and its growing cultural influence worldwide: Rauw Alejandro, Bad Bunny, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Gloria Estefan, Vicente García, Joaquina, Natalia Lafourcade, Carín León, Liniker, Elena Rose and Alejandro Sanz.

In addition, a new field (Visual Media) and two categories (Best Music For Visual Media and Best Roots Song) were added to the Latin GRAMMY® Awards Process this year.

The inaugural group of nominees for the Best Music For Visual Media category includes Cabra, Federico Jusid, Pedro Osuna, Camilo Sanabria and Gustavo Santaolalla.

Likewise, the first nominees in the Best Roots Song category feature an impressive group of established artists and newcomers, and an innovative mix of genres within a particular track: Marco Daniel Borrero, Bad Bunny, El David Aguilar, Catalina García Barahona, Luis Amed Irizarry, Natalia Lafourcade, Tato Marenco, William Martínez, Marcos Efrain Masis, Luis Enrique Mejia, Juan Carlos Mindinero Satizabal, Jay Anthony Nuñez, Fernando Osorio, Rodner Padilla, Flor Morales Ramos, Julio Reyes Copello and Roberto Jose Rosado Torres.

The Best New Artist category once again showcases a unique set of nominees, whose diversity reaffirms The Latin Academy's commitment to provide opportunities for all artists. Nominated this year are Alleh, Annasofia, Yerai Cortés, Juliane Gamboa, Camila Guevara, Isadora, Alex Luna, Paloma Morphy, Sued Nunes and Ruzzi.

“We’re pleased to present this year’s nominees for the 26th Annual Latin GRAMMYs,” said Manuel Abud, CEO of The Latin Recording Academy. “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 26th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards nominees were selected in 60 categories and reflect an expansive range of artists who released recordings during the eligibility period (June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025). All songs that are considered for nominations must be new songs and contain a minimum percentage of lyric content (60%) in Spanish, Portuguese, or any native regional language.

The final round of voting to determine the Latin GRAMMY® winners will begin on October 1, 2025. The 26th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be held on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The three-hour telecast will be produced by TelevisaUnivision, the leading Spanish-language media company in the world, airing across TelevisaUnivision’s U.S. platforms, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central), preceded by a one-hour pre-show starting at 7 p.m. ET/PT (6 p.m. Central).

Following is the list of nominees for some of the General Fields. For the complete list of nominees in the 60 categories, please visit LatinGRAMMY.com.

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

This release has been prepared with label copy information and recordings provided by labels and Latin Academy members. Modifications to the official nominations list may occur based on further review of the information provided.

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The Latin Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 26th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, the preeminent international honor celebrating excellence in Latin music, and the only accolade awarded by music industry professionals.