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LAS VEGAS — <\/span>Rosal\u00eda\u2019s \u2018Lux\u2019 wins album of the year at the 2026 Latin Grammys.<\/p>\n THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check back for updates. AP’s earlier story is below.<\/p>\n They call him the \u201cKing of Reggaeton\u201d for a reason. Daddy Yankee,<\/a> the 2026 Latin Grammy Awards’ person of the year and first Latin urbano artist to receive the honor, ripped through his biggest hits an hour into Thursday’s award show, treating the stage like a stadium floor.<\/p>\n It was one for the history books: There were outfit changes, set changes and his native Puerto Rico always at the forefront as he ran through \u201cElla Me Levant\u00f3,\u201d \u201cCon Calma,\u201d \u201cBOTZ,\u201d \u201cDespacito,\u201d \u201cLo Que Pas\u00f3, Pas\u00f3,\u201d \u201cSonr\u00edele,\u201d \u201cRompe,\u201d \u201cPokito\u201d and, of course, \u201cGasolina\u201d \u2014 joined by Bizarrap, Bad Gyal, Feid, Jay Wheeler, French Montana, LL Cool J and Diljit Dosanjh.<\/p>\n When it came time for Daddy Yankee to receive his honor, it was delivered to him by Janet Jackson<\/a> \u201cwith admiration and respect,\u201d as she said in her speech. When he accepted the award, he concluded by saying \u201cPuerto Rico, recuerda. … Puerto Rico no es peque\u00f1o. Peque\u00f1o el mapa.” In English: “Puerto Rico, remember. … Puerto Rico is not small. The map is small.”<\/p>\n The bar had been raised from the jump. Rosal\u00eda opened the 27th annual Latin Grammy Awards<\/a>, live from Sin City, with an emotive medley of her \u201cLux\u201d tracks<\/a> \u201cLa Rumba Del Perd\u00f3n,” \u201cLa Perla\u201d and \u201cDios Es Un Stalker,” joined by angelic dancers ornamented with halos atop a stage meant to look like heavenly clouds. <\/p>\n It was a reminder of the expansiveness of her album: an offbeat, full-hearted embrace of her classical training through huge orchestral movements, inspired by the lives of female saints<\/a>. Clearly, competition for the remainder of the night will be stiff.<\/p>\n Her \u201cLa Perla\u201d won song of the year, and during her speech, she thanked Mexico and invited her collaborators on the song, the American urban sierre\u00f1o trio Yahritza Y Su Esencia, to join her on stage.<\/p>\n The first award of the night was given out shortly thereafter: Pablo Alboran and Backstreet Boys’ Howie D presented Juanes with best pop\/rock album for \u201cJuanesteban.\u201d<\/p>\n The award show is taking place live from Las Vegas\u2019 MGM Grand Garden Arena. It’s being aired live on Univision, UniM\u00e1s, Galavisi\u00f3n and ViX and hosted by actor, producer and musician Roselyn S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n Performances were at a high level: Karol G<\/a> was joined by a full orchestra and 12 Mariachis for her m\u00fasica mexicana ballad \u201cEse Hombre es Malo.\u201d Mon Laferte broke hearts with her soulful \u201cFemme Fatale.\u201d Silvana Estrada\u2019s \u201cDime\u201d bridged culture and heritage with her signature Venezuelan cuatro, a four-stringed instrument similar in structure to a ukulele. <\/p>\n Kany Garc\u00eda stunned with her acoustic, aflamencado single \u201cLa Ni\u00f1a Que Fui.\u201d The Uruguayan-born Jorge Drexler\u2019s<\/a> rendition of \u201cLas Palabras\u201d felt like theater. And Argentine rapper Milo J performed \u201cSolifican12\u201d and \u201cGil,\u201d joined by the Latin American folk icon Gustavo Santaolalla.<\/p>\n Car\u00edn Le\u00f3n brought the house down with \u201cDesde Que Te Tengo,\u201d as did Juanes and Vivir Quintana with \u201cHumano.\u201d Elena Rose was joined by sword-wielding dancers for \u201cAlma.”<\/p>\n Brazilian superstar Anitta<\/a> did a medley of her \u201cEquilibrium\u201d hits \u2014<\/a> \u201cDesgra\u00e7a,\u201d \u201cChoka Choka\u201d and \u201cMeia Noite\u201d among them \u2014 an eclectic mix of Brazilian funk, samba, bossa nova, semba, reggae, electronic pop performed in Portuguese, Spanish and English.<\/p>\n Soon after, she was back on stage accepting the trophy for Portuguese language contemporary pop album. She used her speech to shine a light on the Black culture of her native Brazil.<\/p>\n There was a touching tribute to the late ranchera icon, Mexican singer-songwriter Jos\u00e9 Alfredo Jim\u00e9nez, produced by Edgar Barrera<\/a>: The Warning covered \u201cTe Solt\u00e9 la Rienda,\u201d Reik did \u201cLa Media Vuelta,\u201d Sof\u00eda Reyes and Yami Safdie dueted \u201cSi Nos Dejan\u201d and Camila Fern\u00e1ndez brought it home with a big belting \u201cEl Rey.\u201d Not soon afterward, she headed back to the stage to perform a full-throated \u201cSerpiente De Cascabel.\u201d<\/p>\n It was the first of two tributes: The second was for Willie Col\u00f3n, the social activist and Grammy-nominated architect of urban salsa music<\/a>, who died in February of this year.<\/a> His son, Miguel Col\u00f3n, as well as Nathy Peluso and Luis Figueroa and others performed.<\/p>\n Awards were handed out quickly, too. Karol G took home the trophy for urban music album for \u201cTropicoqueta.\u201d Xavi won contemporary Mexican album for \u201cDosis,\u201d his first Latin Grammy. Fonseca was presented the trophy for contemporary tropical album shortly thereafter for his album, \u201cAntes Que El Tiempo Se Vaya.\u201d<\/p>\n Best new artist went to Colombian singer Aria Vega, who gave her acceptance speech through tears. This year, the Latin Recording Academy made changes to the category so that only artists with fewer than three albums or 25 singles released were eligible to win.<\/p>\n Most of the evening\u2019s awards were handed out during a pre-televised Premiere Ceremony. That included Bobby Pulido<\/a> winning the Latin Grammy for best Tejano album for his release \u201cBobby Pulido & Friends: Una Tuya y Una M\u00eda (Vol. 2\/En Vivo).” Just days earlier, Pulido made history in the U.S. midterm elections by securing a seat in the House of Representatives for the Democrats by flipping a Texas district seat.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI want to tell you that I\u2019m retiring from music, and I\u2019m leaving with so much gratitude,\u201d he said in his acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n