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Bad Bunny Makes History As “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” Claims Grammy for Album of the Year

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Bad Bunny is celebrating a night at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar picked up three awards at the Grammys on Sunday, February 1, including the top prize.

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Bad Bunny claimed the Album of the Year gramophone for his critically acclaimed LP DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, which became the first-ever predominantly Spanish language album to win in the category in the 68-year history of the Grammy Awards.

Bad Bunny beat Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar, among others, to win Album of the Year for his sixth album, a personal and powerful exploration of Puerto Rico’s musical history.

He also accepted the Grammys for Best Música Urbana Album and won Best Global Music Performance for “EoO.”

In total, Bad Bunny has won six Grammys during his career.

Kehlani has earned her first-ever Grammys.

The 30-year-old part-Latina singer & songwriter took home the Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song awards for her chart-topping single “Folded.”

FKA Twigs has claimed her first Grammy.

The 38-year-old part-Spanish singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and dancer won in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category for Eusexua.

Gustavo Dudamel picked up three Grammys.

The 45-year-old Venezuelan conductor won for Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Compendium and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

Gloria Estefan picked up her fifth career Grammy.

The 68-year-old Cuban singer, songwriter, producer and actress claimed the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album for her album Raíces.

Other Latino winners include Natalia Lafourcade (Best Latin Pop Album, Cancionera), CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso (Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album, PAPOTA), Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro (Best Latin Jazz Album: A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole), Carín León (Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano), Palabra De To’s – Seca) and Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia (Best Global Music Album, Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo)

Here’s the full list of this year’s Grammy winners:

Record of The Year: “luther” – Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Album of The Year: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
Song of the Year: “WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist: Olivia Dean
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Cirkut
Songwriter of The Year, Non-Classical: Amy Allen
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Messy” — Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Best Pop Vocal Album: MAYHEM — Lady Gaga
Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “End Of Summer” — Tame Impala
Best Dance Pop Recording: “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
Best Dance/Electronic Album: EUSEXUA — FKA twigs
Best Remixed Recording: “Abracadabra – Gesaffelstein Remix” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
Best Rock Performance: “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning” — YUNGBLUD Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Metal Performance: “BIRDS” — Turnstile
Best Rock Song: “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
Best Rock Album: NEVER ENOUGH — Turnstile
Best Alternative Music Performance: “Alone” — The Cure
Best Alternative Music Album: Songs Of A Lost World — The Cure
Best R&B Performance: “Folded” — Kehlani
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “VIBES DON’T LIE” — Leon Thomas
Best R&B Song: “Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
Best Progressive R&B Album: BLOOM — Durand Bernarr
Best R&B Album: MUTT — Leon Thomas
Best Rap Performance: “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Best Melodic Rap Performance: “luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Best Rap Song: “tv off” — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Best Rap Album: GNX — Kendrick Lamar
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album: Words For Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best Jazz Performance: “Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Portrait — Samara Joy
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Southern Nights — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Without Further Ado, Vol 1 — Christian McBride Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
Best Alternative Jazz Album: LIVE-ACTION — Nate Smith
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: A Matter Of Time — Laufey
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Brightside — ARKAI
Best Musical Theater Album: Buena Vista Social Club, Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Country Solo Performance: “Bad As I Used To Be” (from F1 The Movie) — Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
Best Country Song: “Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
Best Traditional Country Album: Ain’t In It For My Health — Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Album: Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
Best American Roots Performance: “Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples
Best Americana Performance: “Godspeed” — Mavis Staples
Best American Roots Song: “Ancient Light” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best Americana Album: BIG MONEY — Jon Batiste
Best Bluegrass Album: Highway Prayers — Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album: Ain’t Done With The Blues — Buddy Guy
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Preacher Kids — Robert Randolph
Best Folk Album: Wild And Clear And Blue — I’m With Her
Best Regional Roots Music Album: A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco — (Various Artists)
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “Come Jesus Come” — CeCe Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Jason Bradley Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings & Brandon Lake, songwriters
Best Gospel Album: Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed
Best Roots Gospel Album: I Will Not Be Moved — Live — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Best Latin Pop Album: Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
Best Música Urbana Album: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: PAPOTA — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano): Palabra De To’s – Seca — Carín León
Best Tropical Latin Album: Raíces — Gloria Estefan
Best Global Music Performance: “EoO” — Bad Bunny “Shrini’s Dream” – Live — Shakti
Best African Music Performance: “PUSH 2 START” — Tyla
Best Global Music Album: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia
Best Reggae Album: BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album: NOMADICA — Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
Best Children’s Music Album: Harmony — FYÜTCH & Aura V
Best Comedy Album: Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze
Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording: Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama — Dalai Lama
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Sinners, (Various Artists), Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson & Serena Göransson, compilation producers; Niki Sherrod, music supervisor
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television: Sinners, Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media: Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media: “Golden” — From KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
Best Music Video: “Anxiety” — Doechii , James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
Best Music Film: Music By John Williams — John Williams, Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Best Recording Package: Tracks II: The Lost Albums, Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Cover: CHROMAKOPIA, Tyler Okonma, art director (Tyler, The Creator)
Best Album Notes: Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings  Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Historical Album: Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years — 1976-1980, Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: That Wasn’t A Dream, Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Cerrone: Don’t Look Down, Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
Producer Of The Year, Classical: Elaine Martone
Best Immersive Audio Album: Immersed, Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
Best Instrumental Composition: “First Snow,” Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Super Mario Praise Break,” Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Big Fish,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring säje)
Best Orchestral Performance: “Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie,” Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording: Heggie: Intelligence , Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
Best Choral Performance: Ortiz: Yanga , Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Dennehy: Land Of Winter,” Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos , Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano, Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium: Ortiz: Yanga,Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Ortiz: Dzonot, Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Carlos Santana to Receive Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award

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Carlos Santana’s lifetime of achievements is being recognized…

The Recording Academy has announced the recipients of its 2026 Special Merit Awards, with the 78-year-old Mexican guitarist and founding member of the rock band Santana to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Carlos Santana

For nearly six decades, Santana has been a pioneering force in music, fusing Afro-Latin, blues, rock, and jazz into a sound that transcends genre, culture and generation. He and his band were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. They made Grammy history in 2000, receiving eight Grammys in a single night, tying Michael Jackson for the single-year Grammy record. Their haul included album of the year for Supernatural and record of the year for “Smooth,” a propulsive smash featuring Rob Thomas.

A 10-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy winner, Santana received Billboard‘s Century Award in 1996 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013.

His Las Vegas residency at House of Blues is now in its 14th year.

Santana will receive the lifetime achievement award alongside fellow honorees Chaka Khan, Cher, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston.

Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to performers who have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. Trustees Awards are presented to individuals who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording. Both are voted on by the academy’s national trustees.

“It’s a true honor to recognize this year’s Special Merit Award recipients — an extraordinary group whose influence spans generations, genres and the very foundation of modern music,” Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, said in a statement. “Each of these honorees has made a profound and lasting impact, and we look forward to celebrating their remarkable achievements.”

The ceremony will be held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday January 31, the afternoon before the 68th annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in downtown L.A.

Bad Bunny Wins Five Latin Grammy Awards, Including Album of the Year

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Bad Bunny is celebrating a special first…

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar was the big winner at Thursday night’s Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, taking home five trophies, including album of the year for his acclaimed Debí Tirar Más Fotos, a project which embraced his island’s musical heritage – and paved the way for him to be named the performer for next year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

Bad BunnyIt’s Bad Bunny’s first-ever win in the album of the year category.

Dedicating the award to “all the youth of Latin America” he added: “There are many ways of being patriotic and defending our homelands. We chose music.”

Argentinian duo Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso also claimed five awards; with other winners including Alejandro Sanz, Gloria Estefan and Karol G.

The rapidly growing Latin music sector generated a record $1.4bn (£1.06bn) in 2024, making up 8.1% of total U.S. music revenue, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which said it was shaping culture faster than any other genre.

Bad Bunny, real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has been at the forefront of that movement. For three consecutive years between 2020 and 2022, he was the most-streamed artist in the world.

Debí Tirar Más Fotos is his sixth album, and fuses live instrumentation with the hip-swaying pulse of reggaetón and traditional Puerto Rican styles like plena.

At the Latin Grammys, the title track earned him best urban song and best urban performance. He also picked up best reggaetón performance for “Voy a llevarte pa PR,” and best urban music album for Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

He’s nominated for six awards at the mainstream Grammys, which take place in February, including the three major categories of album, song and record of the year.

Bad Bunny recently wrapped up a barnstorming concert residency in Puerto Rico; and is about to kick off his world tour in the Dominican Republic.

However, he made headlines when he said the tour would not include any dates on the US mainland because he was concerned his fans might be targeted by immigration raids.

His subsequent booking for next year’s Super Bowl rankled some US conservatives.

President Donald Trump called the decision “absolutely ridiculous” and that he had “never heard” of the star – who has 74 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

The Latin Grammy ceremony kicked off with a star-studded tribute to Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana, with Maluma, Edgar Barrera, Grupo Frontera and Christian Nodal playing a medley that began with his hit single “Oye Como Va.”

Karol G and Marco Antonio Solís also took the stage for a sweet duet on “Coleccionando Heridas;” while Gloria Estefan played songs from her latest record Raíces, which went on to win best tropical album.

But Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso were judged to have the stand-out moment of the evening, with a colourful, off-the-wall medley of their hits “El Impostor,” “#Tetas,” “La Que Puede,” “Puede” and “El Día Del Amigo.”

The duo dominated the alternative music categories – winning best alternative album and best alternative song. They also picked up best short-form and best long-form video, and pop song of the year for “El Día Del Amigo.”

Speaking backstage, the childhood friends expressed their gratitude to each other.

“The most important thing here is that we’ve known each other since we were six years old,” said Amoroso.

“All of this wasn’t planned, it just happened. I want to tell Ca7riel that he’s my friend, that I love him.”

Ca7riel then surprised Paco with a long and seemingly passionate kiss.

Elsewhere, Paloma Morphy, a 25-year-old Mexican singer, won best new artist after her debut album, Au, seduced listeners with its catchy melodies and vulnerable stories of heartbreak.

Karol G won song of the year for “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido,” a lilting love song with a Merengue flavor, from her blockbuster fifth album Tropicoqueta.

And Spanish superstar Alejandro Sanz picked up record of the year for his beautiful ballad “Palmeras en el Jardín” – unexpectedly beating Bad Bunny’s smash hit “Baile Inolvidable.”

Here are the winners of the 26th Latin Grammy Awards:

Record Of The Year
Palmeras En El Jardín — Alejandro Sanz

Album Of The Year
Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny

Song Of The Year
‘Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido’
Edgar Barrera, Andres Jael Correa Rios & Karol G, songwriters (Karol G)

Best New Artist
Paloma Morphy

Best Contemporary Pop Album
¿Y Ahora Qué? — Alejandro Sanz

Best Traditional Pop Album
Bogotá — Andrés Cepeda

Best Pop Song
‘El Día Del Amigo’
Papota — Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, CA7RIEL, Ulises Guerriero,
Amanda Ibanez, Vicente Jiménez & Federico Vindver,
songwriters (CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso)

Best Latin Electronic Music Performance
‘Veneka’
Rawayana Featuring Akapellah

Best Urban/Urban Fusion Performance
‘Dtmf’
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny

Best Reggaeton Performance
‘Voy A Llevarte Pa Pr’
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny

Best Urban Music Album
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny

Best Rap/Hip Hop Song
‘Fresh’
Trueno, songwriter (Trueno)

Best Urban Song
‘DtMF’
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny, Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich,
Benjamin Falik, Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, Hugo Rene
Sencion Sanabria & Tyler Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny)

Best Rock Album
Novela — Fito Paez

Best Rock Song (TIE)
‘La Torre’
R — RENEE, songwriter (RENEE)
&
‘Sale El Sol’
Novela — Fito Paez, songwriter (Fito Paez)

Best Pop/Rock Album
Ya Es Mañana — Morat

Best Pop/Rock Song
‘Desastres Fabulosos’
Conociendo Rusia, Jorge Drexler & Pablo Drexler,
songwriters (Jorge Drexler & Conociendo Rusia)

Best Alternative Music Album
Papota — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso

Best Alternative Song
‘#Tetas’
Paco Amoroso, Rafa Arcaute, Gino Borri, CA7RIEL,
Gale, Vicente Jiménez ‘Vibarco’ & Federico Vindver,
songwriters (CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso)

Best Salsa Album
Fotografías — Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album
El Último Baile — Silvestre Dangond & Juancho De La Espriella

Best Merengue/Bachata Album
Novato Apostador — Eddy Herrera

Best Traditional Tropical Album
Raíces — Gloria Estefan

Best Contemporary Tropical Album
Puñito De Yocahú — Vicente García

Best Tropical Song
‘Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido’
Edgar Barrera, Andres Jael Correa Rios & Karol G,
songwriters (Karol G)

Best Singer-Songwriter Album
Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade

Best Singer-Songwriter Song
‘Cancionera’
Natalia Lafourcade, songwriter (Natalia Lafourcade)

Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album
¿Quién + Como Yo? — Christian Nodal

Best Banda Album
4218 — Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda

Best Tejano Album
Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya y Una Mía (Vol.1/En Vivo) — Bobby Pulido

Best Norteño Album
La Lotería — Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album
Palabra De To’s (Seca) — Carín León

Best Regional Song
‘La Lotería’
Luciano Luna, songwriter (Los Tigres Del Norte)

Best Instrumental Album
Y El Canto De Todas — Rafael Serrallet Featuring Lviv Philharmonic
Orchestra

Best Folk Album
Joropango — Kerreke, Daniela Padrón

Best Tango Album
En Vivo 20 Años — Tanghetto

Best Flamenco Album
Flamencas — Las Migas

Best Roots Song
‘Aguacero’
Luis Enrique Mejia, Fernando Osorio & Rodner Padilla,
songwriters (Luis Enrique, C4 Trío)

Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album (TIE)
Hamilton De Holanda Trio – Live In NYC — Hamilton De Holanda
&
Cuba & Beyond — Chucho Valdés & Royal Quartet

Best Christian Album (Spanish Language)
Legado — Marcos Witt

Best Portuguese Language Christian Album
Memóri4s (Ao Vivo) — Eli Soares

Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album
Caju — Liniker

Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album
O Mundo Dá Voltas — Baianasystem

Best Portuguese Language Urban Performance
‘Caju’
Caju — Liniker

Best Samba/Pagode Album
Sorriso Eu Gosto No Pagode Vol.3 – Homenagem Ao Fundo De Quintal (Gravado Em Londres) — Sorriso Maroto

Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira)/MAPB (Música Afro Portuguesa Brasileira) Album
Um Mar Pra Cada Um — Luedji Luna

Best Sertaneja Music Album
José & Durval — Chitãozinho & Xororó

Best Portuguese Language Roots Album
Dominguinho — João Gomes, Mestrinho e Jota.pê

Best Portuguese Language Song
‘Veludo Marrom’
Caju — Liniker, songwriter (Liniker)

Best Children’s Album
Los Nuevos Canticuentos — Canticuentos, Coro de Ríogrande

Best Classical Album
Kaleidoscope – Contemporary Piano Music By Female Composers From Around The World — Isabel Dobarro; Javier Monteverde, album producer

Best Classical Contemporary Composition
‘Revolución Diamantina – Act I: The Sounds Cats Make,
Act II: We Don’t Love Each Other, Act III: Borders And
Bodies, Act IV: Speaking The Unspeakable’
Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los
Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Best Music For Visual Media
Cien Años De Soledad (Banda Sonora De La Serie De Netflix) — Camilo Sanabria (Camilo Sanabria, artist); Camilo Sanabria, composer

Best Arrangement
‘Camaleón’
Cesar Orozco, arranger (Cesar Orozco & Son Ahead)

Best Recording Package
‘Cuarto Azul’
Christian Molina, art director (Aitana)

Songwriter of the Year
Edgar Barrera
‘Atención’ – Ivan Cornejo
‘Contigo Al Cielo’ – Christian Nodal
‘Ese Vato No Te Queda’ – Carin León Featuring Gabito Ballesteros
‘Hoy No Me Siento Bien’ – Alejandro Sanz & Grupo Frontera
‘Milagros’ – Karol G
‘Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido’ – Karol G
‘Soltera’ – Shakira
‘Tommy & Pamela’ – Peso Pluma, Kenia Os
‘Una Noche Contigo’ – Juanes

Best Engineered Album
Cancionera — Jack Lahana, engineer; Jack Lahana, mixer; Bernie
Grundman, mastering engineer (Natalia Lafourcade)

Producer of the Year (TIE)
Rafa Arcaute, Federico Vindver
‘El Día Del Amigo’ – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
‘Impostor’ – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
‘La Noche De Tu Amor’ – ATGGT, Victoria May
‘Los Ejes De Mi Carreta’ – ATGGT, Victoria May
‘Re Forro’ – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
‘#Tetas’ — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
&
Nico Cotton
‘Agridulce’ – Bhavi, Duki
‘Carne Viva’ – Blair, Dillom
‘Cuarto Azul’ – Aitana
‘Desastres Fabulosos’ – Jorge Drexler, Conociendo Rusia
‘Latinaje’ – Cazzu
‘Museo Del Prado’ – Manuel Carrasco
‘Perfecto Final’ – Conociendo Rusia, Nathy Peluso
‘Una Noche Contigo’ – Juanes
‘Ya Es Mañana’ – Morat

Best Short Form Music Video
‘#Tetas’
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Martin Piroyansky, video director; Pío Filgueira Risso &
Lula Meliche, video producers

Best Long Form Music Video
Papota (Short Film)
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Martin Piroyansky, video director; Federico Ameglio,
Chino Fernández & Lula Meliche, video producers

Cinema Audio Society Awards 2026 Filmmaker Award to Guillermo del Toro

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Guillermo del Toro has earned a new honor…

The 60-year-old Mexican Oscar-winning filmmaker, author and artist will receive the Cinema Audio Society‘s 2026 Filmmaker Award during the group’s awards show in March.

Guillermo del ToroThe Frankenstein filmmaker and three-time Oscar winner will be feted during the 62nd annual CAS Awards on March 7 at a venue to be announced.

CAS says its annual career award is presented to a filmmaker who truly understands what the sound crafts can bring to their projects and have provided the world with brilliant works of art and storytelling.

That certainly makes del Toro a worthy recipient.

“Audiovisual entertainment — telling stories with images and sound — well, it requires the most careful composition and exacting standards to deliver a memorable experience in every theatre and every home,”  said del Toro, who won Best Picture and Director Academy Awards for 2017’s The Shape of Water and Best Animated Feature for his 2022 take on Pinocchio. “It is an honor to be recognized by those whom I consider and value as my peers and my admired colleagues.”

The Mexico-born multi-hyphenate also has three other career Oscar nominations along with multiple PGA, BAFTA and Daytime Emmys, a DGA Award, a Golden Globe and countless guild and film festival nods.

He studied under Oscar-winning special effects artist Dick Smith and made his first feature, Cronos, in 1993. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Critics Prize.

He followed with Mimic (1997), The Devil’s Backbone (2001) and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay and won for Art Direction, Cinematography and Makeup.

His directing credits also include Nightmare Alley, Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim and the Hellboy films in 2004 and 2008.

His latest film is Frankenstein, which he directed and wrote based on Mary Shelley’s timeless novel and stars Oscar Isaac, Christoph Waltz and Jacob Elordi as the Monster. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August, drawing a 15-minute ovation, and hits theaters, including Imax, on November 7 via Netflix.

“The CAS Filmmaker Award recognizes directors who understand the critical role that sound plays in film and television, and Guillermo embodies that appreciation at the highest level,” CAS President Peter Kurland said. “His films are defined not only by their stunning visuals and deeply human themes but also by their masterful use of sound to build atmosphere, suspense and wonder. Guillermo’s collaboration with sound artists has elevated every story he’s told.”

The 2026 CAS Awards nominations in seven categories will be revealed on January 20, two days before we get the Oscar noms. Its CAS Career Achievement Award recipient will be revealed later.

Esther García to Receive Donostia Award at San Sebastian Film Festival

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Esther García is being feted for her storied career…

The Spanish veteran producer, a longtime collaborator of Pedro Almodóvar, will be handed a Donostia Award for career achievement at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival. 

Esther García,

The festival has said the award was timed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of El Deseo, the production company Pedro Almodóvar launched with his brother, Agustín, which García joined in 1986.

García has been a secretary, production assistant, and producer at the company.

She has worked on every film directed by Almodóvar since Matador (1986).

Her enormous body of work also includes Pim, pam, pum… ¡Fuego! (Pedro Olea), El año de las luces (Fernando Trueba, 1986), El juego más divertido (Emilio Martínez Lázaro, 1988), and, more recently, Olive Laxe’s 2025 Cannes title Sirat. 

Amongst the myriad awards received by García are the National Cinematography Award, which she received in San Sebastián in 2018, the Silver Fotogramas in 2019, and six

Leylah Fernandez Wins Her First Ever WTA 500 Title at DC Open

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Leylah Fernandez has claimed the biggest title of her career…

The 22-year-old half-Ecuadorian Canadian tennis player won the DC Open on Sunday with the help of a terrific backhand, some superb returning and energy courtesy of Shake Shack‘s burgers and fries.

Leylah Fernandez,

The left-handed Fernandez, who is ranked 36th, wrapped up a big week of tight matches with a lopsided victory, defeating Anna Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-2 in the final.

Fernandez earned her fourth singles trophy — all have come at hard-court tournaments — and first at a WTA 500 event.

She came quite close to a Grand Slam championship as a teenager at the 2021 US Open, making it all the way to the final in New York before losing to Emma Raducanu.

There almost was a rematch in Washington, but Kalinskaya eliminated Raducanu in the semifinals Saturday.

Fernandez took quite a journey through the women’s bracket.

She needed 2 hours, 19 minutes to oust No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula, last year’s US Open runner-up, in three sets in the second round. She then needed 2 hours, 20 minutes to beat Taylor Townsend in the quarterfinals and 3 hours, 12 minutes for a three-tiebreaker victory over No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, in the semifinals.

After each of the last two, Fernandez and her father, who is also her coach, opted for Shake Shack.

“We got burgers, hot dog, cheese fries — everything that an athlete should not eat before a match, but it did the trick,” Fernandez said about what she ate after the Townsend match. “It gave me the right nutrients to recover from the cramps and get ready for the next round.”

Following the Rybakina marathon, Fernandez said she and her father “were messaging, and I was, like, ‘OK, what do you want to eat tonight?’ We both answered at the same time: burgers. … That was kind of my diet for the whole week.”

It worked: This was the first title for Fernandez since October 2023 at the Hong Kong Open.

Plus, she arrived in Washington with a losing record this season and hadn’t won more than two matches at the same tournament since last November.

“I have gone through so many different challenges this week. It just has made me stronger, in a way, that if I can get through this week — through the cramps, through the long matches, through the heat, the humidity — I can get through anything,” Fernandez said. “So I was just very happy that I got to not only push myself physically through the limits, but also mentally. So that kind of will help me hopefully for future tournaments.”

Against the 48th-ranked Kalinskaya, who hadn’t dropped a set until Sunday, Fernandez saved the only break point she faced while breaking four times.

One key: Fernandez claimed 10 of the 12 points when Kalinskaya hit a second serve. Another: Kalinskaya, a 26-year-old Russian who is 0-3 in tour finals, finished with 24 unforced errors and just nine winners.

“Amazing fight this week,” Kalinskaya told Fernandez. “You truly deserve it.”

Patricia Delgado Wins Tony Award for Best Choreography for “Buena Vista Social Club” Musical

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Patricia Delgado is celebrating her Buena suerte…

The Cuban American ballet dancer, répétiteur and teacher earned her first-ever Tony Award alongside her husband Justin Peck during Sunday’s 78th Annual Tony Awards—presented at Radio City Music Hall.

Patricia Delgado, Justin Peck, Tony AwardsDelgado and Peck won the Best Choreography award for their work on the acclaimed musical Buena Vista Social Club.

Delgado and Peck are longtime collaborators who have been with Buena Vista Social Club since the beginning of its development.

They’ve worked together on various projects, including Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story.

Buena Vista Social Club marks their first co-choreographer credit.

Set in Havana during the 1950s through the 1990s, Buena Vista Social Club tells the story of the effect of the rise of communism and Fidel Castro on local musicians. It follows four prominent musicians and their eventual collaboration on the 1997 landmark album Buena Vista Social Club. The show’s music is entirely in Spanish. Ali served as its director when it premiered Off-Broadway in 2023 at the Atlantic Theatre Company.

Buena Vista Social Club earned four Tonys. 

Here’s the full list of winners:

Best Musical: Maybe Happy Ending
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Revival of a Musical: Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Best Direction of a Musical: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Direction of a Play: Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
Best Revival of a Play: Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector
Best Play: Purpose
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Kara Young, Purpose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics)
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
Best Costume Design of a Play: Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Choreography: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Orchestrations: Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Book of a Musical: Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park
Best Sound Design of a Play: Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Xavi Makes ASCAP Latin History with Songwriter of the Year Award

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Xavi is making ASCAP Latin history…

At 20 years old, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter has become the youngest artist to receive the ASCAP Latin Music Award for songwriter of the year.

XaviThe American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) on Tuesday celebrated El Premio ASCAP 2025, its top ASCAP Latin songwriters awards for the most performed Latin music songs of the past year.

Xavi, known for his signature romantic tumbados and his unparalleled voice, has captivated a new generation of listeners with hits like “La Diabla” and “La Víctima.”

The former topped Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart for 14 weeks, while the latter reached No. 2.

By the end of 2024, Xavi also became the first solo artist to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart with his first four songs in a single year, when “Flores” climbed from No. 3 to lead the ranking dated December 21.

Meanwhile, Colombian singer Feid won songwriter/artist of the year for the second consecutive year, while the hit “QLONA” by Karol G and Peso Pluma was named Latin song of the year.

Feid, whose Billboard Hot 100 hits include “Perro Negro” with Bad Bunny, “Revolu” with Rauw Alejandro, and “+57” with Karol G and other Colombian collaborators, boasts close to a dozen No. 1 hits on the Latin Airplay chart, including “Doblexxo” with J Balvin, “Si Sabe Ferxxo” with Blessd, and “Háblame Claro” with Yandel among his most recent.

“QLONA,” co-written by songwriter Dani Raw and published by Kobalt Music Publishing, won the ASCAP Award for Latin song of the year.

Featured on Karol G’s album Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season), the track led Hot Latin Songs for five weeks and reached No. 28 on the all-genre Hot 100.

Among other winners, Universal Music Publishing Group was named publisher of the year for the third consecutive year, thanks to hits like “(Entre Paréntesis)” by Shakira and Grupo Frontera, “Adivino” by Bad Bunny and Myke Towers, “Alch Si” by Carín León and Grupo Frontera, “Gata Only” by Cris MJ and FloyyMenor, and “Igual Que Un Ángel” by Kali Uchis, to name a few.

Additionally, Daddy Yankee broke his own record by earning his 52nd Premio ASCAP as “Bonita” was recognized as one of the most-played songs of the past year.

El Premio ASCAP 2025 honored the songwriters and publishers of the most-performed songs of 2024 in Latin music. Winning songs were determined based on data for terrestrial and satellite radio, and for programmed and on-demand audio streams, all provided by Luminate Data LLC in accordance with ASCAP’s publicly available rules.

Check out a full list of winners on ASCAP’s website.

Natti Natasha to Receive Unstoppable Artist Award at Billboard Latin Women in Music Event

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Natti Natasha is about to get her flowers…

The 38-year-old Dominican singer, songwriter, and composer will be honored at the third annual Billboard Latin Women in Music event, Billboard and Telemundo have announced.

Natti NatashaNatti Natasha is part of a roster of new honorees that includes Ha*Ash and Belinda.

The artists join Olga Tañón, Chiquis and Anitta, who were previously announced as honorees for this year.

Hosted by Mexican star Ana Bárbara, the two-hour ceremony will air live exclusively on Telemundo on April 24 at 9:00 pm ET and will celebrate “groundbreaking women shaping the future of Latin music,” according to a press statement.

The show will also stream on the Telemundo app, Universo and Peacock.

Natti Natasha will be honored with the Unstoppable Artist Award, a nod to her sustained influence in the music industry. Natti initially burst onto the Billboard charts when she earned her first No. 1 in 2012 as a featured artist on Don Omar’s hit “Dutty Love.” Since then, she has amassed 34 career entries on the overall Latin Airplay ranking, including 17 top 10 hits, 10 of which soared to No. 1.

On the album front, her debut studio project, Iluminatti, reached new heights in 2019, breaking into the top 10 on both the Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums charts, with a peak at No. 3. More recently, her LP Natti Natasha en Amargue, produced by Romeo Santos, earned her a top 10 debut on the Tropical Albums chart.

Mexican American sister-duo Ha*Ash, comprised of Hanna and Ashley, will receive the Unbreakable Award, celebrating the collaboration between Latin women artists who have made an indelible impact on the music industry. Honored for their resilience, innovation and empowerment, Ha*Ash made an impressive debut in 2004, scoring their first top 10 hit on Latin Pop Airplay with “Estés Donde Estés,” which peaked at No. 9.

Over the years, they have proven their staying power, accumulating a total of 16 entries on the chart, four of which reached the top 10. The sisters recently made a notable comeback with “El Cielo Te Mandó Para Mí,” a standout track from Haashville, which reached a No. 7 high on Latin Pop Airplay. Currently, the duo is on their Haashville Tour across the U.S. and Canada.

Meanwhile, Belinda is set to be honored with the Evolution Award, a special honor that recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional growth, transformation, and innovation throughout their artistic journey, and an enduring impact and commitment to evolving their vision and voice. Belinda’s self-titled debut album catapulted her into the spotlight in 2003, earning her a first top 10 entry on a Billboard chart as the set reached a high of No. 6 on the Latin Pop Albums tally.

Since then, she’s had three additional top 10 albums, including Catarsis, which peaked at No. 2 in 2013. Showcasing versatility, Belinda has most recently dabbled in Regional Mexican music, specifically in corridos bélicos, collaborating with the likes of Natanael Cano, Tito Double P and Netón Vega.

Anitta will receive the Vanguard Award, Chiquis the Impact Award and Olga Tañón will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, with the remaining honors to be announced soon.

Pedro Almodóvar to Receive Chaplin Award from Film at Lincoln Center

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Pedro Almodóvar has been selected to receive a special award…

The 75-year-old Spanish two-time Oscar-winning film director, screenwriter and author, who has had a decades-long relationship with the New York Film Festival, will receive a lifetime honor from its presenting organization next month.

Pedro AlmodóvarThe 50th annual Chaplin Award will be presented to the filmmaker on April 28 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

Presenters who will pay tribute to him at the gala event include performer and artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov; actress Rossy de Palma (the honoree’s longtime muse); pop star Dua Lipa; actor John Turturro; and filmmaker John Waters.

The Chaplin Award Gala is Film at Lincoln Center’s primary annual fundraising event. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit’s programs, including film series, educational initiatives, and marquee events like the New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films.

The list of previous Chaplin recipients includes Jeff Bridges, Viola Davis, Robert De Niro, Barbara Streisand, Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Altman, Billy Wilder and Elizabeth Taylor.

Almodóvar has had 15 films selected to screen at the New York Film Festival, including Oscar winners All About My Mother and Talk to Her.

His relationship with FLC began with when New Directors/New Films (a spring fest, on the opposite end of the calendar from NYFF in the fall) featured What Have I Done to Deserve This? in 1985 and Law of Desire in 1987.

He made his NYFF debut in 1988 with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which was that year’s Opening Night selection.

Other selections include Centerpiece films Bad Education, Volver and The Room Next Door; and Closing Night films Live Flesh, Talk to Her, Broken Embraces, and Parallel Mothers.