Latin Grammy Awards 2026: Date, Time, How to Watch and Full List of Nominees
The 27th Latin Grammy Awards are on Thursday, November 12, 2026, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, live on Univision and ViX. Producer-songwriter Edgar Barrera leads with 10 nominations, ahead of Karol G, Rosalía, Jorge Drexler and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso with seven each. Daddy Yankee is honored as Person of the Year on November 11. Sources: Univision, Euronews, UnoTV, ABC7.
The context
The 2026 Latin Grammy Awards, the 27th edition, take place on Thursday, November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, live on Univision and ViX from 8 p.m. ET. It is the biggest night of the year for Spanish- and Portuguese-language music, and the Latin Recording Academy fills the week before it with events across the city.
The name of this year’s race is Edgar Barrera. The Mexican songwriter-producer, a fixture in the credits of Latin pop’s biggest stars, has 10 nominations, including Record, Album and Song of the Year. Behind him is a pack on seven: Karol G, Rosalía, Jorge Drexler and Argentine duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, with Silvana Estrada and Mon Laferte on six. In Album of the Year, Rosalía’s LUX (Complete Works), Karol G’s Tropicoqueta and Drexler’s Taracá face records by Anitta, Carín León, Milo J, Rawayana, Mon Laferte, Silvana Estrada and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso.
On the eve of the show, Wednesday, November 11, the Academy honors Daddy Yankee as Person of the Year, the first time the award goes to a reggaeton artist, the genre he helped take worldwide with “Gasolina”. He is also announced as a performer at the ceremony, alongside Carín León, Anitta and Silvana Estrada, with Roselyn Sánchez hosting.
Nominations were announced on September 16 and cover releases from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026; final voting closed on October 12. The winners will be revealed on the night of November 12, and this page will be updated with the results. Sources: Univision, Euronews, UnoTV, CNN en Español, ABC7, Ticketmaster.
People also ask
True or false?
No: the ceremony is on November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (Univision)
She has seven, like Karol G, Drexler and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso; Edgar Barrera leads with 10. (Euronews)
He is not among the ten nominees, which include Rosalía, Karol G, Anitta and Carín León. (UnoTV)
The first reggaeton artist to get the honor, at a gala in Las Vegas on November 11. (ABC7)
She is nominated against nine other albums; nobody knows the winner before November 12. (UnoTV)