Bad Bunny wins album of the year at the 2025 Latin Grammys, capping an electric night

AP It should come as a shock to no one The Latin Grammy Awards were all about Bad Bunny The Puerto Rican superstar won album of the year for his landmark release Deb Tirar M s Fotos After thanking his family and all those who worked on the album he ended his speech with Puerto Rico I love you thank you Those are powerful words honoring a record that doubles as a love letter for his island The artist born Benito Antonio Mart nez Ocasio was destined to dominate from the jump He also won the first award of the night for m sica urbana album Halfway through the show the singer identified himself back on stage accepting the m sica urbana song trophy for DTmF I never practice my speeches he mentioned in Spanish And then he presented up for a third time to perform Weltita with Chuwi He wasn t the only one with reason to celebrate Song of the year went to Karol G Andr s Jael Correa R os and dgar Barrera for Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido And Alejandro Sanz took home record of the year for Y Ahora Qu Live from Sin City the th annual Latin Grammys were both energetic and eclectic Take Raphael the Person of the Year who launched into an emotive rendition of Qu Sabe Nadie and Mi Gran Noche inviting the crowd to sing along That was after Santana kicked things off specifically Maluma warbling Santana s hit Oye Como Va with the guitar legend himself It was just the beginning of a memorable medley talents of in the modern day celebrating Santana Christian Nodal joining in for Coraz n Espinoza and Grupo Frontera for their collaboration with the virtuosic musician Me Retiro Performances hit hard and fast Aitana brought her dreamy electro-pop Sanz delivered a medley of El Vino De Tu Boca and Las Guapas Rauw Alejandro channeled Puerto Rico in Vegas with Kh the bachata Silencio Falsedad and Carita Linda Then Danny Lux Kakalo and Ivan Cornejo brought contemporary Mexicana sounds Pepe Aguilar followed with his life-affirming mariachi El Cihualteco into El Fuere o Elena Rose slowed things down with Me Lo Merezco Karol G and the legendary Mexican singer Marco Antonio Sol s dueted the romantic ballad Coleccionando Heridas Two of the biggest groups in regional Mexican music Grupo Frontera and Fuerza Regida launched into their joint hit Me Jalo before the latter took over for Marlboro Rojo That s a cut from their record-breaking album xpantia Car n Le n s lovely raspy vocal tone carried throughout Ah Estabas T then he was joined by Kacey Musgraves for Lost in Translation Not long after Le n took home the trophy in competitive contemporary Mexican album category for Palabra De To s Seca Morat brought the pop-rock with Faltas T and Ca riel and Paco Amoroso brought a kind of outsider artistic spirit Joaquina delivered a full-bodied Quise Quererte Any aspiring artists watching would be wise to take a page out of the Brazilian singer Liniker s book Negona Dos Olhos Terr veis was one of the night s majority of joyful The same of syllabus should be revealed about norte o band Los Tigres del Norte The coveted best new artist trophy was handed out to Paloma Morphy Traditional tropical album went to Gloria Estefan for Ra ces Not long afterward she hit the stage for La Vecina and Chirriqui Chirri joined by Nathy Peluso for the latter Then ranchero mariachi album went to Christian Nodal for Qui n Como Yo Largest part of the evening s awards were handed out during a pre-televised Premiere Ceremony That included Bad Bunny s Voy A Llevarte Pa Pr winning for reggaeton performance Argentinian duo Ca riel and Paco Amoroso cleaned house then too taking home their first Latin Grammys for short and long form music video alternative song as well as alternative music album for Papota and pop song for El dia del amigo That s five wins making them the largest part awarded act at the show The three-hour award show aired live from Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena It was hosted by the dynamic duo of Maluma and actor producer and musician Roselyn S nchez