Spanish singer Rosalía took home Album of the Year at the 2026 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas on Thursday night for LUX (Complete Works), the 2025 album she opened the 27th annual ceremony with an emotive three-song medley of "La Rumba Del Perdón," "La Perla" and "Dios Es Un Stalker." Dressed in a shimmering gold gown and surrounded by dancers wearing halos on a stage designed to look like heavenly clouds, she brought the album's spiritual imagery to life. The record, an offbeat embrace of her classical training through orchestral movements inspired by the lives of female saints, marks her third Album of the Year Latin Grammy, following El Mal Querer (2019) and Motomami (2022).

The win makes Rosalía the first woman to take the category three times as a lead artist, placing her alongside Alejandro Sanz and Juanes, who have each won it three times. Only Juan Luis Guerra has claimed the honor more often, with four wins. She also won Song of the Year for "La Perla," inviting its collaborators, the American urban sierreño trio Yahritza Y Su Esencia, onstage and thanking Mexico in her speech. In her acceptance remarks she reflected on the creative risks behind LUX, addressed those who had doubted her unconventional approach, and explained that the album's title means "light" in Latin, expressing hope for more light in the world.S1S2

The Album of the Year trophy was presented to her by Juanes, whom she described as one of her earliest supporters. Fighting back tears, she recalled how he attended her shows when she was performing for just 100 people in Madrid, and thanked him for helping her at the start of her career and continuing to stand by her. The award came a week after her induction into Billboard's Latin Music Hall of Fame.S1

The broadcast, hosted by Roselyn Sánchez and aired live on Univision, UniMás, Galavisión and ViX from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, also featured a career-spanning tribute to Daddy Yankee, the 2026 person of the year and the first Latin urbano artist to receive the honor. Janet Jackson presented him with the award, and in his remarks he told the audience, "Puerto Rico, recuerda. … Puerto Rico no es pequeño. Pequeño el mapa," which translates as "Puerto Rico, remember. … Puerto Rico is not small. The map is small." Earlier in the evening, Juanes won Best Pop/Rock Album for Juanesteban, presented by Pablo Alborán and Backstreet Boys' Howie D.S2