Latin Grammys 2026: Rosalía and the performers to watch

Rosalía, Mon Laferte, Juanes and an extensive lineup of performers are scheduled for the 2026 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 12. For viewers, the attraction is a night that brings artists from different parts of Latin music onto the same broadcast while their recordings compete for major honors.

The 27th annual ceremony will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Univision's three-hour telecast begins at 8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, according to the Latin Recording Academy. Roselyn Sánchez returns as host. The Academy released its first performance roster on October 20 and expanded the list on October 27.

Which performers are confirmed?

The Academy's October 20 announcement named Anitta, Banda Los Recoditos, Daddy Yankee, Jorge Drexler, Silvana Estrada, Kany García, Juanes, Carín León, Mon Laferte, Vivir Quintana, Rawayana, Rosalía, Elena Rose and Xavi. That gives viewers several entry points into the evening, rather than a program built around one artist or one album.

The second announcement added Cristian Castro, Camila Fernández, Feid, Luis Figueroa, Fonseca, Grupo Frontera, Milo J, Niña Pastori, Reik, Sofía Reyes, Yami Safdie and The Warning. A confirmed name tells us who is scheduled to take part; it does not, by itself, reveal a song choice, a collaboration or the order of performances.

That distinction is useful when planning what to watch. The lineup can introduce listeners to unfamiliar performers, but the safest guide to an artist's current awards story is the official nominee list. Matching the two also helps explain why a singer may be associated with several different titles during the broadcast.

What is Rosalía's awards story?

Rosalía's Academy profile lists *LUX (Complete Works)* as an album-of-the-year nominee and “La Perla” as a contender for both record and song of the year. The recording nomination identifies Yahritza y Su Esencia alongside Rosalía. Her profile also lists alternative-album, pop-song, Portuguese-language-song and short-form-video nominations.

Those categories provide different ways to approach the same artist. An album category considers a larger body of recorded work; a song category directs attention to writing; a recording category recognizes the realized performance and production. A viewer can listen for those differences without assuming that an artist's popularity determines every category.

Why watch Mon Laferte and Silvana Estrada?

For Mon Laferte, *FEMME FATALE* appears in album of the year and the singer-songwriter album category. The title song is nominated for record and song of the year. Her official awards history also records a 2024 alternative-music-album win for *Autopoiética*, showing a previous point in her relationship with the awards.

Silvana Estrada's profile links *Vendrán Suaves Lluvias* to album of the year and singer-songwriter album. “Dime” appears in record, song and singer-songwriter song categories. She previously shared the 2022 best-new-artist honor, as the Academy's historical record shows.

Together, these nominations offer a practical listening route: start with an individual nominated track, then hear the album around it. That approach makes a performance more than an isolated television appearance. It lets the audience compare how a song functions on its own with the place it occupies in an artist's broader recording project.

Where do Juanes, Vivir Quintana and Drexler fit?

The official nominations credit Juanes and Vivir Quintana among the songwriters of “Humano,” alongside Emmanuel Briceño and Felipe Navia. The nominee announcement identifies Juanes and Quintana as its performers. It is a shared song nomination, not a solo-writing credit assigned to either artist.

Jorge Drexler's Academy record includes *Taracá* in album of the year and “¿Cómo Se Ama?” in record and song of the year. His nominations also extend to other songwriting categories. Looking at the writing credits, rather than only the largest name on a performance poster, reveals the collaborators whose work helped shape the nominated music.

What about Kany García and Carín León?

Kany García is on the performance roster, while *Puerta Abierta* is nominated for traditional pop album and “A La Niña Que Fui” for pop song. Her awards profile documents earlier recognition for *García* in 2024. That history gives returning viewers a connection between this year's selections and recordings they may already know.

Carín León's profile places *MUDA* in album of the year and “Desde Que Te Tengo” in record of the year. It also lists contemporary Mexican music album wins for *Boca Chueca, Vol. 1* in 2024 and *Palabra De To's (Seca)* in 2025. His presence provides another route from an artist's current nominated work back into an established catalog.

What makes a song award different from a record award?

The Academy's category definitions distinguish songwriting from the finished recording. Song of the year is awarded to songwriters. Record of the year recognizes the artist and the specified production and engineering contributors. The two titles can appear beside the same track while acknowledging different creative work.

That explains why credits matter during an acceptance speech. The singer heard by listeners may also write the music, but collaborators can have separate credited roles. Reading those names adds a useful layer to the ceremony: it turns a familiar song into a view of the people responsible for composing, performing and recording it.

Who chooses the winners?

The awards process begins with submissions and eligibility screening, followed by nominations and final voting by Academy members. The membership includes people working in the creative and technical parts of recording. This is an industry voting process rather than a public ballot conducted through social-media likes.

Consequently, a popular post, a streaming milestone or a large concert audience cannot be read as a vote total. Those measures describe audience attention. The award results describe the outcome of a separate process. Viewers can enjoy predicting favorites while keeping that difference clear.

How does this year connect with earlier ceremonies?

The Academy's historical archive records Rosalía as an album-of-the-year winner in 2019 and 2022. It also lists Kany García's best-new-artist award in 2008 and the shared 2022 recognition for Silvana Estrada and Angela Álvarez. These are separate milestones from the 2026 nominations, but they help show how familiar names entered the awards' history.

For returning viewers, that history offers a way to compare an artist's earlier recognition with the music being considered now. For newcomers, it supplies a starting point for exploring previous recordings and performances. A past award establishes what happened in that year; it does not make an artist the automatic winner of a later competition.

The Recording Academy's complete nominations guide places this edition's eligibility window between June 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026, with nominations spanning 60 categories. That window explains why an awards year is not simply a list of music released since January. It also makes the individual category credits a better reference than assumptions based only on a record's title or release-year label.

What else is planned for November 12?

The October 27 announcement includes a tribute marking the centennial of José Alfredo Jiménez's birth, with Edgar Barrera serving as musical producer. It adds a music-history thread to an evening focused largely on current recordings. The announcement does not supply a complete running order or identify every song in the tribute.

TelevisaUnivision's red-carpet announcement places *Noche de Estrellas* at 7 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, with Alejandra Espinoza, Chiqui Delgado, Emmanuel Palomares, ISADORA and Raúl de Molina hosting. The separate Premiere ceremony presents most categories before the prime-time broadcast, so the evening's televised highlights will not be the entire awards record.

What should viewers watch next?

Before November 12, compare the nominated albums with the confirmed performance list and check the Academy and broadcaster for updates. On the night, follow both the Premiere results and the main ceremony to avoid missing categories outside prime time. Wait for the announced winners before turning a nomination into an achievement.

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*ARCHIVE PHOTO: Rosalía performing in Chile, Aug. 28, 2022; not from the 2026 ceremony. Photo: Andrés Ibarra / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped).*

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