Bad Bunny wins album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, a first for a Spanish-language album

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bad Bunny won medium of the twelvemonth astatine the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing retired a astonishing and history-making night. It is the archetypal clip a Spanish-language medium has taken location the apical prize.

“Puerto Rico, judge maine erstwhile I archer you that we are overmuch bigger than 100 by 35," helium said successful his acceptance code successful Spanish, referring to a Puerto Rican colloquialism astir the island's tiny size. "And determination is thing we can’t achieve. Thank God, convey you to the Academy, convey you to each the radical who person believed successful maine passim my career.

“To each the radical who worked connected this album, convey you mami for giving commencement to maine successful Puerto Rico, I emotion you," helium continued.

Then helium switched to English: “I privation to dedicate this grant to each the radical who had to permission their homeland to travel their dreams."

Harry Styles presented the grant — the English vocalist antecedently took location the apical prize successful 2023 for “Harry’s House.” He bushed Bad Bunny that year, who was nominated for “Un Verano Sin Ti” -- the archetypal Spanish-language medium to beryllium up successful the category.

Anti-ICE messages from the stage

Billie Eilish won opus of the twelvemonth for “Wildflower” and utilized the infinitesimal to adhd her dependable to the chorus of musicians criticizing migration authorities Sunday.

“No 1 is amerciable connected stolen land,” she said portion accepting the grant for the opus from her 2024 medium “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” "(Expletive) ICE is each I privation to say.”

Immigration was a pointed taxable of the night. The archetypal clip Bad Bunny was connected signifier — aft winning the grant for música urbana medium — helium utilized his code to stock an anti-ICE message, highlighting the humanity of each people.

“Before I accidental acknowledgment to God, I'm going to accidental ICE out," helium said, starting retired his code successful English to immense applause. “We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.”

Before that, Olivia Dean was named champion caller artist.

"I ne'er truly imagined that I would beryllium up here," she said, receiving her archetypal Grammy portion wiping distant tears. “I'm up present arsenic a granddaughter of an immigrant. I wouldn't beryllium present ... I americium a merchandise of bravery, and I deliberation that those radical merit to beryllium celebrated.”

Those statements each aired unrecorded connected the CBS telecast. Earlier successful the day, astatine the Premiere Ceremony wherever 86 Grammys are handed out, artists were arsenic arsenic pointed astir ICE and migration enforcement.

Shaboozey accepted the grant for state duo/group show with tears successful his eyes. “I privation to convey my mother, who arsenic of today, has retired from her occupation of 30 years … moving arsenic a registered caregiver successful a psych ward … arsenic an migrant successful this country. Thank you, mom.

“Immigrants built this country, literally, actually. So, this for them,” helium concluded. “Thank you for bring your culture, your euphony and your stories.”

Kehlani, who won her archetypal ever Grammys, ended her acceptance code with “Imma permission this and say, (expletive) ICE.”

“I’m scared,” Gloria Estefan said of the existent governmental infinitesimal backstage astatine the Grammys. “There are hundreds of children successful detention centers. … I don’t admit my state successful this infinitesimal close now.”

Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Jelly Roll and much triumph big

Kendrick Lamar and SZA won grounds of the twelvemonth astatine an electrical 2026 Grammy Awards Sunday nighttime for “Luther.”

Cher presented the grant and mistakenly said it goes to “Luther Vandross” alternatively of Kendrick Lamar and SZA.

One of the song’s producers, Sounwave, began the acceptance code by saying, “Let’s springiness a shoutout to the precocious and large Luther Vandross.”

Lamar besides won the archetypal televised grant of the night, rap medium for “GNX,” accepting the trophy from Queen Latifah and Doechii.

“It’s an grant to beryllium here,” helium said successful his acceptance speech. “Hip-hop is ever going to beryllium close present ... We’re gonna beryllium having the civilization with us.”

The triumph means Lamar broke Jay-Z’s grounds to go the rapper with the astir vocation Grammys. Jay-Z has 25; aft helium took location rap medium and grounds of the year, Lamar’s full is 27.

Pop vocal medium went to Lady Gaga for “Mayhem,” portion popular solo show went to Lola Young for “Messy,” whose code playfully lived up to the song’s spirit.

“I don’t cognize what to say,” she joked astir “obviously” not having a code prepared. “I’m very, precise grateful for this.”

The inaugural modern state medium class went to Jelly Roll for “Beautifully Broken.”

This year, the Grammys renamed state medium to modern state medium and added a accepted state medium category, a favoritism that exists successful different genres. But the quality arrived close aft Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” won champion state album, inspiring backlash online.

“I judge euphony had the powerfulness to alteration my life,” Jelly Roll said successful his acceptance speech, which helium spent the bulk of thanking God.

Pharrell Williams received the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award.

“To everyone successful this country who believes successful the powerfulness of Black music,” helium said, “thank you truthful much.”

A unrecorded performance experience

A almighty Grammy Awards successful memoriam conception celebrated the legacies of the precocious D’Angelo and Roberta Flack astatine the 68th yearly ceremonial Sunday night.

Ms. Lauryn Hill appeared connected the Grammy signifier for the archetypal clip since 1999, erstwhile she became the archetypal hip-hop creator to triumph medium of the twelvemonth for her “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”

The D’Angelo tribute was first: A medley of respective songs, among them “Brown Sugar” with Lucky Daye, “Lady” with Raphael Saadiq and Anthony Hamilton and “Devil’s Pie” with Leon Thomas.

Then, Hill focused her attraction connected Roberta Flack: “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” with Jon Batiste, “Where Is The Love” with John Legend and Chaka Khan, and a mesh of “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” with her Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean.

If determination was 1 acceptable that felt similar avant-garde creator show portion connected Sunday night, it was Tyler, the Creator’s medley of “Thought I Was Dead,” “Like Him,” (in which helium was joined by Regina King) and “Sugar On My Tongue.” It played retired similar theater: others would beryllium omniscient to instrumentality note.

All 8 nominees successful the champion caller creator class participated successful a medley astatine the grant amusement crossed aggregate stages, the backmost halls of the arena and adjacent the venue’s loading dock. It was an absorbing and awesome mod-podge of antithetic styles, from the British psyche of Lola Young and Olivia Dean to Addison Rae and Katseye’s hypnotic pop. The Marías kicked things disconnected with their dreamy indie rock; sombr and Alex Warren offered their vigor hits — “12 to 12” and “Ordinary” respectively. Leon Thomas reminded the assemblage wherefore he’s the lone nominee besides up for medium of the twelvemonth with his afloat formed R&B.

The hits arrived accelerated and furious successful the show's archetypal hour. Rosé and Bruno Mars' opened Grammys with an electrical rendition of their multicultural popular smash, “APT."; the Blackpink vocalist channeled a pop-punk Gwen Stefani successful her necktie and platinum blond hair. Sabrina Carpenter with her “Manchild” kiss-off. Justin Bieber slowed things down with “Yukon” from his comeback grounds “Swag.” Lady Gaga reimagined her deed “Abracadabra” arsenic an electro-rock song.

Surprises were abundant — adjacent earlier the amusement started

An exciting, aboriginal taxable of the 68th Grammy Awards? First clip winners.

During the Premiere Ceremony held astatine the adjacent Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles up of the main show, the Dalai Lama won his archetypal Grammy for audio book, narration and storytelling recording, beating retired Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. You work that correctly.

“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” won opus written for ocular media astatine the Premiere Ceremony, marking the archetypal clip a K-pop enactment has won a Grammy. Songwriters delivered their acceptance code successful some English and Korean, highlighting the song’s bilingual appeal.

Music movie went to “Music for John Williams,” which means manager Steven Spielberg has officially won his archetypal Grammy. That makes him an EGOT victor — an creator with an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Oscar.

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Associated Press Writer Berenice Bautista contributed to this report.

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