Latin Grammys 2026: Premiere Winners Are In - Barrera, Rosalia, Karol G and Sanz Take Early Honors
The first Latin Grammys of the night are awarded before the television show starts. Edgar Barrera is Producer of the Year, Rosalia's 'La Perla' is Best Pop Song, and Karol G and Feid take Best Reggaeton Performance - with the big general-field awards still to come in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS - The 27th Annual Latin Grammy Awards began handing out trophies Thursday afternoon, hours before the televised ceremony, and the Premiere ceremony's winners list already carries the night's biggest names. Edgar Barrera - the evening's top nominee, with 10 nominations - won Producer of the Year, and Sara Schell took Songwriter of the Year, according to the Latin Recording Academy's official winners list.
Rosalia collected early and often: Best Pop Song for 'La Perla,' featuring Yahritza y Su Esencia, and Best Alternative Album for 'LUX (Complete Works),' which also won Best Engineered Album. Karol G and Feid won Best Reggaeton Performance for 'Verano Rosa,' Bizarrap and Daddy Yankee took Best Urban Song for 'Daddy Yankee: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 0/66,' Alejandro Sanz won Best Contemporary Pop Album for 'Y Ahora Que +?,' Laura Pausini won Best Traditional Pop Album for 'Yo Canto 2,' and Fito Paez won Best Rock Album for 'Shine.'
The week already had its sentimental center before Thursday's trophies: Daddy Yankee was honored Wednesday night at the Academy's Person of the Year tribute in Las Vegas, reported by EFE as the first urban-genre artist to receive the honor.
What has not happened yet matters as much as what has. In the Academy's winners list read this cycle, no winner was marked for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year or Best New Artist - those general-field awards belong to the main ceremony, which starts at 8 p.m. Eastern at MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Roselyn Sanchez on Univision, UNIMAS and Galavision and streaming on ViX. This desk files the night's full results when the Academy publishes them - and not before.
