Latin Grammys Take Over Las Vegas on Thursday, With Album of the Year Predictions Split
The 26th Latin Grammy Awards are set for Thursday, Nov. 12, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, according to Billboard, which published its pre-show predictions on Nov. 10.
The awards honour music made for Latin audiences, recorded mainly in Spanish and Portuguese. The ceremony is broadcast live from the arena, and the three-hour telecast is produced by TelevisaUnivision. It airs across the network's U.S. platforms beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Before that main show comes the Latin Grammy Premiere. This earlier portion of the evening hands out most of the categories, so many winners are announced before the televised part begins.
The Album of the Year category, which honours a full-length album as a whole rather than a single track, has ten nominees. They are:
- Anitta, EQUILIBRIVM
- CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, FREE SPIRITS
- Jorge Drexler, Taracá
- Silvana Estrada, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias
- Karol G, Tropicoqueta
- Mon Laferte, FEMME FATALE
- Carín León, MUDA
- Milo J, La Vida Era Más Corta
- Rawayana, ¿Dónde Es El After?
- Rosalía, LUX
Billboard's predictions cover four top categories: album, song and record of the year, plus best new artist. For Album of the Year, the magazine's editors and writers did not agree. Sigal Ratner-Arias and Ingrid Fajardo both picked Rosalía's LUX. Jessica Roiz picked Milo J's La Vida Era Más Corta.
Predictions are the writers' own guesses about who will win, not results. Voters decide the actual winners, and those names will only be known once the envelopes are opened on Thursday.
For the artists on the list, the next two days are a waiting game. For fans, the schedule is simple: the Premiere comes first, and the main telecast starts at 8 p.m. ET on TelevisaUnivision's U.S. platforms.
