Rosalía won album of the year for Lux (Complete Works) and song of the year for “La Perla” at the 27th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday in Las Vegas. Milo J took record of the year for “Niño,” and Aria Vega won best new artist. The results, reported by the Associated Press and Variety, split the four general-field awards among three artists.

It was Rosalía’s third album-of-the-year win, following El Mal Querer and Motomami. She opened the telecast at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with a medley from Lux, including “La Perla,” before returning later to accept the album award. The Spanish broadcaster RTVE reported that she described the project in her acceptance speech as a leap into the unknown.

Rosalía wins for the album and its songwriting

The album win recognized the complete edition of Lux. “La Perla,” which features Yahritza y Su Esencia, won separately as a composition. The academy’s results list Rosalía, Noah Goldstein, David Rodríguez, Ryan Tedder and Dylan Wiggins as the credited songwriters. “La Perla” also won best pop song, and Lux (Complete Works) took best alternative music album, according to Variety and the academy.

The two general-field wins recognized different work. Album of the year is awarded for an album and recognizes credited contributors under the academy’s rules. Song of the year goes to the writers of a composition. The artist credited on the performance can be among those writers, as Rosalía was for “La Perla,” while the credits also recognize collaborators who helped write the song. The category definitions spell out those distinctions.

Milo J takes record of the year

Milo J won for “Niño,” which was also nominated in a field that included “La Perla.” Record of the year recognizes a specific recording and, under the academy’s rules, can honor the performer and eligible production and engineering contributors. This year’s vote produced different winners in the recording and songwriting categories, even though an individual track can be eligible for both. The award for “Niño” went to the recording, while the award for “La Perla” went to its composition.

The Argentine artist also won best folk album for La Vida Era Más Corta, according to Variety. During the show he performed “Solifican12” and “Gil” and was joined by Gustavo Santaolalla, the AP reported. The two wins place a single recording and an album in distinct categories. They also show how the ceremony recognized work from one artist across the general awards and a category devoted to a specific musical tradition.

Other genre awards showed how widely the results were distributed. The winners list included Karol G’s Tropicoqueta in the urban album category and Juanes’s Juanesteban for pop/rock album. In its September nominations announcement the academy said it had selected nominees across 60 categories. The AP reported that Juanes received his award shortly after the opening performance. Those awards were among the distinctions the academy makes within genres alongside the four general-field prizes, which draw their nominees from across the awards.

Aria Vega wins under revised new-artist rules

Aria Vega’s award came in a year when the Latin Recording Academy revised its best new artist eligibility criteria. The published rules set limits on previously released albums and singles and specify that singles later included on albums do not count separately toward those limits. They also give the academy’s selection and classification committee a role in determining eligibility and ask whether an entrant has already achieved prominent regional recognition within the Latin market.

That makes the prize a measure of recognition at a particular stage in an artist’s career. The category can include performers who have already put out music and built an audience, provided their releases and professional history fit the eligibility rules. The academy’s nominee list shows that the field included artists from several parts of the Latin music market, and RTVE and the AP reported Vega as the winner.

Daddy Yankee receives the academy’s career honor

The Latin Recording Academy named Daddy Yankee its 2026 Person of the Year in April, citing a career of nearly three decades and his role in taking reggaeton to a global audience. The academy also cited his humanitarian work. Janet Jackson presented the honor during Thursday’s broadcast, the AP reported, and Daddy Yankee performed a set drawn from his catalog.

The Person of the Year honor considers a career and public contributions. The competitive awards cover eligible work and are voted on by academy members. That distinction was visible across the ceremony in Las Vegas, which honored Daddy Yankee’s influence alongside current recordings and albums. The official results show the breadth of that year’s voting, with Rosalía winning in album and songwriting categories, Milo J honored for both a recording and a folk album, and Vega recognized as a new artist.