The 27th Latin Grammy Awards, held on November 12 in Las Vegas, delivered a defining moment in Rosalía’s career. LUX won Album of the Year, Best Alternative Music Album and Best Engineered Album, while “La Perla,” her collaboration with Yahritza y Su Esencia, collected Song of the Year and Best Pop Song. She also won Best Short Form Music Video for “Sauvignon Blanc,” finishing the night with six trophies from seven nominations.
The Album of the Year victory carries particular weight. It marks Rosalía’s third win in the category as a lead artist, following El Mal Querer in 2019 and Motomami in 2022. She is now the first woman to achieve that milestone, joining Alejandro Sanz and Juanes among the artists with three wins. Only Juan Luis Guerra has collected more, with four.
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Yet the significance of this result extends beyond the Latin Recording Academy. The 69th Grammy Awards will take place on February 7, 2027, and LUX is eligible for consideration. Released in November 2025, the album falls within the eligibility period of August 31, 2025, through August 28, 2026. Nominations are scheduled to be announced on November 16, meaning the first major indication of its U.S. Grammy prospects is just days away.
There is also a recent precedent that makes the possibility especially compelling. In 2025, Bad Bunny won five Latin Grammys, including Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Months later, the project claimed the same top prize at the 2026 Grammys, becoming the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year. That result challenged one of the most persistent assumptions surrounding the category: that a record performed primarily in Spanish would struggle to receive the Academy’s highest recognition.
Rosalía now approaches the same awards cycle with an equally substantial Latin Grammy statement. In some respects, LUX presents an even more ambitious case. Her fourth studio album moves away from conventional pop structures in favor of orchestral arrangements, spiritual inquiry and a multilingual approach shaped by the lives of female saints. Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra under conductor Daníel Bjarnason, it features contributions from artists including Björk and Yves Tumor. Rosalía sings in 14 languages, turning the project into an unusually expansive artistic undertaking.
That ambition has translated into both critical recognition and commercial milestones. LUX debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 46,000 equivalent album units, giving Rosalía her first top 10 entry. It also opened at No. 1 on five Billboard album charts simultaneously, including Top Latin Albums, Classical Albums and World Albums.
The competition, however, is formidable. Olivia Rodrigo could pursue another Album of the Year nomination with you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, while Olivia Dean (The Art of Loving) arrives with considerable momentum following her Best New Artist success. Taylor Swift (The Life of a Showgirl) and Bruno Mars (The Romantic) remain familiar names to Grammy voters. LUX may have the artistic distinction and international recognition, but its U.S. sales profile and less immediate pop appeal could become obstacles in a category that balances commercial impact with industry respect.
A nomination would already be historic: Rosalía could become the first woman nominated for Album of the Year with a Spanish-language record.
With just two more sleeps until the 2027 Grammy nominations are announced, Rosalía is undoubtedly heading into the highly anticipated ceremony with significant momentum behind her.
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