The Latin Grammys – the only genre-specific spinoff of the Grammy Awards – were first presented in September 2000.
Bad Bunny accepts the Best Música Urbana Album for “Un Verano Sin Ti” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles.
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Bad Bunny has a good chance of being nominated for album of the year at both the Grammys and Latin Grammys for his sixth solo studio album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. This would be a repeat performance for the Puerto Rican superstar, who was nominated for album of the year at both shows three years ago for Un Verano Sin Ti.
Bunny is the only artist who has been nominated for album of the year at both shows as a lead artist. The Latin Grammys – the only genre-specific spinoff of the Grammy Awards – were first presented in September 2000.
Debí Tirar Más Fotos topped the Billboard 200 for four weeks and headed Top Latin Albums for 23 weeks. It was displaced this week by Karol G’s Tropicoqueta.
Nominations for the 2025 Latin Grammys will be announced on Wednesday Sept. 17. The show will return to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday, Nov. 13, after being held in Miami last year.
Grammy nominations will be announced on Friday Nov. 7. The Grammys will be held at their usual home, Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, on Feb. 1.
Bunny’s success prompted us to look at artists who have been nominated at both the Grammys and the Latin Grammys in the so-called Big Four categories – album, record and song of the year plus best new artist.
Here’s a complete list of everyone who has been nominated in Big Four categories at both shows with the same musical work or in the same year. All dates refer to the year of the ceremony.
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Album of the Year
Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti (2022)
The Puerto Rican superstar was nominated at both shows for his fourth studio album, Un Verano Sin Ti. The album headed the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks and Top Latin Albums for a near-record 60 weeks. (The only album with more weeks atop Top Latin Albums is Bunny’s 2000 set YHLQMDLG, which spent 70 weeks on top.)
Bunny’s album lost to Rosalía’s Motomami (Digital Album) at the Latin Grammys and to Harry Styles’ Harry’s House at the Grammys, where it did manage to win best música urbana album.
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Record of the Year
Image Credit: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect Santana, “Smooth” (featuring Rob Thomas)/ “Corazón Espinado” (featuring Maná) (2000)
Santana won in this category at both shows in 2000, but with different tracks from the band’s blockbuster album Supernatural. “Smooth” (featuring Rob Thomas) won at the Grammys; “Corazón Espinado” (featuring Maná) won at the Latin Grammys. “Smooth” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks. “Corazón Espinado” reached No. 22 on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart.
The band’s leader, Carlos Santana, was born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico.
Maná has continued to find success. In 2025, the Mexican rock band became the first act that records only in Spanish to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Ricky Martin, “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (2000)
The hip-swiveling smash, co-produced by Desmond Child and Robi Rosa, was nominated at both shows in 2000. “Livin’ La Vida Loca” topped the Hot 100 for five weeks and headed Hot Latin Songs for nine weeks. Martin was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, “Despacito” (2018)
The global smash won in this category at the Latin Grammys and was nominated in this category at the Grammys (where it lost to Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic”). At the Grammys, the remix featuring Justin Bieber was nominated; at the Latin Grammys, the original was nominated. The remix topped the Hot 100 for 16 weeks, which tied the record at the time for most weeks at No. 1. It topped Hot Latin Songs for 56 weeks, which is still the record. Fonsi and Daddy Yankee are both Puerto Rican.
Note: “I Like It” by Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin was nominated for record of the year at the Grammys in 2019, but none of those artists were nominated in that category at that year’s Latin Grammys. J Balvin has had four career record of the year nods at the Latin Grammys. Bunny has had three.
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Song of the Year
“Despacito” (2018)
The crossover smash won song of the year at the Latin Grammys and was nominated in that category at the Grammys (where it lost to another Bruno Mars hit, “That’s What I Like”). Daddy Yankee, Erika Ender and Luis Fonsi were credited as songwriters at both shows. Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd and Marty James Garton Jr. were additionally credited as co-writers of the remix at the Grammys.
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Best New Artist
Rosalía (2018/2020)
The Spanish singer was nominated in this category at the 2018 Latin Grammys and at the 2020 Grammys. She lost to Vicente García at the Latin Grammys and to Billie Eilish at the Grammys.
Note: Anitta was nominated for best new artist at the 2023 Grammys, but the Brazilian singer was never nominated in this category at the Latin Grammys. Her debut studio album was released in Brazil in 2013.
