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- The Latin Grammys take place November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
- Rosalía (Lux) and Anitta (Equilibrivm) will perform and both compete for Album of the Year.
- Jorge Drexler and Rosalía each hold seven nominations, tied for second behind Edgar Barrera.
- Roselyn Sánchez hosts the ceremony.
- Fourteen acts were announced in the first performer batch.
By Elena Vasquez
Rosalía and Anitta will perform at the 2026 Latin Grammys on November 12 in Las Vegas, the Latin Recording Academy has announced. Both singers are nominated for Album of the Year — Rosalía for Lux, Anitta for Equilibrivm. The ceremony takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, with Roselyn Sánchez as host.
The two headliners are touring behind those same records. The Academy's performer slate puts the Album of the Year race directly on stage: voters and viewers will see both contenders live on the same night, weeks before a winner is named.
Who else is performing?
The first batch of announced performers runs well beyond the two headliners:
- Silvana Estrada
- Mon Laferte
- Jorge Drexler
- Daddy Yankee
- Banda Los Recoditos
- Kany García
- Juanes
- Carín León
- Vivir Quintana
- Rawayana
- Elena Rose
- Xavi
That is 14 named acts in total, spanning Mexican folk, Uruguayan songwriting, reggaeton, banda and pop. The list mixes established figures — Daddy Yankee, Juanes, Drexler — with newer names such as Xavi and Elena Rose.
Takeaway: the Academy has booked a genre-wide cross-section, not a single-market showcase.
How do the nominations stack up?
Drexler and Rosalía each hold seven nominations at this year's show. That ties them for second place in the overall count, behind songwriter Edgar Barrera, who leads the field.
Seven nominations apiece means Drexler and Rosalía could each leave Las Vegas with multiple trophies — or none, depending on how Barrera's dominance plays out across categories.
Takeaway: Barrera enters as the statistical favorite; Rosalía and Drexler are the closest challengers.
What happens on November 12?
The MGM Grand Garden Arena, a roughly 17,000-seat Las Vegas venue, hosts the ceremony. Sánchez, announced as host, anchors a night that now pairs two Album of the Year rivals on one stage.
More performers are likely to follow, since the Academy billed this group as the first batch. The November 12 broadcast will settle whether Rosalía's Lux or Anitta's Equilibrivm — or a third album — takes the night's top prize.
Source: Pitchfork
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