Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos has won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys. The Puerto Rican artist beat out Justin Bieber’s Swag, Lady Gaga’s Mayhem, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out, Leon Thomas’ Mutt, Sabrina Carpenter Man’s Best Friend, and Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia. Harry Styles, who won the category in 2023, presented the award.
The award clinches Bad Bunny’s first win in the category, making him the first Latin artist in Grammys history to receive the honor. Debí Tirar Más Fotos is also the first Spanish-language album to take home the prize. He won in a year of stiff competition from other Academy favorites, none of whom has ever clinched Album of the Year. Gaga and Kendrick each had four prior solo nods in the category (the latter’s contributions to Beyoncé’s Lemonade and 2018’s Black Panther: The Album bring his total nominations in the category to seven). Bieber, meanwhile, had two prior nods and Carpenter and Bad Bunny had one apiece for their own records; Tyler, the Creator also had one nomination for his work on Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange.
Bad Bunny delivered his acceptance speech primarily in Spanish. “Puerto Rico, believe me when I say that we are so much bigger than 100 by 35 and there is nothing that exists that we can’t accomplish,” he said, per the Los Angeles Times. “Thank God, thank you to the Academy, thank you to all the people who have believed in me throughout my whole career. To all the people who worked on this album. Thank you, mami, for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico. I love you. For all the people who have lost a loved one and even then have had to continue moving forward and continue with so much strength, this award is for you all.” He added in English: “I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams.”
Last year, Beyoncé claimed the Album of the Year trophy—her first win in the category—beating out Charli XCX’s Brat and Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and extending her lead as the most decorated artist in Grammys history with 35 awards. Bad Bunny is not quite there yet: this is his sixth Grammy and first win in a Big Four category.
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