Mexico’s Pepe Aguilar, Carín León y Los Tigres del Norte, Spain’s Raphael and Aitana, and Cuba’s Gloria Estefan are among the first group of artists announced Tuesday by The Latin Recording Academy to sing at the Latin Grammy Awards on Nov. 13 in Las Vegas.
The list, revealed in a press release, is completed by Ivan Cornejo, DannyLux, Kakalo, Liniker, and Morat, who will perform live at the 26th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The Latin Recording Academy highlighted the presentation of Raphael, recipient of the 2025 Person of the Year award, “for his more than six decades of career as a multifaceted singer and artist, consolidating him as a true ambassador of Latin music in the world”.
Latin Grammy and this year’s nominations
Bad Bunny leads the nominations for the 26th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards, with 12 nominations, followed by Argentinians Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso and Mexican composer Edgar Barrera, with 10 mentions each.
Meanwhile, Pepe Aguilar received a nomination for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album, and Aitana received two nominations, for Best Contemporary Pop Album and Best Packaging Design.
Iván Cornejo secured a nomination for Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album, as did DannyLux.
Gloria Estefan received two nominations, for Album of the Year and Best Traditional Tropical Album, while Kakalo received a nomination for Best Regional Song.
Carín León received three nominations: Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album and Best Regional Song.
Brazil’s Liniker secured six nominations: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Contemporary Pop Album in Portuguese Language, Best Urban Performance in Portuguese Language and Best Song in Portuguese Language.
Morat received a nomination for Best Pop/Rock Album and Los Tigres del Norte received a nomination for Best Norteño Album.
The final round of voting began on October 1 to determine the winners of the awards, which will be presented on November 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and will be broadcast on TelevisaUnivision’s platforms starting at 17:00 local time (00:00 GMT on Thursday), reported Agencia EFE.
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