Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Oasis, J Balvin & Bad Bunny
Indestructible. Flor De Toloache
Almadura, iLe.
El Mal Querer, Rosalía
X100PRE, Bad Bunny
Rosalía accepts the Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album award for "El Mal Querer" onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images
If you’re sitting at home waiting for Bad Bunny, Jessie Reyez, Juan Luis Guerra or some other Latinx artist of your liking to walk onstage at the Staples Center and give a gloriously strewn out thank you filled with fake shock a la Itatí Cantoral in María la del Barrio, wait no more porque it’s not gonna happen.
As a little cherry on top of offense, the Grammys aired not a single Latin categorized award on television. Nearly all of our gramophones were handed off at the pre-Grammy Gala Show, and the list of winners proved to be nothing if not consistent in tradition. As if they knew that would be the case, nominated artists like Maluma and J Balvin didn’t even show face.
As for the award show itself, Camila Cabello auditioned for Frozen in front of millions in a sweet performance dedicated to her dad, Rosalía reminded everyone and herself that she’s from Spain with a lovely flamenco performance I wish would have intentionally highlighted the musicians behind glass, and Demi Lovato stunned in her first grand, glorious performance since her overdose scare in 2018.
Here are the night’s Latinx, Latin American and Spanish winners:
Oasis, J Balvin & Bad Bunny
Indestructible. Flor De Toloache
Almadura, iLe.
El Mal Querer, Rosalía
X100PRE, Bad Bunny
Vida, Luis Fonsi
11:11, Maluma
Montaner, Ricardo Montaner
#ElDisco, Alejandro Sanz
Fantasia, Sebastian Yatra
Opus, Marc Anthony
A Journey Through Cuban Music — Aymée Nuviola
Tiempo Al Tiempo, Luis Enrique + C4 Trio
Candela, Vicente García
Literal, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
De Ayer Para Siempre — Mariachi Los Camperos
Caminando, Joss Favela
Percepcion, Intocable
Poco A Poco, La Energia Norteña
20 Aniversario, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Ancestral Recall, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Star People Nation, Theo Croker
Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music!, Mark Guiliana
Elevate, Lettuce
Mettavolution, Rodrigo y Gabriela
Antidote, Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Sorete!: Music by John Finbury, Thalma de Freitas With Vitor Gonçalves, John Patitucci, Chico Pinheiro, Rogerio Boccato & Duduka Da Fonseca
USA Noche Con Rubén Blades, Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis & Rubén Blades
Carib, David Sánchez
Sonero: The Music Of Ismael Rivera, Miguel Zenón