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Your List of Latino, Latin American & Spanish Winners at 2020 Grammys

Lead Photo: 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
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
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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.

Demi Lovato performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
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Here are the night’s Latinx, Latin American and Spanish winners:

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

Best Latin Pop Album

Vida, Luis Fonsi

11:11, Maluma

Montaner, Ricardo Montaner

#ElDisco, Alejandro Sanz

Fantasia, Sebastian Yatra

Best Tropical Latin Album – TIED

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

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

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

Best Contemporary Instrumental

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

Best Latin Jazz Album

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