Bad Bunny Makes Grammy History With First Album of the Year Win

A week before his highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny made Grammy history, walking away with the night’s highest honor—Album of the Year—for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.

Beating out fan favorites like Man’s Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter, SWAG by Justin Bieber, Mayhem by Lady Gaga, and MUTT by Leon Thomas, it’s the first Spanish-speaking album to take home the coveted award, after previously earning a nomination in 2023 for Un Verano Sin Ti.

Puerto Rico just won a #GRAMMY.
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— Bad Bunny HQ (@BBPRTV) February 2, 2026

Announced by Harry Styles, Bad Bunny stayed in his chair for a moment, visibly emotional, before getting up to accept the honor.

“I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams,” he began.

Continuing his speech in Spanish, he stated, “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…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.”

Earlier in the evening, he took home the award for Best Música Urbana Album, receiving his first standing ovation, using his platform to speak out about the current ICE raids.

“We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens—we are humans, and we are Americans…Also, I wanna say to the people: I know it’s tough not to hate these days, and I was thinking sometimes we get contaminado. [Contaminated] I don’t know how to say that in English…the only thing that is more powerful than hate is love.”

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (which translates to I Should’ve Taken More Photos) was released in January of last year and was quickly met with both fan and critical acclaim. Rising to number 1 on the Billboard 200, it remained there for three consecutive weeks and garnered 7 billion streams.

It was only the beginning of the exceptional year he would go on to have, including his “No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí” Puerto Rican residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot (a.k.a. El Choli) in San Juan. The residency generated $400 million for the island, prioritizing its residents and local businesses.

Now, in seven days, Bad Bunny will take on the world’s biggest stage at the sixtieth Super Bowl halftime show, bringing with him not just chart-topping hits but a legacy of cultural pride, representation, and authenticity that has reshaped global pop music and opened doors for an entire generation to be seen, heard, and celebrated.