Bad Bunny makes history with Grammy for album of the year, honors Puerto Rico

Bad Bunny’s “Débi Tirar Más Fotos” was named medium of the twelvemonth astatine Sunday night’s 68th Grammy Awards — the archetypal clip a Spanish-language LP has won the Recording Academy’s astir prestigious prize.

Bunny delivered the code chiefly successful Spanish.

“I privation to dedicate this grant to each the radical who had to permission their homeland, their country, to travel their dreams,” helium said arsenic the assemblage roseate to its feet.

“Puerto Rico, judge maine erstwhile I accidental that we are truthful overmuch bigger than 100 by 35 and determination is thing that exists that we can’t accomplish,” helium said successful Spanish. “Thank God, convey you to the academy, convey you to each the radical who person believed successful maine passim my full career. To each the radical who worked connected this album. Thank you, mami, for giving commencement to maine successful Puerto Rico. I emotion you.”

“For each the radical who person mislaid a loved 1 and adjacent past person had to proceed moving guardant and proceed with truthful overmuch strength, this grant is for you all.”

Intricately arranged with the sounds of the vocalist and rapper’s autochthonal Puerto Rico, “Débi Tirar Más Fotos” was released to rave reviews successful January 2025 and rapidly reached No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 medium chart. Last summer, Bad Bunny supported the task with a 30-date performance residency astatine San Juan’s José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum; helium followed that with the announcement of a satellite circuit that avoided the United States, successful part, helium told I-D magazine, due to the fact that of his interest that migration agents mightiness crook up astatine shows.

Prior to Sunday’s win, “Débi Tirar Más Fotos” — the rubric translates successful English to “I Should Have Taken More Photos” — was named medium of the twelvemonth astatine November’s Latin Grammy Awards. Next weekend, Bad Bunny (whose existent sanction is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) volition header the halftime amusement astatine Super Bowl LX successful Santa Clara.

He won earlier successful the nighttime for música urbana medium and planetary euphony performance.

The different LPs nominated for medium of the twelvemonth were Justin Bieber’s “Swag,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Man’s Best Friend,” Clipse’s “Let God Sort Em Out,” Lady Gaga’s “Mayhem,” Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX,” Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” and Tyler, the Creator’s “Chromakopia.”

In 2025, Beyoncé took the prize with “Cowboy Carter.”