Bad Bunny racked up accolades at the 2026 Grammy Awards, exactly one week before he is set to helm the Super Bowl halftime show.
The singer, 31, won three of his six nominations during the Sunday, February 1, ceremony at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, including the coveted Album of the Year honor.
“I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had the leave their homeland [and] their country to pursue their dreams,” he said in his speech, continuing on in Spanish. “Muchos gracias.”
Bad Bunny also walked away with trophies for Global Musical Performance and Best Música Urbana Album, but lost Best Album Cover, Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Bad Bunny was nominated in six categories at the 2026 Grammy Awards: Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “DtMF,” Album of the Year, Best Música Urbana Album and Best Album Cover for Debí Tirar Más Fotos and Best Global Music Performance for “EoO.”
In the Record of the Year category, Bad Bunny competed against Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild,” Doechii’s “Anxiety,” Billie Eilish’s “Wildflower,” Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” Chappell Roan’s “The Subway” and Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “Apt.”
For Song of the Year, Bad Bunny faced “Abracadabra,” “Anxiety,” “Apt.,” “Luther,” “Manchild,” “Wildflower” and Huntr/x’s “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters.
Bad Bunny’s fellow Album of the Year nominees included Justin Bieber’s Swag, Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend, Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out, Gaga’s Mayhem, Lamar’s GNX, Leon Thomas’ Mutt and Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia.
As for Best Música Urbana Album, Bad Bunny went up against J Balvin’s Mixteip, Feid’s Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado, Nicki Nicole’s Naiki, Trueno’s Eub Deluxe and Yandel’s Sinfónico — En Vivo.
Meanwhile, Bad Bunny vied for Best Album Cover against Chromakopia, Djo’s The Crux, Perfume Genius’ Glory and Wet Leg’s Moisturizer.
In the Best Global Music Performance category, Bad Bunny was nominated alongside Ciro Hurtado’s “Cantando en el Camino,” Angélique Kidjo’s “Jerusalema,” Yeisy Rojas’ “Inmigrante Y Que,” Shakti’s “Shrini’s Dream — Live” and Anoushka Shankar’s “Daybreak” featuring Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar.
Prior to the 2026 Grammys, Bad Bunny already had three trophies from the Recording Academy following his wins for Best Latin Pop or Urban Album for YHLQMDLG in 2021 and Best Música Urbana Album for El Último Tour Del Mundo in 2022 and Un Verano Sin Ti in 2023.
Bad Bunny’s night at the Grammys comes one week before his Super Bowl halftime performance. He will take the stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, February 8, when the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots face off in the game.
When Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl headliner in September 2025, backlash ensued, with some calling for his removal since his music is primarily in Spanish. The following month, he laughed off the criticism.
“You may not know this but I’m doing the Super Bowl halftime show,” he told the audience during his Saturday Night Live hosting stint in October 2025. “I’m very happy and I think everyone is very happy about it! Even Fox News …”
Bad Bunny added, “Really, I’m very excited to be doing the Super Bowl and I know people all around the world who love my music are also happy.”
After briefly speaking in Spanish, he joked, “If you didn’t understand now what I just said, you have four months to learn!”
