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Our Bold Predictions for the 2025 Latin GRAMMY Awards
As the Latin Recording Academy begins its march toward the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards on Nov. 13, anticipation is building over who will take home this year’s most coveted honors.
With the eligibility period spanning June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025, this past year has seen a flood of major releases: from returning giants like Bad Bunny, whose Debí Tirar Más Fotos cemented his dominance as the voice of a generation, to timeless icons like Gloria Estefan, whose Raíces bridges eras of Latin sound and storytelling.
The leading nominees this year include Bad Bunny (12), Edgar Barrera (10), Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso (10), Rafa Arcaute (8), Natalia Lafourcade (8), and Federico Vindver (8). The ceremony will take place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, broadcast live on Univision and hosted by Maluma and Roselyn Sánchez.
Here are our bold predictions for the winners in the four main categories:
Album of the Year
Nominees:
- Cosa Nuestra — Rauw Alejandro
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
- Papota — Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
- Raíces — Gloria Estefan
- Puñito de Yocahú — Vicente García
- al romper la burbuja — Joaquina
- Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
- Palabra de To’s (Seca) — Carín León
- Caju — Liniker
- En Las Nubes – Con Mis Panas — Elena Rose
- ¿Y Ahora Qué? — Alejandro Sanz
Prediction: Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Bad Bunny’s sixth album feels less like a commercial statement and more like a personal manifesto. Debí Tirar Más Fotos is his most introspective and musically adventurous project yet: a blend of salsa, classic reggaetón, plena, trap, jazz, and R&B that doubles as a love letter to Puerto Rico.
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The album explores themes of memory, identity, and belonging, while spotlighting young Puerto Rican talent. Tracks like Baile Inolvidable and DtMF (both also nominated for Song and Record of the Year) showcase his versatility and command of cultural context.
Even without the gravitational pull of his global fame, this record’s artistic scope and cultural grounding make it an obvious frontrunner. Debí Tirar Más Fotos doesn’t just confirm Bad Bunny’s evolution, it reaffirms his place as Latin music’s most vital storyteller.
Record of the Year
Nominees:
- Baile Inolvidable — Bad Bunny
- DtMF — Bad Bunny
- El Día del Amigo — Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
- #Tetas — Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
- Desastres Fabulosos — Jorge Drexler & Conociendo Rusia
- Lara — Zoe Gotusso
- Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido — Karol G
- Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
- Ao Teu Lado — Liniker
- Palmeras en el Jardín — Alejandro Sanz
Prediction: Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso – El Día del Amigo
Argentine duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso have spent the last year redefining the parameters of Latin experimental pop. Their viral NPR Tiny Desk performance in late 2024 launched them into global orbit, leading to appearances at Coachella, Glastonbury, and Lollapalooza… and now, into the Grammys spotlight.
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Their standout track, El Día del Amigo, is a joyous disco-rap anthem celebrating friendship and loyalty, perfectly encapsulating the duo’s creative chemistry. Blending funk, electronica, trap, and Latin pop, it’s both infectious and innovative, a sonic love letter to camaraderie.
More than just a hit, it represents Latin youth culture’s global pulse: independent, experimental, and emotionally unfiltered. For the Recording Academy, honoring El Día del Amigo would be a recognition of a new, boundary-free wave in Latin music.
Song of the Year
Nominees:
- Baile Inolvidable — Bad Bunny
- Bogotá — Andrés Cepeda
- Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
- DtMF — Bad Bunny
- El Día del Amigo — Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
- Otra Noche de Llorar — Mon Laferte
- Palmeras en el Jardín — Alejandro Sanz
- Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido — Karol G
- #Tetas — Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
- Veludo Marrom — Liniker
Prediction: Karol G – Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido
In Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido, Karol G steps outside her urbano comfort zone and straight into merengue’s effervescent heart, with results that feel both nostalgic and groundbreaking.
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Released in June 2024 and filmed in the Dominican Republic, the track is a vibrant homage to the island’s rhythms, blending traditional merengue with modern production and her signature emotional warmth. The song’s premise, wondering how love might have unfolded if it had come sooner, resonates universally, and Karol’s delivery turns that longing into joy.
Already a six-time Latin Grammy winner, Karol G proves once again she can transcend genre and geography. With Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido, she offers not just a summer hit but an ode to the shared soul of Latin music: danceable, heartfelt, and timeless.
Best New Artist
Nominees:
- Alleh
- Annasofia
- Yerai Cortés
- Juliane Gamboa
- Camila Guevara
- Isadora
- Alex Luna
- Paloma Morphy
- Sued Nunes
- Ruzzi
Prediction: Alex Luna
Few newcomers embody the modern Latin pop spirit quite like Alex Luna. Originally known as a behind-the-scenes songwriter and producer for artists like Carín León and Becky G, Luna broke out with the viral hit Te Marqué Pedo, a breezy, acoustic pop anthem that quickly climbed charts and earned a remix with Christian Nodal.
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His debut album, FUTURALGIA, released under Édgar Barrera’s BorderKid Records, cements him as one of the most promising singer-songwriters of his generation. Fusing introspective lyricism with shimmering pop production, the album radiates sincerity and optimism, a rare blend in today’s landscape.
With his musical versatility, crossover potential, and authentic storytelling, Alex Luna stands out as the most likely candidate to take home Best New Artist, the perfect emblem of Latin pop’s next era.
The 2025 Latin Grammys are shaping up to be one of the most competitive and creatively rich editions in recent memory. Whether the Academy crowns veterans or upstarts, one thing is clear: Latin music’s global influence has never sounded more diverse, more daring, or more alive.
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