Karol G is celebrating a historic Grammy win.
The 66th annual Grammy Awards took place at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, with the 32-year-old Colombian singer-songwriter claiming her first-ever gramophone.
Karol G claimed the award for Best Música Urbana for her history-making Mañana Será Bonito, the first set by a female-artist in Spanish to top the Billboard 200, which was also crowned in November as Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys. Karol G’s win is a first for a female in the category since its launch in 2020.
“This is my first time at the Grammys and this is my first time holding my own Grammy,” the Colombian star said after receiving her trophy from presenters Maluma and Christina Aguilera. “This is such a beautiful thing. My album has given me the best memories in my whole life. My fans that came and enjoyed my album, they get motivation and inspiration with me and heal with me. Thank you so much, I promise you to give you my best always. I hope that this is the first [Grammy] of so many.”
But Karol G isn’t the only first-time Grammy winner.
Peso Pluma picked up his first gramophone.
The 24-year-old Mexican singer received the award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) for Génesis.
Gaby Moreno, who gave a sublime performance accompanied by El David Aguilar during the Grammys Premiere event held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and streamed on live.Grammy.com, won the award for Best Latin Pop Album for her folk-style work X Mí (Vol. 1).
“I’m having an out-of-body experience,” she said, excited as she accepted her trophy. “This was an acoustic album I made last year with songs that are very dear to me from previous albums.”
The Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album category featured a tie between two Grammy darlings: Colombian rocker Juanes for his raw and introspective Vida Cotidiana, and Natalia Lafourcade for her heartfelt and formidable De Todas Las Flores.
“Thank you, my God. Thank you, music,” said the Mexican singer-songwriter in a mix of English and Spanish. “Music is my boss and she has taught me that … we have to take care of our inner garden. This album has healed me so much.” She ended with, “Mom, Dad, Mexico, let’s go!” Meanwhile, Juanes did not attend the ceremony.
In a somewhat surprising triumph, for the second consecutive year Rubén Blades won a Grammy for an album that was not nominated for a Latin Grammy: Siembra: 45th Anniversary (Live at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, May 14, 2022), with Roberto Delgado and Orquesta.
The prominent Panamanian musician, who last year won Best Latin Pop Album for Pasieros with Boca Livre, triumphed this time in the best Tropical Latin Album category, which included Carlos Vives, Omara Portuondo and Grupo Niche — who all won at the Latin Grammys in November.
In a somewhat surprising triumph, for the second consecutive year Rubén Blades won a Grammy for an album that was not nominated for a Latin Grammy: Siembra: 45th Anniversary (Live at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, May 14, 2022), with Roberto Delgado and Orquesta. The prominent Panamanian musician, who last year won best Latin pop album for Pasieros with Boca Livre, triumphed this time in the best tropical Latin album category, which included Carlos Vives, Omara Portuondo and Grupo Niche — who all won at the Latin Grammys in November.
The Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album went to Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo for El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2. The Colombian duo 123 Andrés, composed of Andrés Salguero and Cristina Sanabria, who are married, won the award for Best Children’s Music Album for We Grow Together Preschool Songs. And Venezuelan maestro Gustavo Dudamel won the award for Best Orchestral Performance as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for “Adès: Dante.”
Here are all the winners at the 2024 Primetime and Premiere Grammy Awards:
Album of the Year
Midnights, Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Zem Audu, Serban Ghenea, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Ken Lewis, Michael Riddleberger, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Best New Artist
Victoria Monét
Song of the Year
What Was I Made For? [From The Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Pop Vocal Album
Midnights, Taylor Swift
Best R&B Song
Snooze
Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe & Leon Thomas, songwriters (SZA)
Best Country Album
Bell Bottom Country
Lainey Wilson
Best Música Urbana Album
Mañana Será Bonito
Karol G
Best Pop Solo Performance
Flowers
Miley Cyrus
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Being Funny In A Foreign Language (The 1975) (A)
Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Lana Del Rey) (A)
Midnights (Taylor Swift) (A)
Producer of the Year, Classical
Elaine Martone
Ascenso (Santiago Cañón-Valencia) (A)
Berg: Three Pieces From Lyric Suite; Strauss: Suite From Der Rosenkavalier (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Between Breaths (Third Coast Percussion) (A)
Difficult Grace (Seth Parker Woods) (A)
Man Up / Man Down (Constellation Men’s Ensemble) (A)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Rachmaninoff & Gershwin: Transcriptions By Earl Wild (John Wilson) (A)
Sirventés – Music From The Iranian Female Composers Association (Brian Thornton, Katherine Bormann, Alicia Koelz, Eleisha Nelson, Amahl Arulanadam & Nathan Petipas) (A)
Walker: Antifonys; Lilacs; Sinfonias Nos. 4 & 5 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Contemporary American Composers
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Bluegrass Album
City Of Gold, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
As We Speak, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
The Winds Of Change, Billy Childs
Best Jazz Performance
Tight, Samara Joy
Best Progressive R&B Album
SOS, SZA
Best R&B Performance
ICU, Coco Jones
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Montgomery: Rounds, Jessie Montgomery, composer (Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful Of Teeth)
Best Classical Compendium
Passion For Bach And Coltrane
Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman; Silas Brown & Mark Dover, producers
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Walking In The Dark, Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
The American Project, Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Rough Magic, Roomful Of Teeth
Best Choral Performance
Saariaho: Reconnaissance, Nils Schweckendiek, conductor (Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir)
Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: Champion< Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance
Adès: Dante, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Jacob Collier)
Best Regional Roots Music Album (TIE)
New Beginnings, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band
Live: Orpheum Theater Nola, Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Best Folk Album
Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live], Joni Mitchell
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
I Remember Everything, Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves
Best Jazz Vocal Album
How Love Begins, Nicole Zuraitis
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Folsom Prison Blues, John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin & Roberto Luis Rodriguez, arrangers (The String Revolution Featuring Tommy Emmanuel)
Best Instrumental Composition
Helena’s Theme, John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times, Michelle Obama
Best Children’s Music Album
We Grow Together Preschool Songs, 123 Andrés
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
So She Howls, Carla Patullo Featuring Tonality And The Scorchio Quartet
Best Reggae Album
Colors Of Royal, Julian Marley & Antaeus
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album (TIE)
Vida Cotidiana, Juanes
De Todas Las Flores, Natalia Lafourcade
Best Latin Pop Album
X Mí (Vol. 1), Gaby Moreno
Best Alternative Jazz Album
The Omnichord Real Book, Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Latin Jazz Album
El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2, Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Basie Swings The Blues, The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
Best Historical Album
Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Robert Gordon, Deanie Parker, Cheryl Pawelski, Michele Smith & Mason Williams, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Michael Graves, restoration engineer (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker, album notes writers (Various Artists)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
For The Birds: The Birdsong Project
Jeri Heiden & John Heiden, art directors (Various Artists)
Best Recording Package
Stumpwork, Rottingdean Bazaar & Annie Collinge, art directors (Dry Cleaning)
Best Comedy Album
What’s In A Name?, Dave Chappelle
Best Alternative Music Album
The Record, boygenius
Best Alternative Music Performance
This Is Why, Paramore
Best Rock Album
This Is Why, Paramore
Best Rock Song
Not Strong Enough, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus, songwriters (boygenius)
Best Metal Performance
72 Seasons, Metallica
Best Rock Performance
Not Strong Enough, Boygenius
Best Musical Theater Album
Some Like It Hot
Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks & NaTasha Yvette Williams, principal vocalists; Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Bryan Carter, Scott M. Riesett, Charlie Rosen & Marc Shaiman, producers; Scott Wittman, lyricist; Marc Shaiman, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Bewitched, Laufey
Best Global Music Album
This Moment, Shakti
Best African Music Performance
Water, Tyla
Best Global Music Performance
Pashto, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Light Inside, J. Ivy
Best Rap Album
MICHAEL, Killer Mike
Best Rap Song
SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane)
Best Melodic Rap Performance
All My Life, Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole
Best Rap Performance
SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS, Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane
Best R&B Album
JAGUAR II, Victoria Monét
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Good Morning, PJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol
Best Gospel Performance/Song
All Things, Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Theron Thomas
- All My Life (Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole) (S)
- Been Thinking (Tyla) (S)
- Cheatback (Chlöe & Future) (T)
- How We Roll (Ciara & Chris Brown) (S)
- Make Up Your Mind (Cordae) (S)
- Pretty Girls Walk (Big Boss Vette) (S)
- Seven (Jung Kook & Latto) (S)
- Told Ya (Chlöe & Missy Elliot) (T)
- You And I (Sekou) (T)
Best Roots Gospel Album
Echoes Of The South, Blind Boys Of Alabama
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Church Clothes 4, Lecrae
Best Gospel Album
All Things New: Live In Orlando, Tye Tribbett
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Your Power
Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard; Alexandria Dollar, Jordan Dollar, Antonio Gardener, Micheal Girgenti, Lasanna “Ace” Harris, David Hein, Deandre Hunter, Dylan Hyde, Christian Louisana, Patrick Darius Mix Jr., Lecrae Moore, Justin Pelham, Jeffrey Lawrence Shannon, Allen Swoope, songwriters
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Blood Harmony, Larkin Poe
Best Traditional Blues Album
All My Love For You, Bobby Rush
Best Americana Album
Weathervanes, Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Best American Roots Song
Cast Iron Skillet, Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit)
Best Americana Performance
Dear Insecurity, Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile
Best American Roots Performance
Eve Was Black, Allison Russell
Best Country Song
White Horse, Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
Best Country Solo Performance
White Horse, Chris Stapleton
Best Immersive Audio Album
The Diary Of Alicia Keys, George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Alicia Keys & Ann Mincieli, immersive producers (Alicia Keys)
Best Remixed Recording
Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix). Wet Leg, remixers (Depeche Mode)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
JAGUAR II, John Kercy, Kyle Mann, Victoria Monét, Patrizio “Teezio” Pigliapoco, Neal H Pogue & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Victoria Monét)
Best Music Film
Moonage Daydream, (David Bowie)
Brett Morgen, video director; Brett Morgen, video producer
Best Music Video
I’m Only Sleeping, (The Beatles)
Em Cooper, video director; Jonathan Clyde, Sophie Hilton, Sue Loughlin & Laura Thomas, video producers
Best Song Written For Visual Media
What Was I Made For? [From “Barbie The Album”]
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab, composers
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Oppenheimer
Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Barbie The Album
Brandon Davis, Mark Ronson & Kevin Weaver, compilation producers; George Drakoulias, music supervisor
(Various Artists)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Siembra: 45º Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022), Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
GÉNESIS, Peso Pluma
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022), Fred again..
Best Pop Dance Recording
Padam Padam
Kylie Minogue
Lostboy, producer; Guy Massey, mixer
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Rumble
Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan
BEAM, Elley Duhé, Fred again.. & Skrillex, producers; Skrillex, mixer
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ghost In The Machine, SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers