Bad Bunny’s album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, becoming the first all-Spanish language album to do so. This victory reflects the Recording Academy's efforts to diversify its voting body. The event also saw celebrities taking strong anti-ICE and pro-immigration stances.
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Probably not, doctors sayA Galapagos albatross' 3,000-mile detour to California puzzles scientistsSome people tape their mouths shut at night. Doctors wish they wouldn'tIt's freezing cold and you've lost power. Here's what emergency doctors want you to doYoung people are protesting ICE and reenacting immigration raids in online gaming platform RobloxHere’s what dermatologists are saying about your skin care routine: Keep it simpleRecaudaciones muestran a republicanos muy por delante de demócratas antes de elecciones legislativasEntertainmentBad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Olivia Dean accepts the award for best new artist during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Finneas, left, and Billie Eilish accept the award for song of the year for “Wildflower” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Olivia Dean accepts the award for best new artis during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Chappell Roan looks on from right. Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Olivia Dean accepts the award for best new artist during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Olivia Dean accepts the award for best new artist during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Finneas, left, and Billie Eilish accept the award for song of the year for “Wildflower” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Finneas, left, and Billie Eilish accept the award for song of the year for “Wildflower” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Olivia Dean accepts the award for best new artis during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Chappell Roan looks on from right. Olivia Dean accepts the award for best new artis during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. Chappell Roan looks on from right. In the same breath, the Grammys — not a place historically known for fervent political messaging — was filled with celebrities taking anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement stances. Of the nine televised awards handed out to seven different artists, nearly half addressed immigration in their acceptance speeches.have long been criticized over a lack of diversity, with a history of artists of color, women, rap, Latino and R&B musicians being snubbed for top prizes. In the past few years, however, that reputation has started to become challenged as the Recording Academy worked to add thousands of new voters across a variance of backgrounds. The results are notable: 3,800 new Recording Academy members were added in 2025. Half — 50% — are 39 and under, 58% are people of color and 35% identify as women. , a Bad Bunny won with a career-defining album on the year of its eligibility — differing from Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” victory in 2025, which some viewed as the Recording Academy attempt to course correct after not awarding her the top prize in past years, like in 2017 when In the case of Bad Bunny, the Recording Academy is meeting the pop culture zeitgeist where it is at, celebrating an artist at the peak of their popularity: Next week Bad Bunny will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show, an event that is gearing up to beIt is also a powerful recognition of his talents at a time when some communities have voiced anxieties about even speaking Spanish in certain public spaces in the U.S. amid growing anti-immigrant sentiment and“A lot of people feel like this is a tense moment, it’s a difficult moment. And here’s someone giving us a sonic language in which to narrate this complex present,” Laguna says. “There’s pleasure, in political critique, that the music makes possible in a beautiful way. And I think that’s very much welcomed.”During the CBS broadcast, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and first-time Grammy winner Olivia Dean used their time on screen to send a message. “No one is illegal on stolen land,” said Eilish. “ ICE.” “I’m up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant,” said Dean. “I am a product of bravery, and I think that those people deserve to be celebrated.” But the comments actually began at the pre-televised Premiere Ceremony, in which 86 Grammys were handed out. There, Shaboozey accepted his first Grammy with tears in his eyes. “I want to thank my mother … an immigrant in this country,” he said. “Immigrants built this country, literally, actually. So, this for them,” he concluded. “Thank you for bring your culture, your music and your stories.”Backstage, SZA similarly cursed ICE and stressed the importance of being able “to disseminate mutual aid.” “I’m scared,” Gloria Estefan said backstage after winning an award. “There are hundreds of children in detention centers. … I don’t recognize my country in this moment right now.”Of the celebrities who elected to be vocal with their pro-immigration message, Bad Bunny’s statements felt particularly poignant. Not long after joking with the Grammy host Trevor Noah about Puerto Rico’s complicated relationship with the United States he won the award for música urbana album and dedicated his speech to the current political moment. “Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ICE out,” Bad Bunny said. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.” The terms “animals” and “aliens” directly reflects the language President Donald Trump has used to describe migrants, as his administration dramatically expands immigration arrests nationwide.He also mentioned in an interview with i-D Magazine last year that concerns around the mass deportations of Latinos factored into his decision not to tour in the continental U.S. (Bad Bunny’s use of “savage” in his speech, too, has historic precedent: Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States after the Spanish-American War in 1898 and political cartoons of the time frequently depicted Puerto Ricans as racially inferior, poor, and uneducated — in need of support from Uncle Sam.“Our communities are being targeted. These winds right now that feel celebratory of the Spanish language, which is being literally criminalized — these winds, right now, for a community that is being targeted on such a deep level — it is a little bit of light,” Díaz says. “It is a little of faith that we can still carve out our place here.”
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