2025 Latin Grammys: Fuerza Regida’s Album Omission and Other Snubs & Surprises

Nominations for the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday (Sept. 17), with Bad Bunny leading the list with 12 nods, including for album of the year with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS and double mentions in record of the year and song of the year, for “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” and “DTmF.”

The Puerto Rican star is closely followed by Mexican hit maker Edgar Barrera and Argentine duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, each with 10 nominations. The former once again competes for the songwriter and producer of the year, and appears in multiple categories for his work with artists such as Karol G, Maluma, and Grupo Frontera. The latter group, similarly to Bad Bunny, is also nominated for album of the year, for Papota, and got double nominations in the record of the year and song of the year categories, for “El Día Del Amigo” and “#Tetas.”

Many of the nominations were anticipated by Billboard, which last July accurately predicted mentions for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Gloria Estefan‘s Raíces, Rauw Alejandro‘s Cosa Nuestra, and Joaquina‘s al romper la burbuja in the album of the year category.

But there are always snubs and surprises at the Latin Grammys, and this year was no exception. Among the most notable omissions: 111XPANTIA by Fuerza Regida, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, not only failed to make the album of the year category but received no nominations at all — not even in the Mexican music categories.

Another surprising omission was Natti Natasha in the best merengue/bachata album category for Natti Natasha En Amargue, a gem produced by Romeo Santos, especially considering there are only three albums nominated this year in that category.

The nominees for the 26th edition of the Latin Grammys were selected across 60 categories, with recordings released during an eligibility period of June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025. Here are some surprises and snubs from the 2025 Latin Grammy nominations.