Rosalía opens the 2026 Latin Grammy Awards, Juanes wins the first award

The bar has been raised. Rosalía opened the 27th annual Latin Grammy Awards, live from Sin City, with an explosive medley of her “Lux” tracks “La Rumba Del Perdón," “La Perla” and “Dios Es Un Stalker," joined by angelic dancers ornamented with halos atop a stage meant to look like heavenly clouds.It was a reminder of the expansiveness of her album: an offbeat, full-hearted embrace of her classical training through huge orchestral movements, inspired by the lives of female saints. Clearly, competition for the remainder of the night will be stiff.The first award of the night was given out shortly thereafter: Pablo Alboran and Backstreet Boys' Howie D presented Juanes with best pop/rock album for “Juanesteban.”The award show is taking place live from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. It's being aired live on Univision, UniMás, Galavisión and ViX and hosted by actor, producer and musician Roselyn Sánchez.Producer Edgar Barrera — no stranger to leading the Latin Grammy nominations — is aga