Rosalía wins Latin Grammy Album of the Year for Motomami in Las Vegas

On 17 November 2022, Spanish singer Rosalía won Album of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards, held in Las Vegas, for Motomami. It was her second win in the category, after El mal querer took the same prize in 2019.

Motomami, released in March 2022, was a bold departure from the flamenco-pop of her earlier work. It blended reggaeton, experimental pop, bachata, hip-hop and electronic sounds, and its stage show and visual style drew wide attention. The Catalan artist wrote and produced the record with a team of collaborators.

The award mattered because it confirmed that Rosalía's success was not a one-off. Winning twice with two very different albums placed her among the most acclaimed Spanish-language artists of her generation, and it showed that an artist from Spain, singing largely in Spanish and pushing genre boundaries, could dominate the Latin Recording Academy's top honour. The result set the benchmark that later victories would be measured against.