- - Here's Bad Bunny's 2026 Grammys Album of the Year acceptance speech, translated to English

Sydney BucksbaumFebruary 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM

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Bad Bunny wins Album of the Year at 2026 Grammys

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Bad Bunny just won big at the 2026 Grammy Awards, and he ended the night with an emotional acceptance speech delivered almost entirely in Spanish.

The Puerto Rican superstar (real name Benito Martínez Ocasio), who performs primarily in Spanish, took home the biggest trophy on Sunday when he won Album of the Year for his Debí Tirar Más Fotos. And after breaking down in tears at his table, the "Yo Perreo Sola" rapper took a long pause to collect himself before finally making his way up to the stage with his hand over his heart in gratitude.

But if you don't speak Spanish and couldn't understand what he said in his powerful speech, Entertainment Weekly has you covered. Here's Bad Bunny's full Album of the Year acceptance speech translated from Spanish into English:

"Believe me when I tell you that we are much bigger than just 100 by 35," Bad Bunny began, referring to the approximate measurement of the island of Puerto Rico. "And there is nothing that we cannot achieve. Thank God, thank the academy, thank all the people who have believed in me throughout my entire career."

He continued, "To all the people who worked on this album, thank you. Mommy, for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico, I love you."

Bad Bunny then said in English, "I want to dedicate this award to all the people that had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams."

He then switched back to Spanish as he continued: "To all the people who have lost a loved one and, even so, have had to move forward, and continue with great strength, this award is for you."

Bad Bunny ended his speech, which you can watch below, with another powerful message.

"Thank you for so much love, I love you all," he said. "To all the Latinos in the entire world and to all the artists who came before and who deserved to be on this stage receiving this award, thank you very much."

Bad Bunny beat out his fellow nominees Justin Bieber (Swag), Sabrina Carpenter (Man's Best Friend), Clipse, Pusha T & Malice (Let God Sort Em Out), Lady Gaga (Mayhem), Kendrick Lamar (GNX), Leon Thomas (Mutt), and Tyler, the Creator (Chromakopia).

Earlier in the night, Bad Bunny also won Best Música Urbana Album award for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, and got political in his speech (delivered in English this time) amid national unrest over violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that have resulted in innocent deaths.

"ICE out," he began before pausing due to the audience erupting in massive applause and cheers. "We’re not savage. We’re not animals. We’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans. I want to say to the people, I know it’s tough not to hate in these days. I was thinking sometime we get ... contaminados? I don’t know how to say that in English. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love, so please, we need to be different. We fight, we have to do it with love. We don’t hate them. We love our people, we love our family, and that’s the way to do it, with love. Don’t forget that please."

Bad Bunny accepts the Best Música Urbana Album award at the 2026 Grammys

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Currently one of the biggest musical artists on the planet with over 107 billion streams on Spotify and 49.5 million followers on Instagram, Bad Bunny is also gearing up to headline the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime show on Feb. 8, which has prompted backlash from conservative figures.

Bad Bunny previously stated he avoided bringing his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour to the continental United States due to concerns that ICE would target his concerts, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that she will be sending ICE to the Super Bowl. "We'll be all over that place," she said. "We're going to enforce the law."

Homeland Security advisor Corey Lewandowski also threatened ICE presence at the Super Bowl, saying, "There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally."

See the full list of Grammy winners here.

—Additional reporting by Patrick Gomez

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