Rosalía won Album of the Year for LUX (Complete Works) at the Latin Grammy Awards on November 12. ‘La Perla’ earned Song of the Year and Best Pop Song, while LUX also won Best Alternative Music Album. The Academy’s results list names a different winner for Record of the Year: ‘Niño’ by Milo J.

Rosalía holding a Latin Grammy next to the microphones
Rosalía accepts Song of the Year for La Perla in Las Vegas. Photo: Gilbert Flores / Getty Images.

That split can look puzzling if you see only the two titles side by side. On the Song of the Year line, the Academy names Noah Goldstein, David Rodríguez, Rosalía, Ryan Tedder and Dylan Wiggins for ‘La Perla’. On the Record of the Year line, the same track is a nominee under Rosalía and Yahritza y Su Esencia. One entry points to the people who wrote the song; the other identifies the artists on the recording.

The same distinction carries over to the pop award. The Academy lists the five songwriters for Best Pop Song as well, so those two wins refer to the composition. The recording made the Record of the Year shortlist, but Milo J won that category. In a list that includes both songs and recordings, the credit line is often the fastest clue to what has actually been recognised.

For the album wins, the title to look for is LUX (Complete Works). The Academy uses that wording for both Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album. There is no contradiction in an album taking the wider award and the one specific to alternative music, just as a song from that album can be judged in a pop songwriting category. Those labels describe the entries in each field and do not assign one genre to every track.

There was another result for a different piece from the project. ‘Sauvignon Blanc (Official Video)’ won Best Short Form Music Video. Its entry is the film for the track, with its own title in the winners list. Between that result and the awards for ‘La Perla’ and the album, voters recognised a video, a composition and a full release, three different ways to encounter music from the same project.

If the ceremony is your entry point to LUX, there are two easy places to start. Seek out the Rosalía and Yahritza y Su Esencia recording to hear the performance behind the nominated record, then look at the five names behind its winning song credit. Or begin with the complete album entry and see where that track and ‘Sauvignon Blanc’ sit. The winners list gives you a path to each without reducing the whole release to one trophy or one song.