Forbes magazine has named Rosalía's album 'Lux' as the favourite to win Album of the Year at the next Grammy Awards, according to an article published after the submission window for candidacies closed. Nominations will be announced on November 16, and the ceremony will take place on February 2, 2027.
Forbes wrote that this is the album The Recording Academy had been waiting for Rosalía to make, describing 'Lux' as the kind of ambitious, eclectic record that tends to win over voters looking for a prestigious body of work.
The Bad Bunny precedent
The Forbes piece pointed to Bad Bunny's win in the same category last year as a turning point. It said Bad Bunny's victory showed that voters are willing to give the top award to an album that is not in English, which removes one of the traditional arguments against Rosalía's chances.
Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican artist, was the biggest star of the last edition of the Grammy Awards, one of the most prestigious honours in the music industry. Forbes said the Academy had already had its eye on Rosalía before this album, reinforcing the view that 'Lux' arrived at the right moment to be recognised.
Rivals in the race
Forbes described Rosalía as having "the clearest path" to lifting the golden gramophone at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where the ceremony will be held. It named two rivals in the Album of the Year category: Olivia Dean, nominated for 'The Art of Loving', and Olivia Rodrigo, nominated for 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love'.
Chances beyond Album of the Year
Rosalía is also seen as a possible contender for Record of the Year, with either 'Berghain' or 'La Perla' put forward as potential entries. Forbes gave her lower odds in that category than in Album of the Year.
The magazine's assessment comes as Rosalía has built one of the strongest international profiles among Spanish-language artists, taking the 'Lux' era on tour across different countries around the world. It has been almost a year since she first unveiled the project by appearing unannounced on Madrid's Gran Vía, a launch that came together, according to the article, with considerable discretion before the album's release reshaped conversations within the music industry.
Forbes argued that Rosalía has managed to move her work beyond geographic boundaries to make it feel universal, a factor that it said widens her chances of featuring among the favourites for an award as significant as the Grammy for Album of the Year.
