Rosalía leads LOS40 nominations ahead of Barcelona’s November ceremony
LOS40 has announced the nominees for its 2026 Music Awards Santander, scheduled for 20 November in Barcelona. Rosalía has six nominations in the Spain section and one internationally. Olivia Dean has three international nominations. The ceremony coincides with the station’s sixtieth anniversary, with separate Spain, international and Global Latina fields covering artists, recordings and live work.
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Rosalía receives six Spain nominations
Spanish radio station LOS40 has announced nominations for its Music Awards Santander, taking place at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi on 20 November. Rosalía has six nominations in the Spain section, with another in the international field. Olivia Dean leads the international field with three nominations.[1], [2]
Rosalía’s Spain nominations cover artist or group, the album LUX, the song La Perla, the Berghain music video, live artist or group, and the Lux Tour. The other artist nominees in that section are Quevedo, Lola Índigo, Ana Mena, Bad Gyal and Álvaro de Luna.[1]
Olivia Dean competes for artist, song and album
Dean’s international nominations are for artist or group, Man I Need as song, and The Art of Loving as album. Bruno Mars and Olivia Rodrigo have two nominations each. The international artist list also includes Benson Boone, Zara Larsson, Teddy Swims and Tame Impala. Album contenders include Madonna’s Confessions II, Bruno Mars’ The Romantic, Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, Ariana Grande’s Petal and Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.[1]
The ceremony marks LOS40’s sixtieth anniversary
The ceremony coincides with the station’s sixtieth anniversary. Alongside Spain and international categories, the Global Latina section has its own artist, song, album, collaboration, concert and video lists. Its artist or group nominees are Romeo Santos and Prince Royce, Camilo, Manuel Turizo, Yandel, Maluma and Shakira. Winners are still to be determined.[1]
