After months crossing Brazil with packed houses, generational meetings and a repertoire that spans decades of Brazilian popular music, Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia arrive this Sunday (1st) on the symbolic Grammy stage, in Los Angeles.
The only Brazilians nominated in this edition of the award, the brothers compete in the Best Global Music Album category with Caetano and Bethânia Ao Vivo, recording the tour held in 2024.
The ceremony of Grammy Awardsconsidered the “Oscar of music”, takes place this Sunday, broadcast in Brazil from 9:30 pm (Brasília time).
The presence of Caetano and Bethânia among the nominees crowns a year marked by emotional reunions with the public and the reaffirmation of the strength of Brazilian music on the international stage.
Recorded throughout the tour, the album brings together hits that span the individual trajectories of the two artists, such as Reconvexo and Vaca Profana, as well as an unreleased version of Fé, a composition by Iza that received a new interpretation in the brothers’ voices.
On stage, the partnership revealed not only the artistic harmony built over decades, but also the historical dimension of an encounter that mobilized different generations of spectators.
Retrospective
This is Caetano Veloso’s sixth Grammy nomination, always in the category of Best Global Music Album.
The Bahian artist won twice: with Livro (1998) and João Voz e Violão (2000), an album by João Gilberto that he produced.
For Maria Bethânia, the nomination marks an unprecedented feat: it is the first time that the singer competes for the award, in a career renowned by critics and the public, but historically on the sidelines of international awards.
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Milton
Last year, another central name in Brazilian music was also among the nominees: Milton Nascimento competed in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category with Milton + Esperanza, a partnership with Esperanza Spalding. The trophy went to Samara Joy.
Throughout his career, Milton has five nominations and one Grammy win, achieved in 1997 with Nascimento, voted Best Global Music Album.
Diversity
In this year’s main category of the night, Album of the Year, artists such as Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, The Creator are competing, reflecting the diversity of styles that marks this year’s edition of the awards.
Check out the nominees in the main GRAMMY 2026 categories
Album of the Year
Debí Take More Photos — Bad Bunny
Swag — Justin Bieber
Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Sort ‘Em Out — Clipse (Pusha T & Malice)
Mayhem — Lady Gaga
GNX — Kendrick Lamar
Mutt — Leon Thomas
Record of the Year
DtMF — Bad Bunny
Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter
Anxiety — Doechii
Wildflower — Billie Eilish
Abracadabra — Lady Gaga
Luther — Kendrick Lamar & SZA
The Subway — Chappell Roan
APT. — Rosé & Bruno Mars
Song of the Year
Golden — HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami (K-Pop Demon Hunters)
Luther — Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter
Wildflower — Billie Eilish
DtMF — Bad Bunny
Abracadabra — Lady Gaga
Anxiety — Doechii
APT. — Rosé & Bruno Mars
Best Global Music Album
“Sounds Of Kumbha” — Sounds Of Kumbha (India)
“No Sign of Weakness” — Burna Boy (Nigeria)
“Eclairer le monde – Light the World” — Youssou N’Dour (Senegal)
“Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)” — Shakti (UK/India)
“Chapter III: We Return To Light” — Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar (India)
“Caetano and Bethânia Live” — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
Best Urban Music Album
Debí Take More Photos — Bad Bunny
Mixteip — J Balvin
Ferxxo Vol.
Naiki — Nicki Nicole
EUB Deluxe — Trueno
Symphonic (En Vivo) — Yandel
Best R&B Album
Beloved — Giveon
Why Not More? — Coco Jones
The Crown — Ledisi
Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
Mutt — Leon Thomas
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort ‘Em Out — Clipse (Pusha T & Malice)
Glorious — GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly — JID
GNX — Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia — Tyler, The Creator
Best Rock Album
Private Music — Deftones
I Quit — HAIM
From Zero — Linkin Park
Never Enough — Turnstile
Idols — Yungblud
Best Pop Vocal Album
Swag — Justin Bieber
Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful — Miley Cyrus
Mayhem — Lady Gaga
I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) — Teddy Swims
Best Pop Solo Performance
Daisies — Justin Bieber
Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter
Disease — Lady Gaga
The Subway — Chappell Roan
Messy — Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Defying Gravity — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Golden — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami)
Gabriela — Katseye
APT. — Rosé & Bruno Mars
30 for 30 — SZA & Kendrick LamarBest Dance/Electronic Album
Eusexua — FKA twigs
Ten Days — Fred again..
Fancy That — PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale — RÜFÜS DU SOL
F** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3* — Skrillex
Music for Visual Media
As Alive As You Need Me To Be — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Tron: Ares)
Golden — HUNTR/X (K-Pop Demon Hunters)
I Lied to You — Sinners
Never Too Late — Elton John & Brandi Carlile (Elton John: Never Too Late)
Best Traditional Country Album
Dollar a Day — Charley Crockett
American Romance — Lukas Nelson
Oh What a Beautiful World — Willie Nelson
Hard Headed Woman — Margo Price
Ain’t In It For My Health — Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Album
Patterns — Kelsea Ballerini
Snipe Hunter — Tyler Childers
Evangeline vs. The Machine — Eric Church
Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
Postcard From Texas — Miranda Lambert
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Soundwave
Composer of the Year (Non-Classical)
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Laura Veltz
