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Mon Laferte’s ‘Femme Fatale’ Era Peaks With Six Latin Grammy Nominations
Mon Laferte is having the kind of year most artists only get once. The Chilean singer-songwriter heads into the 27th Annual Latin Grammy Awards with six nominations, every one of them tied to Femme Fatale, the jazz-soaked album era she has been building since last fall. The ceremony takes place November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and Laferte is not just a nominee: she is also on the bill as a performer.
The nominations cover the night’s biggest rooms. Femme Fatale is up for Album of the Year and Best Singer-Songwriter Album, its title track is nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, “Melancolía” is in the Best Pop Song field, and “1:30” competes for Best Alternative Song. It is a sweep that recognizes the whole architecture of the project, from its songwriting to its sound: lounge jazz, bolero and lyrical pop arranged for live musicians, with every song written by Laferte herself.
The era kept expanding this year. In June she released Femme Fatale Vol. 2, a companion album drawn from the same creative burst. By her own count, she wrote more than 50 songs during the Femme Fatale process, choosing the first volume’s tracklist by following the jazz thread and saving the rest for the second chapter. Earlier in 2026, Spotify also handed her a first: for its EQUAL celebrations in Latin America, Laferte led an all-women Spotify Session as both the featured artist and the musical director, reimagining “Femme Fatale,” “Melancolía” and “1:30” with a jazz ensemble.
The road has backed up the records. Her Femme Fatale tour has been crossing Latin America, and this month she paused to marvel at a Colombia run that drew some 290,000 people. A recent post summed up where she stands: 43 years old, 29 of them on stage, and every night still feeling like the first.
Laferte already owns five Latin Grammy wins, more than any other Chilean singer, and her career total of nominations now stretches past thirty. Six more chances arrive on November 12, along with a performance on the biggest night in Latin music. The femme fatale, it turns out, was the one in control all along.
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Xavi Earns His First Latin Grammy Nominations With ‘Dosis,’ Plus a Performance Slot in Las Vegas
The face of romantic tumbados just got his first Latin Grammy invitations. Xavi, the Phoenix-born singer-songwriter who helped redefine corridos for a new generation, has earned the first two Latin Grammy nominations of his career: Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album for Dosis and Best Regional Song for “No Capea,” his collaboration with Grupo Frontera. On November 12, he will also perform at the 27th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Dosis, his nineteen-track sophomore album released in May through Interscope Records, is the bigger swing. After breaking through with the viral acoustic hit “La Víctima” and the follow-up smash “La Diabla,” and establishing himself with his debut album Next, Xavi used Dosis to widen the frame, keeping the requinto-led, guitar-first heart of his tumbado romántico style while pushing its production and songwriting into new territory. “No Capea,” which he co-wrote, pairs him with Grupo Frontera, one of the genre’s biggest groups, and has become a streaming-era anthem of its own.
“To see Dosis and ‘No Capea’ celebrated alongside artists I admire is a dream come true,” Xavi said when the nominations were announced. “I dedicate these nominations to my grandfather, who first introduced me to music. Making him proud means everything.” It is a fitting note for an artist who began composing as a teenager in Phoenix and built his audience one phone-recorded song at a time.
The live show has kept pace with the records. His X tour has been filling arenas across Mexico, and in September he joined Natanael Cano on stage in Guadalajara, a meeting of the two artists most responsible for the corridos tumbados era.
First nominations are a before-and-after moment in any career. Xavi arrives in Las Vegas with two of them, a performance slot on the telecast and a sophomore album the Academy itself has certified as one of the year’s essential Mexican music records. The next chapter starts November 12.
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