Brazilian artists Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia won the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards for Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo, a live album recorded during the siblings’ joint tour across several Brazilian states in 2024.
With the win, Maria Bethânia became the first Brazilian woman to receive a Grammy in an international album category with a project entirely produced and recorded in Brazil. Caetano Veloso had previously been recognized by the Recording Academy in 2000, when he won in the former Best World Music Album category for Livro (released in 1997).
When the album was nominated, Bethânia described the project as an honor. “I think it’s beautiful, it carries a whole lifetime, a fraternal musical encounter,” she said in an interview with Uol. “On my part, there is deep admiration for Caetano’s work and his compositions. Doing this show with him was an honor, a great joy, a beautiful response. And now, seeing the Grammy choose our album together is truly meaningful.”
The trophy was presented last Sunday (1) in Los Angeles and received by jazz singer and host Dee Dee Bridgewater, as neither Caetano nor Bethânia attended the ceremony.
Grammy 2026 winners by category
- Album of the year: Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Bad Bunny
- Best global music album: Ao Vivo, Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia
- Song of the year: “Wildflower”, Billie Eilish
- Best pop solo performance: “Messy”, Lola Young
- Best pop vocal album: Mayhem, Lady Gaga
- Best urban music album: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Bad Bunny
- Best new artist: Olivia Dean
- Best rap album: GNX, Kendrick Lamar
- Best traditional pop vocal album: A Matter of Time, Laufey
- Best album cover: Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator
- Best rap song: “TV Off”, Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay
- Best R&B album: Mutt, Leon Thomas
- Best R&B song: “Folded”, Kehlani
- Producer of the year (non-classical): Cirkut
- Best alternative music album: Songs of a Lost World, The Cure
- Best rock album: Never Enough, Turnstile
- Best rock song: “As Alive as You Need Me to Be”, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
- Best rock song: “Never Enough”, Turnstile
- Best dance pop recording: “Abracadabra”, Lady Gaga
- Best pop duo/group performance: “Defying Gravity”, Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
- Best dance/electronic recording: “End of Summer”, Tame Impala
- Best dance/electronic album: Eusexua, FKA Twigs
- Best Latin pop album: Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
- Best Latin rock or alternative album: PAPOTA, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
