Alejandro Sanz didn't just add to his Latin GRAMMY count at the 2025 Latin GRAMMYS — he extended his reign of a major category.
The legendary Spanish singer/songwriter took home his eighth Record Of The Year trophy, for "Palmeras en el jardín." He leads the category with the most career wins, also claiming the honor in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2019, and 2020.
During this year's Record Of The Year acceptance speech, the Spanish singer celebrated the power of music, while also addressing the elephant in the room with a smile: "Music gives us life. Thank you so much to everyone… Benito, I robbed you, I'm so sorry. Karol, I'm sorry."
Of course, he was referring to his fellow Record Of The Year nominees Bad Bunny and Karol G; the former had two songs in the category, "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" and "DtMF," while Karol G's Song Of The Year-winning "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" was also nominated. (The other nominees were Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso's "EL DÍA DEL AMIGO" and "#TETAS"; Jorge Drexler and Conociendo Rusia's "Desastres Fabulosos"; Natalia Lafourcade's "Cancionera"; Liniker, Amaro Freitas and AnaVitória's "Ao Teu Lado"; and Zoe Gotusso's "Lara.")
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"Palmeras en el jardín" is classic Sanz — a heartfelt, dramatic power ballad. It's about wanting to do everything you can to try to make your love happy, even if that means planting palm trees in the garden, as the title implies, to remind them of their home. The track is a nod to his ex-partner, Cuban multimedia artist Rachel Valdés.
"When I made it, I hesitated about whether to release it … but then I said, this is who I am," Sanz said of the song at Billboard Latin Music Week in October. "In the last year, I've learned not to be afraid of that. To say, well, there are much worse things in life than showing that you have a heart."
"Palmeras en el jardín" is the opening track to Sanz's 2025 EP, ¿Y ahora qué?, which also earned the crooner a Latin GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Pop Album. The now 24-time Latin GRAMMY winner brought another tender ¿Y ahora qué? track, "El vino de tu boca," to life with a dynamic performance, during which he debuted an upbeat new flamenco-guitar-infused song, "Las Guapas," from his upcoming album.