Which Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia album won Best Global Music Album in 2026?
Answer
Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia won Best Global Music Album in 2026 for Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo.
The album is a live collaboration by the Brazilian siblings Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia. Released by Sony Music Brasil on May 26, 2025, it grew out of a concert project Bethânia proposed as a new version of a stage partnership the two had explored decades earlier. Their earlier live collaboration, Maria Bethânia e Caetano Veloso - Ao Vivo, dates to 1978.
The 2025 tour revisited songs associated with both artists and included works by other Brazilian composers, including Gilberto Gil, Raul Seixas, Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, and Guilherme Arantes. The set also introduced the previously unreleased song “Uma Baiana” and included tributes to Gal Costa through “Baby” and “Vaca Profana,” both written by Veloso for Costa.
This category can be confused with Best Latin Music Album, but the Recording Academy’s Global Music Album field recognizes recordings drawing on musical traditions beyond standard U.S. genre conventions. Other 2026 nominees included Burna Boy, Anoushka Shankar, and Shakti.