28th Annual Premios Gardel

28th Annual Premios Gardel
Date26 May 2026
LocationTeatro Coliseo
Hosted byDiego Leuco
Most awardsMilo J (12)
Most nominationsMilo J (17)
Websitepremiosgardel.org.ar
Television/radio coverage
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The 28th Annual Premios Gardel honored the best recordings, compositions, and artists from 1 January to 31 December 2025, as chosen by the members of Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers, on 26 May 2026. In its second year back at Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, the ceremony was broadcast on TNT and HBO Max, and was hosted by Diego Leuco for the first time. Nominations were announced on 29 April 2025.[1][2] Milo J led the nominations with 17, followed by Lali with 10; Miranda! with nine, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso with eight, and Trueno with seven.[3]

Milo J was the night's biggest winner with 12 wins, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. Trueno and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso followed him with four awards each. The Best New Artist award went to Blair. Charly García and Sting won Best Collaboration for "In The City", while Lali won Best Pop Album for No Vayas a Atender Cuando el Demonio Llama, and Best Pop Song por "Mejor Que Vos" alongside Miranda!. Folklore group Los Nocheros received the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award.[4]

Background

Following the announcement of the nominations on 29 April 2026, the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers unveiled several changes and updates for that year's ceremony. These included the elimination, addition, and restructuring of various categories, increasing the total number of awards from 51 to 53 compared to the previous edition.[2]

Category changes

  • Four new categories – Best Hip-Hop/Rap Album, Best Hip-Hop/Rap Song, Best Singer-Songwriter Song, and Best Live Song, for 55 categories total.
  • Best Cover Art Design was renamed Best Artwork.
  • Best Instrumental/Fusion/World Music Album was split into two separate categories – Best Instrumental Album and Best Global Music Album.
  • Best Traditional Pop Artist Album was once again renamed Best Contemporary Romantic Music Album.
  • The categories Best Urban Pop Album, Best Urban Pop Song, and Best RKT Song were discontinued.

Performers

Performers were announced on 14 May 2026.[5]

Premiere ceremony

  • Cucuza Castiello
  • Joaco Burgos

Main ceremony

List of performers at the 28th Annual Gardel Awards
Artist(s) Song(s)
Milo J "Niño"
"Luciérnagas"
K4os "Crimen"
"Mente en Blanco"
"Rage"
Yami Safdie
Agustín Bernasconi
"En Otra Vida"
"Besos en Pausa"
"Querida Yo"
Ángela Leiva
Coti
"Luz de Día"
Roze
Max Carra
Valen Vargas
"Inocenete"
"Tu Jardín con Enanitos"
Marilina Bertoldi
Lula Bertoldi
"El Gordo"
"Quieren Rock"
Trueno
Simon Gaete
"Fresh"
"Turrazo"

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 24 April 2025.[6][2] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[4]

General Field

General Field
Song of the Year
Record of the Year
Best New Artist
  • Blair
    • 143leti
    • Chechi de Marcos
    • Cindy Cats
    • La Ferni
    • Las Tussi
    • Little Boogie & Stereo
    • María Wolff
    • Mía Folino
    • Sofía de Ciervo
    • Tuli
Best Collaboration

Pop

Pop
Best Pop Album
Best Pop Song
Best Pop Group Album
Best Contemporary Romantic Music Album
Best Alternative Pop Album

Pop/Rock

Pop/Rock
Best Pop/Rock Album
Best Pop/Rock Song

Rock

Rock
Best Rock Album
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Group Album
Best Hard Rock Album
Best Alternative Rock Album
  • Exultante – Carca
    • Ceremonia – 1915
    • Instantáneo – Viva Elástico
    • Quiero Que lo Que Yo Te Diga Sea un Arma en Tu Arsenal – Winona Riders

Urban & Reggae

Urban & Reggae
Best Urban Album
Best Urban Song
Best Urban Collaboration
Best Reggae/Ska Album
  • "La Respuesta" – Leonchalon
    • "A Tempo" – Dread Mar-I
    • "Raíces Muy Fuertes" – Fidel Nadal
    • "Alfonsina y el Mal" – Señor Flavio
Best Hip-Hop/Rap Album
Best Hip-Hop/Rap Song

Tango, Jazz & Classical

Tango, Jazz & Classical
Best Tango Album
  • Pratanguero: 4° Esquina Final – Ariel Prat
    • Canciones de Dos Puertos – Alfredo Piro Rinaldi
    • Actos de Gentileza – Florian
Best Tango Song
Best Jazz Album
  • Apocalipsis – Pipí Piazzolla, Lucio Balduini & Damián Fogiel
    • New York Sessions Vol. 1 – Leo Genovese & Mariano Otero
    • Todos los Fuegos – Roxana Amed
    • Tomás Sainz – Tomás Sainz
    • Nomads – Valentino Jazz Bazar & Carrie Dianne Ward
Best Classical Album
  • Compositores Argentinos – Grupal Vocal de Difusión & Mariano Moruja
    • Sergio Parotti. Cuarteto de Cuerdas Vol. 1 – Cuarteto Siglo XXII
    • Marmullo en las Aguas – Las Destrozzi
    • El Teremín, la Serie y el Boxitracio – Martín Proscia & Pablo Borrás
Best Instrumental Tango Orchestra Album
  • EMPA (Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda) Orquesta de Tango – EMPA Orquesta de Tango
    • Tango – José Colángelo
    • Tangomorphosis – Pablo Estigarribia

Folk

Folk
Best Folklore Album
Best Folklore Song
Best Folklore Group Album
  • FAlklore Vol. 1 y 2 – Esto es ¡FA! & Mex Urtizberea
    • Bipolar – Campedrinos
    • Las Canciones Más Lindas del Mundo, Volumen 2 – Dos Más Uno
    • Hasta Que Aclare – Eva Sola & Nadia Szachniuk
Best Alternative Folklore Album
  • 89 – Flor Paz
    • Los Días por Venir – Lorena Astudillo & Ignacio Montoya Carlotto
    • Trinar (La Flor) – Nadia Larcher

Instrumental/Fusion/World Music

Instrumental/Fusion/World Music
Best Instrumental Music Album
  • Solo – Pipí Piazzolla
    • Las Cuatro Estaciones – Noelia Sinkunas
    • La Magia – Quique Sinesi & Astrid Motura
Best Global Music Album
  • Latinaje – Cazzu
    • Impulsa el Círculo – Brenda Martin
    • Huaucke Habibi – Los Arcanos del Desierto

Tropical & Cuarteto

Tropical & Cuarteto
Best Tropical/Cumbia Album
  • Malportada – Nathy Peluso
    • Homenaje al Chino de La Nueva Luna – Daniel Cardozo
    • Vol. 1 – El Negro Tecla
    • La Casa de la Cumbia Vol. 1 – The La Planta
Best Cuarteto Album
Best Tropical/Cumbia Song
Best Cuarteto Song
Best Tropical/Cumbia Group Album

Dance/Electronic

Dance/Electronic
Best Electronic Music Album
  • Peces Raros - Spotify Sessions – Peces Raros
    • Deseo – Mistol Team
    • X-Sex – Six Sex

Live

Live
Best Live Album
Best Live Song

Children's, Visual Media & Music Video/Film

Children's, Visual Media & Music Video/Film
Best Short-Form Music Video
Best Long-Form Music Video
Best Cinema/Television/Audiovisual Production Soundtrack Album
Best Children's Album
  • Mardearena - Nanas y Arrullos – Magdalena Fleitas
    • Cantá con El Reino Infantil: Música para la Familia – El Reino Infantil & La Granja de Zenón
    • Luna con duendes (Canciones, arrullos y susurros para la hora de dormir) – Mariana Baggio , Teresa Usandivaras, Martin Telechanski , Pablo Spiller & María Emilia López
    • Al Agua Pez – Pequeño Pez

Singer-Songwriter

Singer-Songwriter
Best Singer-Songwriter Album
  • Querida Yo – Yami Safdie
    • Vivir Así – Barbarita Palacios
    • Amor de Mi Herida – Camilú
    • Serenata en Mi Mayor para un Amor y un Atardecer – Coti
    • Gamurgatrónica – Rubén Rada
Best Singer-Songwriter Song

Package, Concept & Historical

Singer-SongwriterPackage, Concept & Historical
Best Concept Album
Best Catalog Collection Album
Best Artwork

Technical

Technical
Producer of the Year
Best Engineered Album

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple awards:

The following received multiple nominations:

References

  1. ↑ "Premios Gardel 2026: cuándo se entregan y cómo verlos en vivo". Página 12 (in Spanish). 25 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Premios Gardel 2026: los candidatos, quiénes tocan y dónde ver la gala". Rolling Stone (in Spanish). 26 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Milo J y Lali, son los artistas con más nominaciones en los Premios Gardel 2026". Billboard Argentina (in Spanish). 30 April 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 De María, Sol (26 May 2026). "Uno por uno: todos los ganadores de los Premios Carlos Gardel 2026". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Litvak, César (14 May 2026). "Quiénes actuarán en vivo en los Premios Gardel 2026". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Premios Gardel a la Música | Nominados 2026". Premios Gardel (in Spanish). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Archived from the original on 26 May 2026. Retrieved 7 May 2026.