A Spanish-language album by Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny won Album of the Year for the first time at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, which was transformed into a platform against the repressive immigration policy of US President Donald Trump.

A leading figure in reggaeton and Latin trap, the 31-year-old Puerto Rican has garnered three awards in total, including the most prestigious for "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos". The album prominently features traditional rhythms and evokes the colonization of the Caribbean island, which has been under American jurisdiction since 1898.

Without directly mentioning Bad Bunny, the American president harshly criticized the ceremony on his Truth Social network and threatened the evening's host, comedian Trevor Noah, with legal action.

"The Grammy Awards are the WORST, practically unwatchable," he wrote, calling the program "garbage." He called the comedian who hosted the evening a "complete loser" and threatened him with legal action for alluding to the Epstein case.

"It looks like I'm going to send my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, and completely idiotic master of ceremonies for a lot of money," said Donald Trump.

The ceremony also crowned American rapper Kendrick Lamar, 38, who took home five awards, as he did last year, including Record of the Year, which recognized the production of "luther", a duet with American R&B singer SZA.

The third favorite, Lady Gaga, had to settle for two awards for her chic gothic-aesthetic electropop album, "Mayhem".

On stage in Los Angeles, Bad Bunny didn't mince words when criticizing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling for them to be "kicked out." This slogan ("ICE out") was also worn on pins by Canadian musicians Justin Bieber and Joni Mitchell, among others.

"We are not savages. We are not animals. We are not foreigners. We are human beings and we are Americans," the singer continued, urging people not to let themselves be "contaminated" by "hate."

- See you at the Super Bowl -

Next Sunday, he has another date with America at halftime of the Super Bowl, the highly watched final of the American football championship.

A concert broadcast worldwide was heavily criticized by Trump supporters, who accused him of singing in Spanish and taking a position in favor of immigration and LGBT+ rights.

As an American citizen due to Puerto Rico's status, Bad Bunny has also decided that the world tour he has been undertaking since November will not pass through the United States to protect his spectators from potential ICE raids.

His triumph, with its highly political overtones, at the Grammys is bound to reignite outrage in the MAGA sphere.

Awarded the Song of the Year prize, which recognizes songwriters, for her song "Wildflower", American singer Billie Eilish called for "we to continue to fight, to speak out and to protest".

Other artists paid tribute to immigrants. They "built this country," chanted Shaboozey, whose parents are from Nigeria and whose music blends hip-hop and country. Born to an English father and a Jamaican and Guyanese mother, British singer Olivia Dean, a breakout star at 26, praised their "courage."

- "Diverse musical landscape" -

Fresh from winning the Grammy for Best Original Score for the documentary "Music by John Williams", American director Steven Spielberg entered the very exclusive "EGOT" club on Sunday, the artists who have won all four major American awards (with the Oscars for film, the Emmys for television and the Tony Awards for theater).

Rising pop star Sabrina Carpenter, however, went home empty-handed.

The K-pop hit "Golden", on the soundtrack of the Netflix animated film "KPop Demon Hunters", won the award for best song written for a visual medium.

The presence of reggaeton, rap and K-pop on the Grammy list reflects their adaptation to the "climate" of the music industry rather than a desire to "drive change", according to musicologist Lauron Kehrer.

The Recording Academy, which awards them, has added 3,800 new members, with the goal of "reflecting the vitality of today's diverse musical landscape," according to its leader Harvey Mason Jr.