Sky Rompiendo has picked up a Producer of the Year nomination at the 2026 Premios Juventud, adding another line to a year that has already included a BMI Latin Award and production credits behind some of the biggest Latin songs on the charts. The Colombian producer's nod comes as the awards show prepares to leave the Americas for the first time in its 23-year history.

The 2026 ceremony will air live on September 3 from the Starlite Auditorium in Marbella, Spain, marking the first time Premios Juventud has been held in Europe, following past editions in Miami, Puerto Rico and Panama. The show is part of TelevisaUnivision's inaugural PJ Fest, a weeklong run of concerts and fan events across Houston, Miami and Los Angeles that culminates in the Marbella broadcast, according to the network. Sky Rompiendo's nomination lands in a nominee pool that this year includes Carín León, Beéle, Kany García and Rauw Alejandro among the field's most nominated acts, underscoring the depth of competition in a category built around the year's defining Latin music production work. Televisa Univision Wikipedia

Sky Rompiendo's Year Behind the Boards

Sky Rompiendo, born Alejandro Ramírez Suárez, has spent more than a decade producing for the genre's biggest names, and Sony Music Latin credits him with shaping records for J Balvin, Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Anitta and Karol G, including his work on the Bad Bunny and J Balvin album "Oasis" and Karol G's "GATITA GANGSTER." That history carried into this year. In March, Sky Rompiendo shared in the Contemporary Song of the Year award at the BMI Latin Awards for Karol G's "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido," a track he co-produced alongside Edgar Barrera, with BMI crediting the trio for the honor. The song has since collected additional recognition, including the ASCAP Latin Song of the Year award, and Billboard has reported it ruled the Hot Latin Songs chart for 14 weeks before returning to the top 10 following Karol G's Coachella set.

His other 2026 credits point to a similar pattern of chart presence. Omar Courtz's "KOKO," which Sky Rompiendo produced, has spent weeks inside the top 10 of Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart and appeared on Billboard's list of the best Latin songs of 2026 so far, where editors noted the song has held strong in the chart's upper tier alongside tracks from Jay Wheeler and Shakira. The single comes from Courtz's sophomore album "Por Si Mañana No Estoy," which debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart in March. Sky Rompiendo has also produced records for Álvaro Díaz, Maluma and Bad Gyal this year, alongside new releases through his own imprint, Black Koi Entertainment. Billboard

Producer of the Year Field Reflects a Crowded Year in Latin Music

The Producer of the Year category places Sky Rompiendo among a set of collaborators whose work has defined the sound of Latin urban music in 2026, a year that Billboard has described as dominated by Bad Bunny's continued chart run alongside breakout tracks from a newer wave of Puerto Rican and Colombian artists. Winners at the 2026 Premios Juventud will be determined by public vote, with TelevisaUnivision confirming voting remains open through August 10 on the show's official site. The ceremony's full list of performers and hosts has not yet been announced.

For Sky Rompiendo, the nomination extends a run of industry recognition that includes three prior Producer of the Year nominations at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, in 2015, 2017 and 2021, according to Sony Music Latin. Whether the 2026 Premios Juventud nod converts into a win will not be known until the September 3 broadcast, but the nomination itself marks a return to a familiar position for a producer whose fingerprints have shown up across nearly every major chart movement in Latin music this year, from a merengue-inflected Karol G single to a Puerto Rican breakout hit still climbing the airplay charts months after its release.

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