Overview
- The third Premios Cape Música ceremony was held Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at Auditorio Los Incas in Lima and honored performers, authors, producers and technical teams across multiple genres.
- Corazón Serrano won Mejor Artista de Cumbia and founding member Edwin Guerrero Neira took Mejor Productor de Cumbia, ending the group’s previous shared win and underscoring its dominance in Peruvian cumbia.
- Yahaira Plasencia and co-writers Beto Gómez, Gino Montaldo, Josué Díaz and Paulo Morales won Mejor Autor de Salsa for the song 'El ex machito', a result widely reported as one of the night’s surprises.
- Jesús 'El Viejo' Rodríguez received the Premio a la Destacada Trayectoria Artística, arriving in a wheelchair and speaking about his ongoing battle with Von Hippel-Lindau disease and bilateral kidney cancer as colleagues gave a standing ovation.
- Organizers from APDAYC, UNIMPRO and SONIEM framed the gala as proof of Cape Música’s consolidation and said the awards will support internationalization and collective efforts to protect creators’ rights against technological threats such as AI, a stance that could push new industry-wide policies and bargaining strategies.