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2026 GRAMMY Awards® Nominations Announced—Honoring a Landmark Year in Music

“Music’s Biggest Night®” Airs Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, on CBS and Paramount+

Nominees for THE 68TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS have been announced and topping the list of nominees are Kendrick Lamar (9), Cirkut (7), Jack Antonoff (7), Lady Gaga (7), Bad Bunny (6), Leon Thomas (6), Sabrina Carpenter (6), Serban Ghenea (6), Andrew Watt (5), Clipse (5), Doechii (5), Sounwave (5), SZA (5), Turnstile (5) and Tyler, The Creator (5). As the only peer-voted music award, the GRAMMY Awards® are selected by the Recording Academy®’s voting membership body of music makers who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, composers, producers, mixers and engineers. The nominees were announced via a livestream event on live.GRAMMY.com and YouTube.

The GRAMMY Awards will return to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena onSunday, Feb. 1, 2026 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT) and will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+*.

“The GRAMMY Awards are our opportunity to honor the people who make this community so vibrant and this year’s nominees remind us of the incredible talent that is driving music forward,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “From emerging talent to influential icons, these nominees reflect today’s broad and diverse musical landscape, and I am excited to celebrate them in the coming weeks ahead and on Music’s Biggest Night®.”

This year’s eligibility period includes recordings released between Aug. 31, 2024-Aug. 30, 2025. The final round of GRAMMY voting, which will determine GRAMMY winners, will take place Dec. 12, 2025-Jan. 5, 2026.

Prior to the telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® will be held at the Peacock Theater at 12:30 PM, PT and will be streamed live on live.GRAMMY.com and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.

The 2026 GRAMMY Awards will be produced by Fulwell Entertainment for the Recording Academy. Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor and Jesse Collins are executive producers.  

The following is a sampling of nominations from THE GRAMMY AWARDS’ 12 fields and 95 categories. For a complete nominations list, visitGRAMMY.com. GRAMMY season media assets are available here. Follow “Recording Academy/GRAMMYS” on InstagramThreadsFacebookTikTok andLinkedIn and use #GRAMMYS to join the conversation.

Record Of The Year

“DtMF” – Bad Bunny

“Manchild”– Sabrina Carpenter

“Anxiety” – Doechii

“WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish

“Abracadabra”– Lady Gaga

“luther”– Kendrick Lamar With SZA

“The Subway” – Chappell Roan

“APT.” – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars

Album Of The Year

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny

SWAG – Justin Bieber 

Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter 

Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice 

MAYHEM – Lady Gaga 

GNX – Kendrick Lamar

MUTT – Leon Thomas

CHROMAKOPIA – Tyler, The Creator

Song Of The Year

“Abracadabra”– Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)

“Anxiety” – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)

“APT.” – Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter, songwriters (ROSÉ, Bruno Mars)

“DtMF” – Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)

“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” – EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)

“luther”– Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA)

“Manchild”– Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

“WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist

Olivia Dean

KATSEYE

The Marias

Addison Rae

sombr

Leon Thomas

Alex Warren

Lola Young

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Dan Auerbach

Cirkut

Dijon

Blake Mills

Sounwave

Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical

Amy Allen

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Laura Veltz

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Defying Gravity”–Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” – HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI

“Gabriela” – KATSEYE

“APT.” – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars

“30 for 30” – SZA With Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Vocal Album

SWAG –Justin Bieber

Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter 

Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus 

MAYHEM – Lady Gaga 

I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) – Teddy Swims 

Best Dance Pop Recording 

“Bluest Flame” – Selena Gomez & benny blanco 

“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga 

“Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson 

“Just Keep Watching (From “F1® The Movie”)” – Tate McRae

“Illegal” – PinkPantheress  

Best Rock Song

“As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) 

“Caramel” – Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)

“Glum” – Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)

“NEVER ENOUGH” – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)

“Zombie” – Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (YUNGBLUD)

Best Alternative Music Album

SABLE, fABLE – Bon Iver 

Songs Of A Lost World – The Cure 

DON’T TAP THE GLASS – Tyler, The Creator 

moisturizer – Wet Leg 

Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party – Hayley Williams 

Best R&B Performance

“YUKON” – Justin Bieber

“It Depends” – Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller

“Folded” – Kehlani

“MUTT (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” – Leon Thomas

“Heart Of A Woman” – Summer Walker

Best Rap Album

Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice

GLORIOUS – GloRilla

God Does Like Ugly – JID

GNX – Kendrick Lamar

CHROMAKOPIA – Tyler, The Creator

Best Country Solo Performance

“Nose On The Grindstone” – Tyler Childers

“Good News” – Shaboozey

“Bad As I Used Ro Be [From “F1® The Movie”]” – Chris Stapleton 

“I Never Lie” – Zach Top 

“Somewhere Over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson 

Best Americana Album

BIG MONEY – Jon Batiste

Bloom – Larkin Poe 

Last Leaf On The Tree – Willie Nelson

So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Molly Tuttle 

Middle – Jesse Welles  

Best Latin Pop Album

Cosa Nuestra – Rauw Alejandro

BOGOTÁ (DELUXE) – Andrés Cepeda 

Tropicoqueta – KAROL G

Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade  

¿Y ahora qué? – Alejandro Sanz 

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

How To Train Your Dragon – John Powell, composer 

Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro, composer 

Sinners – Ludwig Göransson, composer 

Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers

The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers, composer

*Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on-demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live, but will have access to on-demand the day after the special airs.

About The Recording Academy

The Recording Academy represents the voices of performers, songwriters, producers, engineers and all music professionals. Dedicated to ensuring the recording arts remain a thriving part of our shared cultural heritage, the Academy honors music’s history while investing in its future through the GRAMMY Museum®, advocates on behalf of music creators, supports music people in times of need through MusiCares® and celebrates artistic excellence through the GRAMMY Awards – music’s only peer-recognized accolade and highest achievement. As the world’s leading society of music professionals, we work year-round to foster a more inspiring world for creators.

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