Grammys 2026: The full list of nominations
The list of nominations for the 68th edition of the Grammys are finally here.
The ceremony will return to the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 1st, 2026, to celebrate the past 12 months in music, handing out prestigious prizes such as ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Best New Artist’, and ‘Album of the Year’.
For the nominations announcement, which was streamed live on the Recording Academy’s website, a number of Grammy-winning artists will be on presenting duties, as well as other leading figures from the music industry.
Names involved included Lizzo, Sabrina Carpenter, Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Smith, Mumford and Sons, Jon Batiste, Doechii, Chappell Roan, David Foster, Brandi Carlile and Karol G.
The nominations are led by Kendrick Lamar with nine nods, including nominations in coveted categories such as ‘Record of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year’, and ‘Album of the Year’, thanks to his 2024 surprise release, GNX.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga secured seven nominations relating to her album Mayhem, and Sabrina Carpenter, who won big in 2025, also landed six nominations for Man’s Best Friend.
Notably, next year’s Grammys will include two new categories for the first time in history. It will celebrate ‘Best Album Cover’ and ‘Best Traditional Country Album’.
Earlier this year, Harvey Mason Jr, the CEO of the Recording Academy, explained the change: “Each year during our Awards & Nominations review, our focus is on refining our rules, uncovering anything that is no longer working, and ensuring we are celebrating our creative community in the most meaningful way.”
Mason Jr continued, “I’m thrilled that many of this year’s changes including new Category additions and expanded recognition of more crafts in the Classical categories, allow us to honor even more creator.”
The list of nominees is available to see below.
Grammys 2026: The nominations across major categories
‘Album of the Year’
- Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TïRAR Más FOToS
- Justin Bieber – Swag
- Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
- Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
- Lady Gaga – Mayhem
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Leon Thomas – Mutt
- Tyler, the Creator – Chromokopia
‘Record of the Year’
- Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’
- Kendrick Lamar ft SZA – ‘Luther’
- Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’
- Chappell Roan – ‘The Subway’
- Rosé ft Bruno Bars – ‘Apt.’
‘Song of the Year’
- Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Rosé ft Bruno Mars – ‘Apt.’
- Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’
- Huntr/X – ‘Golden’
- Kendrick Lamar ft SZA – ‘Luther’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’
- Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’
‘Best New Artist’
- Olivia Dean
- Katseye
- The Marias
- Addison Rae
- Sombr
- Leon Thomas
- Alex Warren
- Lola Young
‘Best Country Solo Performance’
- Tyler Childers – ‘Nose On The Grindstone’
- Shaboozey – ‘Good News’
- Chris Stapleton – ‘Bad As I Used To Be’
- Zach Top – ‘I Never Lie’
- Lainey Wilson – ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’
‘Best Country Duo/Group Performance’
- Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton – ‘A Song to Sing’
- Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and Lainey Wilson – ‘Trailblazer’
- Margo Price and Tyler Childers – ‘Love Me Like You Used To’
- Shaboozey and Jelly Roll – ‘Amen’
- George Strait and Chris Stapleton – ‘Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame’
‘Best Country Song’
- Tyler Childers – ‘Bitin’ List’
- Shaboozey – ‘Good News’
- Zach Top – I Never Lie
- Lainey Wilson – ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’
- Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton – ‘A Song To Sing’
‘Best Contemporary Country Album’
- Kelsea Ballerina – Patterns
- Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter
- Eric Church – Evangeline vs The Machine
- Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken
- Miranda Lambert – Postcards from Texas
‘Best Rock Album’
- Deftones – Private Music
- Haim – I Quit
- Linkin Park – From Zero
- Turnstile – Never Enough
- Yungblud – Idols
‘Best Rap Performance’
- Cardi B – ‘Outside’
- Clipse ft Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams – ‘Chains & Whips’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Kendrick Lamar ft Lefty Gunplay – ‘TV Off’
- Tyler, The Creator ft Teezo Touchdown – ‘Darling, I’
‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’
- Fridayy ft Meek Mill – ‘Proud Of Me’
- JID ftTy Dolla $ign and 6Lack – ‘Wholeheartedly’
- Kendrick Lamar ft SZA – ‘Luther’
- Terrace Martin with Kenyon Dixon ft Rapsody – ‘WeMaj’
- Party Next Door and Drake – ‘Somebody Loves Me’
‘Best Rap Song’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Clipse ft John Legend and Voices of Fire – ‘The Birds Don’t Sing’
- Tyler, the Creator ft GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne – ‘Sticky’
- GloRilla – ‘TGIF’
- Kendrick Lamar ft Lefty Gunplay – ‘TV Off’
‘Best Rap Album’
- Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
- Glorilla – Glorious
- JID – God Does Like Ugly
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
‘Best R&B Performance’
- Justin Bieber – ‘Yukon’
- Chris Brown ft Bryson Tiller – ‘It Depends’
- Kehlani – ‘Folded’
- Leon Thomas – ‘Mutt’ (Live from NPR’s Tiny Desk)
- Summer Walker – ‘Heart of a Woman’
‘Best Traditional R&B Performance’
- Durand Bernarr – ‘Here We Are’
- Lalah Hathaway – ‘Uptown’
- Ledisi – ‘Love You Too’
- SZA – ‘Crybaby’
- Leon Thomas – ‘Vibes Don’t Lie’
‘Best R&B Song’
- Kehlani – ‘Folded’
- Summer Walker – ‘Summer Walker’
- Chris Brown ft Bryson Tiller – ‘Durand Bernarr’
- Leon Thomas – ‘Yes It Is’
- Durand Bernarr – ‘Overqualified’
‘Best R&B Album’
- Givéon – Beloved
- Coco Jones – Why Not More?
- Ledisi – The Crown
- Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
- Leon Thomas – Mutt
‘Best Pop Solo Performance’
- Justin Bieber – ‘Daisies’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’
- Lady Gaga – ‘Disease’
- Chappell Roan – ‘The Subway’
- Lola Young – ‘Messy’
‘Best Pop Duo/Group Performance’
- Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande – ‘Defying Gravity’
- Huntr/X – ‘Golden’
- Katseye – ‘Gabriela’
- Rosé ft Bruno Mars – ‘Apt.’
- SZA ft Kendrick Lamar – ’30 for 30′
‘Songwriter of the Year, Non-classical’
- Amy Allen
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Tobias Jesso Jr
- Laura Veltz
‘Producer of the Year, Non-classical’
- Dan Auerbach
- Cirkut
- Dijon
- Blake Mills
- Sounwave
‘Best Pop Vocal Album’
- Justin Bieber – Swag
- Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
- Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
- Lady Gaga – Mayhem
- Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part Two)
‘Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album’
- Laila Biali – Wintersongs
- Jennifer Hudson – The Gift of Love
- Elton John and Brandi Carlile – Who Believes In Angels?
- Lady Gaga – Harlequin
- Laufey – A Matter of Time
- Barbra Streisand – The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2
‘Best Comedy Album’
- Bill Burr – Drop Dead Years
- Sarah Silverman – PostMortem
- Ali Wong – Single Lady
- Jamie Foxx – What Had Happened Was…
- Nate Bargatze – Your Friend, Nate Bergatze
‘Best Latin Pop Album’
- Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra
- Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá Deluxe
- Karol G – Tropicoqueta
- Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
- Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y ahora qué?
‘Best Latin Rock, Urban of Alternative Album’
- Aterciopelados – Genes Rebeldes
- Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana and Astropocial – Astropical
- CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso – Papota
- Los Wizzards – Algorhythm
‘Best Rock Performance’
- Amyl and The Sniffers – ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’
- Linkin Park – ‘The Emptiness Machine’
- Turnstile – ‘Never Enough’
- Hayley Williams – ‘Mirtazapine’
- Yungblud – ‘Changes (Live From Villa Park at Back To The Beginning)’
‘Best Metal Performance’
- Dream Theater – ‘Night Terror’
- Ghost – ‘Lachryma’
- Sleep Token – ‘Emergence’
- Spiritbox – ‘Soft Spine’
- Turnstile – ‘Birds’
‘Best Rock Song’
- Nine Inch Nails – ‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be’
- Sleep Token – ‘Caramel’
- Hayley Williams – ‘Glum’
- Turnstile – ‘Never Enough’
- Yungblud – ‘Zombie’
‘Best Alternative Music Performance’
- Bon Iver – ‘Everything Is Peaceful Love’
- The Cure – ‘Alone’
- Turnstile – ‘Seein’ Stars’
- Wet Leg – ‘Mangetout’
- Hayley Williams – ‘Parachute’
‘Best Alternative Music Album’
- Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
- The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
- Tyler, the Creator – Don’t Tap The Glass
- Wet Leg – Moisturizer
- Hayley Williams – Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
‘Best Album Cover’
- Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
- Djo – The Crux
- Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TïRAR Más FOToS
- Perfume Genius – Glory
- Wet Leg – Moisturizer
‘Best Traditional Country Album’
- Charley Crockett – Dollar A Day
- Lukas Nelson – American Romance
- Willie Nelson – Oh What A Beautiful World
- Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman
- Zach Top – Ain’t In It For My Health
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