2026 GRAMMY AWARDS® NOMINATIONS REVEALED

The Recording Academy®, announces the nominees for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards® coming on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. The main event airs live from 8 to 11:30 p.m. ET / 5 to 8:30 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network and will stream on Paramount+.

Prior to the main event, The GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® is at Peacock Theater 12:30 p.m. PT Sunday, February 1, 2026. The Ceremony is streaming at live.GRAMMY.com and on the Recording Academy® YouTube channel

The final round of GRAMMY voting runs from December 12, 2025, to January 5, 2026.

This year the GRAMMY Awards process got an update with two new GRAMMY Categories, Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.

Snippets of 2026 Nominees:

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

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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 To 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

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The Recording Academy® is the world’s leading society of music professionals that is membership based. The members include recording artists, songwriters, composers, producers, mixers, and engineers who serve as the Voting Membership body.The Academy is divided into local chapters to manage regional activities, including the Atlanta Chapter, Chicago Chapter, Los Angeles Chapter, Nashville Chapter, New York Chapter, Texas Chapter, Washington D.C. Chapter, and several others. There are creative wings and supportive advocacy sectors within the Recording Academy®.

Specialized Creative Wings:

  • Producers & Engineers Wing: This group has its own Leadership and publishes Technical Guidelines.
  • Songwriters & Composers Wing: A dedicated body for these creative disciplines.
  • GRAMMY U: Focuses on education and development for future music professionals.
  • Diversity & Inclusion (DEI): This branch oversees groups and initiatives focused on promoting diversity and inclusion, including the Black Music CollectiveWomen In The Mix, and the Inclusion Rider.

The Advocacy branch is dedicated to representing the voices of music creators and advocating on their behalf.

  • National Advocacy Committee: Guides the Academy’s lobbying efforts.
  • Issues & Policy: Focuses on specific legislative and regulatory matters such as the Music Modernization ActHITS ActAmerican Music Fairness Act, and issues related to ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
  • Act: Encourages action through initiatives like Music Advocacy Day, “Give Fans The Credit,” and manages the GRAMMY Fund for Music Creators.
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The Academy supports several affiliated organizations that extend its reach into welfare, preservation, and education:

  • MusiCares®: Dedicated to supporting music people in times of need. It provides pathways to Get Help and encourages people to Give.
  • GRAMMY Museum®: This entity focuses on honoring music’s history and investing in its future. Its activities include ExhibitsEducationPrograms, and managing the COLLECTION:live streaming service.
  • Latin GRAMMYs: A separate division that manages its own awards, news, photos, and videos for Latin music, and maintains the Cultural Foundation.

This year’s nominations span from established acts to first-time nominees. Winners are determined by the Recording Academy’s Voting Members, a peer group composed of music creators, including artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, and more. Their GRAMMY votes decide every GRAMMY nominee and GRAMMY winner revealed on Music’s Biggest Night.


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