2026 Grammy Nominations

On November 7, 2025, the Recording Academy unveiled the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards, setting the stage for one of the most musically diverse years in recent memory. The voting period covers recordings released between August 31, 2024 and August 30, 2025.

The ceremony itself will take place on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

📌 What’s New This Year

• Two new categories have been introduced: Best Album Cover and Best Traditional Country Album.
• The former “Best Country Album” category has been renamed Best Contemporary Country Album to distinguish it from the traditional category.
• With 95 categories in total this year, the nominations list is broader than ever.
• The nominations reflect a conscious effort by the Recording Academy to recognise a wider array of creators, genres and roles (producers, engineers, songwriters) across the industry.

Major General Field Categories: Highlights

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

This category honours the songwriters behind a track.

• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga (songwriters: Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt)
• “Anxiety” — Doechii (songwriter: Jaylah Hickmon)
• “APT.” — ROSÉ, Bruno Mars (songwriters include Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Chae Young Park & Theron Thomas)
• “DtMF” — Bad Bunny (songwriters include Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Tyler Thomas Spry, Roberto José Rosado Torres and Hugo René Sención Sanabria)
• “Golden” — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick (songwriters, from HUNTR/X: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI)
• “luther” — Kendrick Lamar & SZA (songwriters: Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew, Kamasi Washington, etc)
• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter (songwriters: Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter)
• “WILDFLOWER” — Billie Eilish (songwriters: Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell)

Best New Artist

• Olivia Dean
• KATSEYE
• The Marias
• Addison Rae
• sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “DAISIES” — Justin Bieber
• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
• “Disease” — Lady Gaga
• “The Subway” — Chappell Roan
• “Messy” — Lola Young

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
• “Golden” (from K-pop Demon Hunters) — HUNTR/X: EJAe, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI
• “Gabriela” — KATSEYE
• “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
• “30 For 30” — SZA with Kendrick Lamar

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 Pop Vocal Album

Who Received the Most Nominations?

• Kendrick Lamar leads the field with 9 nominations.
• With 7 nominations each: Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff (producer), and Cirkut (producer) all follow closely.
• With 6 nominations each: Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas, Sabrina Carpenter and Serban Ghenea (engineer/producer) join the high-scoring list.
• With 5 nominations each: Andrew Watt, Clipse, Doechii, Sounwave, SZA, Turnstile, and Tyler, the Creator.

This year’s nominations set up what could be one of the most interesting Grammys in recent history. With powerhouses like Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga leading the pack, along with global stars like Bad Bunny and emerging voices like Leon Thomas, the field is wide open.