The Recording Academy revealed the nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards this morning and, as always, there were surprises. What was unexpected was the utter domination of Kendrick Lamar with nine nominations, including Album of the Year (“GNX”), Record of the Year (“luthr”), and Song of the Year (“luthr”). Among other artists, Lady Gaga and Jack Antonoff received 7 nominations each. Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Serban Ghenea, and Leon Thomas were honored with six nominations, while Clipse, Doechii, Sounwave, SZA, Turnstile, Tyler, the Creator, and Andrew Watt earned five each, and Justin Bieber took four noms.
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Other Record of the Year nominees included “DtMF” by Bad Bunny, “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter, “Anxiety” by Doechii, “WILDFLOWER” by Billie Eilish, “Abracadabra” by Lady Gaga, “The Subway” by Chappell Roan, and “APT.” by ROSE and Bruno Mars.
Album of the Year nominations also went to “Mayhem” by Lady Gaga, “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” by Bad Bunny, “SWAG” by Justin Bieber, “Man’s Best Friend” by Sabrina Carpenter, “MUTT” by Leon Thomas,” “CHROMAKOPIA” by Tyler the Creator, and “Let God Sort Em Out” by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice.
Other Song of the Year nominees include “Abracadabra,” “Anxiety,” “APT.,” “DtMF,” “Golden,” “Manchild,” and “Wildflower.”
The always contentious Best New Artist field includes Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, The Marias, Addison Rae, sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, and Lola Young. Producer of the Year nominees include Dan Auerbach, Cirkut, Dijon, Blake Mills, and Sounwave.
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Artists snubbed in numerous categories this year include The Weeknd across the board, Alex Warren in Record and Song of the Year for “Ordinary,” Gracie Abrams, Tate McRae for “Revolving Door,” Lorde, Bensoon Boone, Role Model, Blackpink, and Playboi Carti, among others.
Timothée Chalamet is also now a Grammy nominee after the “A Complete Unknown” soundtrack earned a Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media nod. Why Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton, and Boyd Holbrook’s participation was excluded is unclear.
Perhaps most intriguing is the numerous Grammy nominations that will affect the upcoming Oscar nominations. “Sinners” earned a stunning five nominations, including three in the Song Written for Visual Media category. While it didn’t crack the Record of the Year category, “KPop Demon Hunters” and its smash “Golden” also earned five nominations, including Song of the Year, Song Written for Visual Media, Pop Duo/Group Performance, Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media, and, in a massive surprise, Remixed Recording for David Guetta’s “sounds like he barley did anything” remix of “Golden.” Not to be outdone, “Wicked,” formerly known as “Wicked: Part One,” earned three nominations, including Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media, Score Soundtrack For Visual Media, and a Pop Duo/Group Performance nomination for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande‘s rendition of “Defying Gravity.” Oh, and “F1: The Movie” also landed three nominations, including Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media, “Bad As I Used To Be” by Chris Stapleton in Country Solo Performance, and “Just Keep Watching” by Tate McCrae in Dance Pop Recording.
Notably, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson earned an Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording nod for her narration of her novel “Lovely One: A Memoir.”
The 68th Grammy Awards will be handed out on Feb. 1, 2026, in a ceremony aired live on CBS and Paramount+.
The major categories and their nominees are as follows:
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
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., Rose with Bruno Mars
Song of the Year
Abracadabra
Anxiety
APT.
MtMF
Golden
Luther
Mahchild
WILDFLOWER
Pop Vocal Album of the Year
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Pt. 2, Teddy Swims
Pop Solo Performance
Daises, Justin Bieber
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Disease, Lady Gaga
The Subway, Chappell Roan
Messy, Lola Young
Pop Duo/Group Performance
Defying Gravity, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
Golden, HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
Gabriella, KATSEYE
APT., ROSE and Bruno Mars
30 For 30, SZA with Kendrick Lamar
New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Maria
Addison Rae
Sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Producer of the Year
Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Dance/Electronic Recording
No Cap, Disclosure & Anderson.Paak
Victory Lap, Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax
SPACE INVADER, KAYTRANADA
VOLTAGE, Skrillex
End of Summer, Tame Impala
Dance Pop Recording
Bluest Flame, Selena Gomez & benny blanco
Abracadabra, Lady Gaga
Midnight Sun, Zara Larson
Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie), Tate McRae
Illegal, Pink Pantheress
Dance/Electronic Album
EUSEXUA, FKA twigs
Ten Days, Fred Again…
Fancy That, Pink Pantheress
Inhale / Exhale, RÜFÜS DU SOL
F*** U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3, Skrillex
Remixed Recording
Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix), Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
Don’t Forget About Us, KAYTRANADA, remixer (Mariah Carey &
KAYTRANADA)
A Dreams A Dream – Ron Trent Remix, Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)
Galvanize, Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers & Chris
Lake)
Golden – David Guetta REM/X, David Guetta, remixer (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey
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
R&B Album
BELOVED, GIVĒON
Why No More?, Coco James
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
MUTT, Leon Thomas
Song Written for Visual Media
As Alive As You Need Me To Be [From “TRON: Ares”]
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]
EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
I Lied to You [From “Sinners”]
Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)
Never Too Late [From “Elton John: Never Too Late”]
Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
Pale, Pale Moon [From “Sinners”]
Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
Sinners [From “Sinners”]
Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)
Compilation for Visual Media
A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet
F1® The Album, (Various Artists)
KPop Demon Hunters, (Various Artists)
Sinners (Various Artists)
Wicked (Various Artists)
Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
How To Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Severance, Season 2, Theodore Shapiro
Sinners, Ludwig Göransson
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot, Kris Powers
Musical Theater Album
Beuenta Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Traditional Country Musical Album
Dollar A Day, Charley Crockett
American Romance, Lukas Nelson
Oh What A Beautiful World, Willie Nelson
Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price
Ain’t In It For My Health, Zach Top
Contemporary Country Musical Album
Patterns
Snipe Hunter
Evangine vs. the Machin
Beautifully Broken
Postcards from Texas
Rock Album
private music, Deftones
I quit, HAIM
From Zero, Linkin Park
NEVER ENOUGH, Turnstile
Idols, YUNGBLUD
Metal Performance
Night Terror, Dream Theater
Lachryma, Ghost
Emergence, Sleep Token
Soft Spine, Spirit Box
BIRDS, Turnstile
Gospel Performance/Song
Do It Again, Kirk Franklin
Church, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend
Still (Live), Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts
Amen, Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr
Come Jesus Come, Cece Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
Musical Urbana Album
DeBiTirarMas Fotos, Bad Bunny
MixTeip, J Balvin
FERXXO VOL X: Sagrado, Feid
NAIKI, Niki Nicole
EUB DELUXE, Trueno
SINFÓNICO (En Vivo), Yandel
Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story, Kathy Garver
Into the Uncut Grass, Trevor Noah
Lovely One: A Memoir, Ketanji Brown Jackson
Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama
You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli, Fab Morvan
Music Video
Young Lion, Sade
Sophie Muller, video director, Sade & Aaaron Taylor Dean, video producers
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels,
video producers
So Be It, Clipse
Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer
Anxiety, Doechii
James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
Love, OK Go
Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Music Film
Devo, Devo
Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes & Chris Smith, video
producers
Live at the Royal Albert Hall, RAYE
Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers
Relentless, Diane Warren
Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video producers
Music by John Williams, John Williams
Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Piece by Piece, Pharrell Williams
Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin
Rogers, Mimi Valdes & Pharrell Williams, video producers
The rest of this year’s Grammy nominees are available here.
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