Kendrick Lamar led the nominations with nine, ahead of Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny
By Max Pilley 1st February 2026
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The Grammy Awards are being held right now at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena – check out the updated rolling list of winners in all categories below.
The full list of nominees was revealed back in November – with Kendrick Lamar leading the way with the most nods thanks to his sixth album ‘GNX’. His nine nominations put him two places ahead of Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and producer Cirkut, who all sit on seven, while Sabrina Carpenter, Leon Thomas, Serban Ghenea and Bad Bunny all have six.
AdvertisementLamar, Gaga, Carpenter and Bad Bunny are also all up for all three of the ‘major’ Grammy categories – Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year, with Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Tyler, The Creator among the other artists picking up nominations in those categories.
The eligibility period was from August 31, 2024 to August 30, 2025, meaning records released since that date, including Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’, were ineligible.
The 2026 Grammy nominations and winners so far are:
Album of the Year Bad Bunny – ‘DeBÍ TiRAR 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 – ‘Chromakopia’
Record of the Year Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’ Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’ Doechii – ‘Anxiety’ Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’ Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’ Kendrick Lamar with SZA – ‘Luther’ Chappell Roan – ‘The Subway’ Rosé and Bruno Mars – ‘APT.’
Song of the Year Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’ Doechii – ‘Anxiety’ Rosé and Bruno Mars – ‘APT.’ Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’ Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) – ‘Golden’ (from KPop Demon Hunters) Kendrick Lamar with SZA – ‘Luther’ Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’ Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’
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Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Amy Allen – WINNER Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Tobias Jesso Jr. Laura Veltz
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Dan Auerbach Cirkut – WINNER Dijon Blake Mills Sounwave
AdvertisementBest Pop Solo Performance Justin Bieber – ‘Daisies’ Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’ Lady Gaga – ‘Disease’ Chappell Roan – ‘The Subway’ Lola Young – ‘Messy’
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 2)’
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – ‘Defying Gravity’ – WINNER Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) – ‘Golden’ KATSEYE – ‘Gabriela’ Rosé and Bruno Mars – ‘APT.’ SZA with Kendrick Lamar – ‘30 for 30’
Best Dance Pop Recording Selena Gomez & benny blanco – ‘Bluest Flame’ Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’ – WINNER Zara Larsson – ‘Midnight Sun’ Tate McRae – ‘Just Keep Watching’ PinkPantheress – ‘Illegal’
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Laila Biali – ‘Wintersongs’ Jennifer Hudson – ‘The Gift Of Love’ Elton John & Brandi Carlile – ‘Who Believes In Angels?’ Lady Gaga – ‘Harlequin’ Laufey – ‘A Matter Of Time’ – WINNER Barbra Streisand – ‘The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2’
Best Dance Electronic Album FKA twigs – ‘Eusexua’ – WINNER Fred again.. – ‘Ten Days’ PinkPantheress – ‘Fancy That’ Rüfüs Du Sol – ‘Inhale / Exhale’ Skrillex – ‘Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3’
Best Dance/Electronic Recording Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – ‘No Cap’ Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax – ‘Victory Lap’ Kaytranada – ‘Space Invader’ Skrillex – ‘Voltage’ Tame Impala – ‘End of Summer’ – WINNER
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Lady Gaga and Gesaffelstein – ‘Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein remix)’ – WINNER Mariah Carey and Kaytranada – ‘Don’t Forget About Us’ Soul II Soul – ‘A Dreams A Dream (Ron Trent remix)’ The Chemical Brothers and Chris Lake – ‘Galvanize (Chris Lake remix)’ Hunt/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami – ‘Golden (David Guetta remix)’
Best Rap Album Clipse – ‘Let God Sort Em Out’ GloRilla – ‘Glorious’ JID – ‘God Does Like Ugly’ Kendrick Lamar – ‘GNX’ Tyler, The Creator – ‘Chromakopia’
Best Rap Song Doechii – ‘Anxiety’ Clipse featuring John Legend and Voices of Fire – ‘The Birds Don’t Sing’ Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red, and Lil Wayne – ‘Sticky’ GloRilla – ‘TGIF’ Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay – ‘TV Off’ – WINNER
Best Melodic Rap Performance Fridayy featuring Meek Mill – ‘Proud Of Me’ JID featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack – ‘Wholeheartedly’ Kendrick Lamar with SZA – ‘Luther’ – WINNER Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon featuring Rapsody – ‘WeMaj’ PartyNextDoor and Drake – ‘Somebody Loves Me’
Best Rap Performance Cardi B – ‘Outside’ Clipse featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams – ‘Chains & Whips’ – WINNER Doechii – ‘Anxiety’ Tyler, The Creator featuring Teezo Touchdown – ‘Darling, I’
Best R&B Album Givēon – ‘Beloved’ Coco Jones – ‘Why Not More?’ Ledisi – ‘The Crown’ Teyana Taylor – ‘Escape Room’ Leon Thomas – ‘Mutt’ – WINNER
Best R&B Song Kehlani – ‘Folded’ – WINNER Summer Walker – ‘Heart Of A Woman’ Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller – ‘It Depends’ Durand Bernarr – ‘Overqualified’ Leon Thomas – ‘Yes It Is’
Best R&B Performance Justin Bieber – ‘Yukon’ Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller – ‘It Depends’ Kehlani – ‘Folded’ – WINNER 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’ – WINNER
Best Progressive R&B Album Durand Bernarr – ‘Bloom’ – WINNER Bilal – ‘Adjust Brightness’ Destin Conrad – ‘Love on Digital’ Flo – ‘Access All Areas’ Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon – ‘Come As You Are’
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album Queen Sheba – ‘A Hurricane in Heels’ Marc Marcel – ‘Black Shaman’ Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton – ‘Pages’ Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends – ‘Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends At Treepeople’ Mad Skillz – ‘Words For Days Vol. 1’ – WINNER
Best Rock Album Deftones – ‘Private Music’ Haim – ‘I Quit’ Linkin Park – ‘From Zero’ Turnstile – ‘Never Enough’ – WINNER Yungblud – ‘Idols’
Best Rock Song Nine Inch Nails – ‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be’ – WINNER Sleep Token – ‘Caramel’ Hayley Williams – ‘Glum’ Turnstile – ‘Never Enough’ Yungblud – ‘Zombie’
Best Metal Performance Dream Theater – ‘Night Terror’ Ghost – ‘Lachryma’ Sleep Token – ‘Emergence’ Spiritbox – ‘Soft Spine’ Turnstile – ‘Birds’ – WINNER
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, Back To The Beginning) – WINNER
Best Alternative Music Performance Bon Iver – ‘Everything Is Peaceful Love’ The Cure – ‘Alone’ – WINNER Turnstile – ‘Seein’ Stars’ Wet Leg – ‘Mangetout’ Hayley Williams – ‘Parachute’
Best Alternative Music Album Bon Iver – ‘SABLE, fABLE’ The Cure – ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ – WINNER Tyler, The Creator – ‘Don’t Tap the Glass’ Wet Leg – ‘Moisturizer’ Hayley Williams – ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’
Best Música Urbana Album Bad Bunny – ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ J Balvin – ‘Mixteip’ Feid – ‘Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado’ Nicki Nicole – ‘Naiki’ Trueno – ‘Eub Deluxe; Yandel – ‘Sinfónico (En Vivo)’
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) Fuerza clada, Grupo Frontera – ‘Mala Mía’ Grupo Frontera – ‘Y Lo Que Viene’ Paola Jara – ‘Sin Rodeos’ Carín León – ‘Palabra De To’s (Seca)’ – WINNER Bobby Pulido and Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía – ‘Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo)’
Best Latin Pop Album Rauw Alejandro – ‘Cosa Nuestra’ Andrés Cepeda – ‘Bogotá (Deluxe)’ Karol G – ‘Tropicoqueta’ Natalia Lafourcade – ‘Cancionera’ – WINNER Alejandro Sanz – ‘¿Y ahora qué?’
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Aterciopelados – ‘Genes Rebeldes’ Astropical – ‘Astropical‘ Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso – ‘Papota’ – WINNER Los Wizzards – ‘Algorhythm’ Fito Paez – ‘Novela’
Best Tropical Latin Album Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – ‘Fotografías’ Gloria Estefan – ‘Raíces’ – WINNER Grupo Niche – ‘Clásicos 1.0’ Alain Pérez – ‘Bingo’ Gilberto Santa Rosa – ‘Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2’
Best Jazz Performance Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade – ‘Windows – Live’ – WINNERLakecia Benjamin ft. Immanuel Wilkins and Mark Whitfield – ‘Noble Rise’ Samara Joy – ‘Peace Of Mind/Dreams Come True’ Michael Mayo – ‘Four’ Nicole Zuraitis – ‘All Stars Lead To You – Live’
Best Jazz Vocal Album Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap – ‘Elemental’ Terri Lynne Carrington and Christie Dashiel – ‘We Insist 2025!’ Samara Joy – ‘Portrait’ – WINNERMichael Mayo – ‘Fly’ Nicole Zuraitis – ‘Live At Vic’s Las Vegas’
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’ – WINNER
Best Contemporary Country Album Kelsea Ballerini – ‘Patterns’ Tyler Childers – ‘Snipe Hunter’ Eric Church – ‘Evangeline Vs. The Machine’ Jelly Roll – ‘Beautifully Broken’ Miranda Lambert – ‘Postcards From Texas’
Best Country Solo Performance Tyler Childers – ‘Nose On The Grindstone’ Shaboozey – ‘Good News’ Chris Stapleton – ‘Bad As I Used To Be’ – WINNER 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, Lainey Wilson – ‘Trailblazer’ Margo Price and Tyler Childers – ‘Love Me Like You Used To Do’ Shaboozey and Jelly Roll – ‘Amen’ – WINNER George Strait and Chris Stapleton – ‘Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame’
Best Country Song Tyler Childers – ‘Bitin’ List’ – WINNER Shaboozey – ‘Good News’ Zach Top – ‘I Never Lie’ Lainey Wilson – ‘Somewhere Over Laredo’ Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton – ‘A Song To Sing’
Best American Roots Performance Jon Batiste featuring Randy Newman – ‘Lonely Avenue’ I’m With Her – ‘Ancient Light’ Jason Isbell – ‘Crimson And Clay’ Alison Krauss and Union Station – ‘Richmond On The James’ Mavis Staples – ‘Beautiful Strangers’ – WINNER
Best Americana Performance Sierra Hull – ‘Boom’ Maggie Rose & Grace Potter – ‘Poison In My Well’ Mavis Staples – ‘Godspeed’ – WINNER Molly Tuttle – ‘That’s Gonna Leave A Mark’ Jesse Welles – ‘Horses’
Best American Roots Song I’m With Her – ‘Ancient Light’ – WINNER Jon Batiste – ‘Big Money’ Jason Isbell – ‘Foxes In The Snow’ Jesse Welles – ‘Middle’ Sierra Hull – ‘Spitfire’
Best Americana Album Jon Batiste – ‘Big Money’ – WINNER Larkin Poe – ‘Bloom’ Willie Nelson – ‘Last Leaf On The Tree’ Molly Tuttle – ‘So Long Little Miss Sunshine’ Jesse Welles – ‘Middle’
Best Bluegrass Album Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter – ‘Carter & Cleveland’ Sierra Hull – ‘A Tip Toe High Wire’ Alison Krauss & Union Station – ‘Arcadia’ The Steeldrivers – ‘Outrun’ Billy Strings – ‘Highway Prayers’ – WINNER
Best Traditional Blues Album Buddy Guy – ‘Ain’t Done With The Blues’ – WINNER Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – ‘Room On The Porch’ Maria Muldaur – ‘One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey’ Charlie Musselwhite – ‘Look Out Highway’ Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush – ‘Young Fashioned Ways’
Best Contemporary Blues Album Joe Bonamassa – ‘Breakthrough’ Samantha Fish – ‘Paper Doll’ Eric Gales – ‘A Tribute To LJK’ Robert Randolph – ‘Preacher Kids’ – WINNER Southern Avenue – ‘Family’
Best Folk Album Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson – ‘What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow’ Patty Griffin – ‘Crown Of Roses’ I’m With Her – ‘Wild And Clear And Blue’ – WINNER Jason Isbell – ‘Foxes In The Snow’ Jesse Welles – ‘Under The Powerlines (April 24 – September 24)’
Best Gospel Performance/Song Kirk Franklin – ‘Do It Again’ Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend – ‘Church’ Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts – ‘Still’ (Live) Pastor Mike Jr – ‘Amen’ Cece Winans featuring Shirley Caesar – ‘Come Jesus Come’ – WINNER
Best African Music Performance Burna Boy – ‘Love’ Davido Featuring Omah Lay – ‘With You’ Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – ‘Hope & Love’ Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid – ‘Gimme Dat’ Tyla – ‘Push 2 Start’ – WINNER
Best Global Music Performance Bad Bunny – ‘EoO’ – WINNER Ciro Hurtado – ‘Cantando en el Camino’ Angélique Kidjo – ‘Jerusalema’ Yeisy Rojas – ‘Inmigrante Y Que?’ Shakti – ‘Shrini’s Dream’ (Live) Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar – ‘Daybreak’
Best Global Music Album Siddhant Bhatia – ‘Sounds Of Kumbha’ Burna Boy – ‘No Sign of Weakness’ Youssou N’Dour – ‘Eclairer le monde – Light the World’ Shakti – ‘Mind Explosion’ (50th Anniversary Tour Live) Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar – ‘Chapter III: We Return To Light’ Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia – ‘Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo’ – WINNER
Best Musical Theater Album ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ – WINNER ‘Death Becomes Her’ ‘Gypsy’ ‘Just In Time’ ‘Maybe Happy Ending’
Best Reggae Album Lila Iké – ‘Treasure Self Love’ Vybz Kartel – ‘Heart & Soul’ Keznamdi – ‘Blxxd & Fyah’ – WINNER Mortimer – ‘From Within’ Jesse Royal – ‘No Place Like Home’
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 Bargatze’ – WINNER
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording Kathy Garver – Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story Trevor Noah – Into The Uncut Grass Ketanji Brown Jackson – Lovely One: A Memoir Dalai Lama – Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama – WINNER Fab Morvan – You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown Various Artists – F1® The Album Various Artists – KPop Demon Hunters Various Artists – Sinners – WINNER Various Artists – Wicked
Best Song Written For Visual Media Nine Inch Nails – ‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be’ (from Tron: Ares) Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) – ‘Golden’ (from KPop Demon Hunters) – WINNER Miles Caton – ‘I Lied to You’ (from Sinners) Elton John and Brandi Carlile – ‘Never Too Late’ (from Elton John: Never Too Late) Jayme Lawson – ‘Pale, Pale Moon’ (from Sinners) Rod Wave – ‘Sinners’ (from Sinners)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film and Television) John Powell – How to Train Your Dragon Theodore Shapiro – Severance: Season 2 Ludwig Göransson – Sinners – WINNER John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Wilbert Roger II – Helldivers 2 Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Cody Matthew Johnson and Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune Austin Wintory – Sword Of The Sea – WINNER
Best Music Video Sade – ‘Young Lion’ Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’ Clipse – ‘So Be It’ Doechii – ‘Anxiety’ – WINNER OK Go – ‘Love’
Best Music Film Devo – Devo Raye – Live at the Royal Albert Hall Diane Warren – Relentless John Williams – Music by John Williams – WINNER Pharrell Williams – Piece by Piece
Best Historical Album Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) – WINNERThe Making Of Five Leaves LeftRoots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound Of Harare Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No. 41)Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Analog Africa No. 39)You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos
Best Album Cover Tyler, The Creator – ‘Chromakopia’ (Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez) – WINNER Djo – ‘The Crux’ (William Wesley II) Bad Bunny – ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ (Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio) Perfume Genius – ‘Glory’ (Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S.) Wet Leg – ‘Moisturizer’ (Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale)
