Grammy Awards announce 2026 nominations with Kendrick Lamar leading. See the list of nominees.

68th Grammy Awards nominations have been put forward, and Kendrick Lamar leads with nine nods.

Following Lamar Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian producer and songwriter Circut received seven nominations. Bad Bunny, Sabrina CarpenterLeon Thomas and Canadian recording engineer Serban Ghenea were nominated in six categories.

Music released between August 31, 2024 and August 30, 2025 was eligible for 2026 Grammy nominations, some notable recent winners including Beyoncé And Taylor Swiftwere not eligible to be nominated.

Among the nominations there are some historical nominations. For Lamar, “GNX” became his fifth studio album in a row to be nominated for Album of the Year, something no other artist has ever done. This is the first time Lady Gaga has been nominated for song, record and album of the year simultaneously. Bad Bunny also became the first Hispanic artist to be nominated for Song, Record and Album of the Year in the same year. according to Variety.

This year's awards include two new categories: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover. The existing Best Country Album category was renamed Best Contemporary Country Album.

The Traditional Country Albums category is “a response to artists with a more traditional sound who may have felt a little overshadowed on the country charts,” Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone's executive music editor, told CBS News.

“People like your Willie Nelsons or Margo Price. I think you might see someone like Charlie Crockett or Zack Tope,” he said before the nominations were announced. “These are really, really good artists who have a more traditional Nashville sound, so this is a way for them to get some recognition.”

The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 1, in Los Angeles. It will air on CBS and Paramount+.

Here's a look at the 2026 Grammy Award nominees:

Album of the Year

• “I NEED TO TAKE MORE PHOTOS” – Bad Bunny
• “SWAG” – Justin Bieber
• “Man's Best Friend” – Sabrina Carpenter
• “Let God deal with them” – Clipse, Pusha T and Malice
• “MAYHEM” – Lady Gaga
• “GNX” – Kendrick Lamar
• “MUTT” – Leon Thomas
• “CHROMACOPY” – Tyler, the Creator

Song of the Year

• “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga, Henry Walter and Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
• “Anxiety” – Jayla Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
• “APT”. — Amy Allen, Christopher Brodie Brown, Roger Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas and Henry Walter, songwriters (ROSE, Bruno Mars)
• “DtMF” – Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Hugo Rene Sencion Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry and Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
• “Gold” [From “KPop Demon Hunters”] — EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X:EJAE, Audrey Noona, REI AMI)
• “Luther” – Jack Antonoff, Roshvita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Inc., Kendrick Lamar, Solana Rowe, Marc Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)
• “Manchild” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
• “WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Record of the year

• “DtMF” – Bad Bunny
• “Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
• “Anxiety” – Doechi
• “WILD FLOWER” – Billie Eilish
• “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga
• “Luther” – Kendrick Lamar from SZA
• “Metro” – Chappell Roan
• “APT”. — ROSE, Bruno Mars

Best New Artist

• Olivia Dean
• KATSEYE
• Maria
• Addison Rae
• shadow
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• And Auerbach
• Circus
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• subwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Joe Dillon
• Tobias Jesso Jr.
• Laura Weltz

Best Album Cover

• “CHROMACOPY” – Sean Llewelyn and Louis “Punch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, “Creator”)
• “The Crux” – William Wesley II, Art Director (Djo)
• “I should have taken more photos” – Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny)
• “Glory” – Cody Critchelo and Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius)
• “Moisturizer” – Esther Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki and Rhian Tisdale, art directors (Wet Foot)

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “DAISIES” – Justin Bieber
• “Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
• “Disease” – Lady Gaga
• “Metro” – Chappell Roan
• “Dirty” – Lola Young

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Defying Gravity” – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
• “Gold” [From “KPop Demon Hunters”] — HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
• “Gabriela” — KATSEYE
• “APT”. — ROSE, Bruno Mars
• “30 for 30” – SZA featuring 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 Rock Performance

• “You shouldn't do this” – Emil and the Sniffers
• “Machine of Emptiness” – Linkin Park
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile
• “Mirtazapine” – Hayley Williams
• “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning” – YUNGBLUD featuring Nuno Betancourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II

Best Metal Performance

• “Night Terror” – Dream Theater
• “Lacrima” – Ghost
• “Emergence” – sleep token
• “Soft Spine” – Spiritbox
• “BIRDS” – Turnstile

Best Rock Song

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
• “Caramel” – Vessel1 and Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)
• “Glum” – Daniel James and Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Daniel Fung, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills and Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
• “Zombie” – Dominic Harrison and Matt Schwartz, songwriters (YUNGBLUD)

Best Rock Album

• “private music” – Deftones
• “I'm leaving” – HAIM
• “From Scratch” – Linkin Park
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile
• “Idols” – YUNGBLUD

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 R&B Song

• “Folded” – Darius Dixon, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Chris Riddick-Tynes and Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kelani)
• “Heart Of A Woman” – David Bishop and Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)
• “It Depends” – Niko Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Efrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent and Dewayne Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller)
• “Overqualified” – James John Abrahart Jr. and Durand Bernard, songwriters (Durand Bernard)
• “YES IT IS” – Jarius Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prowl and Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)

Best R&B Album

• “BELOVED” – GIVEON
• “Why not more?” — Coco Jones
• “Crown” – Ledisi
• “Escape Room” – Teyana Taylor
• “MUTT” – Leon Thomas

Best Rap Performance

• “Outside” – Cardi B
• “Chains & Whips” – Clipse, Pusha T and Malice featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams
• “Anxiety” – Doechi
• “tv off” – Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay
• “Darling, I” – Tyler, the Creator featuring Tizo Touchdown

Best Rap Song

• “Anxiety” – Jayla Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
• “The Birds Don't Sing” – Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T and Malice featuring John Legend and Voices Of Fire)
• “Sticky” – Aaron Bolton, Dwayne Carter Jr., Dudley Alexander DuVern, Tyler Okonma, Jana Wherry, Gloria Woods and Rex Zamore, songwriters (Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne)
• “TGIF” – Lucas Algria, Dillon Brophy, Crime Davis, Jess Jackson, Ronnin Jackson, Mario Mims, Jorge M. Taveras and Gloria Woods, songwriters (Glorilla)
• “tv off” – Jack Antonoff, Larry Jay, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Marc Anthony Spears and Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay)

Best Rap Album

• “Let God deal with them” – Clipse, Pusha T and Malice
• “GLORIOUS” – GloRilla
• “God loves the ugly” – JID
• “GNX” – Kendrick Lamar
• “CHROMACOPY” – Tyler, the Creator

Best Country Solo Performance

• “Nose on the Grindstone” – Tyler Childers
• “Good News” – Shabuzi
• “As bad as before” [From “F1® The Movie”] — Chris Stapleton
• “I Never Lie” – Zac Tope
• “Somewhere Over Laredo” – Laney Wilson

Best Country Duo/Group

• “A Song to Sing” – Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
• “Trailblazer” – Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainie Wilson
• “Love Me Like You Before” – Margo Price and Tyler Childers
• “Amen” – Shabuzi and Jelly Roll
• “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame” – George Strait, Chris Stapleton

Best Country Song

• “Bitin' List” – Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
• “Good News” – Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman and Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey)
• “I Never Lie” – Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols and Zac Tope, songwriters (Zac Tope)
• “Somewhere Over Laredo” – Andy Albert, Tranny Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainie Wilson, songwriters (Lainie Wilson)
• “A Song to Sing” – Jean Flynn, Jesse Fraser, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)

Best Traditional Country Album

• “A Dollar a Day” – Charlie Crockett
• “American Romance” – Lukas Nelson
• “Oh, What a Wonderful World” – Willie Nelson
• “Headheaded Woman” – Margo Price
• “It's not for my health” – Zac Tope

Best Contemporary Country Album

• “Patterns” – Kelsea Ballerini
• “Snipe Hunter” – Tyler Childers
• “Evangeline vs. the Machine” – Eric Church
• “Beautiful Broken” – Jelly Roll
• “Postcards from Texas” – Miranda Lambert

For a complete list of all 95 categories, visit GRAMMY.com.

Associated Press

contributed to this report.