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Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy nominations. with the potential to take home nine trophies.
The rapper is up for Record of the Year, Song and Album of the Year – the third time he's been nominated simultaneously in those major categories – as well as Pop Duo/Group Performance, Melodic Rap Performance, Rap Song and Rap Album. He was also nominated twice in the rap performance category.
Lamar has 22 Grammy wins and 66 nominations. GNKS this is his fifth studio album in a row to be nominated for Album of the Year, making him the first solo artist in Grammy history to do so. If he wins, it will be his first win in this category. And it will be only the third rap album to win the top prize, following Lauryn Hill in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and Outkast in 2004 for Speakerboxx/Love Below.
In fact, none of the Album of the Year nominees had ever won it before. Other nominees are Bad Bunny. I should have taken more photosJustin Bieber SwingSabrina Carpenter Man's best friendLady Gaga chaosKlipse Let God deal with themLeon Thomas Mattand Tyler, The Creator's Chromocopy. This is also the first time three rap albums have been nominated for album of the year.
Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian producer-songwriter Circut follow Lamar with seven nominations each.
Like Lamar, Lady Gaga is also up for song, record and album of the year, as well as receiving nominations in all three categories simultaneously for the first time. She would have potential wins in the pop solo performance, pop vocal album, pop dance record and traditional pop vocal album categories.
Antonoff is nominated twice in the Record, Album and Song of the Year categories for his work with Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter. He is also nominated for the first time for a rap song for TV is turned off with Lamar and featuring Lefty Gunplay.
That's not all. Circut twice claimed the title of “Record of the Year” and “Song of the Year” – for Lady Gaga. Abracadabra and Rose and Bruno Mars APT. — as well as album of the year and best pop dance recording.
Justin Bieber received nominations for best pop vocal album and album of the year according to the magazine Swing, best pop solo performance Daisies and Best R&B Performance for Yukon.
The Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on February 1, 2026.
