The record of nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards has been revealed, and red-hot rapper Kendrick Lamar is main the pack.
Lamar is up for 9 trophies on the February ceremony: document, tune and album of the 12 months — marking the third time he’s had simultaneous nominations in these large classes — in addition to pop duo/group efficiency, melodic rap efficiency, rap tune and rap album. He’s additionally nominated twice within the rap efficiency class.
The Not Like Us rapper has 22 Grammy profession wins and 66 nominations in complete. His album GNX is his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for album of the 12 months, one thing no different artist has ever completed. If it wins, it is going to be his first win within the class. And it is going to be solely the third rap album to win the highest prize, following Outkast in 2004 for Speakerboxxx/The Love Beneath and Lauryn Hill in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Lamar’s 9 nominations for his album GNX are a part of a wave of hip-hop albums competing within the prime classes, together with Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia and Let God Type Em Out from Clipse, Pusha T and Malice.
Girl Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian document producer/songwriter Cirkut comply with Lamar with seven nominations every.
Cirkut is up for each document and tune of the 12 months, twice — for Girl Gaga’s Abracadabra and Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT. — in addition to album of the 12 months and greatest dance pop recording.
Different prime nominees embrace Dangerous Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Leon Thomas and Justin Bieber.
Dangerous Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is simply the second time an all-Spanish language album has been nominated for the highest prize. This comes three years after Dangerous Bunny’s launch, Un Verano Sin Ti, turned the primary Spanish-language album to earn a nomination within the album of the 12 months class.
This 12 months’s nominees have been introduced throughout a video livestream with a number of expertise, together with Doechii, Gayle King, Karol G, Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, David Foster, Chappell Roan and extra.
Solely recordings commercially launched within the U.S. between Aug. 31, 2024, by means of Aug. 30, 2025, have been eligible for nominations.
The Grammy Awards made a change this 12 months to one of the best nation album class, following Beyoncé’s historic win of greatest album and greatest nation album on the 2025 Grammy Awards for Cowboy Carter. The class has now been divided into two, with the creation of a greatest conventional nation album class. The prevailing greatest nation album class has been renamed greatest modern nation album.
The 2026 Grammy Awards will happen on Feb. 1 stay from the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles. A number is but to be introduced.
Discover a record of the nominees within the main classes beneath.
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Album of the Yr
Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Dangerous Bunny
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man’s Finest Good friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Type Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Mayhem, Girl Gaga
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator
File of the Yr
DtMF, Dangerous Bunny
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Anxiousness, Doechii
Wildflower, Billie Eilish
Abracadabra, Girl Gaga
Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
APT., Rose & Bruno Mars
The Subway, Chappell Roan
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Tune of the Yr
Abracadabra, Girl Gaga
Anxiousness, Doechii
APT., Rose & Bruno Mars
DtMF, Dangerous Bunny
Golden [From KPop Demon Hunters], HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Wildflower, Billie Eilish
Finest Music Video
Younger Lion, Sade
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
So Be It, Clipse
Anxiousness, Doechii
Love, OK Go
Finest Pop Solo Efficiency
Daisies, Justin Bieber
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Illness, Girl Gaga
The Subway, Chappell Roan
Messy, Lola Younger
Finest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency
Defying Gravity, Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Golden [From KPop Demon Hunters], HUNTER/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
Gabriela, Katseye
APT., Rose, Bruno Mars
30 for 30, SZA & Kendrick Lamar
Finest Pop Vocal Album
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man’s Finest Good friend, Sabrina Carpenter
One thing Lovely, Miley Cyrus
Mayhem, Girl Gaga
I’ve Tried Every little thing However Remedy (Half 2), Teddy Swims
Finest New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marias
Addison Rae
Sombr
Lola Younger
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Finest Rap Efficiency
Exterior, Cardi B
Chains & Whips, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice That includes Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Anxiousness, Doechii
TV Off, Kendrick Lamar That includes Lefty Gunplay
Darling, I, Tyler, the Creator That includes Teezo Landing
Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency
Happy with Me, Fridayy That includes Meek Mill
Wholeheartedly, JID That includes Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
WeMaj, Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon That includes Rapsody
Anyone Loves Me, Partynextdoor & Drake
Finest Rap Tune
Anxiousness, Doechii
The Birds Don’t Sing, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice That includes John Legend & Voices of Hearth
Sticky, Tyler, the Creator That includes GloRilla, Sexyy Crimson & Lil Wayne
TGIF, GloRilla
TV Off, Kendrick Lamar That includes Lefty Gunplay
Finest Rap Album
Let God Type Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Superb, GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly, JID
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator
Finest R&B Efficiency
Yukon, Justin Bieber
It Relies upon, Chris Brown That includes Bryson Tiller
Folded, Kehlani
Mutt (Dwell From NPR’s Tiny Desk), Leon Thomas
Coronary heart of a Lady, Summer season Walker
Finest Conventional R&B Efficiency
Right here We Are, Durand Bernarr
Uptown, Lalah Hathaway
Love You Too, Ledisi
Crybaby, SZA
Vibes Don’t Lie, Leon Thomas
Finest R&B Tune
Folded, Kehlani
Coronary heart of a Lady, Summer season Walker
It Relies upon, Chris Brown That includes Bryson Tiller
Overqualified, Durand Bernarr
Sure It Is, Leon Thomas
Finest R&B Album
Beloved, Giveon
Why Not Extra?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Finest Dance Pop Recording
Bluest Flame, Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
Abracadabra, Girl Gaga
Midnight Solar, Zara Larsson
Jus Hold Watching, Tate McRae
Unlawful, PinkPantheress
Finest Dance/Digital Music Album
Eusexua, FKA Twigs
Ten Days, Fred Once more..
Fancy That, PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale, Rüfüs Du Sol
F*** U Skrillex You Assume Ur Andy Warhol However Ur Not!! <3 , Skrillex
Finest Rock Album
Non-public Music, Deftones
I Give up, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
By no means Sufficient, Turnstile
Idols, Yungblud
Finest Rock Tune
As Alive as You Want Me to Be, 9 Inch Nails
Caramel, Sleep Token
Glum, Hayle Williams
By no means Sufficient, Turnstile
Zombie, Yungblud
Finest Rock Efficiency
U Ought to Not Be Doing That, Amyl and the Sniffers
The Vacancy Machine, Linkin Park
By no means Sufficient, Turnstile
Mirtazapine, Hayley Williams
Modifications (Dwell From Villa Park) Again to the Starting, Yungblud That includes Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Finest Metallic Efficiency
Evening Terror, Dream Theater
Lachryma, Ghost
Emergence, Sleep Token
Tender Backbone, Spiritbox
Birds, Turnstile
Finest Various Music Album
Sable, Fable, Bon Iver
Songs of a Misplaced World, The Remedy
Don’t Faucet the Glass, Tyler, the Creator
Moisturizer, Moist Leg
Ego Loss of life at a Bachelorette Celebration, Hayley Williams
Finest Modern Nation Album
Patterns, Kelsea Ballerini
Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers
Evangeline vs. the Machine, Eric Church
Fantastically Damaged, Jelly Roll
Postcards From Texas, Miranda Lambert
Finest Conventional Nation Album
Greenback a Day, Charley Crockett
American Romance, Lukas Nelson
Oh What a Lovely World, Willie Nelson
Laborious Headed Lady, Margo Worth
Ain’t in It for My Well being, Zach High
Finest Nation Solo Efficiency
Nostril on the Grindstone, Tyler Childers
Good Information, Shaboozey
Dangerous as I Used to Be, Chris Stapleton
I By no means Lie, Zach High
Someplace Over Laredo, Lainey Wilson
Finest Nation Duo/Group Efficiency
A Tune to Sing, Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
Trailblazer, Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
Love Me Like You Used to Do, Margo Worth & Tyler Childers
Amen, Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
Honky Tonk Corridor of Fame, George Strait, Chris Stapleton
Finest Nation Tune
Bitin’ Record, Tyler Childers
Good Information, Shaboozey
I By no means Lie, Zach High
Someplace Over Laredo, Lainey Wilson
A Tune to Sing, Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
Finest Latin Pop Album
Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro
Bogotá (Deluxe), Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta, Karol G
Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
¿Y ahora qué?, Alejandro Sanz
Finest Comedy Album
Drop Lifeless Years, Invoice Burr
PostMortem, Sarah Silverman
Single Girl, Ali Wong
What Had Occurred Was…, Jamie Foxx
Your Good friend, Nate Bargatze, Nate Bargatze
Finest Musical Theatre Album
Buena Vista Social Membership
Loss of life Turns into Her
Gypsy
Simply In Time
Possibly Joyful Ending
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For an entire record of the 2026 Grammy nominees, go to the official Grammy Awards web site.
— With recordsdata from The Related Press
