2026 Grammy Nominations: All The Savage Snubs, Wild Surprises & History-Making Moments

The 2026 Grammy nominations are here, and the snubs and surprises this year are messyyyyy.

 

In true headliner fashion, Kendrick Lamar is lapping the competition with a whopping nine nods. Right behind him is Lady Gaga, still serving theatrical realness with seven nominations, and Sabrina Carpenter, fresh from her Man’s Best Friend fame with six noms.

He BE getting his flowers!! (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET)

Who else has been here since “Eyes Wide Open”?. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV)

And, in what can only be described as the most Grammy move ever, Fab Morvan (yes, of Milli Vanilli infamy) could possibly cop an award for narrating his own redemption story in the ‘Best Audio Book’ category, but he is up against the literal Dalai Lama so it could be anyone’s game!

But because the Grammys can’t resist starting beef, there were plenty of snubs and upsets. The Weeknd? Snubbed again, even after his olive branch performance. Whole lotta nothing for his album Hurry Up Tomorrow. Lorde’s Virgin — which critics are calling the “bravest album of her career” — also got snubbed, receiving no nominations proving she’s not the Grammy’s “Favourite Daughter” (a tragedy in my opinion).

I’ll never forgive them for this. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The white boys of the year also got snubbed with Alex Warren‘s “Ordinary” not making the nominations list (although he is up for best new artist) and Benson Boone, and Morgan Wallen coming up empty as well. I guess the Grammy’s aren’t a fan of flips or country singers using racial slurs. Maybe they do get some things right.

Redemption arcs? Got ‘em! Bad Bunny just made history as the first Spanish-language artist to collect nominations for Album, Record, and Song of the Year in one fell swoop with Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Netflix’s “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters had a moment, and Rosé of Blackpink joined forces with Bruno Mars for awards show domination.

Can’t wait to see this man live!! (Photo by Gladys Vega/Getty Images)

A Taylor Swift nomination is absent for the first time since the 2018 awards, but to be clear she was not snubbed — she just missed the eligibility cutoff and is almost certainly planning world domination for next year.

2026 Grammy nominations list

Here’s the full list of nominations. Grab a snack, this is massive:

Song of the year

• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Rosé & Bruno Mars – “APT”
• Bad Bunny – “DtMF”
• Hunter/x – “Golden”
• Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – “Luther”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Billie Eilish – “Wildflower”

Record of the year

• Bad Bunny – “DtMF”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Billie Eilish – “Wildflower”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – “Luther”
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
• Rosé & Bruno Mars – “APT”

Album of the year

• Justin Bieber – Swag
• Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
• Leon Thomas – Mutt
• Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
• Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
• Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
• Lady Gaga – Mayhem
• Kendrick Lamar – GNX

Best new artist

• Olivia Dean
• Katseye
• The Marias
• Addison Rae
• Sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

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Pop and dance

Best pop vocal album

• Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
• Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Pt 2
• Justin Bieber – Swag
• Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
• Lady Gaga – Mayhem

Best pop solo performance

• Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Lady Gaga – “Disease”
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
• Lola Young – “Messy”

Best pop duo/group performance

• Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – “Defying Gravity”
• Huntr/x – “Golden”
• Katseye – “Gabriela”
• Rosé & Bruno Mars – “APT”
• SZA With Kendrick Lamar – “30 For 30”

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”

Best dance/electronic album

• FKA Twigs – Eusexua
• Fred again.. – Ten Days
• PinkPantheress – Fancy That
• Rüfüs Du Sol – Inhale / Exhale
• Skrillex – F** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3*

Best dance/pop recording

• Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – “Bluest Flame”
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
• Zara Larsson – “Midnight Sun”
• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching”
• PinkPantheress – “Illegal”

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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
• Barbra Streisand – The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2

Latin

Best Latin pop album

• Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra
• Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá (Deluxe)
• Karol G – Tropicoqueta
• Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
• Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y ahora qué?

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)

Rock and metal

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 ft Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning”

Best rock song

• Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be”
• Sleep Token – “Caramel”
• Hayley Williams – “Glum”
• Turnstile – “Never Enough”
• Yungblud – “Zombie”

Best rock album

• Deftones – Private Music
• Haim – I quit
• Linkin Park – From Zero
• Turnstile – Never Enough
• Yunglbud – Idols

Best alternative music album

• Bon Iver – Sable, Fable
• The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
• Tyler, The Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass
• Wet Leg – Moisturizer
• Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

Best alternative music performance

• Bon Iver – “Everything Is Peaceful Love”
• The Cure – “Alone”
• Turnstile – “Seein’ Stars”
• Wet Leg – “Mangetout”
• Hayley Williams – “Parachute”

Best metal performance

• Dream Theater – “Night Terror”
• Ghost – “Lachryma”
• Sleep Token – “Emergence”
• Spiritbox – “Soft Spine”
• Turnstile – “Birds”

Rap

Best rap performance

• Cardi B – “Outside”
• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams – “Chains & Whips”
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – “TV Off”
• Tyler, The Creator feat Teezo Touchdown – “Darling, I”

Best melodic rap performance

• Fridayy feat Meek Mill – “Proud Of Me”
• JID feat Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack – “Wholeheartedly”
• Kendrick Lamar with SZA – “Luther”
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat Rapsody – “WeMaj”
• Partynextdoor & Drake – “Somebody Loves Me”

Best rap song

• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat John Legend & Voices of Fire – “The Birds Don’t Sing”
• Tyler, The Creator feat GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne – “Sticky”
• GloRilla – “TGIF”
• Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – “TV Off”

Best rap album

• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out
• GloRilla – Glorious
• JID – God Does Like Ugly
• Kendrick Lamar – GNX
• Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia

Country

Best country solo performance

• Tyler Childers – “Nose On The Grindstone”
• Shaboozey – “Good News”
• Chris Stapleton – “Bad As I Used To Be”
• 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 & Tyler Childers – “Love Me Like You Used To Do”
• Shaboozey & Jelly Roll – “Amen”
• George Strait & Chris Stapleton – “Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame”

Best country song

• Tyler Childers – “Bitin’ List”
• Shaboozey – “Good News”
• Zach Top – “I Never Lie”
• Lainey Wilson – “Somewhere Over Laredo”
• Chris Stapleton – “A Song To Sing”

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

R&B and Afrobeats

Best R&B performance

• Justin Bieber – “Yukon”
• Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller – “It Depends”
• Kehlani – “Folded”
• Leon Thomas – “Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)”
• Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”

Best R&B song

• Kehlani – “Folded”
• Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”
• Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller – “It Depends”
• Durand Bernarr – “Overqualified”
• Leon Thomas – “Yes It Is”

Best R&B album

• Giveon – Beloved
• Coco Jones – Why Not More?
• Ledisi – The Crown
• Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
• Leon Thomas – Mutt

Best African music performance

• Burna Boy – “Love”
• Davido feat Omah Lay – “With You”
• Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – “Hope & Love”
• Ayra Starr feat Wizkid – “Gimme Dat”
• Tyla – “Push 2 Start”

Production and songwriting

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Dan Auerbach
• Cirkut
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Amy Allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Tobias Jesso Jr
• Laura Veltz

Film and TV

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

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

• A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet
• F1 The Album – Various artists
• K-Pop Demon Hunters – Various artists
• Sinners – Various artists
• Wicked – Various artists

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
• 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 – Secrets of the Spires
• Wilbert Roget II – Helldivers 2
• Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune
• Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea

Best song written for visual media

• Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (From Tron: Ares)
• Huntr/x – “Golden” (From K-Pop Demon Hunters)
• Miles Caton – “I Lied To You” (From Sinners)
• Elton John & Brandi Carlile – “Never Too Late” (From Elton John: Never Too Late)
• Jayme Lawson – “Pale Pale Moon” (From Sinners)
• Rod Wave – “Sinners” (From Sinners)

Best audiobook narration

• 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
• Fab Morvan – You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli

Best music video

• Sade – “Young Lion”
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
• Clipse – “So Be It”
• Doechii – “Anxiety”
• OK Go – “Love”

Best music film

• Devo – Devo
• Raye – Live at the Albert Hall
• Diane Warren – Relentless
• John Williams – Music by John Williams
• Pharrell Williams – Piece By Piece

Jazz and classical

Best jazz vocal album

• Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – Elemental
• Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025!
• Samara Joy – Portrait
• Michael Mayo – Fly
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – Live at Vic’s Las Vegas

Best jazz instrumental album

• Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Live)
• Sullivan Fortner feat Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore – Southern Nights
• Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging
• John Patitucci feat Chris Potter & Brian Blade – Spirit Fall
• Yellowjackets – Fasten Up

Best alternative jazz album

• Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey from a Winter Stone
• Robert Glasper – Keys To The City Volume One
• Brad Mehldau – Ride Into The Sun
• Nate Smith – Live-Action
• Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood

Best jazz performance

• Lakecia Benjamin feat Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – “Noble Rise”
• Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – “Windows (Live)”
• Samara Joy – “Peace Of Mind/Dreams Come True”
• Michael Mayo – “Four”
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – “All Stars Lead To You (Live)”

Best musical theatre album

• Buena Vista Social Club
• Death Becomes Her
• Gypsy
• Just In Time
• Maybe Happy Ending

Best opera recording

• Heggie: Intelligence – Kwamé Ryan, conductor (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
• Huang Ruo: An American Soldier – Carolyn Kuan, conductor (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
• Kouyoumdjian – Adoration Alan Pierson, conductor (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
• O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead – Elaine Kelly (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)
• Tesori: Grounded – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)

Best orchestral performance

• Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies’ – Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie – Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Ravel: Boléro – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
• Still & Bonds – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

When are the 2026 Grammy’s?

The 2026 Grammy’s will be airing on 1 February 2026 and I for one can’t wait to see which divas will be taking out the big wins!

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