Whether you're a casual listener or a dedicated fan, tune in to see if your favorite artist was among this year's nominees.&nbsp;

Each and every year, the highly anticipated announcement of Grammy award nominations rings in the start of a very special season&mdash;and no, it's not the holiday season. Rather, the Grammy nominations signal the start of awards season&mdash;think glamorous red carpets, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/celebrities-wearing-naked-dress-risque-outfits-grammys-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">buzzy viral moments</a>, and plenty of iconic celebrity interactions. For the pop culture fanatic, there's truly no better time of the year.&nbsp;
With an especially stacked pool of songs, records, and artists to draw from this year, the 2026 Grammy Awards are slated to be more exciting than ever. However, longtime followers of the ceremony should note that this year, the Recording Academy has added several new categories to the awards circuit: Best Album Cover and Best Traditional Country Album.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Each year during our Awards &amp; Nominations review, our focus is on refining our rules, uncovering anything that is no longer working, and ensuring we are celebrating our creative community in the most meaningful way,&rdquo; Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-things-know-about-new-categories-changes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told GRAMMY.com</a>&nbsp;in an interview.
This year, fans are speculating that Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, and Bad Bunny&mdash;all of whom released music that dominated pop culture in 2025&mdash;will win big at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Tyler, the Creator are also popular guesses for major award contenders online. Though Taylor Swift's&nbsp;The Life Of A Showgirl has dominated the charts&mdash;the album just surpassed two billion streams on Spotify, and has <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/music-records-taylor-swift-has-broken-net-worth-album-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broken a considerable amount of additional music records</a>&mdash;since it dropped, the album's October release date puts it outside the range of 2026 Grammy award eligibility. Of course, considering the global smash-hit status of Huntr/x's songs, as heard in Netflix's&nbsp;KPop Demon Hunters,&nbsp;it's also likely the voices behind the tunes, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, will snag an award or two.&nbsp;
The 2026 Grammy nominations were <a href="https://live.grammy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> at 11 a.m. EST. Without further ado, see all of the 2026 Grammy nominations below.&nbsp;

<h2 style="text-align: center;">2026 Grammy Nominations</h2>

Album of the Year &mdash; Justin Bieber (Swag), Bad Bunny (Debi Tirar Mas Fotos), Sabrina Carpenter (Man's Best Friend), Clipse, Pusha T &amp; Malice (Let God Sort 'Em Out), Lady Gaga (Mayhem), Kendrick Lamar (GNX), Leon Thomas (Mutt), Tyler, the Creator (Chromakopia)
Record of the Year &mdash;&nbsp;Bad Bunny (Debi Tirar Mas Fotos), Sabrina Carpenter (Manchild), Doechii (Anxiety), Billie Eilish (Wildflower), Lady Gaga (Abracadabra), Kendrick Lamar and SZA (Luther), Chappell Roan (The Subway), Ros&eacute; and Bruno Mars (APT)
Song of the Year &mdash;&nbsp;Lady Gaga ("Abracadabra"), Doechii ("Anxiety"), Ros&eacute; and Bruno Mars ("Apt"), Bad Bunny ("Debi Tirar Mas Fotos"), HUNTR/X ("Golden"), Kendrick Lamar and SZA ("Luther"), Sabrina Carpenter ("Manchild"), Billie Eilish ("Wildflower")
Best New Artist &mdash;&nbsp;Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, The Mar&iacute;as, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, Lola Young
Best Country Solo Performance &mdash;&nbsp;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 &mdash;&nbsp;Miranda Lambert &amp; Chris Stapleton ("A Song to Sing"), Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert &amp; Lainey Wilson ("Trailblazer"), Margo Price &amp; Tyler Childers ("Love Me Like You Used To"), Shaboozey &amp; Jelly Roll ("Amen"), George Strait &amp; Chris Stapleton ("Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame")&nbsp;
Best Country Song &mdash;&nbsp;Tyler Childers (Bitin' List), Shaboozey (Good News), Zach Top (I Never Lie), Lainey Wilson (Somewhere Over Laredo), Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton (A Song to Sing)
Best Contemporary Country Album &mdash;&nbsp;Kelsea Ballerini (Patterns), Tyler Childers (Snipe Hunter), Eric Church (Evangeline Vs. The Machine), Jelly Roll (Beautifully Broken), Miranda Lambert (Postcards From Texas)
Best Rock Album &mdash;&nbsp;Deftones (private music), HAIM (I quit), Linkin Park (From Zero), Turnstile (NEVER ENOUGH), YUNGBLUD (Idols)
Best Rap Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Cardi B (Outside), Clipse, Pusha T &amp; Malice, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams (Chains &amp; Whips), Doechii (Anxiety), Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay (tv off), Tyler, the Creator and Teezo &nbsp;Touchdown (Darling, I)
Best Melodic Rap Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Fridayy ft. Meek Mill ("Proud of Me"), JID ft. Ty Dolla Sign &amp; 6LACK ("Wholeheartedly"), Kendrick Lamar with SZA ("Luther"), Terrance Martin &amp; Kenyon Dixon ft. Rapsody ("WeMaj"), PARTYNEXTDOOR &amp; Drake ("SOMEBODY LOVES ME")
Best Rap Song &mdash;&nbsp;Doechii (Anxiety), Clipse, Pusha T &amp; Malice, John Legend &amp; Voices of Fire (The Birds Don't Sing), Tyler, the Creator, Glorilla, Sexyy Red, and Lil Wayne (Sticky), Glorilla (TGIF), Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay (tv off)&nbsp;
Best Rap Album &mdash;&nbsp;Glorilla (Glorious), JID (God Does Like Ugly), Kendrick Lamar (GNX), Tyler, the Creator (Chromakopia), Clipse, Pusha T &amp; Malice (Let God Sort 'Em Out)
Best R&amp;B Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Justin Bieber ("Yukon"), Chris Brown ft. Bryson Tiller ("It Depends"), Kehlani ("Folded"), Leon Thomas ("MUTT [Live from NPR's Tiny Desk]), Summer Walker ("Heart of a Woman")
Best Traditional R&amp;B Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Durand Bernarr ("Here We Are"), Lalah Hathaway ("UPTOWN"), Ledisi ("LOVE YOU TOO"), SZA ("Crybaby"), Leon Thomas ("VIBES DON'T LIE")&nbsp;
Best R&amp;B Song &mdash;&nbsp;Kehlani ("Folded"), Summer Walker ("Heart of a Woman"), Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller ("It Depends"), Durand Bernarr ("Overqualified"), Leon Thomas ("YES IT IS")
Best R&amp;B Album &mdash;&nbsp;Giveon (Beloved), Coco Jones (Why Not More?), Ledisi (The Crown), Teyana Taylor (Escape Room), Leon Thomas (Mutt)
Best Pop Solo Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Justin Bieber ("Daisies"), Sabrina Carpenter ("Manchild"), Lady Gaga ("Disease"), Chappell Roan ("The Subway"), Lola Young ("Messy")
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande ("Defying Gravity"), KPop Demon Hunters ("Golden"), KATSEYE ("Gabriela"), Ros&eacute; and Bruno Mars ("APT"), SZA with Kendrick Lamar ("30 For 30")
Songwriter of the Year, Non-classical &mdash;&nbsp;Amy Allen, Edgar Barrera, Jessie Jo Dillon, Tobias Jesso Jr., Laura Veltz
Producer of the year, non-classical &mdash;&nbsp;Dan Auerbach, Cirkut, Dijon, Blake Mills, Sounwave
Best Pop Vocal Album &mdash;&nbsp;Justin Bieber (Swag), Sabrina Carpenter (Man's Best Friend), Miley Cyrus (Something Is Beautiful), Lady Gaga (Mayhem), Teddy Swims (I've Tried Everything But Therapy Pt. 2)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album &mdash;&nbsp;Laila Biali (Wintersongs), Jennifer Hudson (The Gift of Love), Elton John &amp; Brandi Carlile (Who Believes in Angels), Lady Gaga (Harlequin), Laufey (A Matter of Time), Barbra Streisand (The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2)
Best Latin Pop Album &mdash;&nbsp;Rauw Alejandro (Cosa Nuestra), Andr&eacute;s Cepeda (BOGOT&Aacute;), Karol G (Tropicoqueta), Natalia Lafourcade (Cancionera), Alejandro Sanz (Y ahora que)
Best Latin Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album &mdash;
Best Rock Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Amyl and The Sniffers ("U Should Not Be Doing That"), Linkin Park ("The Emptiness Machine"), Turnstile ("NEVER ENOUGH"), Hayley Williams ("Mirtzapine"), YUNGBLUD ft. Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman ("Changes [Live from Villa Park] Back To The Beginning")
Best Metal Performance &mdash; Dream Theater ("Night Terror"), Ghost ("Lachryma"), Sleep Token ("Emergence"), Spiritbox ("Soft Spine"), Turnstile ("BIRDS")
Best Rock Song &mdash;&nbsp;Nine Inch Nails ("As Alive As You Need Me To Be"), Sleep Token ("Caramel"), Hayley Williams ("Glum"), Turnstile ("NEVER ENOUGH"), YUNGBLUD ("Zombie")
Best Alternative Music Performance &mdash; Bon Iver ("Everything Is Peaceful Love"), The Cure ("Alone"), Turnstile ("SEEIN' STARS"), Wet Leg ("mangetout"), Hayley Williams ("Parachute")
Best Alternative Music Album &mdash;&nbsp;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 Album Cover &mdash;&nbsp;Tyler, the Creator (Chromakopia), Bad Bunny (Debi Tirar Mas Fotos), Djo (The Crux), Perfume Genius (Glory), Wet Leg (Moisturizer)
Best Music Video &mdash;&nbsp;Sade ("Young Lion"), Sabrina Carpenter ("Manchild"), Clipse ("So Be It"), Doechii ("Anxiety"), OK Go ("Love")
Best Traditional Country Album &mdash; 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)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media &mdash;&nbsp;Timoth&eacute;e Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Various Artists (F1 The Album), Various Artists (KPop Demon Hunters), Various Artists (Sinners), Various Artists (Wicked)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media &mdash;&nbsp;John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon), Theodore Shapiro (Severance: Season 2), Ludwig G&ouml;ransson (Sinners), John Powell &amp; Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)
Best Song Written for Visual Media &mdash; Nine Inch Nails ("As Alive As You Need Me To BE [From TRON: Ares]), HUNTR/X: Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami ("Golden" [From KPop Demon Hunters), Miles Canton ("I Lied To You" [From Sinners]), Elton John &amp; Brandi Carlile ("Never Too Late" [From Elton John: Never Too Late]), Jayme Lawson ("Pale, Pale Moon" [From Sinners]), Rod Wave ("Sinners" [From Sinners])
Best Global Music Album &mdash; Siddhant Bhatia (Sounds of Kumbha), Burna Boy (No Sign of Weakness), Youssou N'Dour (Eclairer le monde &mdash; Light the World), Shakti (Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)), Anoushka Shankar ft. Alam Khan &amp; Sarathy Korwar (Chapter III: We Return to Light), Caetano Veloso &amp; Maria Beth&acirc;nia (Caetano e Beth&acirc;nia Ao Vivo)
Best Global Music Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Bad Bunny ("EoO"), Ciro Hurtado ("Cantando en el Camino"), Ang&eacute;lique Kidjo ("JERUSALEMA"), Yeisy Rojas ("Immigrante Y Que"), Shakti ("Shrini's Dream" (Live)), Anoushka Shankar ft. Alam Khan &amp; Sarathy Korwar ("Daybreak")
Best African Music Performance &mdash;&nbsp;Burna Boy ("Love"), Davido ft. Omah Lay ("With You"), Eddy Kenzo &amp; Mehran Matin ("Hope &amp; Love"), Ayra Starr ft. Wizkid ("Gimme Dat"), Tyla ("Push 2 Start")
Best M&uacute;sica Urbana Album &mdash;&nbsp;Bad Bunny (Debi Tirar Mas Fotos), J Balvin (Mixteip), Feid (FERXXO VOLX: Sagrado), Nicki Nicole (NAIKI), Trueno (EUB DELUXE), Yandel (SINF&Oacute;NICO (En Vivo))
Best M&uacute;sica Mexicana Album &mdash;&nbsp;Fuerza Regida &amp; Grupo Frontera (Mala M&iacute;a), Grupo Frontera (Y Lo Que Viene), Paola Jera (Sin Rodeos), Car&iacute;n Le&oacute;n (Palabra De To's (Seca)), Bobby Pul&iacute;do (Bobby Pul&iacute;do &amp; Friends Una Yua Y Una M&iacute;a &mdash; Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo))
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album &mdash;&nbsp;Aterciopelados (Genes Rebeldes), Bomba Est&eacute;reo &amp; Rawayana (Astropical), CA7RIEL &amp; Paco Amoroso (Papota), Los Wizzards (ALGORHYTHM), Fito Paez (Novela)
Best Tropical Latin Album &mdash;&nbsp;Rub&eacute;n Blades, Roberto Delgado &amp; Orquesta (Fotograf&iacute;as), Gloria Estefan (Ra&iacute;ces), Grupo Niche (Cl&aacute;sicos 1.0), Alain P&eacute;rez (Bingo), Gilberto Santa Rosa (Debuty Segunda Tanda. Vol. 2)
Best Dance/Electronic Album &mdash;&nbsp;FKA twigs (EUSEXUA),&nbsp;Fred again.. (Ten Days), PinkPantheress (Fanct That), R&Uuml;F&Uuml;S DU SOL (Inhale/Exhale), Skrillex (F*** U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! &lt;3)&nbsp;
Best Dance Pop Recording &mdash;&nbsp;Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco ("Bluest Flame"), Lady Gaga ("Abracadabra"), Zara Larsson ("Midnight Sun"), Tate McRae ("Just Keep Watching [From F1 The Movie]), PinkPantheress ("Illegal")
Best Dance/Electronic Recording &mdash;&nbsp;Disclosure &amp; Anderson .Paak ("No Cap"), Fred again.., Skepta, and PlaqueBoyMax ("Victory Lap"), KAYTRANADA ("SPACE INVADER"), Skrillex ("VOLTAGE"), Tame Impala ("End of Summer")

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