Music’s biggest night is here and Kendrick Lamar’s dominance continues as he leads the nominations with nine nods at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
Lamar is up for record, song and album of the year — marking the third time he’s had simultaneous nominations in those big categories — as well as pop duo/group performance, melodic rap performance, rap song and rap album. He’s also nominated twice in the rap performance category.
The Not Like Us rapper has 22 Grammy career wins and 66 nominations in total. His album GNX is his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for album of the year, something no other artist has ever achieved. If it wins, it will be his first win in the category. And it will be only the third rap album to win the top prize, following Outkast in 2004 for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and Lauryn Hill in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Lamar already won two Grammys for best rap song and best melodic rap performance during the premiere ceremony, a pre-telecast show held at the adjacent Peacock Theater.
Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian record producer/songwriter Cirkut follow Lamar with seven nominations each.
Canada’s Cirkut won the Grammy for producer of the year after helming hits including Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra, Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT. and The Weeknd’s Big Sleep.
He also took home the award for best dance pop recording Grammy alongside Canadian sound mixer Serban Ghenea for Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra. The Halifax, N.S. native is also up for both record and song of the year, twice — for Abracadabra and APT. — as well as album of the year.
“Once upon a time I was a kid from Canada making beats in my bedroom and now I’m here,” he said on Sunday.
Justin Bieber, set to perform during the ceremony, is up for four awards including album of the year, best pop solo performance, best pop vocal album and best R&B performance. The two-time Grammy winner last performed at the Grammys four years ago.
Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is only the second time an all-Spanish language album has been nominated for the top prize. This comes three years after Bad Bunny’s release, Un Verano Sin Ti, became the first Spanish-language album to earn a nomination in the album of the year category.
The Puerto Rican superstar is up for six awards, becoming the first Spanish-language artist to be nominated for album, song and record of the year simultaneously.
He took home the Grammy for best global music performance during the Premiere Ceremony ahead of the live show.
Only recordings commercially released in the U.S. between Aug. 31, 2024, through Aug. 30, 2025, were eligible for nominations.
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Find a list of the nominees and winners in the major categories, bolded below.
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Album of the Year
Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Bad Bunny
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator
Record of the Year
DtMF, Bad Bunny
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Anxiety, Doechii
Wildflower, Billie Eilish
Abracadabra, Lady Gaga
Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
APT., Rose & Bruno Mars
The Subway, Chappell Roan
Song of the Year
Best Music Video
Young Lion, Sade
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
So Be It, Clipse
WINNER: Anxiety, Doechii
Love, OK Go
Best Pop Solo Performance
Daisies, Justin Bieber
Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter
Disease, Lady Gaga
The Subway, Chappell Roan
Messy, Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
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 New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marias
Addison Rae
Sombr
Lola Young
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Best Rap Performance
Outside, Cardi B
WINNER: Chains & Whips, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Anxiety, Doechii
TV Off, Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay
Darling, I, Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Proud of Me, Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill
Wholeheartedly, JID Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
WINNER: Luther, Kendrick Lamar & SZA
WeMaj, Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody
Somebody Loves Me, Partynextdoor & Drake
Best Rap Song
Anxiety, Doechii
The Birds Don’t Sing, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire
Sticky, Tyler, the Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
TGIF, GloRilla
WINNER: TV Off, Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Glorious, GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly, JID
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator
Best R&B Performance
Yukon, Justin Bieber
It Depends, Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
WINNER: Folded, Kehlani
Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk), Leon Thomas
Heart of a Woman, Summer Walker
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Here We Are, Durand Bernarr
Uptown, Lalah Hathaway
Love You Too, Ledisi
Crybaby, SZA
WINNER: Vibes Don’t Lie, Leon Thomas
Best R&B Song
WINNER: Folded, Kehlani
Heart of a Woman, Summer Walker
It Depends, Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
Overqualified, Durand Bernarr
Yes It Is, Leon Thomas
Best R&B Album
Beloved, Giveon
Why Not More?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
WINNER: Mutt, Leon Thomas
Best Dance Pop Recording
Bluest Flame, Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
WINNER: Abracadabra, Lady Gaga
Midnight Sun, Zara Larsson
Jus Keep Watching, Tate McRae
Illegal, PinkPantheress
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
WINNER: Eusexua, FKA Twigs
Ten Days, Fred Again..
Fancy That, PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale, Rüfüs Du Sol
F*** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3 , Skrillex
Best Rock Album
Private Music, Deftones
I Quit, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
WINNER: Never Enough, Turnstile
Idols, Yungblud
Best Rock Song
WINNER: As Alive as You Need Me to Be, Nine Inch Nails
Caramel, Sleep Token
Glum, Hayle Williams
Never Enough, Turnstile
Zombie, Yungblud
Best Rock Performance
U Should Not Be Doing That, Amyl and the Sniffers
The Emptiness Machine, Linkin Park
Never Enough, Turnstile
Mirtazapine, Hayley Williams
WINNER: Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning, Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Metal Performance
Night Terror, Dream Theater
Lachryma, Ghost
Emergence, Sleep Token
Soft Spine, Spiritbox
WINNER: Birds, Turnstile
Best Alternative Music Album
Sable, Fable, Bon Iver
WINNER: Songs of a Lost World, The Cure
Don’t Tap the Glass, Tyler, the Creator
Moisturizer, Wet Leg
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, Hayley Williams
Best Contemporary Country Album
Patterns, Kelsea Ballerini
Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers
Evangeline vs. the Machine, Eric Church
Beautifully Broken, Jelly Roll
Postcards From Texas, Miranda Lambert
Best Traditional Country Album
Dollar a Day, Charley Crockett
American Romance, Lukas Nelson
Oh What a Beautiful World, Willie Nelson
Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price
WINNER: Ain’t in It for My Health, Zach Top
Best Country Solo Performance
Nose on the Grindstone, Tyler Childers
Good News, Shaboozey
WINNER: Bad as I Used to Be, Chris Stapleton
I Never Lie, Zach Top
Somewhere Over Laredo, Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
A Song to Sing, Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
Trailblazer, Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
Love Me Like You Used to Do, Margo Price & Tyler Childers
WINNER: Amen, Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, George Strait, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
WINNER: Bitin’ List, Tyler Childers
Good News, Shaboozey
I Never Lie, Zach Top
Somewhere Over Laredo, Lainey Wilson
A Song to Sing, Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
Best Latin Pop Album
Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro
Bogotá (Deluxe), Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta, Karol G
WINNER: Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
¿Y ahora qué?, Alejandro Sanz
Best Comedy Album
Drop Dead Years, Bill Burr
PostMortem, Sarah Silverman
Single Lady, Ali Wong
What Had Happened Was…, Jamie Foxx
WINNER: Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, Nate Bargatze
Best Musical Theatre Album
WINNER: Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
WINNER: Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Dan Auerbach
Best Global Music Performance
WINNER: EoO, Bad Bunny
Cantando en el Camino, Ciro Hurtado
JERUSALEMA, Angélique Kidjo
Inmigrante Y QuE, Yeisy Rojas
Shrini’s Dream – Live, Shakti
Daybreak, Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
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— With files from The Associated Press and The Canadian Press
