Grammy nominations 2026: Full list of nominees in every major category, including Album of the Year and Best New Artist
While music’s biggest night isn’t until Feb.
1, the 68th annual Grammy Awards is promising to be an unforgettable one.
Kendrick Lamar, who made history at the 2025 Grammys for winning all five awards he was nominated for with his diss track “Not Like Us,” leads the pack with nine nominations.
Lady Gaga earned seven nominations this year, topping her previous record of six in 2010.
The Mother Monster landed nominations in three of four major categories: Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Gaga was tied with producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut, who each nabbed seven nominations.
Bad Bunny, recently announced as the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show performer, received six.
The Debí Tirar Más Fotos hitmaker is in the running for Album of the Year, Best Música Urbana Album and the newly unveiled Best Album Cover category, among others.
Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, who also won big at last year’s awards show, are repeat nominees.
Roan earned two Grammy nods — Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance — for her track, “The Subway.” Carpenter received six nominations, the same as last year, in categories including Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.
Should Carpenter win Best Pop Vocal Album at this year’s awards show, she’ll become the first artist to take home that award in back-to-back years.
And the Best New Artist category is brimming with up-and-coming talent, with nominees including Addison Rae, Olivia Dean, Katseye and Lola Young.
The full list of nominees is here.
Take a look at some of the most notable 2026 Grammy nominations below.
Dylan StablefordHere's the full list of Grammy nominees
The Recording Academy has posted the list of 2026 Grammy nominees in all 95 (!) categories on its website.
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Best Album Cover
Tyler, the Creator, Chromakopia
Cover of Tyler, the Creator's "Chromakopia."Djo, The Crux
Cover of Djo's "The Crux."Bad Bunny, Debí Tirar Más Fotos
The cover of Bad Bunny's "Debí Tirar Más Fotos."Perfume Genius, Glory
The cover of Perfume Genius's "Glory."Wet Leg, Moisturizer
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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
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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
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Best Rock Album
Deftones, Private Music
Haim, I Quit
Linkin Park, From Zero
Turnstile, Never Enough
Yungblud, Idols
Neia BalaoAlbum of the Year
Bad Bunny, Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Justin Bieber, Swag
Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend
Clipse, Pusha T and Malice, Let God Sort Em Out
Lady Gaga, Mayhem
Kendrick Lamar, GNX
Leon Thomas, Mutt
Tyler, the Creator, Chromakopia
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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
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Record of the Year
Bad Bunny, "DtMF"
Sabrina Carpenter, "Manchild"
Doechii, "Anxiety"
Billie Eilish, "Wildflower"
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Kendrick Lamar with SZA, “Luther”
Chappell Roan, “The Subway”
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Song of the Year
Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”
Doechii, “Anxiety”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, “APT.”
Bad Bunny, "DtMF"
HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI, “Golden”
Kendrick Lamar with SZA, “Luther”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”
Billie Eilish, “Wildflower”
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Best Traditional Country Album
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
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Best R&B Album
Givéon, Beloved
Coco Jones, Why Not More?
Ledisi, The Crown
Teyana Taylor, Escape Room
Leon Thomas, Mutt
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Best Pop Solo Performance
Justin Bieber, “Daisies”
Sabrina Carpenter, "Manchild"
Lady Gaga, "Disease"
Chappell Roan, "The Subway"
Lola Young, "Messy"
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Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marias
Addison Rae
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Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
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Best Pop Vocal Album
Justin Bieber, Swag
Sabrina Carpenter, Man's Best Friend
Miley Cyrus, Something Beautiful
Lady Gaga, Mayhem
Teddy Swims, I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)
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Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
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Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
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And the nominees are...
The Recording Academy says it is going to announce the nominees in all 95 categories.
We won't post them all here, but we will call out some of the notable nominations and link to the full list once it's available on the Grammys website.
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Why Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ won’t be nominated this year
Taylor Swift on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Oct.8.
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Sorry, Swifties: Taylor Swift’s record-breaking album, The Life of a Showgirl , won’t be on the Grammys ballot this year.
Swift’s 12-track LP was released on Oct.
3, about a month after the cutoff for 2026 Grammy Award consideration.
The Recording Academy, according to Billboard, cast ballots for music released from Aug.
31, 2024, through Aug.
30, 2025, which means Showgirl missed the mark.
The album will, however, qualify for the 2027 awards show.
While Swift won’t be adding any gramophone statuettes to her repertoire in 2026, she still has much to celebrate.
In addition to having the largest first-week debut in U.S.
history, with more than 4 million album-equivalent units sold, Showgirl had the most vinyl sales in a single week and set a new record for most streams for a song in a single day.
All 12 of the album’s tracks also entered the Billboard Hot 100.
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Predicted nominee: Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter in NYC during her Short n' Sweet tour on Oct.26.
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For Taylor Swift’s protégé Sabrina Carpenter, one or more Grammy nominations seem plausible.
Just over a year after releasing her Grammy-winning album, Short n’ Sweet, Carpenter surprised fans with the impromptu debut of her seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend.
The album was also released on Aug.
29, making it eligible for Grammy consideration.
Carpenter, according to Billboard, will likely compete for Best Pop Vocal Album with Man’s Best Friend, the same category she won last year, with Short n’ Sweet.
Should she manage a repeat win, she’ll become the first artist to take home that award in back-to-back years.
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Welcome to our live coverage of this year's Grammy nominations
It's almost time! The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards are set to be unveiled at 11 a.m.
ET, and we'll be watching along and blogging here as the nominees are announced.
Stay tuned!