The 68th Annual Grammy Awards — music’s biggest night — will take place on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony will be hosted by Trevor Noah for the sixth and final time and will be broadcast live on CBS with streaming available on Paramount+.
This year’s nominations span 95 categories, with Kendrick Lamar leading with 9 nominations, followed by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, Cirkut, Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas, and Sabrina Carpenter with multiple nods.
🥇 GENERAL FIELD NOMINEES
📀 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 with SZA
- “The Subway” — Chappell Roan
- “APT.” — Rosé & Bruno Mars
✍️ Song of the Year
- “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
- “Anxiety” — Doechii
- “APT.” — Rosé & Bruno Mars
- “DtMF” — Bad Bunny
- “Golden” — Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) from KPop Demon Hunters
- “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
- “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
- “Wildflower” — Billie Eilish
🌟 Best New Artist
- Olivia Dean
- KATSEYE
- The Marías
- Addison Rae
- Sombr
- Leon Thomas
- Alex Warren
- Lola Young
🎶 SELECT GENRE CATEGORY NOMINATIONS
(This is a sampling — full nominees cover 95 categories across Pop, Rock, R&B, Rap, Country, Jazz, Global, Classical and more.)
🎤 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
- “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
- “Golden” — HUNTR/X (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)
- “Gabriela” — KATSEYE
- “APT.” — Rosé & Bruno Mars
- “30 For 30” — SZA with Kendrick Lamar
📀 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 Dance Pop Recording
- “Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez & benny blanco
- “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
- “Midnight Sun” — Zara Larsson
- “Just Keep Watching” (From F1® The Movie) — Tate McRae
- “Illegal” — PinkPantheress
🎤 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 Album
- Beloved — Givēon
- Why Not More? — Coco Jones
- The Crown — Ledisi
- Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
- Mutt — Leon Thomas
🎸 Best Rock Album
- Private Music — Deftones
- I Quit — Haim
- From Zero — Linkin Park
- Never Enough — Turnstile
- Idols — Yungblud
🗓️ About the 2026 Grammy Ceremony
📍 Date & Venue: February 1, 2026 at the Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA.
🎤 Host: Trevor Noah (final year).
📺 Broadcast: CBS and Paramount+.
🎉 Grammy Week Events: A full week of showcases, panel discussions, and parties leads up to the main ceremony, including the Grammy Museum’s After Party and pre-shows.
💡 Fun Facts & Highlights
- Kendrick Lamar has the most nominations this year with 9.
- Bad Bunny became the first Spanish-language artist nominated in the “Big Three” categories (Album, Record, Song of the Year) in one year.
- Two categories are new in 2026: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.
🎤 Performers & Appearances
Confirmed performers include:
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Clipse & Pharrell Williams
- Members of the Best New Artist lineup such as Olivia Dean, Addison Rae, KATSEYE, The Marías, Sombr, Alex Warren, Leon Thomas, Lola Young
Additional performers and presenters will be announced closer to showtime.
