The 2026 68th Grammy Awards nominations have officially been unveiled, spotlighting a diverse wave of artists, genres and historic firsts as music’s biggest night approaches.
On November 7, 2025, the Recording Academy announced the full slate of nominees across 95 categories ahead of the ceremony scheduled for Sunday, February 1, 2026 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Leading the pack is rapper Kendrick Lamar, who earned a career-high nine nominations, with his album GNX among the contenders for Album of the Year.
Close behind are Lady Gaga, producer-songwriter Jack Antonoff and producer Cirkut each earning seven nods; while Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter registered six apiece.
Among the major category nominees:
- Record of the Year includes tracks such as DtMF by Bad Bunny, Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter, WILDFLOWER by Billie Eilish, Abracadabra by Lady Gaga, luther by Kendrick Lamar with SZA, The Subway by Chappell Roan and APT. by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars.
- Album of the Year nominees include 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) and CHROMAKOPIA (Tyler, the Creator).
- Song of the Year sees entries such as Abracadabra, Anxiety (by Doechii), Golden (from the animated K-pop film KPop Demon Hunters), luther, Manchild, WILDFLOWER and DtMF.
- Best New Artist nominees: Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, The Marias, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren and Lola Young.
Beyond the big names and categories, the 2026 Grammys marks several compelling shifts. Two new categories were introduced: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover—as part of the Academy’s push to acknowledge evolving formats and artistic contributions beyond performance alone.
The country genre also saw a broadened representation, though notably none of its entries made the “Big Four” categories (Record, Album, Song, Best New Artist).
One of the show’s standout moments could be in global and genre-breaking representation: K-pop artists such as ROSÉ—as a soloist—and the fictional group HUNTR/X (via Golden) earned nominations, challenging long-standing barriers for the K-pop genre at the Grammys.
With voting underway among Recording Academy members and the final ceremony slated for February 1, the stage is set for an eclectic, globally-aware and historically meaningful upgrade to the Grammy season. Viewers can tune in live from Los Angeles, and examine the full robust list of nominees across all 95 categories published on Grammy.com.
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