The 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards are taking place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with Trevor Noah returning as host for the sixth consecutive year. Heading into the 2026 ceremony, Kendrick Lamar led all nominees with nine nominations, followed by Lady Gaga with seven, while Leon Thomas, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Tyler, the Creator each secured six nominations, setting up a tightly contested awards night across the industry’s most commercially significant categories.
- Record of the Year – “Luther” – Kendrick Lamar With SZA
- Album of the Year – Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny
- Song of the Year – “Wildflower” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
- Best New Artist – Olivia Dean
- Best Pop Solo Performance – “Messy” — Lola Young
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
- Best Pop Vocal Album – Best Pop Vocal Album nominees announced; winner not yet listed
- Best Dance/Electronic Recording – “End of Summer” — Tame Impala
- Best Dance Pop Recording – “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
- Best Dance/Electronic Album – Eusexua — FKA twigs
- Best Remixed Recording – “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
- Best Rock Performance – “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II
- Best Metal Performance – “Birds” — Turnstile
- Best Rock Song – “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
- Best Rock Album – Never Enough — Turnstile
- Best Alternative Music Performance – “Alone” — The Cure
- Best Alternative Music Album – Songs of a Lost World — The Cure
- Best R&B Performance – “Folded” – Kehlani
- Best Traditional R&B Performance – “Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
- Best R&B Song – “Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
- Best Progressive R&B Album – Bloom — Durand Bernarr
- Best R&B Album – Mutt — Leon Thomas
- Best Rap Performance – “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
- Best Melodic Rap Performance – “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
- Best Rap Song – “TV Off” — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
- Best Rap Album – GNX — Kendrick Lamar
- Best Jazz Performance – “Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
- Best Jazz Vocal Album – Portrait — Samara Joy
- Best Alternative Jazz Album – Live-Action — Nate Smith
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – A Matter of Time — Laufey
- Best Country Solo Performance – “Bad as I Used to Be [From F1 The Movie]” — Chris Stapleton
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance – “Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
- Best Country Song – “Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
- Best Traditional Country Album – Ain’t in It for My Health — Zach Top
- Best Contemporary Country Album – Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
- Best Latin Pop Album – Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
- Best Música Urbana Album – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
- Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album – PAPOTA — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
- Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) – Palabra De To’s (Seca) — Carín León
- Best Tropical Latin Album – Raíces — Gloria Estefan
- Best Global Music Performance – “EoO” — Bad Bunny
- Best African Music Performance – “Push 2 Start” — Tyla
- Best Global Music Album – Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
- Best Reggae Album – BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi
- Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Sinners — Various Artists
- Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Film and Television) – Sinners — Ludwig Göransson
- Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media – Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory
- Best Song Written for Visual Media – “Golden” [From “KPop Demon Hunters”] — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)
- Best Music Video – “Anxiety” — Doechii
- Best Music Film – Music by John Williams — John Williams
- Best Album Cover – Chromakopia — Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, the Creator)