Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and more will face off for Album of the Year tonight at the Crypto.com Arena in L.A.

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Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and more will face off for Album of the Year tonight at the Crypto.com Arena in L.A.

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- The 2026 Grammys winners list will be announced across a star-studded ceremony held in Los Angeles.

- Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, and more face off for Album of the Year.**

- Trevor Noah returns to host the ceremony, where Kendrick Lamar leads with nine nominations.

The 2026 Grammy Awards will see all the nominees gather at a golden ceremony rife with swag before the rising of the midnight sun on Sunday, Feb. 1.

The festivities kick off this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT with the Premiere Ceremony, hosted by Darren Criss at the Peacock Theater in L.A., which you can stream live on live.grammy.com or the Recording Academy's YouTube channel.

After those trophies are handed out, the televised portion of the 68th annual Grammys will begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+ Premium. Amid a stacked roster of nominees, Sunday night's Trevor Noah-hosted show will see pop culture royalty duke it out in key categories, with Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, and Kendrick Lamar facing off for Album of the Year, while Sabrina Carpenter, Bruno Mars, and the *KPop Demon Hunters *squad join them in the contest for Song of the Year.**

Leading the 2026 pack is Lamar, with nine overall nominations — primarily for his *GNX *release*, *which is up for Album of the Year alongside the aforementioned Gaga's *Mayhem* and Bad Bunny's *Debí Tirar Más Fotos. *Coincidentally, all three artists are Super Bowl headliners of the past and future, with Bad Bunny set to take the stage at Super Bowl LX next Sunday, Feb. 8.

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In EW's 2025 Entertainers of the Year package, recording artist Fat Joe honored Bad Bunny's contributions to music that year, noting that the Puerto Rican superstar "isn’t just an entertainer — he’s what you call a mega star" in current culture.

"He was nominated at the Grammys in the English category, the first Spanish-speaking musician to ever do it, so that shows you his power and his influence," said Fat Joe.

***Check out more from EW's *The Awardist*, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis, and our podcast diving into all the highlights from the year's best in TV, movies, and more.***

Speaking about her March 2025 album *Mayhem*, Gaga previously told EW that the release — particularly her single "Abracadabra" — served as a reclamation of her pop star image.

"So much of what I did with 'Abracadabra' was about claiming music and imagery that's my own invention — meaning the combination of those things is my own invention, and I wanted to really own that for myself," Gaga said. "As a woman in music, we're often told that someone else made us who we are or somehow it didn't come from us, that we were *made* that way. But this is who I am."

The 2026 Grammy winners will be announced across Sunday night's ceremony live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Follow along as we update the winners list in real time below.

2026 Grammy nominees include Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga.

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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

Song of the Year

"Abracadabra" — Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)**"Anxiety" — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)**"APT." — Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter, songwriters (Rosé, Bruno Mars)**"DtMF" — Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)**"Golden" (from *KPop Demon Hunters*) — Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)**"Luther" — Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)**"Manchild" — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)**"Wildflower" — Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

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

Best New Artist

Olivia Dean**Katseye**The Marias**Addison Rae**Sombr**Leon Thomas**Alex Warren**Lola Young

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 Pop Solo Performance

"Daisies" — Justin Bieber**"Manchild" — Sabrina Carpenter**"Disease" — Lady Gaga**"The Subway" — Chappell Roan**"Messy" — Lola Young

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

**WINNER: "Defying Gravity" — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande****"Golden" (from *KPop Demon Hunters)* — Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami**"Gabriela" — Katseye**"APT." — Rosé, Bruno Mars**"30 for 30" — SZA with Kendrick Lamar

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 Dance/Electronic Recording

"No Cap" — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak**"Victory Lap" — Fred Again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax**"Space Invader" — Kaytranada**"Voltage" — Skrillex****WINNER: "End of Summer" — Tame Impala**

Best Dance/Electronic 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 Remixed Recording

**WINNER: "Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)" — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)****"Don't Forget About Us" — Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey & Kaytranada)**"A Dreams a Dream – Ron Trent Remix" — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)**"Galvanize" — Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake)**"Golden – David Guetta REM/X" — David Guetta, remixer (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey**Nuna, Rei Ami)

Best Rock Performance

"U Should Not Be Doing That" — Amyl and the Sniffers**"The Emptiness Machine" — Linkin Park**"Never Enough" — Turnstile**"Mirtazapine" — Hayley Williams**"Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II

Best Rap Performance

"Outside" — Cardi B**"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**"Luther" — Kendrick Lamar With SZA**"WeMaj" — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody**"Somebody Loves Me" — Partynextdoor & Drake

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 Rap Song

"Anxiety" — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)**"The Birds Don't Sing" — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell**Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire)**"Sticky" — Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)**"TGIF" — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims & Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (GloRilla)**"TV Off" —Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar**Featuring Lefty Gunplay)

Best R&B Album

*Beloved* — Givēon***Why Not More?* — Coco Jones***The Crown* — Ledisi***Escape Room* — Teyana Taylor***Mutt *— Leon Thomas

Best R&B Performance

"Yukon" — Justin Bieber**"It Depends" — Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller**"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**"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)**"Heart of a Woman" — David Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)**"It Depends" — Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring**Bryson Tiller)**"Overqualified" — James John Abrahart Jr & Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr)**"Yes It Is" — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)

Best Progressive R&B Album

*Bloom* — Durand Bernarr***Adjust Brightness *— Bilal***Love on Digital *— Destin Conrad***Access All Areas *— Flo***Come as You Are* — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon

Best Rock Album

*Private Music* — Deftones***I Quit *— Haim***From Zero* — Linkin Park***Never Enough *— Turnstile***Idols* — Yungblud**

Best Rock Song

"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)**"Caramel" — Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)**"Glum" — Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)**"Never Enough" — Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)**"Zombie" — Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)

Best Metal Performance

"Night Terror" — Dream Theater**"Lachryma" — Ghost**"Emergence" — Sleep Token**"Soft Spine" — Spiritbox**"Birds" — Turnstile

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

*Wintersongs* — Laila Biali***The Gift of Love *— Jennifer Hudson***Who Believes in Angels?* — Elton John & Brandi Carlile***Harlequin* — Lady Gaga***A Matter of Time* — Laufey***The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2 *— Barbra Streisand**

Best Alternative Music Performance

“Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver**“Alone” — The Cure**“Seein’ Stars” —Turnstile**“Mangetout” — Wet Leg**“Parachute” — Hayley Williams

Best Alternative Music Album

*Sable, Fable* — Bon Iver***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 Traditional Country Album

*Dollar a Day* — Charley Crockett***American Romance* — Lukas Nelson***Oh What a Beautiful World *— Willie Nelson***Hard Headed Woman* — Margo Price***Ain't in It for My Health *— Zach Top

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 Country Solo Performance

"Nose on the Grindstone" — Tyler Childers**"Good News" — Shaboozey**"Bad as I Used to Be" (from *F1® The Movie*) — 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**"Amen" — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll**"Honky Tonk Hall of Fame" — George Strait, Chris Stapleton

Best Country Song

"Bitin' List" — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)**"Good News" — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey)**"I Never Lie" — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top)**"Somewhere Over Laredo" — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson)**"A Song to Sing" — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)

Best American Performance

"Boom" — Sierra Hull**"Poison in My Well" — Maggie Rose & Grace Potter**"Godspeed" — Mavis Staples**"That's Gonna Leave a Mark" — Molly Tuttle**"Horses" — Jesse Welles

Best Americana Album

*Big Money *— Jon Batiste***Bloom* — Larkin Poe***Last Leaf on the Tree* — Willie Nelson***So Long Little Miss Sunshine *— Molly Tuttle***Middle* — Jesse Welles

Best Comedy Album

*Drop Dead Years*, Bill Burr***PostMortem*, Sarah Silverman***Single Lady*, Ali Wong***What Had Happened Was...*, Jamie Foxx***Your Friend, Nate Bargatze*, Nate Bargatze**

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

*Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story* — Kathy Garver***Into the Uncut Grass* — Trevor Noah***Lovely One: A Memoir* — Ketanji Brown Jackson***Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama* — Dalai Lama***You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli *— Fab Morvan

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

*A Complete Unknown* – Timothée Chalamet***F1 The Album* – Various Artists***Kpop Demon Hunters* – Various Artists***Sinners* – Various Artists***Wicked* – Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

*How to Train Your Dragon* – John Powell, composer***Severance: Season 2* – Theodore Shapiro, composer***Sinners* – Ludwig Göransson, composer***Wicked* – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers***The Wild Robot* – Kris Bowers, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" (from *Tron: Ares*) — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)**"Golden" (from *KPop Demon Hunters*) — Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (Huntr/x: Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)**"I Lied to You" (from *Sinners*) — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)**"Never Too Late (from *Elton John: Never Too Late*)— Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)**"Pale, Pale Moon" (from *Sinners*) — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)**"Sinners" (from *Sinners*) — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)

Best Music Video

"Young Lion" — Sade**"Manchild" — Sabrina Carpenter**"So Be It" — Clipse**"Anxiety" — Doechii**"Love" — OK Go

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Amy Allen**Edgar Barrera**Jessie Jo Dillon**Tobias Jesso Jr.**Laura Veltz

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Dan Auerbach**Cirkut**Dijon**Blake Mills**Sounwave

Best Music Film

*Devo* — Devo***Live at the Royal Albert Hall —* Raye***Relentless* — Diane Warren***Music by John Williams* — John Williams***Piece by Piece *— Pharrell Williams**

Best Musical Theater Album

*Buena Vista Social Club *— Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers (original Broadway cast)***Death Becomes Her *— Taurean Everett, Megan Hilty, Josh Lamon, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard & Michelle Williams, principal vocalists; Noel Carey, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Julia Mattison & Scott M. Riesett, producers; Noel Carey & Julia Mattison, composers/lyricists (original Broadway cast)***Gypsy* — Danny Burstein, Kevin Csolak, Audra McDonald, Jordan Tyson & Joy Woods, principal vocalists; David Caddick, Andy Einhorn, David Lai & George C. Wolfe, producers (Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (2024 Broadway cast)***Just in Time* — Emily Bergl, Jonathan Groff, Erika Henningsen, Gracie Lawrence & Michele Pawk, principal vocalists; Derik Lee, Andrew Resnick & Bill Sherman, producers (Bobby Darin, composer & lyricist) (original Broadway cast)***Maybe Happy Ending* — Marcus Choi, Darren Criss, Dez Duron & Helen J Shen, principal vocalists; Deborah Abramson, Will Aronson, Ian Kagey & Hue Park, producers; Hue Park, lyricist; Will Aronson, composer & lyricist (original Broadway cast)

Best Gospel Performance/Song

"Do It Again" — Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter**"Church" — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonas Myrin, songwriters**"Still (Live)" — Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriter**"Amen" — Pastor Mike Jr.; Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II & Terrell Anthony Pettus, songwriters**"Come Jesus Come" — Cece Winans featuring Shirley Caesa

Best Música Urbana Album

*Debí Tirar Más Fotos* — Bad Bunny***Mixteip* — J Balvin***Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado* — Feid***Naiki* — Nicki Nicole***EUB Deluxe *— Trueno***Sinfónico (En Vivo)* — Yandel

Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano)

*Mala Mía *— Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera***Y Lo Que Viene* — Grupo Frontera***Sin Rodeos *— Paola Jara***Palabra De To's (Seca)* — Carín León***Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía - Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo)* — Bobby Pulido

Best Latin Pop Album

*Cosa Nuestra* — Rauw Alejandro***Bogotá (Deluxe)* — Andrés Cepeda***Tropicoqueta* — Karol G***Cancionera* — Natalia Lafourcade***¿Y ahora qué?* — Alejandro Sanz

Best Tropical Latin Album

*Fotografías* — Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta***Raíces* — Gloria Estefan***Clásicos 1.0* — Grupo Niche***Bingo* — Alain Pérez***Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2* — Gilberto Santa Rosa

Best Children’s Music Album

*Ageless: 100 Years Young* — Joanie Leeds & Joya***Buddy’s Magic Tree House* — Mega Ran***Harmony* — Fyütch & Aura V***Herstory* — Flor Bromley***The Music of Tori and the Muses* — Tori Amos

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

*A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don't Act Like That* (partially recorded live at City Winery & other places) — Queen Sheba***Black Shaman *— Marc Marcel***Pages* — Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton***Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople — *Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends***Words For Days Vol. 1 *— Mad Skillz**

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