Grammy 2026: meet all the nominees for the award

The World Cup for music fans has just begun with the nominees for Grammy 2026As the experts pointed out, Mayhem, Lady Gaga[Name], was one of the most cited among the main categories, but Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar were also highlights. See all the nominees below:

Album of the year

• SWAG – Justin Bieber
• MAYHEM – Lady Gaga
• DEBÍ TAKE MORE PHOTOS – Bad Bunny
• Man's Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter
• Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• GNX – Kendrick Lamar
• MUTT – Leon Thomas
• CHROMAKOPIA – Tyler, The Creator

song of the year

• Golden – HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
• APT. – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
• Abracadabra – Lady Gaga
• Anxiety – Doechii
• DtMF – Bad Bunny
• luther – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
• WILDFLOWER – Billie Eilish

Record of the Year

• Abracadabra – Lady Gaga
• Anxiety – Doechii
• APT. – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
• DtMF – Bad Bunny
• Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
• WILDFLOWER – Billie Eilish
• luther – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• The Subway – Chappell Roan

Best New Artist

• Olivia Dean
• Katseye
• The Marias
• Addison rae
• shade
• leon thomas
• Alex warren
• Lola young

Best Pop Solo Performance

• DAISIES – Justin Bieber
• Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
• Disease – Lady Gaga
• The Subway – Chappell Roan
• Messy – 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 rock song

• As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Nine Inch Nails)
• Caramel (Sleep Token)
• Glum (Hayley Williams)
• NEVER ENOUGH (Turnstile)
• Zombie (YUNGBLUD)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Defying Gravity – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
• Golden – HUNTR/X
• Gabriela – KATSEYE
• APT. – ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
• 30 for 30 – SZA and Kendrick Lamar

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

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

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• Midnight Sun – Zara Larsson
• Illegal – PinkPantheress
• Bluest Flame – Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
• Abracadabra – Lady Gaga
• Just Keep Watching – Tate McRae

Best Rap Performance

• Outside – Cardi B
• Chains & Whips – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice, Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
• Anxiety – Doechii
• tv off – Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay
• Darling, I – Tyler, The Creator and Teezo Touchdown

best rap album

• Glorious – GloRilla — Glorious
• God Does Like Ugly – JID
• GNX – Kendrick Lamar
• CHROMAKOPIA – Tyler, The Creator
• Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse (Pusha T & Malice)

Best music written for visual media

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” – Tron: Ares
• “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
• I Lied to You – SINNERS/Pecadores
• Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late
• Pale, Pale Moon – SINNERS
• Sinners

Best R&B Performance

• YUKON – Justin Bieber
• It Depends – Chris Brown & 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 TO – Ledisi
• Crybaby – SZA
• VIBES DON'T LIE – Leon Thomas

Best R&B song

• Folded – Kehlani
• Heart Of A Woman – Summer Walker
• It Depends – Chris Brown & Bryson Tiller
• Overqualified – Durand Bernarr
• YES IT IS – Leon Thomas

Best R&B Album

• BELOVED – GIVĒON
• Why Not More? – Coco Jones
• The Crown – Ledisi
• Escape Room – Teyana Taylor
• MUTT – Leon Thomas

Best Music Video

• Young Lion – Sade
• Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
• So Be It – Clipse
• Anxiety – Doechii
• Love – OK Go

Best Latin Pop Album

• Cosa Nuestra – Rauw Alejandro
• BOGOTÁ (DELUXE) – Andrés Cepeda
• Tropicoqueta – KAROL G
• Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade
• ¿Y ahora que? – Alejandro Sanz

Best Urban Music Album

• DEBÍ TAKE MORE PHOTOS – Bad Bunny
• Mixteip – J Balvin
• FERXXO VOL X: Sacred – Feid
• NAIKI – Nicki Nicole
• EUB DELUXE – Trueno
• SYMPHONIC (En Vivo) – Yandel

Best African Musical Performance

• Love – Burna Boy
• With You – Davido and Omah Lay
• Hope & Love – Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
• Gimme Dat – Ayra Starr and Wizkid
• PUSH 2 START – Tyla

Best Global Music Album

• No Sign of Weakness – Burna Boy
• Sounds Of Kumbha - Siddhant Bhatia
• Eclairer le monde: Light the World – Youssou N'Dour
• Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) – Shakti
• Chapter III: We Return To Light – Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
• Caetano and Bethânia Live – Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia

Producer of the Year, Non-Classic

• Dan auerbach
• Circuses
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• Sunwave

Composer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Amy allen
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Tobias Jesso Jr.
• Laura Veltz

What did you think of the 2026 Grammy nominees list? And who are you rooting for? Tell us in the comments! Comment!

See also:

Be sure to check out the Winners of the 2025 Grammy Awards and a summary of the best moments.:

Grammy 2025 Best Moments and Winners

Text revised by Alexandre Marques in 07 / 11 / 2025.

Source: Recording Academy via YouTube l Billboard