Heading into the award nominations, there have been many unknowns in regards to the high contenders.
WASHINGTON — Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy nominations with 9 nominations, adopted by Girl Gaga, Dangerous Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter as the highest nominees.
The bulletins have been made on Friday throughout a video livestream, obtainable on the Grammy web site and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.
Gayle King, Doechii, Karol G, Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, Nicole Scherzinger, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, Angélique Kidjo, Brandi Carlile, CeCe Winans, David Foster, Jon Batiste, Little Large City, Masaki Koike and final yr’s finest new artist winner, Chappell Roan, all tapped in to announce the nominees.
To be thought-about, recordings needed to be launched commercially within the U.S. between Aug. 31 and Aug. 30. For the Swifties, which means that Taylor Swift’s newest album, “The Lifetime of a Showgirl,” wasn’t on the roster.
Heading into the award nominations, there have been many unknowns.
with new modifications, together with a brand new stand-alone class for finest album cowl. Following Beyoncé’s historic wins for finest album and finest nation album on the 2025 Grammy Awards for “Cowboy Carter,” the latter class has additionally been cut up into two, with the creation of a finest conventional nation album class.
The prevailing finest nation album class has been renamed finest modern nation album.
The checklist beneath can be up to date as extra classes are introduced.
Grammy Awards 2026: Full checklist of nominations
File Of The Yr
“Manchild” Sabrina Carpenter
“luther” Kendrick Lamar with SZA.
“WILDFLOWER” Billie Eilish
“The Subway” Chappell Roan
Songwriter of the yr, non-classical
Album of the Yr
“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” Dangerous Bunny
“Man’s Greatest Good friend” Sabrina Carpenter
“Let God Kind Em Out” Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
“CHROMAKOPIA” Tyler, The Creator
Producer of the yr, non-classical
Greatest Pop Vocal Album
“Man’s Greatest Good friend” Sabrina Carpenter
“One thing Lovely” Miley Cyrus
“I’ve Tried Every little thing However Remedy (Half 2)” Teddy Swims
Greatest pop solo efficiency
“DAISIES” Justin Bieber
“Manchild” Sabrina Carpenter
“The Subway” Chappell Roan
Greatest New Artist
Greatest Rap Album
“Let God Kind Em Out” Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
“God Does Like Ugly” JID
“CHROMAKOPIA” Tyler, The Creator
Greatest Rock Album
“personal music” Deftones
“From Zero” Linkin Park
“NEVER ENOUGH” Turnstile
Greatest musical theater album
“Buena Vista Social Membership”
Tune of the Yr
“Golden (From “KPop Demon Hunters”)” HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI.
“luther” Kendrick Lamar With SZA.
“Manchild” Sabrina Carpenter
“WILDFLOWER” Billie Eilish
Greatest Tune written for visible media
“As Alive As You Want Me To Be (from “TRON: Ares”)” 9 Inch Nails. Written by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“Golden (From “KPop Demon Hunters”)” HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI. Written by EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick
“I Lied to You (From “Sinners”)” Miles Caton. Written by Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq
“By no means Too Late (From “Elton John: By no means Too Late”)” Elton John, Brandi Carlile. Written by Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt
“Pale, Pale Moon (From “Sinners”)” Jayme Lawson. Written by Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard
“Sinners (From “Sinners”)” Rod Wave. Written by Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Inexperienced, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus
WATCH: Grammy nominations 2026
When are the 2026 Grammys?
The 2026 Grammy Awards will air Feb. 1 stay on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
