The Recording Academy has unveiled nominations for the 68th Grammy Awards, and it’s a year of big headlines and fresh tweaks. Kendrick Lamar leads the field with nine nods, his second consecutive year topping the ballot, while Lady Gaga follows with seven.
African stars earn prominent recognition, with Burna Boy, Davido, Ayra Starr (featuring Wizkid), Tyla, and Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin landing spots in Best African Music Performance.
Two categories debut this cycle,Best Album Cover and Best Traditional Country Album,and the Academy has retitled its former “Best Country Album” to Best Contemporary Country Album. Winners will be announced at a star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles on February 1, 2026.
Song of the Year
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT
- Bad Bunny – DtMF
- Hunter/x – Golden
- Kendrick Lamar feat. SZA – Luther
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Billie Eilish – Wildflower
Record of the Year
- Bad Bunny – DtMF
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Billie Eilish – Wildflower
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Kendrick Lamar feat. SZA – Luther
- Chappell Roan – The Subway
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT
Album of the Year
- Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
- Justin Bieber – Swag
- Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
- Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
- Lady Gaga – Mayhem
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Leon Thomas – Mutt
- Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean; Katseye; The Marías; Addison Rae; Sombr; Leon Thomas; Alex Warren; Lola Young
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 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 Rock Album
Private Music — Deftones
I Quit — Haim
From Zero — Linkin Park
Never Enough — Turnstile
Idols — Yungblud
“Night Terror” — Dream Theater
“Lachryma” — Ghost
“Emergence” — Sleep Token
“Soft Spine” — Spiritbox
“Birds” — Turnstile
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 R&B Album
Beloved — Givēon
Why Not More? — Coco Jones
The Crown — Ledisi
Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
Mutt — Leon Thomas
Best African Music Performance
“Love” — Burna Boy
“With You” — Davido feat. Omah Lay
“Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
“Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr feat. Wizkid
“PUSH 2 START” — Tyla
Best Musical Theatre Album
Buena Vista Social Club • Death Becomes Her • Gypsy • Just In Time • Maybe Happy Ending
Best Traditional Country Album (new category)
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 (renamed category)
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” — Chris Stapleton
“I Never Lie” — Zach Top
“Somewhere Over Laredo” — Lainey Wilson
Best Global Music Album
Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia
No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy
Éclairer le monde (Light the World) — Youssou N’Dour
Mind Explosion — Shakti
Chapter III: We Return To Light — Anoushka Shankar feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia
Best Global Music Performance
“EoO” — Bad Bunny
“Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado
“JERUSALEMA” — Angélique Kidjo
“Inmigrante Y Qué?” — Yeisy Rojas
“Shrini’s Dream” — Shakti
“Daybreak” — Anoushka Shankar feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
A Hurricane in Heels… — 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
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Do It Again” — Kirk Franklin (songwriter: Kirk Franklin)
“Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend (songwriters: Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonas Myrin)
“Still Live” — Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts (songwriters: Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer & Terrell Demetrius Wilson)
“Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr. (songwriters: Adia Andrews, Michael McClure Jr., David Lamar Outing II & Terrell Anthony Pettus)
“Come Jesus Come” — CeCe Winans feat. Shirley Caesar
Best Gospel Album
Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams
Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann
Only On The Road Live — Tye Tribbett
Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Reggae Album
Treasure Self Love — Lila Iké
Heart & Soul — Vybz Kartel
BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi
From Within — Mortimer
No Place Like Home — Jesse Royal
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 Comedy Album
Drop Dead Years — Bill Burr
PostMortem — Sarah Silverman
Single Lady — Ali Wong
What Had Happened Was — Jamie Foxx
Your Friend — Nate Bargatze
Best Audio Book, Narration & 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 — The Dalai Lama
You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli — Fab Morvan
A Complete Unknown — Timothée Chalamet
F1® The Album — Various Artists
KPop Demon Hunters — Various Artists
Sinners — Various Artists
Wicked — Various Artists
Best Music Video
Young Lion — Sade (dir. Sophie Muller; prods. Sade & Aaron Taylor Dean)
Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter (dirs. Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia; prods. Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels)
So Be It — Clipse (dir. Hannan Hussain; prod. Daniel Order)
Anxiety — Doechii (dir. James Mackel; prods. Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella)
Love — OK Go (dirs. Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr.; prod. Petra Ahmann)
Best Music Film
Devo — Devo (dir. Chris Smith; prods. Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes & Chris Smith)
Live At The Royal Albert Hall — RAYE (dir. Paul Dugdale; prods. Stefan Demetriou & Amy James)
Relentless — Diane Warren (dir. Bess Kargman; prods. Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen)
Music By John Williams — John Williams (dir. Laurent Bouzereau; prods. Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes)
Piece By Piece — Pharrell Williams (dir. Morgan Neville; prods. Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes & Pharrell Williams)
Best Album Cover (new category)
CHROMAKOPIA — art directors Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez (Tyler, The Creator)
The Crux — art director William Wesley II (Djo)
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — art director Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (Bad Bunny)
Glory — art directors Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S. (Perfume Genius)
Moisturizer — art directors Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale (Wet Leg)