The Recording Academy nominates the nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards in 95 categories spanning various genres. It will be held on February 1, 2026, at Crypto.com in Los Angeles. This year, the Academy has expanded its recognition of music talent with the introduction of two new categories: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.
Grammy Awards 2026 full nominees
General Field
Record of the Year
The Year’s Best Record
The nominees for Record of the Year are: Bad Bunny (“DtMF”), Sabrina Carpenter (“Manchild”), Doechii (“Anxiety”), Lady Gaga (“WILDFLOWER”), Billie Eilish (“Luther”), Kendrick Lamar and SZA (“Abracadabra”), Chappell Roan (“The Subway”), and Bruno Mars & ROSÉ (“APT”).
Album of the Year
The nominees for Album of the Year are: Justin Bieber (“SWAG”), Bad Bunny (“MOS FOtOS”), Sabrina Carpenter (“Man’s Best Friend”), Clipse (Pusha T & Malice) (“Let God Sort Em Out”), Kendrick Lamar (“GNX”), Leon Thomas (“MUTT”), and Tyler, the Creator (“CHROMAKOPIA”).
Other nominees in this category are: “Man’s Best Friend” by Sabrina Carpenter and “Let God Sort Em Out” by Clipse (Pusha T & Malice).
GNX: Kendrick Lamar MUTT: Leon Thomas CHROMAKOPIA: Tyler, the Creator
Song of the Year
Amongst the nominees are:
The Song of the Year Grammy Award nominees are: Lady Gaga (“Abracadabra”), Bruno Mars & ROSÉ (“APT”), Doechii (“Anxiety”), Bad Bunny (“DtMF”), HUNTR/X and REI AMI (“Golden”), EJAE and Audrey Nuna (“Luther”), Kendrick Lamar and SZA (“Manchild”), and Billie Eilish (“WILDFLOWER”).
Best New Artist
These are the nominees:
Olivia Dean,Katseye, The Marías
Alex Warren, Leon Thomas, Addison Rae, and Sombr ,
Genre and Speciality Categories
These are some of the notable nominations organized into genre and specialty:
Pop Dance, Electronic Rock, Metal, Alternative Rap, and Hip-Hop in Latin America and the world.
Why this Matters
Music diversity is more pronounced in the Grammy Awards 2026 full nominees. There are collaborations between genres, and the new Best Album Cover category recognizes both production and visual skills. The Grammys are also diversifying into traditional and roots genres. The Recording Academy made these changes “to properly recognize those who make significant contributions to the musical process.”
Grammy Awards 2026 full nominees
The full list of nominees spans pop, rock, country, rap, world music, and production. The 2026 Grammys will celebrate not just chart-topping hits, but also artistic and technical achievement. Two new categories were added, and big names led the nominations.
