Music's Biggest Night: The 2026 Grammy Awards
- Audrey Fernandez
- Nov 22, 2025
- 2 min read
The Grammy Awards, often called “Music’s Biggest Night,” are the most prestigious honors in the global music industry. Presented annually by the Recording Academy of the United States, they recognize outstanding achievement in music across more than 90 categories and genres, with the iconic gilded gramophone trophy representing the highest level of peer-recognized artistic excellence. The 68th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 1, 2026. It will be broadcast live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
While the official list of performers is typically announced closer to the event date, the ceremony usually features show-stopping performances from the most nominated artist. Given their extensive nomination in the major categories, artists highly anticipated to perform include Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, and Sabrina Carpenter.
The categories that draw the most public and media attention are known as “The Big Four,” which include Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.
Here are this year’s nominees:
Album of the Year
Awarded to the performer, featured artists, producers, engineers’ and songwriters of a full album.
“CHROMAKOPIA” – Tyler, The Creator
“MUTT” – Leon Thomas
“GNX” – Kendrick Lamar
“MAYHEM” – Lady Gaga
“Let God Sort Em Out” – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
“Man’s Best Friend” – Sabrina Carpenter
“SWAG” – Justin Bieber
“DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS” – Bad Bunny
Record of the Year
Awarded to the performer, producers, and engineers of a single track, recognizing the overall performance and production
“APT” – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
“The Subway” – Chappell Roan
“luther” – Kendrick Lamar with SZA
“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga
“WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish
“Anxiety” – Doechii
“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter
“DtMF” – Bad Bunny
Song of the Year
Awarded only to the songwriter(s) of a single track, recognizing the lyrics and melody.
“WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’ Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Manchild” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“luther” - Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)
“Golden [From \"KPop Demon Hunters\"]” - EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
“DtMF” - Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria & Tyler Thomas Spry, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“APT” - Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park & Theron Thomas, songwriters (ROSÉ, Bruno Mars)
“Anxiety” - Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
“Abracadabra” - Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Best New Artist
Recognizes and artist whose eligibility year has marked a breakthrough in their career and who has released a body of work.
“Lola Young”
“Alex Warren”
“Leon Thomas”
“sombr”
“Addison Rae”
“The Marias”
“KATSEYE”
“Olivia Dean”
Click here to see the full list of all nominations.
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