Grammy 2026 nominations: Who made the list?

Lamar’s ‘Luther’ and ‘GNX’ headline the Grammys

Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ and ‘Abracadabra’ score big

Album of the year

• “DeBÍ TiRAR MÁs FOToS” – Bad Bunny

• “SWAG” – Justin Bieber

• “Man’s Best Friend” – Sabrina Carpenter

• “Let God Sort Em Out” – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice

• “MAYHEM” – Lady Gaga

• “GNX” – Kendrick Lamar

• “MUTT” – Leon Thomas

• “CHROMAKOPIA” – Tyler, The Creator

Record of the year

• “DtMF” – Bad Bunny

• “Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter

• “Anxiety” – Doechii

• “WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish

• “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga

• “luther” – Kendrick Lamar with SZA

• “The Subway” – Chappell Roan

• “APT.” – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars

Best song written for visual media

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (from TRON: Ares) – Nine 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

• “Never Too Late” (from Elton John: Never 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 Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus

️ Song of the year (goes to songwriter)

• “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga (Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt)

• “Anxiety” – Doechii (Jaylah Hickmon)

• “APT.” – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars (Amy Allen, Bruno Mars, et al.)

• “DtMF” – Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio & team)

• “Golden” – HUNTR/X (EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick)

• “luther” – Kendrick Lamar with SZA (Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Jack Antonoff & others)

• “Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter (Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, Sabrina Carpenter)

• “WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish (Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell)

Best contemporary country album

• “Patterns” – Kelsea Ballerini

• “Snipe Hunter” – Tyler Childers

• “Evangeline Vs. The Machine” – Eric Church

• “Beautifully Broken” – Jelly Roll

• “Postcards From Texas” – Miranda Lambert

Best traditional country album

• “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 musical theater album

• Buena Vista Social Club

• Death Becomes Her

• Gypsy

• Just In Time

• Maybe Happy Ending

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 new artist

• Olivia Dean

• KATSEYE

• The Marias

• Addison Rae

• sombr

• Leon Thomas

• Alex Warren

• Lola Young

Best rock album

• “private music” – Deftones

• “I quit” – HAIM

• “From Zero” – Linkin Park

• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile

• “Idols” – YUNGBLUD

Best metal performance

• Night Terror

• Lachryma

• Emergence

• Soft Spine

• Birds

Best pop solo performance

• Daisies

• Manchild

• Disease

• The Subway

• Messy

Best pop vocal album

• SWAG – Justin Bieber

• Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter

• Something Beautiful – (artist unspecified)

• MAYHEM – Lady Gaga

• I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy: Part 2 – (artist unspecified)

Producer of the year

• Dan Auerbach

• Blake Mills

• Cirkut

• Dijon

• Sounwave

Songwriters of the year

• Amy Allen

• Edgar Barrera

• Jessie Jo Dylan

• Tobias Jesso Jr.

• Laura Velts