Grammy nominations 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga make the cut as Kendrick Lamar gets the most nods

record of the year

‘DtMF’ Bad Rabbit

‘Human Child’ Sabrina Carpenter

‘Anxiety’ Doechii

‘Wildflower’ Billie Eilish

‘Abracadabra’ Lady Gaga

‘Luther’ Kendrick Lamar with SZA

‘Metro’ Chappell Roan

‘PROPER’ ROSÉ, Bruno Mars

Song of the Year (goes to songwriter)

‘Abracadabra’ Lady Gaga. Written by Henry Walter, Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt.

‘Anxiety’ Doechii. By Jaylah Hickmon

‘PROPER’ ROSÉ, Bruno Mars. Written by Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park and Theron Thomas.

‘DtMF’ Bad Rabbit. Written by Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria and Tyler Thomas Spry.

‘Gold (From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’)’ HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI. Written by EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick.

‘Luther’ Kendrick Lamar with SZA. Written by Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe and Kamasi Washington.

‘Human Child’ Sabrina Carpenter. Written by Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter.

‘Wildflower’ Billie Eilish. Written by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell.

Best pop solo performance

‘DAISIES’ Justin Bieber

‘Human Child’ Sabrina Carpenter

‘Sickness’ Lady Gaga

‘Metro’ Chappell Roan

‘Messy’ Lola Young

best new artist

Olivia Dean

KATSEYE

Maria’s

Addison Rae

gloomy

Leon Thomas

Alex Warren

Lola Young

Best pop vocal album

‘SWAG’ Justin Bieber

‘Man’s Best Friend’ Sabrina Carpenter

‘A Beautiful Thing’ Miley Cyrus

‘MAYHEM’ Lady Gaga

‘I Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)’ Teddy Swims

best rock album

‘special music’ Deftones

‘I Quit’ HAIM

Linkin Park ‘From Scratch’

‘Never Enough’ Tourniquet

‘Idols’ YUNGBLUD

The best song written for visual media

‘As Lively As You Want Me To Be (From ‘TRON: Ares’)’ Nine Inch Nails. Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

‘Gold (From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’)’ HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI. Written by EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick.

‘I Lied to You (From ‘Sinners’)’ Miles Caton. Written by Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq.

‘Never Too Late (from ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’) Elton John, Brandi Carlile. Written by Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt.

‘Pale, Pale Moon (From ‘Sinners’)’ Jayme Lawson. Written by Ludwig Göransson and Brittany Howard.

‘Sinners (from “Sinners”)’ Stick Wave. Written by Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo and Darius Povilinus.

Best music urbana album

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‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS PHOTOS’ Bad Rabbit

‘Confusion’ J Balvin

‘FERXXO VOL X: Sagrado’ Feid

‘NAIKI’ Nicki Nicole

‘EUB DELUXE’ Trueno

‘SINFÓNICO (En Vivo)’ Yandel

Best contemporary country album

Miranda Lambert attended the ‘Voiceless’ Special Release, Fashion Show and Celebrity Charity Event presented by Boot Barn at The Parthenon on November 18, 2024 in Nashville.

‘Patterns’ Kelsea Ballerini

‘Snipe Hunter’ Tyler Childers

‘Evangeline Vs. Eric Church of the Machine

‘Nicely Broken’ Jelly Roll

‘Postcards from Texas’ by Miranda Lambert

Best traditional country album

‘Dollars a Day’ Charley Crockett

‘American Romance’ Lukas Nelson

‘Oh What a Beautiful World’ Willie Nelson

‘Thick-Headed Woman’ Margo Price

‘Not For My Health’ Zach Top

Best musical theater album

‘Buena Vista Social Club’

‘Death Happens to Him’

‘Gypsy’

‘Just in Time’

‘Maybe Happy Ending’

best rap album

‘God Untie Them’ Klipse, Pusha T and Malice

‘MAGNIFICENT’ GloRilla

‘God Loves the Ugly’ JID

‘GNX’ Kendrick Lamar

‘CHROMACOPIA’ Tyler, Creator

Producer of the year, non-classical

Dan Auerbach

Chirkut

Dijon

Blake Mills

solar wave

Songwriter of the year, non-classical

Amy Allen

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Laura Veltz