2025 was an exciting year in the music world, with dynamic new releases from the likes of Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Lorde, Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae, and Olivia Dean climbing the charts and starting conversations. But which acts are in contention for hardware on the industry’s biggest night?
Here, find everything you need to know about the 2026 Grammy Awards—from the date (tonight!) to the ceremony’s two new categories and all the major nominees.
How can I watch the 2026 Grammy Awards?
The 68th Grammy Awards—set for Sunday, February 1, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles—will be broadcast live from 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
Most of the night’s 95 categories will be announced before that, however, during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, kicking off at 12:30 p.m. Pacific/3:30 p.m. Eastern at LA’s Peacock Theater. You can stream that live on live.Grammy.com.
Do the 2026 Grammy Awards have a host?
Yes: comedian Trevor Noah will be hosting the show for the sixth consecutive year.
Who will perform at the 2026 Grammy Awards?
Addison Rae, Alex Warren, Andrew Watt, Brandy Clark, Bruno Mars, Chad Smith, Clipse, Duff McKagan, Justin Bieber, Katseye, Lady Gaga, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Lukas Nelson, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Olivia Dean, Pharrell Williams, Post Malone, Reba McEntire, Rosé, Sabrina Carpenter, Slash, Sombr, The Marías, and Tyler, The Creator are all due to take the Crypto.com Arena stage on Sunday night.
Who will present at the 2026 Grammy Awards?
The evening’s lineup of presenters includes Carole King, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Doechii, Harry Styles, Jeff Goldblum, Karol G, Lainey Wilson, Marcello Hernández, Nikki Glaser, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah, and Teyana Taylor.
What new award categories were introduced for the 2026 Grammy Awards?
For the first time ever, the Grammys will include categories for best traditional country album and best album cover this year.
While the Recording Academy’s official line on the additions was that they would help the group recognize “a broader spectrum of artistic craft” and honor “the evolving ways music is created and experienced,” critics of the new country category in particular questioned its timing—arriving as it does just a year after Beyoncé became the first-ever Black woman to win best country album (for Cowboy Carter). Others, however, have argued that the category will give a genre that has often been overlooked important new visibility.
Which artists and albums are nominated for Grammys in 2026?
See the nominees across 22 top categories—including album of the year, best new artist, and song of the year—below. (Among the snubs? Lorde’s uncompromising work on Virgin and Gracie Abrams’s infectious sophomore record, The Secret of Us.)
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, and Malice
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator
Record of the Year
“DtMF,” Bad Bunny
“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
“Wildflower,” Billie Eilish
“Anxiety,” Doechii
“Luther,” Kendrick Lamar with SZA
“The Subway,” Chappell Roan
“Apt.,” Rosé and Bruno Mars
Song of the Year
“Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
“Anxiety,” Doechii
“Apt.,” Rosé and Bruno Mars
“DtMF,” Bad Bunny
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters, Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami)
“Luther,” Kendrick Lamar with SZA
“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Wildflower,” Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marías
Addison Rae
Sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Daises,” Justin Bieber
“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Disease,” Lady Gaga
“The Subway,” Chappell Roan
“Messy,” Lola Young
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 Duo/Group Performance
“Defying Gravity,” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters, Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami)
“Gabriela,” Katseye
“Apt.,” Rosé and Bruno Mars
“30 for 30,” SZA with Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T, and Malice
Glorious, GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly, JID
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator
Best Rap Performance
“Outside,” Cardi B
“Chains & Whips,” Clipse, Pusha T, and Malice featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams
“Anxiety,” Doechii
“TV Off,” Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay
“Darling, I,” Tyler, the Creator featuring Teezo Touchdown
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 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 Country Solo Performance
“Nose on the Grindstone,” Tyler Childers
“Good News,” Shaboozey
“Bad as I Used to Be (From F1 the Movie),” Chris Stapleton
“I Never Lie,” Zach Top
“Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson
Best Country Song
“Bitin’ List,” Tyler Childers
“Good News,” Shaboozey
“I Never Lie,” Zach Top
“Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson
“A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
Best Rock Album
Private Music, Deftones
I Quit, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
Never Enough, Turnstile
Idols, Yungblud
Best Rock Performance
“U Should Not Be Doing That,” Amyl and the Sniffers
“The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park
“Never Enough,” Turnstile
“Mirtazapine,” Hayley Williams
“Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning,” Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, and Adam Wakeman, and II
Best Rock Song
“As Alive as You Need Me to Be,” Nine Inch Nails
“Caramel,” Sleep Token
“Glum,” Hayley Williams
“Never Enough,” Turnstile
“Zombie,” Yungblud
Best R&B Album
Beloved, Giveon
Why Not More?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Best R&B Performance
“Yukon,” Justin Bieber
“It Depends,” Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller
“Folded,” Kehlani
“Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
Songwriter of the Year
Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Laura Veltz
Producer of the Year
Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
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
Sophie Muller, video director; Sade and Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers
