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FULL LIST: Davido, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Ayra Starr make 2026 Grammy nominations

Ngozika Onah
The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards have been announced, unveiling a star-studded lineup of global artists competing for top honors at the 68th annual ceremony.

Scheduled for Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the event will honor music released between August 31, 2024, and August 30, 2025.

This year’s edition introduces two new categories — Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover — reflecting the Recording Academy’s ongoing effort to recognize a broader range of artistry.

Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga dominate major categories

Leading the nominations is Kendrick Lamar with nine, including Album of the Year for GNX and Record of the Year for “Luther” with SZA.

Lady Gaga follows closely with seven nominations, making her the most-nominated female artist of the year. Her album MAYHEM earns her a fifth Album of the Year nod.

Sabrina Carpenter secures her second consecutive Album of the Year nomination for Man’s Best Friend, while rising acts KATSEYE, Olivia Dean, Addison Rae, Leon Thomas, and Sombr headline the Best New Artist category.

Burna Boy leads African nominees

African artists made a strong impression across the Global and African music fields, with five Nigerian and nine African acts earning nominations.

Burna Boy received two nominations — Best African Music Performance for “Love” and Best Global Music Album for No Sign of Weakness — making him the highest-nominated African artist of the 2025 eligibility cycle.

Other Nigerian nominees include Davido, Omah Lay, Ayra Starr, and Wizkid, joined by continental icons such as Angélique Kidjo (Benin), Eddy Kenzo (Uganda), Tyla (South Africa), and Youssou N’Dour (Senegal).

In the Best African Music Performance category, Nigeria’s dominance was unmistakable, with “Love” by Burna Boy, “With You” by Davido featuring Omah Lay, and “Gimme Dat” by Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid. Alongside Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – “Hope & Love” and Tyla – “Push 2 Start.”

For Best Global Music Album, Burna Boy faces stiff competition from Youssou N’Dour (Éclairer le Monde – Light the World), Angélique Kidjo (Jerusalema), and Anoushka Shankar (Chapter III: We Return to Light).

Full list of nominees

Album of the Year

  • Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
  • Justin Bieber – Swag
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
  • Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
  • Lady Gaga – MAYHEM
  • Kendrick Lamar – GNX
  • Leon Thomas – Mutt
  • Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia

Record of the Year

  • Bad Bunny – “DtMF”
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
  • Doechii – “Anxiety”
  • Billie Eilish – “Wildflower”
  • Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
  • Kendrick Lamar with SZA – “Luther”
  • Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
  • Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT.”

Song of the Year

  • Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
  • Doechii – “Anxiety”
  • Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
  • Bad Bunny – “DtMF”
  • Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) – “Golden” (from KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Kendrick Lamar with SZA – “Luther”
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
  • Billie Eilish – “Wildflower”

Best African Music Performance

  • Burna Boy – “Love”
  • Davido ft. Omah Lay – “With You”
  • Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – “Hope & Love”
  • Ayra Starr ft. Wizkid – “Gimme Dat”
  • Tyla – “Push 2 Start”

Best Global Music Performance

  • Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness
  • Youssou N’Dour – Éclairer le Monde (Light the World)
  • Shakti – Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)
  • Anoushka Shankar ft. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar – Chapter III: We Return to Light
  • Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia – Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo

Best New Artist

  • Olivia Dean
  • KATSEYE
  • The Marias
  • Addison Rae
  • Sombr
  • Leon Thomas
  • Alex Warren
  • Lola Young

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Amy Allen
  • Edgar Barrera
  • Jessie Jo Dillon
  • Tobias Jesso Jr.
  • Laura Veltz

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Dan Auerbach
  • Cirkut
  • Dijon
  • Blake Mills
  • Sounwave

Best Pop Solo Performance

  • Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
  • Lady Gaga – “Disease”
  • Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
  • Lola Young – “Messy”

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • Justin Bieber – Swag
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
  • Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
  • Lady Gaga – Mayhem
  • Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

  • Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – “Defying Gravity”
  • Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) – “Golden”
  • KATSEYE – “Gabriela”
  • Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
  • SZA with Kendrick Lamar – “30 for 30”

Best Dance Pop Recording

  • Selena Gomez & benny blanco – “Bluest Flame”
  • Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
  • Zara Larsson – “Midnight Sun”
  • Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching”
  • PinkPantheress – “Illegal”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

  • Laila Biali – Wintersongs
  • Jennifer Hudson – The Gift Of Love
  • Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Who Believes In Angels?
  • Lady Gaga – Harlequin
  • Laufey – A Matter Of Time
  • Barbra Streisand – The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2

Best Dance Electronic Album

  • FKA twigs – Eusexua
  • Fred again.. – Ten Days
  • PinkPantheress – Fancy That
  • Rüfüs Du Sol – Inhale / Exhale
  • Skrillex – Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!!

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

  • Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – “No Cap”
  • Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax – “Victory Lap”
  • Kaytranada – “Space Invader”
  • Skrillex – “Voltage”
  • Tame Impala – “End of Summer”

Best Rock Album

  • Deftones – Private Music
  • Haim – I Quit
  • Linkin Park – From Zero
  • Turnstile – Never Enough
  • Yungblud – Idols

Best Rock Song

  • Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be”
  • Sleep Token – “Caramel
  • Hayley Williams – “Glum”
  • Turnstile – “Never Enough”
  • Yungblud – “Zombie”

Best Metal Performance

  • Dream Theater – “Night Terror”
  • Ghost – “Lachryma”
  • Sleep Token – “Emergence”
  • Spiritbox – “Soft Spine”
  • Turnstile – “Birds”

Best Rock Performance

  • Amyl and The Sniffers – “U Should Not Be Doing That”
  • Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
  • Turnstile – “Never Enough”
  • Hayley Williams – “Mirtazapine”
  • Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – “Changes” (Live From Villa Park, Back To The Beginning)

Best Alternative Music Performance

  • Bon Iver – “Everything Is Peaceful Love”
  • The Cure – “Alone”
  • Turnstile – “Seein’ Stars”
  • Wet Leg – “Mangetout”
  • Hayley Williams – “Parachute”

Best Alternative Music Album

  • Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
  • The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
  • Tyler, The Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass
  • Wet Leg – Moisturizer
  • Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

Best R&B Album

  • Givēon – Beloved
  • Coco Jones – Why Not More?
  • Ledisi – The Crown
  • Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
  • Leon Thomas – Mutt

Best R&B Song

  • Kehlani – “Folded”
  • Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”
  • Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller – “It Depends”
  • Durand Bernarr – “Overqualified”
  • Leon Thomas – “Yes It Is”

Best R&B Performance

  • Justin Bieber – “Yukon”
  • Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller – “It Depends”
  • Kehlani – “Folded”
  • Leon Thomas – “Mutt” (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)
  • Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”

Best Traditional R&B Performance

  • Durand Bernarr – “Here We Are”
  • Lalah Hathaway – “Uptown”
  • Ledisi – “Love You Too”
  • SZA – “Crybaby”
  • Leon Thomas – “Vibes Don’t Lie”

Best Progressive R&B Album

  • Durand Bernarr – Bloom
  • Bilal – Adjust Brightness
  • Destin Conrad – Love on Digital
  • Flo – Access All Areas
  • Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon – Come As You Are

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

  • Queen Sheba – A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don’t act like that (partially recorded live @City Winery & other places)
  • Marc Marcel – Black Shaman
  • Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton – Pages
  • Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends – Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends At Treepeople
  • Mad Skillz – Words For Days Vol. 1

Best Rap Album

  • Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
  • GloRilla – Glorious
  • JID – God Does Like Ugly
  • Kendrick Lamar – GNX
  • Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia

Best Rap Song

  • Doechii – “Anxiety”
  • Clipse featuring John Legend and Voices of Fire – “The Birds Don’t Sing”
  • Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red, and Lil Wayne – “Sticky”
  • GloRilla – “TGIF”
  • Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay – “TV Off”

Best Melodic Rap Performance

  • Fridayy featuring Meek Mill – “Proud Of Me”
  • JID featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack – “Wholeheartedly”
  • Kendrick Lamar with SZA – “Luther”
  • Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon featuring Rapsody – “WeMaj”
  • PartyNextDoor and Drake – “Somebody Loves Me”

Best Rap Performance

  • Cardi B – “Outside”
  • Clipse featuring Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams – “Chains & Whips”
  • Doechii – “Anxiety”
  • Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay – “TV Off”
  • Tyler, The Creator featuring Teezo Touchdown – “Darling, I”

Best Música Urbana Album

  • Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
  • J Balvin – Mixteip
  • Feid – Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado
  • Nicki Nicole – Naiki
  • Trueno – Eub Deluxe
  • Yandel – Sinfónico (En Vivo)

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

  • Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera – Mala Mía
  • Grupo Frontera – Y Lo Que Viene
  • Paola Jara – Sin Rodeos
  • Carín León – Palabra De To’s (Seca)
  • Bobby Pulido and Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía – Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo)

Best Latin Pop Album

  • Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra
  • Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá (Deluxe)
  • Karol G – Tropicoqueta
  • Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
  • Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y ahora qué?

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

  • Aterciopelados – Genes Rebeldes
  • Astropical – Astropical
  • Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso – Papota
  • Los Wizzards – Algorhythm
  • Fito Paez – Novela

Best Tropical Latin Album

  • Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Fotografías
  • Gloria Estefan – Raíces
  • Grupo Niche – Clásicos 1.0
  • Alain Pérez – Bingo
  • Gilberto Santa Rosa – Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2

Best Traditional Country Album

  • Charley Crockett – Dollar A Day
  • Lukas Nelson – American Romance
  • Willie Nelson – Oh What A Beautiful World
  • Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman
  • Zach Top – Ain’t In It For My Health

Best Contemporary Country Album

  • Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns
  • Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter
  • Eric Church – Evangeline Vs. The Machine
  • Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken
  • Miranda Lambert – Postcards From Texas

Best Country Solo Performance

  • Tyler Childers – “Nose On The Grindstone”
  • Shaboozey – “Good News”
  • Chris Stapleton – “Bad As I Used To Be”
  • Zach Top – “I Never Lie”
  • Lainey Wilson – “Somewhere Over Laredo”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

See also
  • Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton – “A Song To Sing”
  • Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson – “Trailblazer”
  • Margo Price and Tyler Childers – “Love Me Like You Used To Do”
  • Shaboozey and Jelly Roll – “Amen”
  • George Strait and Chris Stapleton – “Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame”

Best Country Song

  • Tyler Childers – “Bitin’ List”
  • Shaboozey – “Good News”
  • Zach Top – “I Never Lie”
  • Lainey Wilson – “Somewhere Over Laredo”
  • Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton – “A Song To Sing”

Best American Roots Performance

  • Jon Batiste featuring Randy Newman – “Lonely Avenue”
  • I’m With Her – “Ancient Light”
  • Jason Isbell – “Crimson And Clay”
  • Alison Krauss and Union Station – “Richmond On The James”
  • Mavis Staples – “Beautiful Strangers”

Best Americana Performance

  • Sierra Hull – “Boom”
  • Maggie Rose & Grace Potter – “Poison In My Well”
  • Mavis Staples – “Godspeed”
  • Molly Tuttle – “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark”
  • Jesse Welles – “Horses”

Best American Roots Song

  • I’m With Her – “Ancient Light”
  • Jon Batiste – “Big Money”
  • Jason Isbell – “Foxes In The Snow”
  • Jesse Welles – “Middle”
  • Sierra Hull – “Spitfire”

Best Americana Album

  • Jon Batiste – Big Money
  • Larkin Poe – Bloom
  • Willie Nelson – Last Leaf On The Tree
  • Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine
  • Jesse Welles – Middle

Best Bluegrass Album

  • Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter – Carter & Cleveland
  • Sierra Hull – A Tip Toe High Wire
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station – Arcadia
  • The Steeldrivers – Outrun
  • Billy Strings – Highway Prayers

Best Traditional Blues Album

  • Buddy Guy – Ain’t Done With The Blues
  • Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Room On The Porch
  • Maria Muldaur – One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey
  • Charlie Musselwhite – Look Out Highway
  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush – Young Fashioned Ways

Best Contemporary Blues Album

  • Joe Bonamassa – Breakthrough
  • Samantha Fish – Paper Doll
  • Eric Gales – A Tribute To LJK
  • Robert Randolph – Preacher Kids
  • Southern Avenue – Family

Best Folk Album

  • Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson – What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow
  • Patty Griffin – Crown Of Roses
  • I’m With Her – Wild And Clear And Blue
  • Jason Isbell – Foxes In The Snow
  • Jesse Welles – Under The Powerlines (April 24 – September 24)

Best Gospel Performance/Song

  • Kirk Franklin – “Do It Again”
  • Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend – “Church”
  • Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts – “Still” (Live)
  • Pastor Mike Jr – “Amen”
  • Cece Winans featuring Shirley Caesar – “Come Jesus Come”

Best Global Music Album

  • Siddhant Bhatia – Sounds Of Kumbha
  • Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness
  • Youssou N’Dour – Eclairer le monde – Light the World
  • Shakti – Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)
  • Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar – Chapter III: We Return To Light
  • Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia – Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo

Best Musical Theater Album

  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • Death Becomes Her
  • Gypsy
  • Just In Time
  • Maybe Happy Ending

Best Reggae Album

  • Lila Iké – Treasure Self Love
  • Vybz Kartel – Heart & Soul
  • Keznamdi – Blxxd & Fyah
  • Mortimer – From Within
  • Jesse Royal – No Place Like Home

Best Comedy Album

  • Bill Burr – Drop Dead Years
  • Sarah Silverman – PostMortem
  • Ali Wong – Single Lady
  • Jamie Foxx – What Had Happened Was…
  • Nate Bargatze –Your Friend, Nate Bargatze

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

  • Kathy Garver – Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story
  • Trevor Noah – Into The Uncut Grass
  • Ketanji Brown Jackson – Lovely One: A Memoir
  • Dalai Lama – Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
  • Fab Morvan – You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

  • Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
  • Various Artists – F1® The Album
  • Various Artists – KPop Demon Hunters
  • Various Artists – Sinners
  • Various Artists – Wicked

Best Song Written For Visual Media

  • Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (from Tron: Ares)
  • Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) – “Golden” (from KPop Demon Hunters)
  • Miles Caton – “I Lied to You” (from Sinners)
  • Elton John and Brandi Carlile – “Never Too Late” (from Elton John: Never Too Late)
  • Jayme Lawson – “Pale, Pale Moon” (from Sinners)
  • Rod Wave – “Sinners” (from Sinners)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

  • John Powell – How to Train Your Dragon
  • Theodore Shapiro – Severance: Season 2
  • Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
  • John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
  • Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot

Best Music Video

  • Sade – “Young Lion”
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
  • Clipse – “So Be It”
  • Doechii – “Anxiety”
  • OK Go – “Love”

Best Music Film

  • Devo – Devo
  • Raye – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Diane Warren – Relentless
  • John Williams – Music by John Williams
  • Pharrell Williams – Piece by Piece

Best Album Cover

  • Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia (Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez)
  • Djo – The Crux (William Wesley II)
  • Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio)
  • Perfume Genius – Glory (Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S.)
  • Wet Leg – Moisturizer (Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale)

The 68th Grammy Awards will broadcast live from Los Angeles on February 1, 2026, celebrating another landmark year for global music. With Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga leading the nominations — and Burna Boy spotlighting Africa’s growing global influence — the 2026 ceremony promises to be one of the most diverse and competitive in recent memory.