Le nomination ai Grammy Awards 2026 sono state ufficialmente svelate, dando il via alla corsa verso la cerimonia del 1º febbraio alla Crypto.com Arena di Los Angeles. I Grammy 2026 premieranno le migliori canzoni, registrazioni, artisti e composizioni pubblicate tra il 31 agosto 2024 e il 30 agosto 2025. Tra le novità figurano l’introduzione della categoria Best Album Cover (Migliore Copertina di Album), la fusione delle sezioni Best Recording Package e Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in un’unica categoria, e il nuovo riconoscimento al personale scolastico che promuove l’educazione musicale, il Music Educator Award. A guidare le candidature è Kendrick Lamar con 9 nomination, seguito da Lady Gaga con 7. Completano il gruppo dei più candidati Sabrina Carpenter, Leon Thomas e Bad Bunny, tutti a quota 6. Da segnalare l’esordio tra i candidati per Timothée Chalamet, nominato nella sezione dedicata ai progetti per il visual media.
I candidati ai Grammy 2026
Song of the Year
- Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Huntr/x – Golden
- Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
- Billie Eilish – Wildflower
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Album of the Year
- Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out
- Justin Bieber – Swag
- Lady Gaga – Mayhem
- Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
- Leon Thomas – Mutt
- Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
Record of the Year
- Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos
- Billie Eilish – Wildflower
- Chappell Roan – The Subway
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Best New Artist
- Olivia Dean
- Leon Thomas
- KATSEYE
- The Marias
- Addison Rae
- sombr
- Alex Warren
- Lola Young
Producer of the Year
- Dan Auerbach
- Cirkut
- Dijon
- Blake Mills
- Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year (Non Classical)
- Amy Allen
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Tobias Jesso Jr.
- Laura Veltz
Pop Vocal Album
- Justin Bieber – Swag
- Lady Gaga – Mayhem
- Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
- Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
- Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)
Best Solo Pop performance
- Chappell Roan – The Subway
- Justin Bieber – Daisies
- Lady Gaga – Disease
- Lola Young – Messy
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity
- HUNTR/X – Golden
- KATSEYE – Gabriela
- ROSÉ, Bruno Mars – APT.
- SZA With Kendrick Lamar – 30 For 30
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
- Clipse, John Legend, Voices of Fire, Pusha T & Malice – The Birds Don’t Sing
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Glorilla – TGIF
- Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
- Tyler, the Creator Featuring Glorilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne – Sticky
Best Rap Performance
- Cardi B – Outside
- Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice – Chains & Whips
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
- Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown – Darling, I
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 & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody – WeMaj
- Partynextdoor & Drake – Somebody Loves Me
Best Rock Album
- Deftones – Private Music
- Haim – I Quit
- Linkin Park – From Zero
- Turnstile – Never Enough
- Yungblud – Idols
Best Rock Song
- Hayley Williams – Glum
- Nine Inch Nails – As Alive as You Need Me to Be
- Sleep Token – Caramel
- Turnstile – Never Enough
- Yungblud – Zombie
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 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 Alternative Music Performance
- Bon Iver – Everything Is Peaceful Love
- The Cure – Alone
- Turnstile – Seein’ Stars
- Wet Leg – Mangetout
- Hayley Williams – Parachute
Best Metal Performance
- Dream Theater – Night Terror
- Ghost – Lachryma
- Sleep Token – Emergence
- Spiritbox – Soft Spine
- Turnstile – Birds
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- FKA twigs – Eusexua
- Fred Again.. – Ten Days
- PinkPantheress – Fancy That
- Rüfüs Du Sol – Inhale / Exhale
- Skrillex – F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!!
Best Dance Pop Recording
- Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Bluest Flame
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun
- Just Keep Watching (From “F1 The Movie”)
- PinkPantheress – Illegal
Best R&B Album
- Giveon – Beloved
- Coco Jones – Why Not More?
- Ledisi – The Crown
- Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
- Leon Thomas – Mur
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 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 Latin Pop Album
- Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra
- Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá (Deluxe)
- Karol G – Tropicoqueta
- Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
- Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y ahora qué?
Best Urban 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 Song Written for Visual Media
- As Alive as You Need Me to Be [From “Tron: Ares”] — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
- Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”] — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)
- I Lied to You [From “Sinners”] — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Miles Caton)
- Never Too Late [From “Elton John: Never Too Late”] — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
- Pale, Pale Moon [From “Sinners”] — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
- Sinners [From “Sinners”] — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
- How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell, composer
- Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro, composer
- Sinners – Ludwig Göransson, composer
- Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
- The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers, composer
Best Music Film
- Devo — Devo
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Raye
- Relentless — Diane Warren
- Music by John Williams — John Williams
- Piece by Piece — Pharrell Williams