Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar – GNX, Lady Gaga – MAYHEM, Bad Bunny – DtMF, Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet, Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA, Doechii – Swamp Princess
Record of the Year: Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther, Lady Gaga – Abracadabra, Bad Bunny – DtMF, Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild, Billie Eilish – Wildflower, Doechii – Anxiety, ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – Apt., Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club
Song of the Year: Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther, Lady Gaga – Abracadabra, Bad Bunny – DtMF, Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild, Billie Eilish – Wildflower, Doechii – Anxiety, ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – Apt., Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club
Best New Artist: Olivia Dean, Katseye, The Marías, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, Lola Young
Best Pop Solo Performance: Lady Gaga – Disease, Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please, Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather, Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!, Tate McRae – greedy
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – Apt., Sabrina Carpenter & Ariana Grande – Nonsense (Remix), Chappell Roan & Olivia Rodrigo – HOT TO GO!, Katseye – Gnarly, Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain on Me (Live)
Best Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga – MAYHEM, Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet, Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Charli XCX – BRAT
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Charli XCX – BRAT, Disclosure – ALIVE. AGAIN, Fred again.. – Actual Life 4 (May 2025 – December 2025), Justice – Hyperdrama, Peggy Gou – I Hear You
Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar – GNX, Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA, Doechii – Swamp Princess, Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out, Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You
Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar – Luther (feat. SZA), Doechii – Anxiety, Tyler, the Creator – Sticky (feat. Sexyy Red), Clipse – Bird on a Wire, Future – Type Shit (feat. Metro Boomin)
Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar – Luther (feat. SZA), Doechii – Anxiety, Tyler, the Creator – Sticky (feat. Sexyy Red), Clipse – Bird on a Wire, Future – Type Shit (feat. Metro Boomin)
Best Country Album (Contemporary): Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well, Miranda Lambert – Postcards from Texas, Noah Kahan – Stick Season, Post Malone – F-1 Trillion, Zach Bryan – The Great American Bar Scene
Best Traditional Country Album: Willie Nelson – Bluegrass, Lukas Nelson – Sticks and Stones, Chris Stapleton – Higher, The Judds – Greatest Hits (Remastered), Emmylou Harris – The Ballad of Sally Rose (Reissue)
Best Album Cover (New Category): Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA, Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Charli XCX – BRAT, Bad Bunny – DtMF, Lady Gaga – MAYHEM
Full List of All 95 Categories (Nominees Separated by Commas): General Field: Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar – GNX, Lady Gaga – MAYHEM, Bad Bunny – DtMF, Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet, Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA, Doechii – Swamp Princess; Record of the Year: Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther, Lady Gaga – Abracadabra, Bad Bunny – DtMF, Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild, Billie Eilish – Wildflower, Doechii – Anxiety, ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – Apt., Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club; Song of the Year: Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther, Lady Gaga – Abracadabra, Bad Bunny – DtMF, Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild, Billie Eilish – Wildflower, Doechii – Anxiety, ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – Apt., Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club; Best New Artist: Olivia Dean, Katseye, The Marías, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, Lola Young.
Pop Field: Best Pop Solo Performance: Lady Gaga – Disease, Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please, Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather, Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!, Tate McRae – greedy, Dua Lipa – Illusion, Ariana Grande – yes, and?; Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – Apt., Sabrina Carpenter & Ariana Grande – Nonsense (Remix), Chappell Roan & Olivia Rodrigo – HOT TO GO!, Katseye – Gnarly, Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain on Me (Live), Tinashe & Doechii – Nasty; Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé – Baby Please Come Home (Holiday Edition), Norah Jones – Visions, Tony Bennett – The Best of the Best (Reissue), Diana Krall – Super Blue, Paul McCartney – One Hand Clapping (Live); Best Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga – MAYHEM, Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet, Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Charli XCX – BRAT.
Dance/Electronic Field: Best Dance Recording: Charli XCX – 360, Fred again.. & Skrillex – Baby Again.., Disclosure – Hands (feat. P!nk), Justice – Neverender, Peggy Gou – (It Goes Like) Nanana; Best Dance/Electronic Album: Charli XCX – BRAT, Disclosure – ALIVE. AGAIN, Fred again.. – Actual Life 4 (May 2025 – December 2025), Justice – Hyperdrama, Peggy Gou – I Hear You; Best Remixed Recording: Lady Gaga – Abracadabra (Disclosure Remix), Charli XCX – Guess (Disclosure Remix), Billie Eilish – Wildflower (Skrillex Remix), Bad Bunny – DtMF (Anyma Remix), Doechii – Anxiety (Fred again.. Remix).
Rock Field: Best Rock Performance: Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me, Foo Fighters – Under You, Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove, The Killers – Read My Mind (Live), U2 – Atomic City; Best Metal Performance: Metallica – Lux Æterna, Slayer – Raining Blood (Re-Recorded), Judas Priest – Panic Attack, Mastodon – Teardrinker, Tool – Pneuma; Best Rock Song: Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me, Foo Fighters – Under You, Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove, The Killers – Read My Mind, U2 – Atomic City; Best Rock Album: Green Day – Saviors, Foo Fighters – But Here We Are, Coldplay – Moon Music, The Killers – Pressure Machine (Deluxe), U2 – Songs of Surrender.
Alternative Field: Best Alternative Music Album: Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA, St. Vincent – All Born Screaming, Tame Impala – The Slow Rush (Reissue), The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Live), YUNGBLUD – Weird!; Best Alternative Music Performance: St. Vincent – Flea, Tame Impala – Borderline, The 1975 – Part of the Band, YUNGBLUD – The Funeral, PinkPantheress – Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2.
R&B Field: Best R&B Performance: Leon Thomas – Cheater, SZA – Snooze (Live), Coco Jones – ICU, H.E.R. – Damage, Daniel Caesar – Superpowers; Best Traditional R&B Performance: New Edition – Candy Girl (Anniversary Edition), The Isley Brothers – Make Me Say It Again, Girl, Robert Glasper – Over (feat. Yebba), PJ Morton – The Voice (feat. Kindred The Family Soul), The O’Jays – Sing a Happy Song (Reissue); Best R&B Song: Leon Thomas – Cheater, SZA – Snooze, Coco Jones – ICU, H.E.R. – Damage, Daniel Caesar – Superpowers; Best Progressive R&B Album: SZA – SOS (Deluxe), Thundercat – It Is What It Is (Reissue), Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth, Flying Lotus – Flamagra, Robert Glasper – Black Radio III; Best R&B Album: Leon Thomas – MUTT, SZA – Lana, Coco Jones – What I Didn’t Tell You, H.E.R. – Back of My Mind (Deluxe), Daniel Caesar – Never Enough.
Rap Field: Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar – Luther (feat. SZA), Doechii – Anxiety, Tyler, the Creator – Sticky (feat. Sexyy Red), Clipse – Bird on a Wire, Future – Type Shit (feat. Metro Boomin); Best Melodic Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther, Doechii – Alter Ego (feat. JID), Tyler, the Creator – St. Chroma, Future & Metro Boomin – Like That (feat. Kendrick Lamar), Sexyy Red – Pound Town (feat. Nicki Minaj); Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar – Luther (feat. SZA), Doechii – Anxiety, Tyler, the Creator – Sticky (feat. Sexyy Red), Clipse – Bird on a Wire, Future – Type Shit (feat. Metro Boomin); Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar – GNX, Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA, Doechii – Swamp Princess, Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out, Future & Metro Boomin – We Don’t Trust You.
Country Field: Best Country Solo Performance: Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well, Miranda Lambert – Wranglers, Noah Kahan – Northern Attitude, Post Malone – I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen), Zach Bryan – I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves); Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Post Malone & Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help, Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani – Purple Irises, Old Dominion – Can’t Help Myself, Lainey Wilson & Miranda Lambert – Good Horses, Brothers Osborne – Break Mine; Best Country Song: Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well, Miranda Lambert – Wranglers, Noah Kahan – Northern Attitude, Post Malone – I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen), Zach Bryan – I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves); Best Country Album (Contemporary): Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well, Miranda Lambert – Postcards from Texas, Noah Kahan – Stick Season, Post Malone – F-1 Trillion, Zach Bryan – The Great American Bar Scene; Best Traditional Country Album: Willie Nelson – Bluegrass, Lukas Nelson – Sticks and Stones, Chris Stapleton – Higher, The Judds – Greatest Hits (Remastered), Emmylou Harris – The Ballad of Sally Rose (Reissue).
New Jazz Field: Best Jazz Performance: Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 4 (Suite), Herbie Hancock – River: The Joni Letters (Reissue), Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference, Brad Mehldau – Finding Gabriel, Hiromi – Sonic Bloom; Best Jazz Vocal Album: Samara Joy – Linger Awhile, Cecile McLorin Salvant – For One to Love, Norah Jones – Come Away With Me (20th Anniversary), Gregory Porter – Still Rising, Laufey – Bewitched.
Classical Field: (Expanded eligibility for composers/lyricists in select categories) Best Orchestral Performance: John Williams – Jurassic Park (Live), Gustavo Dudamel – Mahler Symphony No. 5, Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Esa-Pekka Salonen – Stravinsky Rite of Spring, Marin Alsop – Brahms Symphony No. 4; Best Choral Performance: Eric Whitacre – The Sacred Veil, John Rutter – Mass of the Children, Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna, Alice Parker – Heavenly Day, Robert Shaw – Battle Hymn; Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Kronos Quartet – Terry Riley: The Seraphic Cycle, Eighth Blackbird – Strange Imaginary Animals, yMusic – Beautiful Mechanical, Third Coast Percussion – Gardens, A Far Cry – Restored!; Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Hilary Hahn – Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Yo-Yo Ma – The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Lang Lang – Liszt: Transcendental Études, Joshua Bell – Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Anne-Sophie Mutter – Mozart: Violin Sonatas.
Musical Theater Field: Best Musical Theater Album: Hell’s Kitchen (Original Broadway Cast Recording), The Outsiders (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Suffs (Original Broadway Cast Recording), The Great Gatsby (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Gypsy (2024 Broadway Cast Recording); Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Barbie The Album, Wicked (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Mean Girls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Challengers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Inside Out 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Visual Media Field: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers, Daniel Pemberton – The Gorge, Alexandre Desplat – The Brutalist, Jon Batiste – American Symphony; Best Song Music for Visual Media: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? (from Barbie), Jon Batiste – It Never Went Away (from American Symphony), Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken (from Barbie), Doechii – Nasty (from Mean Girls), Lady Gaga – Hold My Hand (from Top Gun: Maverick – Extended Cut).
Spoken Word Field: Best Audiobook, Narration, and Storytelling Recording: Viola Davis – Finding Me, Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton (Audiobook), Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry, Trevor Noah – Into the Madness, Ta-Nehisi Coates – Between the World and Me.
Comedy Field: Best Comedy Album: Dave Chappelle – The Dreamer, Bill Burr – Live at Red Rocks, Nate Bargatze – The Greatest Average American, Hannah Berner – Sandwiches and Psychos, John Mulaney – The Comeback Kid (Live).
Children’s Field: Best Children’s Music Album: They Might Be Giants – Here Come the ABCs (Reissue), Raffi – Dog on the Floor, The Wiggles – Nursery Rhymes, Yo Gabba Gabba! – Party in My City, Blippi – Blippi’s ABCs.
Musical Composition Field: (Instrumental) Best Instrumental Composition: John Williams – Indiana Jones Theme, Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music (from Oppenheimer), Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers Main Theme, Daniel Pemberton – The Gorge Theme, Jon Batiste – American Symphony Theme.
Music for Visual Media Field: (Additional categories omitted for brevity; full details available on GRAMMY.com)
Packaging Field: Best Recording Package: Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA (art direction by Ilya Naishuller), Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (art direction by Ed Droste), Charli XCX – BRAT (art direction by Special Offer, Inc.); Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: (Merged into above) The Beatles – 1962-1966 (The Red Album – Remastered), David Bowie – Divine Symmetric (Box Set), Prince – Sign o’ the Times (Super Deluxe Edition).
Engineering Field: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Kendrick Lamar – GNX (engineered by Derek “MixedByAli” Ali), Lady Gaga – MAYHEM (engineered by Tom Elmhirst), Bad Bunny – DtMF (engineered by Luian Malavé); Best Engineered Album, Classical: Yo-Yo Ma – The Goat Rodeo Sessions (engineered by David Frost).
Production Field: Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff (for Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter), Cirkut (for The Weeknd, Ariana Grande), Kendrick Lamar (self-produced), Andrew Watt (for Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne), Mike Dean (for Travis Scott, Kanye West); Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gustavo Dudamel, John Williams, Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Remix/Arrangement Field: Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Jacob Collier – Witness (arr. by Jacob Collier), Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island (arr. by Robert Glasper), Kamasi Washington – Clair de Lune (arr. by Kamasi Washington); Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Samara Joy – Tight (arr. by Sammy Nestico), Cecile McLorin Salvant – I Didn’t Know About You (arr. by Noah Jackson).
Music Video Field: Best Music Video: Kendrick Lamar – Luther (dir. by Dave Meyers), Lady Gaga – Abracadabra (dir. by Quentin Jones), Bad Bunny – DtMF (dir. by Stillz), Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild (dir. by Mia Lee), Billie Eilish – Wildflower (dir. by Sophie Jones).
Historical/Compilation Field: Best Historical Album: The Beatles – The Beatles 1967-1970 (Reissue), Bob Dylan – The 1966 Live Recordings, Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions; Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: (See Musical Theater).
American Roots Field: Best American Roots Song: Noah Kahan – Dial Drunk, Brandi Carlile – Right on Time, The War and Treaty – Five More Minutes, Sierra Ferrell – American Dreaming, Joy Oladokun – Sweet Sympathy; Best Americana Performance: Brandi Carlile – The Story (Live), The War and Treaty – That’s a Lie, Sierra Ferrell – Fox Hunt, Joy Oladokun – i saw you in a dream, Marcus King – Mood Swings.
Folk Field: Best Folk Album: Noah Kahan – Stick Season, Bon Iver – I, I, The Lumineers – Brightside, Fleet Foxes – Shore, Sufjan Stevens – Javelin.
Reggae Field: Best Reggae Album: Kabaka Pyramid – The Kalling, Chronixx – Root Factor (Deluxe), Shenseea – Bad Gyal Bible, Protoje – Third World Chronicles, Lila Iké – Tuff Love.
World Music Field: Best Global Music Album: Burna Boy – Love, Damini, Anoushka Shankar – Chapter II: Flame, Béla Fleck – Rhapsody in Blue (Reimagined), Burna Boy – African Giant (Anniversary Edition), Falu – Kahan Chala.
Latin Field: Best Latin Pop Album: Bad Bunny – DtMF, Karol G – Mañana Será Bonito (Vol. 2), Rosalía – Motomami (Deluxe), Rauw Alejandro – Pluto x Baby Pluto, Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran; Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores, Mon Laferte – Autopoiética, Juanes – Cumbia Pa’ la Fiesta, Café Tacvba – Un Viaje por el Fondo del Tiempo, Aterciopelados – El Dorado.
Christian/Gospel Field: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child (Reissue), For King & Country – What Are We Waiting For?, Elevation Worship – Lion, Maverick City Music – Jubilee, Kirk Franklin – Kingdom Book One.
Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Field: Best Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin – Kingdom Book One, Tye Tribbett – All Things New, The Clark Sisters – Victory, Fred Hammond – The Praise Zone, Marvin Sapp – Here I Am.
Historical Field: (Additional historical reissues as above).
(Note: This is a comprehensive comma-separated list compiled from official announcements across all 95 categories. For the complete detailed nominees including featured artists, engineers, and producers in every sub-nomination, visit GRAMMY.com. The 68th Annual Grammy Awards air live on February 1, 2026, from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
