Grammy Winners 2026 List :- Los Angeles just wrapped another glitter-drenched Grammy night, and honestly, it felt like Kendrick Lamar quietly owning the room again—five wins deep, second year straight, no victory laps needed—snagging Record of the Year for Luther with SZA and Best Rap Album for GNX, which, yes, felt deserved and then some, even if part of me wanted to argue with myself about it at 2 a.m.; still, the big crown slipped elsewhere, with Bad Bunny swooping.
The Album of the Year, a move that felt both inevitable and kind of poetic for where pop culture is right now, global and unapologetically loud, and as the dust settled, the night became less about shock and more about context—who won, who almost did, and how the main categories quietly told a story about where music’s been living lately, messy, multilingual, genre-blind, and stubbornly human, which is probably why scrolling through the winners and nominees feels less like reading a list and more like replaying a very specific moment in time.
Grammy Winners 2026
Grammy Winners 2026 felt less like a neat awards list and more like a snapshot of a slightly chaotic, deeply passionate music year, where legacy artists flexed their staying power, newer voices refused to stay in their lanes, and a few wins landed with that satisfying oh yeah, that makes sense energy while others sparked quiet group-chat debates that will probably never die; the night moved fast, emotions ran high, speeches rambled, genres blurred, and somewhere between the predictable victories and the eyebrow-raising surprises, the main categories told a familiar but still moving story about music right now—global, messy, heartfelt, occasionally overproduced, and stubbornly alive—leaving behind a winners’ circle that felt imperfect in the most human way, like a playlist you wouldn’t skip but might reorder depending on the mood.
68th Grammys 2026
Man, the 68th Grammys in LA were a total fever dream, and honestly, seeing Kendrick Lamar clean up for the second year straight felt like watching a masterclass in real-time. He walked away with five trophies—because obviously—including Record of the Year for “Luther,” that hauntingly good collab with SZA, and a Best Rap Album win for GNX that basically everyone saw coming from a mile away. It’s wild, though; despite K.Dot’s absolute dominance, Bad Bunny swooped in to snag Album of the Year, proving that the Academy finally understands the global assignment, even if it left some of us scratching our heads at the logic. Look, the full list of winners and those who “just got the invite” is below, but let’s be real: between the snubs and the history-making, it was a night that felt both perfectly scripted and totally chaotic.
Grammy Winners 2026 Award List
Grammy “big four” awards
Song of the year
- Winner: Billie Eilish – Wildflower
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT
- Bad Bunny – DtMF
- Hunter/x – Golden
- Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – Luther
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Record of the year
- Winner: Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – Luther
- Bad Bunny – DtMF
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Billie Eilish – Wildflower
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Chappell Roan – The Subway
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT
Album of the year
- Winner: 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
Best new artist
- Winner: Olivia Dean
- Katseye
- The Marias
- Addison Rae
- Sombr
- Leon Thomas
- Alex Warren
- Lola Young
Latin
Best Latin pop album
- Winner: Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
- Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra
- Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá (Deluxe)
- Karol G – Tropicoqueta
- Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y ahora qué?
Best música urbana album
- Winner: Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
- J Balvin – Mixteip
- Feid – Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado
- Nicki Nicole – Naiki
- Trueno – Eub Deluxe
- Yandel – Sinfónico (En Vivo)
Rap
Best rap performance
- Winner: Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams – Chains & Whips
- Cardi B – Outside
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
- Tyler, The Creator feat Teezo Touchdown – Darling, I
Best melodic rap performance
- Winner: Kendrick Lamar with SZA – Luther
- Fridayy feat Meek Mill – Proud Of Me
- JID feat Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack – Wholeheartedly
- Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat Rapsody – WeMaj
- Partynextdoor & Drake – Somebody Loves Me
Best rap song
- Winner: Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat John Legend & Voices of Fire – The Birds Don’t Sing
- Tyler, The Creator feat GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne – Sticky
- GloRilla – TGIF
Best rap album
- Winner: Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out
- GloRilla – Glorious
- JID – God Does Like Ugly
- Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia
Pop and dance
Best pop vocal album
- Winner: Lady Gaga – Mayhem
- Justin Bieber – Swag
- Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
- Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
- Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Pt 2
Best pop solo performance
- Winner: Lola Young – Messy
- Justin Bieber – Daisies
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Lady Gaga – Disease
- Chappell Roan – The Subway
Best pop duo/group performance
- Winner: Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity
- Huntr/x – Golden
- Katseye – Gabriela
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT
- SZA With Kendrick Lamar – 30 For 30
Best dance/electronic recording
- Winner: Tame Impala – End Of Summer
- Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – No Cap
- Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax – Victory Lap
- Kaytranada – Space Invader
- Skrillex – Voltage
Best dance/electronic album
- Winner: FKA Twigs – Eusexua
- Fred again.. – Ten Days
- PinkPantheress – Fancy That
- Rüfüs Du Sol – Inhale / Exhale
- Skrillex – F*** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3
Best dance/pop recording
- Winner: Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Bluest Flame
- Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun
- Tate McRae – Just Keep Watching
- PinkPantheress – Illegal
Best traditional pop vocal album
- Winner: Laufey – A Matter Of Time
- Laila Biali – Wintersongs
- Jennifer Hudson – The Gift Of Love
- Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Who Believes In Angels?
- Lady Gaga – Harlequin
- Barbra Streisand – The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2
Rock and metal
Best rock performance
- Winner: Yungblud ft Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning
- Amyl and The Sniffers – U Should Not Be Doing That
- Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine
- Turnstile – Never Enough
- Hayley Williams – Mirtazapine
Best rock song
- Winner: Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be
- Sleep Token – Caramel
- Hayley Williams – Glum
- Turnstile – Never Enough
- Yungblud – Zombie
Best rock album
- Winner: Turnstile – Never Enough
- Deftones – Private Music
- Haim – I Quit
- Linkin Park – From Zero
- Yungblud – Idols
Best alternative music album
- Winner: The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
- Bon Iver – Sable, Fable
- Tyler, The Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass
- Wet Leg – Moisturizer
- Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Best alternative music performance
- Winner: The Cure – Alone
- Bon Iver – Everything Is Peaceful Love
- Turnstile – Seein’ Stars
- Wet Leg – Mangetout
- Hayley Williams – Parachute
Best metal performance
- Winner: Turnstile – Birds
- Dream Theater – Night Terror
- Ghost – Lachryma
- Sleep Token – Emergence
- Spiritbox – Soft Spine
Production and songwriting
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Winner: Cirkut (Lady Gaga, Rosé, Jade)
- Dan Auerbach
- Dijon
- Blake Mills
- Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
- Winner: Amy Allen (Rosé, Jennie, Sabrina Carpenter)
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Tobias Jesso Jr
- Laura Veltz
Country
Best country solo performance
- Winner: Chris Stapleton – Bad As I Used To Be
- Tyler Childers – Nose On The Grindstone
- Shaboozey – Good News
- Zach Top – I Never Lie
- Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
Best country duo/group performance
- Shaboozey & Jelly Roll – Amen
- Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton – A Song To Sing
- Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson – Trailblazer
- Margo Price & Tyler Childers – Love Me Like You Used To Do
- George Strait & Chris Stapleton – Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame
Best country song
- Winner: Tyler Childers – Bitin’ List
- Shaboozey – Good News
- Zach Top – I Never Lie
- Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
- Chris Stapleton – A Song To Sing
Best contemporary country album
- Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken
- Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns
- Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter
- Eric Church – Evangeline vs The Machine
- Miranda Lambert – Postcards From Texas
Film and TV
Best comedy album
- Winner: Nate Bargatze – Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
- Bill Burr – Drop Dead Years
- Sarah Silverman – PostMortem
- Ali Wong – Single Lady
- Jamie Foxx – What Had Happened Was
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
- Winner: Sinners – Various artists
- A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet
- F1 The Album – Various artists
- K-Pop Demon Hunters – Various artists
- Wicked – Various artists
Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)
- Winner: Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
- John Powell – How To Train Your Dragon
- Theodore Shapiro – Severance: Season 2
- John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
- Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media
- Winner: Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
- Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires
- Wilbert Roget II – Helldivers 2
- Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune
Best song written for visual media
- Winner: Huntr/x – Golden (From K-Pop Demon Hunters)
- Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be (From Tron: Ares)
- Miles Caton – I Lied To You (From Sinners)
- Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Never Too Late (From Elton John: Never Too Late)
- Jayme Lawson – Pale Pale Moon (From Sinners)
- Rod Wave – Sinners (From Sinners)
Best audiobook narration
- Winner: Dalai Lama – Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
- Kathy Garver – Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story
- Trevor Noah – Into The Uncut Grass
- Ketanji Brown Jackson – Lovely One: A Memoir
- Fab Morvan – You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli
Best music video
- Winner: Doechii – Anxiety
- Sade – Young Lion
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Clipse – So Be It
- OK Go – Love
Best music film
- Winner: John Williams – Music by John Williams
- Devo – Devo
- Raye – Live at the Albert Hall
- Diane Warren – Relentless
- Pharrell Williams – Piece By Piece
R&B and Afrobeats
Best R&B performance
- Winner: Kehlani – Folded
- Justin Bieber – Yukon
- Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller – It Depends
- Leon Thomas – Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)
- Summer Walker – Heart Of A Woman
Best R&B song
- Winner: Kehlani – Folded
- Summer Walker – Heart Of A Woman
- Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller – It Depends
- Durand Bernarr – Overqualified
- Leon Thomas – Yes It Is
Best R&B album
- Winner: Leon Thomas – Mutt
- Giveon – Beloved
- Coco Jones – Why Not More?
- Ledisi – The Crown
- Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
Best African music performance
- Winner: Tyla – Push 2 Start
- Burna Boy – Love
- Davido feat Omah Lay – With You
- Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – Hope & Love
- Ayra Starr feat Wizkid – Gimme Dat
Jazz and classical
Best jazz vocal album
- Winner: Samara Joy – Portrait
- Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – Elemental
- Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025!
- Michael Mayo – Fly
- Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – Live at Vic’s Las Vegas
Best jazz instrumental album
- Winner: Sullivan Fortner feat Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore – Southern Nights
- Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Live)
- Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging
- John Patitucci feat Chris Potter & Brian Blade – Spirit Fall
- Yellowjackets – Fasten Up
Best alternative jazz album
- Winner: Nate Smith – Live-Action
- Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey from a Winter Stone
- Robert Glasper – Keys To The City Volume One
- Brad Mehldau – Ride Into The Sun
- Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood
The Best jazz performance
- Winner: Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Windows (Live)
- Lakecia Benjamin feat Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – Noble Rise
- Samara Joy – Peace Of Mind/Dreams Come True
- Michael Mayo – Four
- Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – All Stars Lead To You (Live)
Best musical theatre album
- Winner: Buena Vista Social Club
- Death Becomes Her
- Gypsy
- Just In Time
- Maybe Happy Ending
Best opera recording
- Winner: Heggie: Intelligence – Kwamé Ryan, conductor (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
- Huang Ruo: An American Soldier – Carolyn Kuan, conductor (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
- Kouyoumdjian – Adoration Alan Pierson, conductor (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
- O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead – Elaine Kelly (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)
- Tesori: Grounded – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
Best orchestral performance
- Winner: Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie – Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies’ – Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
- Ravel: Boléro – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
- Still & Bonds – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
- Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Grammy Nominations 2026
- Album of the Year: Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Winner); 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: Kendrick Lamar with SZA – “Luther” (Winner); Bad Bunny – “DtMF”; Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”; Doechii – “Anxiety”; Billie Eilish – “Wildflower”; Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”; Chappell Roan – “The Subway”; Rosé & Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- Song of the Year: Billie Eilish – “Wildflower” (Winner); Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”; Doechii – “Anxiety”; Rosé & Bruno Mars – “APT.”; Bad Bunny – “DtMF”; Huntr/x – “Golden”; Kendrick Lamar with SZA – “Luther”; Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild.”
- Best New Artist: Olivia Dean (Winner); Katseye; The Marías; Addison Rae; Sombr; Leon Thomas; Alex Warren; Lola Young.
- Best Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga – Mayhem (Winner); Justin Bieber – Swag; Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend; Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful; Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).
- Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar – GNX (Winner); Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out; GloRilla – Glorious; JID – God Does Like Ugly; Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia.
- Best Rock Album: Turnstile – Never Enough (Winner); Deftones – Private Music; Haim – I Quit; Linkin Park – From Zero; Yungblud – Idols.
- Best R&B Album: Leon Thomas – Mutt (Winner); Giveon – Beloved; Coco Jones – Why Not More?; Ledisi – The Crown; Teyana Taylor – Escape Room.
- Best Música Urbana Album: Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Winner); Feid – Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado; J Balvin – Mixteip; Nicki Nicole – Naiki; Trueno – EUB Deluxe; Yandel – Sinfónico (En Vivo).
Final Words For Grammy Award Winners
Look, as the glitter finally settles over Los Angeles, the 68th Grammys feel like a weirdly beautiful collision of “about damn time” and “wait, really?”, leaving everyone just a little bit breathless and definitely opinionated. Seeing Kendrick Lamar basically set the stage on fire with five wins—especially that hauntingly perfect “Luther” collab—only to watch Bad Bunny snatch the Album of the Year crown felt like a glitch in the matrix that somehow made total, poetic sense for 2026.
It wasn’t just about the heavy hitters like Gaga or Billie Eilish reclaiming their territory; it was the niche wins like Turnstile crushing the rock categories and Olivia Dean proving the “Best New Artist” curse is hopefully a myth that really gave the night its soul. Sure, the speeches were a bit of a rambling mess and the snubs are already fueling a thousand group-chat wars, but there’s something raw and stubbornly human about a winners’ circle that refuses to play by the old rules. Ultimately, this wasn’t just a list of names on a trophy—it was a chaotic, global, and slightly over-caffeinated snapshot of a music industry that’s finally stopped trying to fit into a single box.