2026 Grammy Winners: Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish Lead a Genre-Spanning Night

The 68th Grammy Awards were held Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah hosted for the sixth and final time as the ceremony marked CBS’ last broadcast of the Grammys before the show moves to Disney-owned platforms in 2027.

While the televised ceremony highlighted the night’s top honors, the majority of awards were presented earlier at the Premiere Ceremony, hosted by Darren Criss. Below is the full and complete list of winners and nominees, organized by category. Album of the Year

Winner: Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
Nominees:

• Swag — Justin Bieber
• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
• Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• Mayhem — Lady Gaga
• GNX — Kendrick Lamar
• Mutt — Leon Thomas
• Chromakopia — Tyler, the Creator

Record of the Year

Winner: “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
Nominees:

• “DtMF” — Bad Bunny
• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
• “Anxiety” — Doechii
• “Wildflower” — Billie Eilish
• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
• “The Subway” — Chappell Roan
• “Apt.” — Rosé & Bruno Mars

Song of the Year

Winner: “Wildflower” — Billie Eilish & Finneas, songwriters
Nominees:

• “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt
• “Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon
• “Apt.” — Amy Allen et al.
• “DtMF” — Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio et al.
• “Golden” — Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick
• “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar et al.
• “Manchild” — Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter

Best New Artist

Winner: Olivia Dean
Nominees:

• Katseye
• The Marías
• Addison Rae
• Sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Best Pop Solo Performance

Winner: “Messy” — Lola Young
Nominees:

• “Daisies” — Justin Bieber
• “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
• “Disease” — Lady Gaga
• “The Subway” — Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Winner: “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Nominees:

• “Golden” — Huntr/x
• “Gabriela” — Katseye
• “Apt.” — Rosé & Bruno Mars
• “30 for 30” — SZA with Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Vocal Album

Winner: Mayhem — Lady Gaga
Nominees:

• Swag — Justin Bieber
• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
• Something Beautiful — Miley Cyrus
• I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) — Teddy Swims

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Winner: “End of Summer” — Tame Impala
Nominees:

• “No Cap” — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
• “Victory Lap” — Fred again.., Skepta & Plaqueboymax
• “Space Invader” — Kaytranada
• “Voltage” — Skrillex

Best Dance Pop Recording

Winner: “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
Nominees:

• “Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
• “Midnight Sun” — Zara Larsson
• “Just Keep Watching” — Tate McRae
• “Illegal” — PinkPantheress

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Winner: Eusexua — FKA twigs
Nominees:

• Ten Days — Fred again..
• Fancy That — PinkPantheress
• Inhale / Exhale — Rüfüs Du Sol
• F— U Skrillex… — Skrillex

Best Rock Performance

Winner: “Changes (Live From Villa Park)” — Yungblud feat. Nuno Bettencourt et al.
Nominees:

• “U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers
• “The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park
• “Never Enough” — Turnstile
• “Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams

Best Metal Performance

Winner: “Birds” — Turnstile
Nominees:

• “Night Terror” — Dream Theater
• “Lachryma” — Ghost
• “Emergence” — Sleep Token
• “Soft Spine” — Spiritbox

Best Rock Song

Winner: “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Nominees:

• “Caramel” — Sleep Token
• “Glum” — Hayley Williams
• “Never Enough” — Turnstile
• “Zombie” — Yungblud

Best Rock Album

Winner: Never Enough — Turnstile
Nominees:

• Private Music — Deftones
• I Quit — Haim
• From Zero — Linkin Park
• Idols — Yungblud

Best Alternative Music Performance

Winner: “Alone” — The Cure
Nominees:

• Bon Iver
• Turnstile
• Wet Leg
• Hayley Williams

Best Alternative Music Album

Winner: Songs of a Lost World — The Cure
Nominees:

• Bon Iver
• Tyler, the Creator
• Wet Leg
• Hayley Williams

Best R&B Performance

Winner: “Folded” — Kehlani
Nominees:

• Justin Bieber
• Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
• Leon Thomas
• Summer Walker

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Winner: “Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
Nominees:

• Durand Bernarr
• Lalah Hathaway
• Ledisi
• SZA

Best R&B Song

Winner: “Folded” — Kehlani
Nominees:

• Summer Walker
• Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
• Durand Bernarr
• Leon Thomas

Best Progressive R&B Album

Winner: Bloom — Durand Bernarr
Nominees:

• Bilal
• Destin Conrad
• FLO
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon

Best R&B Album

Winner: Mutt — Leon Thomas
Nominees:

• Giveon
• Coco Jones
• Ledisi
• Teyana Taylor

Best Rap Performance

Winner: “Chains & Whips” — Clipse feat. Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Nominees:

• Doechii
• Cardi B
• Kendrick Lamar
• Tyler, the Creator

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Winner: “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
Nominees:

• Fridayy feat. Meek Mill
• JID feat. Ty Dolla $ign & 6LACK
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
• PartyNextDoor & Drake

Best Rap Song

Winner: “TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay
Nominees:

• Doechii
• Clipse
• Tyler, the Creator
• GloRilla

Best Rap Album

Winner: GNX — Kendrick Lamar
Nominees:

• Clipse
• GloRilla
• JID
• Tyler, the Creator

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Winner: Cirkut
Nominees:

• Dan Auerbach
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Winner: Amy Allen
Nominees:

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

Best Latin Pop Album

Winner: Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
Nominees:

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

Best Música Urbana Album

Winner: Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
Nominees:

• Mixteip — J Balvin
• Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado — Feid
• Naiki — Nicki Nicole
• EUB Deluxe — Trueno
• Sinfónico (En Vivo) — Yandel

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Winner: Papota — Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
Nominees:

• Genes Rebeldes — Aterciopelados
• Astropical — Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana & Astropical
• Algorhythm — Los Wizzards
• Novela — Fito Páez

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Winner: Palabra De To’s (Seca) — Carín León
Nominees:

• Mala Mía — Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera
• Y Lo Que Viene — Grupo Frontera
• Sin Rodeos — Paola Jara
• Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía (En Vivo) — Bobby Pulido

Best Tropical Latin Album

Winner: Raíces — Gloria Estefan
Nominees:

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

Best Global Music Performance

Winner: “EoO” — Bad Bunny
Nominees:

• “Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado
• “Jerusalema” — Angélique Kidjo
• “Inmigrante Y Que?” — Yeisy Rojas
• “Shrini’s Dream (Live)” — Shakti
• “Daybreak” — Anoushka Shankar ft. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar

Best African Music Performance

Winner: “Push 2 Start” — Tyla
Nominees:

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

Best Global Music Album

Winner: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia
Nominees:

• Sounds of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia
• No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy
• Éclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour
• Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) — Shakti
• Chapter III: We Return to Light — Anoushka Shankar ft. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar

Best Reggae Album

Winner: Blxxd & Fyah — Keznamdi
Nominees:

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

Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album

Winner: Nomadica — Carla Patullo ft. Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
Nominees:

• Kuruvinda — Kirsten Agresta-Copely
• According to the Moon — Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM & Dallas String Quartet
• Into the Forest — Jahnavi Harrison
• The Colors in My Mind — Chris Redding

Best Children’s Music Album

Winner: Harmony — Fyütch & Aura V
Nominees:

• Ageless: 100 Years Young — Joanie Leeds & Joya
• Buddy’s Magic Tree House — Mega Ran
• Herstory — Flor Bromley
• The Music of Tori and the Muses — Tori Amos

Best Comedy Album

Winner: Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze
Nominees:

• Drop Dead Years — Bill Burr
• Postmortem — Sarah Silverman
• Single Lady — Ali Wong
• What Had Happened Was… — Jamie Foxx

Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

Winner: Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama — Dalai Lama
Nominees:

• Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story — Kathy Garver
• Into the Uncut Grass — Trevor Noah
• Lovely One: A Memoir — Ketanji Brown Jackson
• You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli — Fab Morvan

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Winner: Sinners — Various Artists
Nominees:

• A Complete Unknown — Timothée Chalamet
• F1 The Album — Various Artists
• KPop Demon Hunters — Various Artists
• Wicked — Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Film & TV)

Winner: Sinners — Ludwig Göransson, composer
Nominees:

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

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games & Other Interactive Media

Winner: Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory
Nominees:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora… — Pinar Toprak
• Helldivers 2 — Wilbert Roget II
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle — Gordy Haab
• Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & a Pirate’s Fortune — Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Winner: “Golden” (from KPop Demon Hunters) — Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters
Nominees:

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (from Tron: Ares) — Nine Inch Nails
• “I Lied to You” (from Sinners) — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq
• “Never Too Late” (from Elton John: Never Too Late) — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt
• “Pale, Pale Moon” (from Sinners) — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard
• “Sinners” (from Sinners) — Rod Wave & team

Best Music Video

Winner: “Anxiety” — Doechii
Nominees:

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

Best Music Film

Winner: Music by John Williams — John Williams & team
Nominees:

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

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Winner: That Wasn’t a Dream — Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer
Nominees:

• All Things Light — Cam
• Arcadia — Alison Krauss & Union Station
• For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) — Japanese Breakfast

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Winner: Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Mike Tierney & Alan Silverman, engineer/mastering
Nominees:

• Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
• Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth…
• Standard Stoppages
• Yule

Best Album Cover

Winner: Chromakopia — Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez (Tyler, the Creator)
Nominees:

• The Crux — William Wesley II (Djo)
• Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
• Glory — Perfume Genius
• Moisturizer — Wet Leg

Best Album Notes

Winner: Miles ‘55: The Prestige Recordings — Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Nominees:

• Adios, Farewell, Goodbye…
• After the Last Sky
• Árabe
• The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967
• A Ghost Is Born…

Best Orchestral Performance

Winner: Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie — Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra
Nominees:

• Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture…
• Ravel: Boléro
• Still & Bonds
• Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

Best Opera Recording

Winner: Heggie: Intelligence — Houston Grand Opera & team
Nominees:

• Huang Ruo: An American Soldier
• Kouyoumdjian: Adoration
• O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead
• Tesori: Grounded

Best Choral Performance

Winner: Ortiz: Yanga — Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble with Master Chorale
Nominees:

• Advena – Liturgies for a Broken World
• Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved
• Lang: Poor Hymnal
• Requiem of Light

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Winner: Dennehy: Land of Winter — Alarm Will Sound
Nominees:

• La Mer – French Piano Trios
• Lullabies for the Brokenhearted
• Slavic Sessions
• Standard Stoppages

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Winner: Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos — Yo-Yo Ma & Boston Symphony Orchestra
Nominees:

• Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From ’24 Negro Melodies’
• Hope Orchestrated
• Inheritances
• Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement in D Minor
• Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Winner: Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias for Soprano — Amanda Forsythe & team
Nominees:

• Alike – My Mother’s Dream
• Black Pierrot
• In This Short Life
• Kurtág: Kafka Fragments
• Schubert Beatles

Best Classical Compendium

Winner: Ortiz: Yanga — Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
Nominees:

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
• The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II
• Seven Seasons
• Tombeaux

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Winner: Ortiz: Dzonot — Gabriela Ortiz
Nominees:

• Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
• Dennehy: Land of Winter
• León: Raíces (Origins)
• Okpebholo: Songs in Flight

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