ReutersThe nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards have been announced, ahead of next year’s ceremony, which takes place in Los Angeles on 1 February, 2026.
Here’s who’s up for awards in the main categories.
The “big four” awards
Song of the year
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT
- Bad Bunny – DtMF
- Hunter/x – Golden
- Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – Luther
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Billie Eilish – Wildflower
Record of the year
- Bad Bunny – DtMF
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Billie Eilish – Wildflower
- Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
- Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – Luther
- Chappell Roan – The Subway
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – APT
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
Best new artist
- Olivia Dean
- Katseye
- The Marias
- Addison Rae
- Sombr
- Leon Thomas
- Alex Warren
- Lola Young
Pop and dance
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 Pt 2
Best pop solo performance
- Justin Bieber – Daisies
- Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
- Lady Gaga – Disease
- Chappell Roan – The Subway
- Lola Young – Messy
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 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 dance/electronic album
- 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!!
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
Latin
Best Latin pop album
- Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra
- Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá (Deluxe)
- Karol G – Tropicoqueta
- Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
- Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y ahora qué?
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)
Rock and metal
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 ft Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning
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 rock album
- Deftones – Private Music
- Haim – I quit
- Linkin Park – From Zero
- Turnstile – Never Enough
- Yunglbud – Idols
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
Rap
Best rap performance
- Cardi B – Outside
- Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams – Chains & Whips
- Doechii – Anxiety
- Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
- Tyler, The Creator feat Teezo Touchdown – Darling, I
Best melodic rap performance
- Fridayy feat Meek Mill – Proud Of Me
- JID feat Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack – Wholeheartedly
- Kendrick Lamar with SZA – Luther
- Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat Rapsody – WeMaj
- Partynextdoor & Drake – Somebody Loves Me
Best rap song
- 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
- Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
Best rap album
- Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out
- GloRilla – Glorious
- JID – God Does Like Ugly
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia
Country
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
- 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
- Shaboozey & Jelly Roll – Amen
- George Strait & 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
- Chris Stapleton – A Song To Sing
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
R&B and Afrobeats
Best R&B performance
- Justin Bieber – Yukon
- Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller – It Depends
- Kehlani – Folded
- Leon Thomas – Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)
- Summer Walker – Heart Of A Woman
Best R&B song
- 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
- Giveon – Beloved
- Coco Jones – Why Not More?
- Ledisi – The Crown
- Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
- Leon Thomas – Mutt
Best African music performance
- Burna Boy – Love
- Davido feat Omah Lay – With You
- Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – Hope & Love
- Ayra Starr feat Wizkid – Gimme Dat
- Tyla – Push 2 Start
Production and songwriting
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- 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
Film and TV
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 compilation soundtrack for visual media
- A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet
- F1 The Album – Various artists
- K-Pop Demon Hunters – Various artists
- Sinners – Various artists
- Wicked – Various artists
Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)
- 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 score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media
- 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
- Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
Best song written for visual media
- Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be (From Tron: Ares)
- Huntr/x – Golden (From K-Pop Demon Hunters)
- 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
- 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 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 Albert Hall
- Diane Warren – Relentless
- John Williams – Music by John Williams
- Pharrell Williams – Piece By Piece
Jazz and classical
Best jazz vocal album
- Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – Elemental
- Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025!
- Samara Joy – Portrait
- 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
- Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Live)
- Sullivan Fortner feat Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore – Southern Nights
- Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging
- John Patitucci feat Chris Potter & Brian Blade – Spirit Fall
- Yellowjackets – Fasten Up
Best alternative jazz album
- Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey from a Winter Stone
- Robert Glasper – Keys To The City Volume One
- Brad Mehldau – Ride Into The Sun
- Nate Smith – Live-Action
- Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood
Best jazz performance
- Lakecia Benjamin feat Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – Noble Rise
- Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Windows (Live)
- 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
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Death Becomes Her
- Gypsy
- Just In Time
- Maybe Happy Ending
Best opera recording
- 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
- Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies’ – Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
- Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie – Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- 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)
