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Nominations day for the 2026 Grammy Awards is here. As the Recording Academy reveals its picks in a livestreamed announcement video—watch that below—we will update this story the moment each category rolls in. Scroll down for the latest iteration of the list as we approach the Big Four: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. It looks to be an open field for the 2026 awards, with Recording Academy sweethearts Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Adele all absent during the eligibility window. That clears a path for the likes of Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, and Kendrick Lamar, a big winner at the 2025 Grammy Awards with “Not Like Us,” who will be looking to repeat the score with GNX. Also in contention after big years are Sabrina Carpenter, Lorde, Addison Rae, Clipse, Doechii, SZA, and Turnstile, while two-time Best Rap Album winner Tyler, the Creator has a pair of eligible albums: Don’t Tap the Glass and Chromakopia. The ever-lurking Jack Antonoff is also in the mix, with notable productions including work for Carpenter and Lamar. One 2025 giant we should not expect to see is Morgan Wallen, who withheld his album I’m the Problem and its singles from consideration. The Weeknd, meanwhile, appeared to end his Grammys boycott with a surprise appearance of “Cry for Me” last year, but it is unclear whether he submitted the track or its parent album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, this year. The 2026 Grammy Awards features the new category Best Album Cover and a newly divided Best Country Album. That one is now split into Best Contemporary Country Album and Best Traditional Country Album. The ceremony takes place on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. It will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+. While you wait for the full list, read Pitchfork staffers’ takes on “Who Should Be Nominated at the 2026 Grammy Awards.” Best African Music Performance Ayra Starr & Wizkid - Gimme Dat Burna Boy - Love Davido Featuring Omah Lay - With You Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin - Hope & Love Tyla - Push 2 Start Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) Bobby Pulido - Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y una Mía - Por la Puerta Grande (En Vivo) Carín León - Palabra de To’s (Seca) Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera - Mala Mía Grupo Frontera - Y Lo Que Viene Paola Jara - Sin Rodeos Best Música Urbana Album Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos Feid - Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado J Balvin - Mixteip Nicki Nicole - Naiki Trueno - EUB Deluxe Yandel - Sinfónico (En Vivo) Best Gospel Performance/Song Cece Winans & Shirley Caesar - Come Jesus Come Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts - Still (Live) Kirk Franklin - Do It Again Pastor Mike Jr. - Amen Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend - Church Song of the Year Bad Bunny - DTMF Billie Eilish - Wildflower Doechii - Anxiety Huntr/x - Golden Kendrick Lamar & SZA - Luther Lady Gaga - Abracadabra Rosé & Bruno Mars - Apt. Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild Best Contemporary Country Album Eric Church - Evangeline vs. the Machine Jelly Roll - Beautifully Broken Kelsea Ballerini - Patterns Miranda Lambert - Postcards From Texas Tyler Childers - Snipe Hunter Best Traditional Country Album Charley Crockett - Dollar a Day Lukas Nelson - American Romance Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman Willie Nelson - Oh What a Beautiful World Zach Top - Ain’t in It for My Health Best Musical Theater Album Buena Vista Social Club Death Becomes Her Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Best Spoken Word Poetry Album Marc Marcel - Black Shaman Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton - Pages Queen Sheba - A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don’t Act Like That (Partially Recorded Live @City Winery & Other Places) Saul Williams & Carlos Niño & Friends - Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople (Live) Skillz - Words for Days, Vol. 1 Best R&B Album Coco Jones - Why Not More? Giveon - Beloved Ledisi - The Crown Leon Thomas - Mutt Teyana Taylor - Escape Room Best Rap Album Clipse, Pusha T & Malice - Let God Sort Em Out Glorilla - Glorious JID - God Does Like Ugly Kendick Lamar - GNX Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia Best New Artist Addison Rae Alex Warren Leon Thomas Olivia Dean Best Metal Performance Dream Theater - Night Terror Ghost - Lachryma Sleep Token - Emergence Spiritbox - Soft Spine Turnstile - Birds Best Rock Album Deftones - Private Music Haim - I Quit Linkin Park - From Zero Turnstile - Never Enough Yungblud - Idols Best Pop Solo Performance Chappell Roan - The Subway Justin Bieber - Daisies Lady Gaga - Disease Lola Young - Messy Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild Best 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) Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Blake Mills Dan Auerbach Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Laura Veltz Tobias Jesso Jr.
