Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar lead the field for the 2026 Grammy Awards, while K-Pop makes its debut in the song of the year category. Lamar has the most nominations for the second consecutive year, with nine, including album of the year for GNX. Gaga is nominated for album of the year for Mayhem and has seven nods overall.
Two K-Pop tracks are up for song of the year: Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT, and Huntr/x’s Golden from Netflix’s animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters. Rosé is the first K-Pop idol to be shortlisted for one of the «Big Four» Grammy awards.
If Lamar wins album of the year, GNX will become the first rap album to do so since Outkast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2004. He faces competition from Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia and Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out. Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny is also nominated for album of the year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, marking the second time a fully Spanish-language album has been shortlisted.
The ‘Big Four’ categories include:
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.
Other notable UK nominees include Wet Leg, FKA Twigs, PinkPantheress, Yungblud, Sir Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Flo, Disclosure, Fred Again, Sleep Token, Skepta and Raye.
This year marks the first time since 2006 that Taylor Swift is ineligible, as her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, was released after the cut-off.
Nearly 23,000 entries were submitted across categories, with the final winners set to be announced at the ceremony in Los Angeles on February 1, 2026.
