FULL LIST: Kendrick Lamar Leads 2026 Grammy Award Nominations as Burna Boy, Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny Shine

The Recording Academy has unveiled nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, with rap icon Kendrick Lamar emerging as the frontrunner with nine nominations ahead of the star-studded ceremony scheduled for February 1, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Pop powerhouse Lady Gaga follows with seven nominations, while Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, and R&B singer-songwriter Leon Thomas each earned six nods, signalling a highly competitive awards season.

The nominations cover recordings released between August 31, 2024, and August 30, 2025.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

“Debi Tirar Mas Fotos” – Bad Bunny

“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 (Overall Performance)

“DtMF” – Bad Bunny

“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Anxiety” – Doechii

“Wildflower” – Billie Eilish

“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga

“luther” – Kendrick Lamar with SZA

“The Subway” – Chappell Roan

“APT.” – Rose & Bruno Mars

SONG OF THE YEAR (Songwriting)

“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt (Lady Gaga)

“Anxiety” – Jaylah Hickmon (Doechii)

“APT.” – Amy Allen, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, et al. (Rose & Bruno Mars)

“DtMF” – Marco Daniel Borrero et al. (Bad Bunny)

“Golden (From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’)” – EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick (HUNTR/X)

“luther” – Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, et al.

“Manchild” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter (Sabrina Carpenter)

“Wildflower” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell (Billie Eilish)

BEST NEW ARTIST

Olivia Dean

KATSEYE

The Marias

Addison Rae

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Leon Thomas

Alex Warren

Lola Young

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Daisies” – Justin Bieber

“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Disease” – Lady Gaga

“The Subway” – Chappell Roan

“Messy” – Lola Young

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“Defying Gravity” – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

“Golden (From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’)” – HUNTR/X

“Gabriela” – KATSEYE

“APT.” – Rose & Bruno Mars

“30 For 30” – SZA with Kendrick Lamar

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

“Swag” – Justin Bieber

“Man’s Best Friend” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Something Beautiful” – Miley Cyrus

“Mayhem” – Lady Gaga

“I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)” – Teddy Swims

BEST RAP ALBUM

“Let God Sort Em Out” – Clipse

“Glorious” – GloRilla

“God Does Like Ugly” – JID

“GNX” – Kendrick Lamar

“Chromakopia” – Tyler, The Creator

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

“Outside” – Cardi B

“Chains & Whips” – Clipse ft. Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams

“Anxiety” – Doechii

“tv off” – Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay

“Darling, I” – Tyler, The Creator ft. Teezo Touchdown

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter

“So Be It” – Clipse

“Anxiety” – Doechii

“Love” – OK Go

“Young Lion” – Sade

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM

“Sounds Of Kumbha” – Siddhant Bhatia

“No Sign of Weakness” – Burna Boy

“Eclairer 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

“Caetano e Bethania Ao Vivo” – Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethania

TOP NOMINEES FOR 2026

Kendrick Lamar – 9 nominations

Lady Gaga – 7

Bad Bunny – 6

Leon Thomas – 6

Sabrina Carpenter – 6