Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, and producer Jack Antonoff are leading the 2026 Grammy Awards nominations, but there is one name missing: Taylor Swift. The superstar dropped her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on October 12, but it does not appear in any category for the upcoming Grammys, taking place in February 2026. There's a good reason, though: The Life of a Showgirl missed the eligibility period, which was August 31, 2024, to August 30, 2025. The Life of a Showgirl, which has become one of Taylor's most divisive albums, will be eligible for the 2027 Grammys.
Willie Nelson has been awarded his 56th and 57th nomination –he is nominated for Best Americana Album, and Best Traditional Country Album, for which his son Lukas is also nominated – while K-pop's biggest girl group KATSEYE has been nominated for Best New Artist and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Sabrina, who released her seventh album this year, pops up in all the major categories, including Album, Record, and Song of the Year.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will be hoping to score more Oscar nominations this year for Wicked: For Good, but they also have a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their collaboration on "Defying Gravity," while the Netflix film K-pop: Demon Hunters also has a Grammy nod in the same category.
Who is nominated for Album of the Year?
Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Sabrina, and Gaga are all nominated, alongside Clipse, Pusha T & Malice; Kendrick; Leon Thomas; and Tyler, The Creator.
Who is nominated for Best New Artist?
KATSEYE, the K–pop group formed through the 2023 reality competition series Dream Academy, have been nominated for Best New Artist, alongside the likes of Lola Young, Alex Warren, Olivia Dean, and Addison Rae.
The Marias, sombr, and Leon Thomas are also nominated for the award, which went to Chappell Roan this year.
Who was snubbed from the 2026 Grammys?
There were some big shocks when the nominations were announced.
There was no love for Lorde's hit album Virgin, which was critically acclaimed upon release earlier in 2025. However, the New Zealand-born singer and the Recording Academy have a complicated history, after the Academy's decision to reportedly ask all the male nominees for Album of the Year in 2018 to perform live during the ceremony, but did not invite Lorde, the sole female nominee.
Country stars also missed out on the Best New Artist category, where the likes of Megan Moroney and Ella Langley seemed like shoo-
Elton John and Brandi Carlile's collaboration album, Who Believes in Angels?, was also missing from all the major categories, a big surprise because together the pair have 61 nominations at the Grammy Awards.
When are the 2026 Grammys?
The GRAMMY Awards will return to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday February 1, 2026, and will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+* at 8/7c.
2026 Grammy nominations full list
Record of the Year
"DtMF" – Bad Bunny
"Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter
"Anxiety" – Doechii
"WILDFLOWER" – Billie Eilish
"Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga
"luther" – Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"The Subway" – Chappell Roan
"APT." – ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
Album of the Year
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS 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
Song of the Year
"DtMF" – Bad Bunny
"Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter
"Anxiety" – Doechii
"WILDFLOWER" – Billie Eilish
"Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga
"luther" – Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA
"The Subway" – Chappell Roan
"APT" – Rosé and Bruno Mars
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marias
Addison Rae
Sombr
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: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
"Gabriela" – Katseye
"APT." – Rosé, 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 Dance Pop Recording
"Bluest Flame"– Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
"Abracadabra"— Lady Gaga
"Midnight Sun"– Zara Larsson
"Just Keep Watching (From "F1 The Movie") Illegal"– PinkPantheress
Best Rock Performance
"U Should Not Be Doing That" — Amyl and the Sniffers
"The Emptiness Machine" — Linkin Park
"Never Enough" — Turnstile
"Mirtazapine" — Hayley Williams
"Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Rock Song
"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
"Caramel" – Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)
"Glum" – Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
"Never Enough" – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
"Zombie" – Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)
Best Rock Album
Private Music — Deftones
I Quit — Haim
From Zero — Linkin Park
Never Enough — Turnstile
Idols — Yungblud
Best Alternative Music Performance
"Everything Is Peaceful Love" — Bon Iver
"Alone" — The Cure
"Seein’ Stars" —Turnstile
"Mangetout" — Wet Leg
"Parachute" — Hayley Williams
Best Alternative Music Album
Sable, Fable – Bon Iver
Songs of a Lost World – The Cure
Don’t Tap the Glass – Tyler, the Creator
Moisturizer – Wet Leg
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party – Hayley Williams
Best R&B Performance
"Yukon" – Justin Bieber
"It Depends" – Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
"Folded" – Kehlani
"Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)" – Leon Thomas
"Heart of a Woman" – Summer Walker
Best R&B Album
Beloved— Giveon
Why Not More? — Coco Jones
The Crown — Ledisi
Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
Mur — Leon Thomas
Best Rap Song
"Anxiety" — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
"The Birds Don’t Sing" — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire)
"Sticky" — Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)
"TGIF" — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims & Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (GloRilla)
"TV Off" —Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar, Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Glorious – GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly – JID
GNX – Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Wintersongs — Laila Biali
The Gift of Love — Jennifer Hudson
Who Believes in Angels? — Elton John & Brandi Carlile
Harlequin — Lady Gaga
A Matter of Time — Laufey
The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2 — Barbra Streisand
Best Musical Theater Album
Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Best Country Solo Performance
"Nose on the Grindstone" – Tyler Childers
"Good News" – Shaboozey
"Bad as I Used to Be [From "F1 The Movie"]"
"I Never Lie" – Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo" – Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"A Song to Sing" — Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
"Trailblazer" — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
"Love Me Like You Used to Do" — Margo Price & Tyler Childers
"Amen" — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
"Honky Tonk Hall of Fame" — George Strait, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
"Bitin’ List" — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
"Good News" — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey)
"I Never Lie" — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top)
"Somewhere Over Laredo" — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson)
"A Song to Sing" — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
Best Traditional Country Album
Dollar a Day — Charley Crockett
American Romance — Lukas Nelson
Oh What a Beautiful World — Willie Nelson
Hard Headed Woman — Margo Price
Ain’t in It for My Health — Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Album
Patterns — Kelsea Ballerini
Snipe Hunter — Tyler Childers
Evangeline vs. the Machine — Eric Church
Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
Postcards From Texas — Miranda Lambert
Best Americana Album
Big Money – Jon Batiste
Bloom – Larkin Poe
Last Leaf on the Tree – Willie Nelson
So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Molly Tuttle
Middle – Jesse Welles
Best Gospel Album
Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams
Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann
Only On The Road (Live) — Tye Tribbett
Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet
F1 The Album – Various Artists
Kpop Demon Hunters – Various Artists
Sinners – Various Artists
Wicked – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell, composer
Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro, composer
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson, composer
Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" [From "Tron: Ares"] — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
"Golden" [From "KPop Demon Hunters"] — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)
"I Lied to You" [From "Sinners"] — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters(Miles Caton)
"Never Too Late" [From "Elton John: Never Too Late"] — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
"Pale, Pale Moon" [From "Sinners"] — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
"Sinners" [From "Sinners"] — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, TravisHarrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)