Top Nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards: Kendrick Lamar Leads with Nine Nominations

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January 31, 2026

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Overview of the Main Categories

Here is a list of nominees for the major categories in the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, set to take place on February 1st in Los Angeles.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar tops the list with nine nominations, followed by Lady Gaga with seven. Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, and R&B composer Leon Thomas each have six nominations.

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

Best Recording

“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

Best Song

  • “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, composers (Lady Gaga)
  • “Anxiety” – Jaylah Hickmon, composer (Doechii)
  • “APT.” – Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Roget Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter, composers (Rose & Bruno Mars)
  • “DtMF” – Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo Rene Sencion Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, composers (Bad Bunny)
  • “Golden (“KPop Demon Hunters”) – EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, composers (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
  • “Luther” – Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solana Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, composers (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)
  • “Manchild” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, composers (Sabrina Carpenter)
  • “Wildflower” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, composers (Billie Eilish)

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 (“KPop Demon Hunters”) – HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
  • “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 (Pusha T & Malice)
  • “Glorious” – GloRilla
  • “God Does Like Ugly” – JID
  • “GNX” – Kendrick Lamar
  • “Chromakopia” – Tyler, The Creator

Best Rap Performance

“Outside” – Cardi B

“Chains & Whips” – Clipse (Pusha T & Malice), featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams

“Anxiety” – Doechii

“tv off” – Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay

“Darling, I” – Tyler, The Creator featuring 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 with Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
  • “Caetano e Bethania Ao Vivo” – Caetano Veloso y Maria Bethania

Artists with the Most Nominations

  • Kendrick Lamar – 9
  • Lady Gaga – 7
  • Bad Bunny – 6
  • Leon Thomas – 6
  • Sabrina Carpenter – 6