{"id":2141243,"date":"2025-11-07T16:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2141243"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:24:28","slug":"kendrick-lamar-bad-bunny-lady-gaga-lead-2026-grammy-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kendrick-lamar-bad-bunny-lady-gaga-lead-2026-grammy-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga Lead 2026 Grammy Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards will be announced today, Friday, Nov. 7, during a livestream that\u2019s set to begin at 11 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year\u2019s announcement boasts a stacked cast of well-known presenters and previous winners, including Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Karol G, Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste, Little Big Town, Lizzo, Mumford &amp; Sons, Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Smith, CeCe Winans, Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nominees for the big four categories \u2014 Album, Song, and Record of the Year, as well as Best New Artist \u2014 are expected to be announced, along with a handful of prizes in the genre fields. The full nominations will be published later (and are available to view in the post below).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last month, <em>Rolling Stone <\/em>rolled out <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/grammys-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:predictions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">predictions<\/a> for the 68th Grammy Awards, taking a stab at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/lady-gaga-looking-album-frontrunner-140934492.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:big;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">big<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/record-nominees-represent-cultural-moments-150106707.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:four;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">four<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/abracadabra-song-predictions-142624053.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:categories;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">categories<\/a>, as well as a bunch of genre categories. There are, of course, plenty of A-list artists who dropped massive albums during the eligibility period (Aug. 31, 2024, to Aug. 30, 2025), including Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, and the Weeknd (who notably <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/weeknd-squashes-grammys-beef-surprise-032914462.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ended his spat with the Grammys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">ended his spat with the Grammys<\/a> earlier this year after his album <em>After Hours <\/em>and \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d were snubbed a few years back).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Perhaps one of the most wide-open <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/best-artist-field-2026-grammy-145929080.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:categories this year is Best New Artist;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">categories this year is Best New Artist<\/a>. There\u2019s a mix of breakout stars \u2014 like Role Model, Sombr, and Alex Warren \u2014 as well as artists who\u2019ve been plugging away for several years, but fit the Grammy criterion of having a breakout hit during the eligibility period. These include Lola Young, Megan Moroney, Olivia Dean, and the Mar\u00edas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 68th Grammy Awards are set to air Feb. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">See the full list of nominees below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Album of the Year<\/strong><br \/>Bad Bunny \u2013\u00a0<em>DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS<\/em><br \/>Justin Bieber \u2013\u00a0<em>Swag<\/em><br \/>Sabrina Carpenter \u2013\u00a0<em>Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/em><br \/>Clipse \u2013\u00a0<em>Let God Sort Em Out<\/em><br \/>Lady Gaga \u2013\u00a0<em>Mayhem<\/em><br \/>Kendrick Lamar \u2013\u00a0<em>GNX<\/em><br \/>Leon Thomas\u00a0<em>\u2013 Mutt<\/em><br \/>Tyler, the Creator \u2013\u00a0<em>Chromakopia<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Record of the Year<\/strong><br \/>Bad Bunny \u2013 \u201cDtMF\u201d<br \/>Sabrina Carpenter \u2013 \u201cManchild\u201d<br \/>Doechii \u2013 \u201cAnxiety\u201d<br \/>Billie Eilish \u2013 \u201cWildflower\u201d<br \/>Lady Gaga \u2013 \u201cAbracadabra\u201d<br \/>Kendrick Lamar with SZA \u2013 \u201cLuther\u201d<br \/>Chappell Roan \u2013 \u201cThe Subway\u201d<br \/>Ros\u00e9 and Bruno Mars \u2013 \u201cAPT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Song of the Year<\/strong><br \/>Lady Gaga \u2013 \u201cAbracadabra\u201d<br \/>Doechii \u2013 \u201cAnxiety\u201d<br \/>Ros\u00e9 and Bruno Mars \u2013 \u201cAPT.\u201d<br \/>\u201cDtMF\u201d \u2013 Bad Bunny<br \/>Huntr\/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) \u2013 \u201cGolden\u201d (from\u00a0<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>)<br \/>Kendrick Lamar with SZA \u2013 \u201cLuther\u201d<br \/>Sabrina Carpenter \u2013 \u201cManchild\u201d<br \/>Billie Eilish \u2013 \u201cWildflower\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best New Artist<\/strong><br \/>Olivia Dean<br \/>KATSEYE<br \/>The Marias<br \/>Addison Rae<br \/>Sombr<br \/>Leon Thomas<br \/>Alex Warren<br \/>Lola Young<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Pop Solo Performance<\/strong><br \/>Justin Bieber \u2013 \u201cDaisies\u201d<br \/>Sabrina Carpenter \u2013 \u201cManchild\u201d<br \/>Lady Gaga \u2013 \u201cDisease\u201d<br \/>Chappell Roan \u2013 \u201cThe Subway\u201d<br \/>Lola Young \u2013 \u201cMessy\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Pop Vocal Album<\/strong><br \/>Justin Bieber \u2013\u00a0<em>Swag<\/em><br \/>Sabrina Carpenter \u2013\u00a0<em>Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/em><br \/>Miley Cyrus \u2013\u00a0<em>Something Beautiful<\/em><br \/>Lady Gaga \u2013<em>\u00a0Mayhem<\/em><br \/>Teddy Swims \u2013\u00a0<em>I\u2019ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Rap Album<\/strong><br \/>Clipse \u2013\u00a0<em>Let God Sort Em Out<\/em><br \/>GloRilla \u2013\u00a0<em>Glorious<\/em><br \/>JID \u2013\u00a0<em>God Does Like Ugly<\/em><br \/>Kendrick Lamar \u2013\u00a0<em>GNX<\/em><br \/>Tyler, The Creator \u2013\u00a0<em>Chromakopia<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best R&amp;B Album<\/strong><br \/>Giv\u0113on \u2013\u00a0<em>Beloved<\/em><br \/>Coco Jones \u2013\u00a0<em>Why Not More?<\/em><br \/>Ledisi \u2013\u00a0<em>The Crown<\/em><br \/>Teyana Taylor \u2013\u00a0<em>Escape Room<\/em><br \/>Leon Thomas \u2013\u00a0<em>Mutt<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Rock Album<\/strong><br \/>Deftones \u2013\u00a0<em>Private Music<\/em><br \/>Haim \u2013\u00a0<em>I Quit<\/em><br \/>Linkin Park \u2013\u00a0<em>From Zero<\/em><br \/>Turnstile \u2013\u00a0<em>Never Enough<\/em><br \/>Yungblud \u2013\u00a0<em>Idols<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Metal Performance<\/strong><br \/>Dream Theater \u2013 \u201cNight Terror\u201d<br \/>Ghost \u2013 \u201cLachryma\u201d<br \/>Sleep Token \u2013 \u201cEmergence\u201d<br \/>Spiritbox \u2013 \u201cSoft Spine\u201d<br \/>Turnstile \u2013 \u201cBirds\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best M\u00fasica Urbana Album<\/strong><br \/>Bad Bunny \u2013\u00a0<em>DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS<\/em><br \/>J Balvin \u2013\u00a0<em>Mixteip<\/em><br \/>Feid \u2013\u00a0<em>Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado<\/em><br \/>Nicki Nicole \u2013\u00a0<em>Naiki<\/em><br \/>Trueno \u2013\u00a0<em>Eub Deluxe<\/em><br \/>Yandel \u2013\u00a0<em>Sinf\u00f3nico (En Vivo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best M\u00fasica Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)<\/strong><br \/>Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera \u2013\u00a0<em>Mala M<\/em><strong><em>\u00ed<\/em><\/strong><em>a<\/em><br \/>Grupo Frontera \u2013\u00a0<em>Y Lo Que Viene<\/em><br \/>Paola Jara \u2013\u00a0<em>Sin Rodeos<\/em><br \/>Car\u00edn Le\u00f3n \u2013\u00a0<em>Palabra De To\u2019s (Seca)<\/em><br \/>Bobby Pulido and Friends Una Tuya Y Una M\u00eda \u2013\u00a0<em>Por La Puerta Grande (En Vivo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Traditional Country Album<\/strong><br \/>Charley Crockett \u2013\u00a0<em>Dollar A Day<\/em><br \/>Lukas Nelson \u2013\u00a0<em>American Romance<\/em><br \/>Willie Nelson \u2013\u00a0<em>Oh What A Beautiful World<\/em><br \/>Margo Price \u2013\u00a0<em>Hard Headed Woman<\/em><br \/>Zach Top \u2013\u00a0<em>Ain\u2019t In It For My Health<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Contemporary Country Album<\/strong><br \/>Kelsea Ballerini \u2013\u00a0<em>Patterns<\/em><br \/>Tyler Childers \u2013\u00a0<em>Snipe Hunter<\/em><br \/>Eric Church \u2013\u00a0<em>Evangeline Vs. The Machine<\/em><br \/>Jelly Roll \u2013\u00a0<em>Beautifully Broken<\/em><br \/>Miranda Lambert \u2013<em>\u00a0Postcards From Texas<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best African Music Performance<\/strong><br \/>Burna Boy \u2013 \u201cLove\u201d<br \/>Davido Featuring Omah Lay \u2013 \u201cWith You\u201d<br \/>Eddy Kenzo &amp; Mehran Matin \u2013 \u201cHope &amp; Love\u201d<br \/>Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid \u2013 \u201cGimme Dat\u201d<br \/>Tyla \u2013 \u201cPush 2 Start\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical<br \/><\/strong>Amy Allen<br \/>Edgar Barrera<br \/>Jessie Jo Dillon<br \/>Tobias Jesso Jr.<br \/>Laura Veltz<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Producer of the Year, Non-Classical<br \/><\/strong>Dan Auerbach<br \/>Cirkut<br \/>Dijon<br \/>Blake Mills<br \/>Sounwave<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Song Written For Visual Media<\/strong><br \/>Nine Inch Nails \u2013 \u201cAs Alive As You Need Me To Be\u201d (from\u00a0<em>Tron: Ares<\/em>)<br \/>Huntr\/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami) \u2013 \u201cGolden\u201d (from\u00a0<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>)<br \/>Miles Caton \u2013 \u201cI Lied to You\u201d (from\u00a0<em>Sinners<\/em>)<br \/>Elton John and Brandi Carlile \u2013 \u201cNever Too Late\u201d (from\u00a0<em>Elton John: Never Too Late<\/em>)<br \/>Jayme Lawson \u2013 \u201cPale, Pale Moon\u201d (from\u00a0<em>Sinners<\/em>)<br \/>Rod Wave \u2013 \u201cSinners\u201d (from\u00a0<em>Sinners<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best Music Film<\/strong><br \/>Devo \u2013\u00a0<em>Devo<\/em><br \/>Raye \u2013\u00a0<em>Live at the Royal Albert Hall<\/em><br \/>Diane Warren \u2013\u00a0<em>Relentless<\/em><br \/>John Williams \u2013\u00a0<em>Music by John Williams<\/em><br \/>Pharrell Williams \u2013\u00a0<em>Piece by Piece<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.rollingstone.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RollingStone's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">RollingStone&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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This year\u2019s announcement boasts a stacked cast of well-known presenters and previous winners, including Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Karol G, Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste, Little Big Town, Lizzo, Mumford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2141244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[333913,354643,247614,42346,308761,22082,37703,25405,362348,338101,367642,314737,27664,307421],"class_list":["post-2141243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alex-warren","tag-brandi-carlile","tag-chappell-roan","tag-grammy-awards","tag-jon-batiste","tag-justin-bieber","tag-kendrick-lamar","tag-lady-gaga","tag-lola-young","tag-nicole-scherzinger","tag-olivia-dean","tag-rolling-stone","tag-sabrina-carpenter","tag-sam-smith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kendrick-Lamar-Bad-Bunny-Lady-Gaga-Lead-2026-Grammy-Nominees.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141245,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141243\/revisions\/2141245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2141244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}