Grammy Nominations: Kendrick Lamar Leads With Nine, Lady Gaga Nabs Seven

Kendrick Lamar is the top nominee for the 2026 Grammys, the Recording Academy revealed in its nomination livestream on Friday, with the rap superstar heading into this year’s awards with nine nominations including for album, record and song of the year for album GNX and its hit single “Luther.”

Lamar, who now has 66 nominations across his career, looks to continue the momentum from last year’s Grammys, where he won for both record and song of the year for “Not Like Us,” though he faces stiff competition from fellow superstars Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter, who received nominations in all the general field categories alongside him.

Gaga is the second-most-nominated artist this year with seven, as Mayhem was also nominated for album of the year while single “Abracadabra” nabbed record and song of the year nods too. Bad Bunny’s got six, as DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS earned an album of the year nom while “DtMF” got record and song of the year nods. Carpenter earned nominations in all the major categories for the second year in a row as Man’s Best Friend picked up a nomination for album of the year while voters tapped “Manchild” for record and song. Overall, she scored six nominations this year.

In record of the year, Bad Bunny, Gaga, Carpenter and Lamar go against Doechii’s “Anxiety,” Billie Eilish’s “WILDFLOWER,” Chappell Roan‘s “The Subway” and Rosé and Bruno Mars’ global smash “APT.” Song of the year is nearly identical, though KPop Demon Hunters‘ runaway hit took the final slot rather than “The Subway.”

Meanwhile in the album of the year race, Justin Bieber earned his first nomination in the category since 2022 for Swag. (He’s got four nominations overall, including for best pop vocal album and best pop solo performance for “Daisies.” Rap was well represented as along with Kendrick, Clipse’s much-acclaimed Let God Sort Em Out got a nomination alongside Tyler, the Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA. Rounding out the album of the year category this year is one of the most pleasant surprises of the year with Leon Thomas’ breakthrough album MUTT.

Thomas, who also comes into the Grammys with six nominations, is a strong contender for best new artist, where he’s up against Addison Rae, Sombr, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, The Marias and Alex Warren.

Despite the best new artist nod Warren received one of the bigger snubs of this year as his breakout single “Ordinary,” which ruled the charts for much of the summer, failed to get any nominations in the general and genre categories. Also a surprising omission in those categories is Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True,” which was widely considered a contender.

Clipse got five nominations overall, including for rap performance, rap song and rap ablum, as did SZA; Tyler, the Creator; and critically lauded hardcore band Turnstile. Also nabbing five nominations was Doechii as “Anxiety” also earned nominations for best rap performance and best rap song, as well as best music video. She hopes to carry her Grammy momentum from last year, where she won best rap album and was nominated for best new artist.

Other than the recording artists, Jack Antonoff — who produced many songs off Lamar’s GNX and Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend including “Luther” and “Manchild” — was one of the top nominees overall with seven, though he was snubbed for a producer of the year nod. Amy Allen, a writer on every song on Man’s Best Friend and a co-writer on “APT,” has a shot at a back-to-back win for songwriter of the year and earned four nominations.

“The Grammy Awards are our opportunity to honor the people who make this community so vibrant, and this year’s nominees remind us of the incredible talent that is driving music forward,” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a statement. “From emerging talent to influential icons, these nominees reflect today’s broad and diverse musical landscape, and I am excited to celebrate them in the coming weeks ahead and on music’s biggest night.”

Read on for a list of the 2026 Grammy nominations in top categories. A full list of this year’s nominations is available on the Grammys’ website.

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

“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
“Anxiety” – Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
“APT.” – Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars,
Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter, songwriters (ROSÉ, Bruno Mars)
“DtMF” – Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)
“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” – EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
“luther” – Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA)
“Manchild” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
“WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist

Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Dan Auerbach
Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Laura Veltz

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”)” – Tate McRae
“Illegal” – PinkPantheress

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 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 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 Country Solo Performance

“Nose On The Grindstone” – Tyler Childers
“Good News” – Shaboozey
“Bad As I Used To Be [From F1® The Movie]” – Chris Stapleton
“I Never Lie” – Zach Top
“Somewhere Over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson

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 Latin Pop Album

Cosa Nuestra – Rauw Alejandro
BOGOTÁ (DELUXE) – Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta – KAROL G
Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade
¿Y ahora qué? – Alejandro Sanz

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