2026 Grammy Awards preview: Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber lead nominations

Published November 8th, 2025 - 12:57 GMT
Lady Gaga / Kendrick Lamar / Justin Bieber / Bad Bunny
Lady Gaga / Kendrick Lamar / Justin Bieber / Bad Bunny (Photo by Manny Carabel) / (Photo by Paras Griffin ) / (Photo by Patrick Smith ) / (Photo by ANGELA WEISS) (Getty Images via AFP)

ALBAWABA - Take a look at the Grammy Awards.

February 1, 2026 - The 68th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

February 2, 2025 - At the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the 67th Grammy Awards will be given out.

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

2026 Grammy Awards—Nominees (Selected)

Album of the Year

“DEBÍ TI RAR MÁS FOTOS,” Bad Bunny

“SWAG,” Justin Bieber

“Man’s Best Friend,” Sabrina Carpenter

“Let God Sort Em Out,” Clipse, Pusha T, and Malice

“MAYHEM,” Lady Gaga

“GNX,” Kendrick Lamar

“MUTT,” Leon Thomas

“CHROMAKOPIA,” Tyler, the Creator

Kendrick Lamar (Photo by Paras Griffin / Getty Images via AFP)

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.

Lady Gaga (Photo by Manny Carabel / Getty Images via AFP)

Song of the Year

“Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga

“Anxiety,” Doechii

“APT.” Rosé, Bruno Mars.

“DtMF,” Bad Bunny

“Golden,” K-Pop Demon Hunters

“Luther,” Kendrick Lamar with SZA

“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter

“WILDFLOWER,” Billie Eilish

Best New Artist

Olivia Dean

KATSEYE

The Marias

Addison Rae

somber

Leon Thomas

Alex Warren

Lola Young

2025 Grammy Awards—Winners (Selected)

Album of the Year

“Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé

Record of the Year

“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar

Song of the Year

“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar

Best New Artist

Chappell Roan

Complete List of Winners

Timeline

1957 - The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, also known as The Recording Academy, is founded in Los Angeles.

May 4, 1959 - The first Grammy Awards ceremony is held. Winners included Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Perry Como.

1963 - Bing Crosby receives the first Lifetime Achievement Award.

1971 - Andy Williams hosts the first live Grammy Awards telecast at the Hollywood Palladium.

1973 - The Grammy Hall of Fame is established.

1983 - The music video category is added.

1984—The Reggae category is added.

1987 - The New Age category is added.

1988 - The Rap category is added.

1988 - The Grammy Foundation is established.

1990 - The Alternative category is added.

1993 - The Recording Academy opens its new national headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

1994 - The Technical Award is established.

1997 - The Latin Recording Academy is established.

September 13, 2000 - The first Latin Grammy Awards are presented.

December 2008 - The Grammy Museum opens in Los Angeles.

In June 2020, the Recording Academy says it will be making changes to how it gives awards and names nominees. One of these changes is that it will no longer use the term "urban" to refer to music from Black people in its awards. The group is making the changes because they want to "evolve with the musical landscape."

January 5, 2021 - The Grammy Awards were supposed to happen on January 31, but they have been pushed back to March because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement from the Recording Academy, CBS, and the show organizers.

January 5, 2022 - The Grammy Awards, which were supposed to happen on January 31, have been pushed back for a second year in a row because of the Covid-19 rise.

February 5, 2023 - With 32 wins, Beyoncé is the artist who has won the most Grammys in Grammy history. The award for best dance/electronic album, which she got for her song "Renaissance," made her famous.

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