Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar Secure Early Victories At Grammy Awards 2026: Complete Winners List
Music’s most prestigious evening has arrived. The 68th Grammy Awards 2026 is underway, celebrating outstanding artists and musicians from across the world for their 2025 achievements. The ceremony is being held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, with comedian and television host Trevor Noah presiding over the event for the sixth and final time.
Kendrick Lamar enters the night as the frontrunner with nine nominations. Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, and Cirkut follow closely behind, each receiving seven nominations for tonight’s ceremony.
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The Grammy Awards currently features 95 award categories. This year marks the debut of two new categories: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.
Grammy Awards 2026 Winners (Live Updates):
Best Comedy Album
WINNER: Nate Bargatze: Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
WINNER: Brandon Lake & Jelly Roll: “Hard Fought Hallelujah”
Best Album Cover
WINNER: Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia
Best Country Song
WINNER: Tyler Childers: “Bitin’ List”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: Shaboozey & Jelly Roll: “Amen”
Best Country Solo Performance
WINNER: Chris Stapleton: “Bad as I Used to Be”
Best Metal Performance
WINNER: Turnstile: “Birds”
Best Rap Song
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar: “TV Off” [ft. Lefty Gunplay]
Best Melodic Rap Performance
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar & SZA: “Luther”
Best Rap Performance
WINNER: Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice: “Chains & Whips”
Best R&B Album
WINNER: Leon Thomas: Mutt
Best R&B Song
WINNER: Kehlani: “Folded”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
WINNER: Leon Thomas: “Vibes Don’t Lie”
Best R&B Performance
WINNER: Kehlani: “Folded”
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
WINNER: Amy Allen
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
WINNER: Cirkut
Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER: The Cure: Songs of a Lost World
Best Alternative Music Performance
WINNER: The Cure: “Alone”
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Turnstile: Never Enough
Best Rock Performance
WINNER: Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt & Frank Bello Featuring Adam Wakeman & II: Changes (Live From Villa Park / Back to the Beginning)
Best Rock Song
WINNER: Nine Inch Nails: “As Alive as You Need Me to Be”
Best Dance Pop Recording
WINNER: Lady Gaga: “Abracadabra”
Best Music Film
WINNER: John Williams: Music by John Williams
Best Music Video
WINNER: Doechii: “Anxiety”
Best Song Written for Visual Media
WINNER: Huntr/x: “Golden”
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
WINNER: Austin Wintory: Sword of the Sea
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
WINNER: Ludwig Göransson: Sinners
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
WINNER: Various Artists: Sinners
Best Latin Pop Album
WINNER: Natalia Lafourcade: Cancionera
Best Remixed Recording
WINNER: Lady Gaga & Gesaffelstein: “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
WINNER: FKA twigs: Eusexua
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
WINNER: Tame Impala: “End of Summer”
Best Pop/Duo Group Performance
WINNER: Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande: “Defying Gravity”
Best Rap Album
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar: GNX
Nominees for Album of the Year:
Bad Bunny: Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice: Let God Sort Em Out
Justin Bieber: Swag
Kendrick Lamar: GNX
Lady Gaga: Mayhem
Leon Thomas: Mutt
Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia
Nominees for Record of the Year:
Bad Bunny: “DTMF”
Billie Eilish: “Wildflower”
Chappell Roan: “The Subway”
Doechii: “Anxiety”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA: “Luther”
Lady Gaga: “Abracadabra”
Rosé & Bruno Mars: “Apt.”
Sabrina Carpenter: “Manchild”
Nominees for Song of the Year:
Bad Bunny: “DTMF”
Billie Eilish: “Wildflower”
Doechii: “Anxiety”
Huntr/x: “Golden”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA: “Luther”
Lady Gaga: “Abracadabra”
Rosé & Bruno Mars “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter: “Manchild”
Nominees for Best New Artist:
Addison Rae
Alex Warren
Katseye
Leon Thomas
Lola Young
The Marías
Olivia Dean
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Nominees for Best Pop Solo Performance:
Chappell Roan: “The Subway”
Justin Bieber: “Daisies”
Lady Gaga: “Disease”
Lola Young: “Messy”
Sabrina Carpenter: “Manchild”
Nominees for Best Pop Vocal Album:
Justin Bieber: Swag
Lady Gaga: Mayhem
Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful
Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend
Teddy Swims: I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)
Nominees for Best Contemporary Country Album:
Eric Church: Evangeline vs. the Machine
Jelly Roll: Beautifully Broken
Kelsea Ballerini: Patterns
Miranda Lambert: Postcards From Texas
Tyler Childers: Snipe Hunter