The 2026 GRAMMY Nominees Are Out! Here's Your Overview

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The Grammy nominations are out! The 68th Grammy Awards will return once again in Los Angeles, airing live from Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1, 2026.

This year, Kendrick Lamar scored the most nominations, with nine; Lady Gaga and producers Cirkut and Jack Antonoff followed close behind with seven apiece; Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas and Sabrina Carpenter each nabbed six; and several artists earned five, including Doechii, SZA, writer-producer Andrew Watt, Tyler, the Creator and Clipse, Pusha T & Malice.

Here’s a breakdown of how some of your favorite V-103 artists fair in the nominations.

When it comes to the most coveted categories of Record of the Year,you have Doechii’s Anxiety and Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Luther. Then for Album of The Year, you have Leon Thomas’ Mutt, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, Clipse’ Let God Sort Them Out, Justin Bieber SWAG, and Tyler the Creator Chromakopia

For Song of the Year both Doechii and Kendrick are nominated again with Anxiety and Luther, and for Best New Artist, Leon Thomas is nominated.

Kendrick and SZA are nominated again in the category of Best Pop Duo Performance for 30 for 30 and they are accompanied by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s Defying Gravity.

Conyers native Teddy Swims is nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album with I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).

Check out more categories below, and to check out the full list of Grammy Nominees here!

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 R&B Song

Folded - Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)

Heart Of A Woman- David Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)

It Depends - Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller)

Overqualified - James John Abrahart Jr & Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr)

YES IT IS - Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)

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 Melodic Rap Performance

Proud Of Me - Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill

Wholeheartedly - JID Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack

Luther - Kendrick Lamar With SZA

WeMaj - Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody

SOMEBODY LOVES ME - PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake

Best Rap Song

Anxiety- Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)

The Birds Don't Sing - Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices Of Fire)

Sticky - Aaron Bolton, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Dudley Alexander Duverne, Tyler Okonma, Janae Wherry, Gloria Woods & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, The Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)

TGIF - Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims, Jorge M. Taveras & Gloria Woods, songwriters (GloRilla)

tv off - Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)

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 Spoken Word Poetry Album

**A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don't act like that (partially recorded live @City Winery & other places)** - Queen Sheba

Black Shaman - Marc Marcel

Pages  - Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton

Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends At Treepeople - Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends

Words For Days Vol. 1 - Mad Skillz

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