The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are about be announced. Here's what to know

The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are astir here

NEW YORK -- The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are astir here. And the contention volition beryllium stiff.

Nominees volition beryllium announced during a video livestream connected the Grammy website and the Recording Academy’s YouTube transmission connected Friday astatine 8 a.m. Pacific and 11 a.m. Eastern.

A big of endowment is connected platform to denote the nominees, including Gayle King, Doechii, Karol G, Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, Nicole Scherzinger, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, Angélique Kidjo, Brandi Carlile, CeCe Winans, David Foster, Jon Batiste, Little Big Town, Masaki Koike and past year's best caller creator winner, Chappell Roan.

Only recordings commercially released successful the U.S. betwixt Aug. 31, 2024 done Aug. 30, 2025 are eligible for nominations, truthful don’t expect to spot Taylor Swift's “The Life of a Showgirl” included. But bash expect to spot Carpenter's “Man's Best Friend” among the nominees; it was released conscionable nether the ligament connected August 29.

That mightiness person a small thing to bash with the caller summation of a stand-alone class for best medium cover. Carpenter sparked sizeable sermon erstwhile its artwork was revealed; it shows the popular prima kneeling connected the crushed successful a dog-like airs portion an unseen idiosyncratic pulls her by the hair.

There are plentifulness of unknowns going into the information announcements, too. The astir evident contenders for medium of the twelvemonth did not merchandise caller full-lengths wrong the eligibility model — artists similar Swift, Beyoncé and Adele. But determination person been a fewer dense hitters, similar Kendrick Lamar's “GNX," Lady Gaga's “Mayhem” and Bad Bunny's “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.” If immoderate of them took location the apical prize, it would beryllium for the archetypal time.

Perhaps astir mysterious of each is simply a alteration made to the champion state medium category. Following Beyoncé's historical triumph of champion medium and champion state medium astatine the 2025 Grammy Awards for “Cowboy Carter,” the second class has been divided into two, with the instauration of a champion accepted state medium category. The existing champion state medium class has been renamed champion modern state album.

The 2026 Grammy Awards volition aerial Feb. 1 unrecorded connected CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles.

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