In weekend au fost anuntate nominalizarile pentru editia din 2026 a Premiilor Grammy, cele mai prestigioase premii ale industriei muzicale la nivel mondial. 

Intr-o serie de nominalizari care nu reflecta neaparat clasamentele muzicale ale momentului: Kendrick Lamar conduce lista cu noua nominalizari, urmat de Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff a Cirkut, care au obtinut cate sapte nominalizari fiecare si de Bad Bunny si Sabrina Carpenter cu cate sase nominalizari. 

Dupa triumful din 2025, cand piesa Not Like Us a castigat mult-ravnitele trofee pentru Record of the Year si Song of the Year, Kendrick Lamar revine cu un nou album, GNX, si single-ul Luther, aflate printre favoritele marilor categorii ale acestui an. 

Cu aceste nominalizari, Lamar devine primul artist din istoria Grammy-urilor cu cinci albume consecutive in cursa pentru Albumul Anului, depasind recordurile oricarui alt interpret din hip-hop sau din alte genuri muzicale. In ciuda criticilor americani care il apreciaza aproape in unanimitate, clasamentele muzicale din SUA au inregistrat recent o premiera negativa pentru hip-hop: a fost prima data din 1990 de ani cand o melodie hip-hop nu s-a aflat pe o pozitie in cele mai ascultate 40 de hituri ale momentului. Este un semn ca interesul pentru acest gen muzical este la un minim istoric, atat la radio dar si pe platformele de streaming.

Materialul „GNX” marcheaza un moment definitoriu in cariera lui Kendrick Lamar. Daca va castiga Albumul Anului, va fi primul disc rap care obtine trofeul suprem in peste doua decenii – de la Speakerboxxx/The Love Below al trupei Outkast (2004) si The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1999). 

Artistul este nominalizat, de asemenea, la Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, Best Melodic Rap Performance, precum si de doua ori in categoria Best Rap Performance. In total, Lamar a acumulat pana in prezent 66 de nominalizari si 22 de trofee Grammy, fiind considerat cel mai constant artist al deceniului.

Editia din 2026 marcheaza mai multe premiere in istoria Grammy-urilor: trei albume rap — GNX (Kendrick Lamar), Chromakopia (Tyler, the Creator) si Let God Sort Em Out (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice) — sunt nominalizate simultan la Albumul Anului.

Lady Gaga primeste sapte nominalizari si revine cu „Mayhem”, un album electro-pop care ii reconfirma statutul de inovatoare. 

Pe locul al doilea in topul nominalizarilor se afla Lady Gaga, care a obtinut sapte selectii, inclusiv la Albumul Anului, Record of the Year si Song of the Year — pentru prima data in cariera ei fiind prezenta simultan in toate cele trei categorii majore. Artista, care a castigat pana acum 13 trofee Grammy, concureaza anul acesta cu albumul Mayhem, un material ce reia sonoritatile electro-pop care au consacrat-o la finalul anilor 2000 cu albumul The Fame. 

Gaga este nominalizata si la Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Dance Pop Recording si Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Producatorii Jack Antonoff si Cirkut, colaboratori apropiati ai artistei, au primit la randul lor cate sapte nominalizari, inclusiv la Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Antonoff a fost nominalizat de doua ori la Record of the Year, Album of the Year si Song of the Year pentru colaborarile cu Gaga si Sabrina Carpenter, in timp ce Cirkut concureaza cu piesele Abracadabra (Lady Gaga) si APT (Rosé si Bruno Mars).

Bad Bunny, cel care va fi vedeta show-ului de la pauza Super Bowl 2026, obtine sase nominalizari, inclusiv la toate cele trei categorii majore: Albumul Anului, Record of the Year si Song of the Year. Albumul sau Debí Tirar Más Fotos marcheaza o premiera notabila, fiind al doilea material integral in limba spaniola nominalizat vreodata la marele premiu, dupa Un Verano Sin Ti (2023), tot semnat de el. Artistul portorican a devenit un veritabil ambasador al muzicii latino la nivel global, reusind sa creeze melodii iubite de public si apreciate si de criticii de specialitate.

La acelasi nivel se afla si Sabrina Carpenter, care obtine sase nominalizari cu albumul Man’s Best Friend. Cantareata americana este nominalizata pentru Albumul Anului, Record of the Year si Song of the Year.

Leon Thomas, o surpriza a acestei editii, primeste tot sase nominalizari, inclusiv la Best New Artist, Record of the Year si Albumul Anului pentru Mutt. Actor, producator si compozitor, Thomas se alatura unei serii de artisti care si-au transformat carierele din televiziune in succes muzical.

Pentru prima oara in istoria Premiilor Grammy, doua melodii K-pop patrund in categoria Cantecul Anului.

Simultan cu declinului muzicii hip-hop, genul K-pop se bucura de noi varfuri de apreciere critica: APT, colaborarea dintre Rosé (membra trupei BLACKPINK) si Bruno Mars, si Golden, piesa din filmul animat K-Pop Demon Hunters, produs de Netflix. Rosé devine astfel prima artista K-pop nominalizata si la Record of the Year.

Succesul K-pop se resimte si la categoria Cel mai bun debut unde trupa Katseye a primit o nominalizare alaturi de Olivia Dean, The Marias, Addison Rae, sombr, Alex Warren si Lola Young.

Gala de decernare a Premiilor Grammy 2026 va avea loc pe 1 februarie, la Crypto.com Arena din Los Angeles. Mai jos gasiti lista completa a nominalizarilor — au fost eligibile doar piesele si albumele lansate in SUA intre 31 august 2024 si 30 august 2025. Votul final, care va decide castigatorii, se va desfasura intre 12 decembrie 2025 si 5 ianuarie 2026.

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 Solo Performance

“Daisies” — Justin Bieber
“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
“Disease” — Lady Gaga
“The Subway” — Chappell Roan
“Messy” — Lola Young

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/Electronic Recording

“No Cap” — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
“Victory Lap” — Fred Again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax
“Space Invader” — Kaytranada
“Voltage” — Skrillex
“End of Summer” — Tame Impala

Best Dance Pop Recording

“Bluest Flame” – Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
“Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
“Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson
“Just Keep Watching (From “F1 The Movie”)”
“Illegal” – PinkPantheress

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Eusexua — FKA Twigs
Ten Days — Fred Again..
Fancy That — PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale — Rüfüs Du Sol
F*** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3 — Skrillex

Best Remixed Recording

“Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
“Don’t Forget About Us” — Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey & Kaytranada)
“A Dreams A Dream – Ron Trent Remix” — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)
“Galvanize” — Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake)
“Golden – David Guetta REM/X” — David Guetta, remixer (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey
Nuna, Rei Ami)

Best Rock Performance

“U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers
“The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park
“Never Enough” — Turnstile
“Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams
“Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II

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 Rock Album

Private Music — Deftones
I Quit — Haim
From Zero — Linkin Park
Never Enough — Turnstile
Idols — Yungblud

Best Alternative Music Performance

“Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver
“Alone” — The Cure
“Seein’ Stars” —Turnstile
“Mangetout” — Wet Leg
“Parachute” — Hayley Williams

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 Music Film

Devo — Devo
Chris Smith, video director; Danny Gabai, Anita Greenspan, Chris Holmes & Chris Smith, video producers
Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Raye
Paul Dugdale, video director; Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers
Relentless — Diane Warren
Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video producers
Music by John Williams — John Williams
Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Piece by Piece — Pharrell Williams
Morgan Neville, video director; Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Mimi Valdes & Pharrell Williams, video producers

Best Music Video

“Young Lion” — Sade
Sophie Muller, video director; Sade & Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers
“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels, video producers
“So Be It” — Clipse
Producer Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video
“Anxiety” — Doechii
James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
“Love” — OK Go
Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet
F1 The Album – Various Artists
Kpop Demon Hunters – Various Artists
Sinners – Various Artists
Wicked – Various Artists

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

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires — Pinar Toprak, composer
Helldivers 2 — Wilbert Roget, II, composer
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle — Gordy Haab, composer
Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & a Pirate’s Fortune — Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget, II, composers
Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“As Alive as You Need Me to Be” [From “Tron: Ares”] — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
“Golden” [From “KPop Demon Hunters”] — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami)
“I Lied to You” [From “Sinners”] — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters
(Miles Caton)
“Never Too Late” [From “Elton John: Never Too Late”] — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
“Pale, Pale Moon” [From “Sinners”] — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard, songwriters (Jayme Lawson)
“Sinners” [From “Sinners”] — Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis
Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Povilinus, songwriters (Rod Wave)