2026 Grammy Awards revealed: Billie Eilish wins Song of the Year, Olivia Dean takes Best New Artist, full winners list at a glance

The 68th Grammy Awards, one of the global music industry’s biggest events of 2026, were held earlier at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Kendrick Lamar led this year’s nominations with 9, followed closely by Lady Gaga with 7. The two music superstars went head-to-head in major categories including Album of the Year and Song of the Year, making them one of this year’s biggest draws. Rosé and Bruno Mars’ collaborative single “APT.”, along with “Golden,” the theme song from the hit animated film “KPop Demon Hunters,” were also nominated, marking another milestone for K-pop. Now, let’s reveal this year’s winners!

2026 68th Grammy Awards Nominees and Winners

【General Field】(General Field)

Record of the Year

【Rock, Metal & Alternative】(Rock, Metal & Alternative Field)

Best Rock Performance

Amyl and The Sniffers “U Should Not Be Doing That”

Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine”

Turnstile “NEVER ENOUGH”

Hayley Williams “Mirtazapine”

YUNGBLUD Ft. Nuno Bettencourt… “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning”

Best Rock Song

As Alive As You Need Me To Be – Nine Inch Nails
Caramel – Sleep Token
Glum – Hayley Williams
NEVER ENOUGH – Turnstile
Zombie – YUNGBLUD

Best Rock Album

private music – Deftones
I quit – HAIM
From Zero – Linkin Park
NEVER ENOUGH – Turnstile
Idols – YUNGBLUD

Best Metal Performance

Dream Theater “Night Terror”
Ghost “Lachryma”
Sleep Token “Emergence”
Spiritbox “Soft Spine”
Turnstile “BIRDS”

Best Alternative Music Performance

Bon Iver “Everything Is Peaceful Love”
The Cure “Alone”
Turnstile “SEEIN’ STARS”
Wet Leg “mangetout”
Hayley Williams “Parachute”

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

【R&B & Rap】(R&B, Rap Field)

Best R&B Performance

Justin Bieber “YUKON”
Chris Brown & Bryson Tiller “It Depends”
Kehlani “Folded”
Leon Thomas “MUTT (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)”
Summer Walker “Heart Of A Woman”

Best R&B Song

Folded – Kehlani
Heart Of A Woman – Summer Walker
It Depends – Chris Brown & Bryson Tiller
Overqualified – Durand Bernarr
YES IT IS – Leon Thomas

Best R&B Album

Beloved – Giveon

Why Not More? – Coco Jones

The Crown – Ledisi

Escape Room – Teyana Taylor

Mutt – Leon Thomas

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 Rap Song

Anxiety – Doechii

The Birds Don’t Sing – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire

Sticky – Tyler, The Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne

TGIF – GloRilla

TV Off – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Performance

Cardi B “Outside”
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice, Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams “Chains & Whips”
Doechii “Anxiety”
Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay “tv off”
Tyler, The Creator and Teezo Touchdown “Darling, I”

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Fridayy featuring Meek Mill “Proud of Me”

JID, Ty Dolla $ign & 6LACK “Wholeheartedly”

Kendrick Lamar & SZA “Luther”

Terrace Martin, Kenyon Dixon & Rapsody “WeMaj”

PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake “SOMEBODY LOVES ME”

【Country】(Country Music Field)

Best Country Solo Performance

Tyler Childers “Nose on the Grindstone”

Shaboozey “Good News”

Chris Stapleton “Bad as I Used to Be [From F1® The Movie]“

Zach Top “I Never Lie”

Lainey Wilson “Somewhere Over Laredo”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton “A Song to Sing”

Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson “Trailblazer”

Margo Price & Tyler Childers “Love Me Like You Used to Do”

Shaboozey & Jelly Roll “Amen”

George Strait, Chris Stapleton “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”

Best Country Song

Bitin’ List – Tyler Childers
Good News – Shaboozey
I Never Lie – Zach Top
Somewhere Over Laredo – Lainey Wilson
A Song To Sing – Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton

Best Contemporary Country Album

Patterns – Kelsea Ballerini

Snipe Hunter – Tyler Childers

Evangeline vs. the Machine – Eric Church

Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll

Postcards From Texas – Miranda Lambert

Best Traditional Country Album

Dollar a Day – Charley Crockett

American Romance – Lukas Nelson

Oh What a Beautiful World – Willie Nelson

Hard Headed Woman – Margo Price

Ain’t in It for My Health – Zach Top

【Latin & Jazz】(Latin & Jazz Field)

Best Latin Pop Album

Cosa Nuestra – Rauw Alejandro
BOGOTÁ (DELUXE) – Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta – KAROL G
Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade
¿Y ahora qué? – Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Jazz Album

La Fleur de Cayenne – Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band

The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa

Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro

Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard – Miguel Zenón Quartet

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Elemental – Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap

We Insist 2025! – Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell

Portrait – Samara Joy

Fly – Michael Mayo

Live at Vic’s Las Vegas – Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Trilogy 3 (Live) – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Southern Nights – Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore

Belonging – Branford Marsalis Quartet

Spirit Fall – John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade

Fasten Up – Yellowjackets

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Genes Rebeldes – Aterciopelados
ASTROPICAL – Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL
PAPOTA – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
ALGORHYTHM – Los Wizzards
Novela – Fito Paez

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Harlequin – Lady Gaga
A Matter Of Time – Laufey
Wintersongs – Laila Biali
The Gift Of Love – Jennifer Hudson
Who Believes In Angels? – Elton John & Brandi Carlile
The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2 – Barbra Streisand

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Brightside – ARKAI

Ones & Twos – Gerald Clayton

BEATrio – Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez

Just Us – Bob James & Dave Koz

Shayan Charu – Suri

Best Traditional Blues Album

Ain’t Done With the Blues, Buddy Guy

Room on the Porch, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’

One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey, Maria Muldaur

Look Out Highway, Charlie Musselwhite

Young Fashioned Ways, Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Breakthrough, Joe Bonamassa

Paper Doll, Samantha Fish

A Tribute to LJK, Eric Gales

Preacher Kids, Robert Randolph

Family, Southern Avenue

Best Folk Album

What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson

Crown of Roses, Patty Griffin

Wild and Clear and Blue, I’m With Her

Foxes in the Snow, Jason Isbell

Under the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24), Jesse Welles

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Live at Vaughan’s, Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet

For Fat Man, Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Church of New Orleans, Kyle Roussel

Second Line Sunday, Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band

A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, Various Artists

Best Global Music Album

No Sign of Weakness – Burna Boy
Sounds Of Kumbha- Siddhant Bhatia
Eclairer le monde : Light the World – Youssou N’Dour
Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) – Shakti
Chapter III: We Return To Light – Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo – Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia

Best Reggae Album

Treasure Self Love Lila Iké
Heart & Soul – Vybz Martel
BLXXD & FYAH – Keznamdi
From Within – Mortimer
No Place Like Home – Jesse Royal

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Kuruvinda, Kirsten Agresta-Copely

According to the Moon, Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet

Into the Forest, Jahnavi Harrison

Nomadica, Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality

The Colors in My Mind, Chris Redding

Best Song Written for Visual Media

As Alive As You Need Me To Be (“TRON: Ares”)
Golden (“KPop Demon Hunters”)
I Lied to You (“Sinners”)
Never Too Late (“Elton John: Never Too Late”)
Pale, Pale Moon (“Sinners”)
Sinners (“Sinners”)

Best Music Video

Young Lion – Sade
Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
So Be It – Clipse
Anxiety – Doechii
Love – OK Go

Best Music Film

Devo – Devo
Live At The Royal Albert Hall -RAYE
Relentless – Diane Warren
Music By John Williams – John Williams
Piece By Piece – Pharrell Williams

Best Album Cover

CHROMAKOPIA – Tyler, The Creator
The Crux – Djo
Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny
Glory – Perfume Genius
moisturizer – Wet Leg

Best Recording Package

And The Adjacent Possible
Balloonerism
Danse Macabre: De Luxe
Loud Is As
Sequoia
The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl)
Tracks II: The Lost Albums

Best Album Notes

Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974

After the Last Sky, Adam Shatz

Árabe

The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967

A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Miles ‘55

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