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Grammys 2026: Kendrick Lamar Breaks Jay-Z's Record, Makes History With Best Rap Album Win
The hits—and history—just keep coming at the Grammys 2026.
In fact, the Trevor Noah-hosted ceremony at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1 introduced awards for Best Album Cover and Best Traditional Country Album, with Tyler, The Creator's CHROMAKOPIA and Zak Top's Ain't In It For My Health taking home prizes in the respective categories. (Click here to see all the celebrities on the red carpet.)
What's more, Kendrick Lamar broke Jay-Z's record as the most-decorated rapper in Grammys history by upping his total to 27 with his Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, Best Melodic Rap Performance, Best Rap Performance and Record of the Year wins. (He's also the fourth act ever to win Record of the Year back-to-back.)
Jay's daughter Blue Ivy Carter also relinquished her crown as the Grammys' youngest winner after Aura V—an 8-year-old from Maryland—won Best Children's Music Album with her dad Fyütch.
Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS made history as the first all-Spanish language album to win Album of the Year, while "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters landed in record books as the first K-pop song to win a Grammy.
Thanks to "Wildflower," Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas now hold the record for most Song of the Year wins with three. And speaking of multiple victories, Lady Gaga became the fourth performer to nab multiple Best Pop Vocal Album prizes—after Adele, Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift.
Director Steven Spielberg finally became an EGOT winner with his victory in the Best Music Film category, having served as a producer on the 2024 documentary Music by John Williams.
The Dalai Lama also saw his first Grammy win, with his Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama nabbing the golden gramophone for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording.
And someone better pour up a double shot of whiskey for Shaboozey, who became the first Black man to win Best Country Duo/Group Performance thanks to his "Amen" collaboration with Jelly Roll.
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
But even before the awards were handed out, history was made nearly three months ago when the nominations for this year's Grammys were announced on Nov. 7. Kendrick became the first rapper to receive five Album of the Year nominations as a lead artist, as well as the first solo artist ever to be nominated for the award with five consecutive studio albums, with GNX.
Meanwhile, Rosé's nominations in the Record of the Year and Song of the Year categories for her Bruno Mars' collab "APT." landed her in the history books as the first K-pop artist to receive a nomination in the Grammys' big four categories.
And following in the footsteps of Gaga's unprecedented sweep in 2019, Timothée Chalamet—whose work in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown landed him a Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media nomination—now holds the record as the first man to be up for a prize at the Grammys, the Golden Globes, the Actor Awards (formerly known as the SAG Awards) and the Oscars during a single awards season.
To see all the big winners at the 2026 Grammy Awards, keep reading...
Best Music Video
WINNER: “Anxiety,” Doechii
“Love,” OK Go
“So Be It,” Clipse
“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Young Lion,” Sade
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
WINNER: Sinners
A Complete Unknown
F1 The Album
KPop Demon Hunters
Wicked
Best Song Written For Visual Media
WINNER: "Golden," KPop Demon Hunters
"As Alive As You Need Me to Be," Tron: Ares
"I Lied to You," Sinners
"Never Too Late," Elton John: Never Too Late
"Pale, Pale Moon," Sinners
"Sinners," Sinners
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: "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 featuring Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Solo Performance
WINNER: "Bad As I Used to Be," Chris Stapleton
"Nose on the Grindstone," Tyler Childers
"Good News," Shaboozey
"I Never Lie," Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo," Lainey Wilson
Best Latin Pop Album
WINNER: Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro
BOGOTÁ DELUXE, Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta, Karol G
Y Ahora Qué?, Alejandro Sanz
Best Rock Performance
WINNER: “Changes Back to the Beginning,” YungBlud
“Mirtazapine,” Hayley Williams
“Never Enough,” Turnstile
“The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park
“U Should Not Be Doing That,” Amyl and the Sniffers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
WINNER: EUSEXUA, FKA Twigs
Ten Days, Fred again..
Fancy That, PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale, Rüfüs du Sol
F*** U SKRILLEX U THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3, Skrillex
Best Dance Pop Recording
WINNER: “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
“Illegal”, PinkPantheress
“Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie),” Tate McRae
“Midnight Sun,” Zara Larsson
“Bluest Flame,” Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER: Songs of a Lost World, The Cure
SABLE, fABLE, Bon Iver
DON'T TAP THE GLASS, Tyler, The Creator
moisturizer, Wet Leg
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, Hayley Williams
Best Music Film
WINNER: "Music by John Williams," John Williams
"Devo," Devo
"Live at the Royal Albert Hall," Raye
"Relentless," Diane Warren
"Piece by Piece," Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Song
WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani
“Yes it Is,” Leon Thomas
“Overqualified,” Durand Bernarr
“It Depends,” Chris Brown
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
Best R&B Album
WINNER: Mutt, Leon Thomas
Beloved, Givéon
Why Not More?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Never Enough, Turnstile
Private Music, Deftones
I Quit, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
Idols, Yungblud
Best Rap Performance
WINNER: "Chains & Whips," Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
"Outside," Cardi B
"Anxiety," Doechii
"tv off," Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay
"Darling, I," Tyler, The Creator ft. Teezo Touchdown
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
WINNER: A Matter of Time, Laufey
Wintersongs, Laila Biali
The Gift of Love, Jennifer Hudson
Who Believes in Angels?, Elton John & Brandi Carlile
Harlequin, Lady Gaga
The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, Barbra Streisand
Best Country Song
WINNER: "Bitin' List," Tyler Childers
"Good News," Shaboozey
"I Never Life," Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo," Lainey Wilson
"A Song to Sing," Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: “Amen,” Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame,” George Strait, Chris Stapleton
“Love Me Like You Used to Do,” Margo Price & Tyler Childers
“Trailblazer,” Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson
“A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton
Best Americana Album
WINNER: BIG MONEY, Jon Batiste
Bloom, Larkin Poe
Last Leaf on the Tree, Willie Nelson
So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle
Middle, Jesse Welles
Best R&B Performance
WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
“MUTT (NPR Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
“It Depends,” Chris Brown
“Yukon,” Justin Bieber
Best Rap Song
WINNER: "tv off," Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay
"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
Record of the Year
"DtMF," Bad Bunny
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Anxiety," Doechii
"Wildflower," Billie Eilish
"Abracadbra," Lady Gaga
WINNER: "Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"The Subway," Chappell Roan
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
Album of the Year
WINNER: 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
"Abracadbra," Lady Gaga
"Anxiety," Doechii
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
"DtMF," Bad Bunny
"Golden (From KPop Demon Hunters)," HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
"Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
WINNER: "Wildflower," Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
WINNER: Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Best Pop Vocal Album
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus
WINNER: Mayhem, Lady Gaga
I've Tried Everything But Therapy [Part 2], Teddy Swims
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Daisies," Justin Bieber
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Disease," Lady Gaga
"The Subway," Chappell Roan
WINNER: "Messy," Lola Young
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Glorious, GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly, Jid
WINNER: GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia, Tyler, The Creator
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers, composer
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
WINNER: Sinners, Ludwig Göransson, composer
Severance: Season 2, Theodore Shapiro, composer
How To Train Your Dragon, John Powell, composer
Best Musical Theater Album
WINNER: Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Watch the Grammys 2026 Sunday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
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