Volkswacht Bodensee - Key nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards

Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads all nominees with nine, followed by Lady Gaga with seven, and a trio of artists tied at six -- Bad Bunny, pop princess Sabrina Carpenter and R&B singer-songwriter Leon Thomas.

- Album of the Year -

"Debi Tirar Mas 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

- Record of the Year, recognizing overall performance on a song -

"DtMF" - Bad Bunny

"Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter

"Anxiety" - Doechii

"Wildflower" - Billie Eilish

"Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga

"luther" - Kendrick Lamar with SZA

"The Subway" - Chappell Roan

"APT." - Rose and Bruno Mars

- Song of the Year, recognizing songwriting -

"Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)

"Anxiety" - Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)

"APT." - Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Roget Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter, songwriters (Rose, Bruno Mars)

"DtMF" - Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo Rene Sencion Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto Jose 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, Solana 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

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Leon Thomas

Alex Warren

Lola Young

- 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." - Rose, 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 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 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 Music Video -

"Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter

"So Be It" - Clipse

"Anxiety" - Doechii

"Love" - OK Go

"Young Lion" - Sade

- Best Global Music Album -

"Sounds Of Kumbha" - Siddhant Bhatia

"No Sign of Weakness" Burna Boy

"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 Bethania Ao Vivo" - Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethania

- Artists with Most Nominations -

Kendrick Lamar - 9

Lady Gaga - 7

Bad Bunny - 6

Leon Thomas - 6

Sabrina Carpenter - 6

G.Frei--VB