68th Grammy Awards Celebrate Diversity, Records, and New Voices

The 68th Annual Grammy Awards unfolded in a sparkling fashion at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 1, 2026, bringing together the biggest names in global music for a night of celebration, history, and unforgettable moments.

The grand show was hosted by Trevor Noah for the final time. More than 95 awards were presented across genres, covering numerous categories.

The night was marked by a series of historic firsts that underscored the Grammys’ growing global and cultural reach. Bad Bunny made history as the first Spanish-language artist to win Album of the Year. Kendrick Lamar became the most-awarded rapper in Grammy history, surpassing Jay-Z.

The ceremony also celebrated achievements beyond music alone. Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg completed his coveted EGOT status by winning his first Grammy for Best Music Film, while a K-pop song claimed a Grammy for the first time in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category, highlighting the genre’s explosive global impact.

Adding to the evening’s significance, the Dalai Lama earned his first-ever Grammy in the Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording category, triumphing over a competitive field that included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

British singer and songwriter Olivia Dean won Best New Artist. In her acceptance speech, she said, “I want to say I’m up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I’m a product of bravery, and I think those people deserve to be celebrated.” Her words resonated deeply, capturing the spirit of resilience and diversity that defined the evening.

The "big four" awards

Song of the year

• Winner: Billie Eilish - Wildflower
• Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Rosé & Bruno Mars - APT
• Bad Bunny - DtMF
• Hunter/x - Golden
• Kendrick Lamar feat SZA - Luther
• Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild

Record of the year

• Winner: Kendrick Lamar feat SZA - Luther
• Bad Bunny - DtMF
• Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Billie Eilish - Wildflower
• Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
• Chappell Roan - The Subway
• Rosé & Bruno Mars - APT

Album of the year

• Winner: Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos
• Justin Bieber - Swag
• Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend
• Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
• Lady Gaga - Mayhem
• Kendrick Lamar - GNX
• Leon Thomas – Mutt
• Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia

Best new artist

• Winner: Olivia Dean
• Katseye
• The Marias
• Addison Rae
• Sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Best pop vocal album

• Winner: Lady Gaga – Mayhem
• Justin Bieber – Swag
• Sabrina Carpenter – Man's Best Friend
• Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
• Teddy Swims – I've Tried Everything But Therapy Pt 2

Best pop solo performance

• Winner: Lola Young - Messy
• Justin Bieber - Daisies
• Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
• Lady Gaga - Disease
• Chappell Roan - The Subway

Best pop duo/group performance

• Winner: Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande - Defying Gravity
• Huntr/x - Golden
• Katseye - Gabriela
• Rosé & Bruno Mars - APT
• SZA With Kendrick Lamar - 30 For 30

Best dance/electronic recording

• Winner: Tame Impala - End Of Summer
• Disclosure & Anderson .Paak - No Cap
• Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap
• Kaytranada - Space Invader
• Skrillex - Voltage

Best dance/electronic album

• Winner: FKA Twigs - Eusexua
• Fred again.. - Ten Days
• PinkPantheress - Fancy That
• Rüfüs Du Sol - Inhale / Exhale
• Skrillex - F** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3

Best dance/pop recording

• Winner: Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
• Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco - Bluest Flame
• Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
• Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching
• PinkPantheress - Illegal

Best traditional pop vocal album

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

Latin

Best Latin pop album

• Winner: Natalia Lafourcade - Cancionera
• Rauw Alejandro - Cosa Nuestra
• Andrés Cepeda - Bogotá (Deluxe)
• Karol G - Tropicoqueta
• Alejandro Sanz - ¿Y ahora qué?

Best música urbana album

• Winner: Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
• J Balvin - Mixteip
• Feid - Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado
• Nicki Nicole - Naiki
• Trueno - Eub Deluxe
• Yandel - Sinfónico (En Vivo)
• Rock and metal

Best rock performance

• Winner: Yungblud ft Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II - Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning
• Amyl and The Sniffers - U Should Not Be Doing That
• Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine
• Turnstile - Never Enough
• Hayley Williams - Mirtazapine

Best rock song

• Winner: Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be
• Sleep Token - Caramel
• Hayley Williams - Glum
• Turnstile - Never Enough
• Yungblud - Zombie

Best rock album

• Winner: Turnstile - Never Enough
• Deftones - Private Music
• Haim - I Quit
• Linkin Park - From Zero
• Yungblud - Idols

Best alternative music album

• Winner: The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
• Bon Iver - Sable, Fable
• Tyler, The Creator - Don't Tap the Glass
• Wet Leg - Moisturizer
• Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

Best alternative music performance

• Winner: The Cure - Alone
• Bon Iver - Everything Is Peaceful Love
• Turnstile - Seein' Stars
• Wet Leg - Mangetout
• Hayley Williams - Parachute

Best metal performance

• Winner: Turnstile - Birds
• Dream Theater - Night Terror
• Ghost - Lachryma
• Sleep Token - Emergence
• Spiritbox - Soft Spine

Rap

Best rap performance

• Winner: Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams - Chains & Whips
• Cardi B - Outside
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay - TV Off
• Tyler, The Creator feat Teezo Touchdown - Darling, I

Best melodic rap performance

• Winner: Kendrick Lamar with SZA - Luther
• Fridayy feat Meek Mill - Proud Of Me
• JID feat Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack - Wholeheartedly
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat Rapsody - WeMaj
• Partynextdoor & Drake - Somebody Loves Me

Best rap song

• Winner: Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay - TV Off
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat John Legend & Voices of Fire - The Birds Don't Sing
• Tyler, The Creator feat GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne - Sticky
• GloRilla - TGIF

Best rap album

• Winner: Kendrick Lamar - GNX
• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice - Let God Sort Em Out
• GloRilla - Glorious
• JID - God Does Like Ugly
• Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia

Country

Best country solo performance

• Winner: Chris Stapleton - Bad As I Used To Be
• Tyler Childers - Nose On The Grindstone
• Shaboozey - Good News
• Zach Top - I Never Lie
• Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo

Best country duo/group performance

• Shaboozey & Jelly Roll - Amen
• 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
• George Strait & Chris Stapleton - Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame

Best country song

• Winner: Tyler Childers - Bitin' List
• Shaboozey - Good News
• Zach Top - I Never Lie
• Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo
• Chris Stapleton - A Song To Sing

Best contemporary country album

• Jelly Roll - Beautifully Broken
• Kelsea Ballerini - Patterns
• Tyler Childers - Snipe Hunter
• Eric Church - Evangeline vs The Machine
• Miranda Lambert - Postcards From Texas

R&B and Afrobeats

Best R&B performance

• Winner: Kehlani - Folded
• Justin Bieber - Yukon
• Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller - It Depends
• Leon Thomas - Mutt (Live From NPR's Tiny Desk)
• Summer Walker - Heart Of A Woman

Best R&B song

• Winner: Kehlani - Folded
• Summer Walker - Heart Of A Woman
• Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller - It Depends
• Durand Bernarr - Overqualified
• Leon Thomas - Yes It Is

Best R&B album

• Winner: Leon Thomas - Mutt
• Giveon - Beloved
• Coco Jones - Why Not More?
• Ledisi - The Crown
• Teyana Taylor - Escape Room

Best African music performance

• Winner: Tyla - Push 2 Start
• Burna Boy - Love
• Davido feat Omah Lay - With You
• Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin - Hope & Love
• Ayra Starr feat Wizkid - Gimme Dat
• Production and songwriting

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Winner: Cirkut (Lady Gaga, Rosé, Jade)
• Dan Auerbach
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Winner: Amy Allen (Rosé, Jennie, Sabrina Carpenter)
• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Tobias Jesso Jr
• Laura Veltz
• Film and TV

Best comedy album

• Winner: Nate Bargatze - Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
• Bill Burr - Drop Dead Years
• Sarah Silverman - PostMortem
• Ali Wong - Single Lady
• Jamie Foxx - What Had Happened Was

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

• Winner: Sinners - Various artists
• A Complete Unknown - Timothée Chalamet
• F1 The Album - Various artists
• K-Pop Demon Hunters - Various artists
• Wicked - Various artists

Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)

• Winner: Ludwig Göransson - Sinners
• John Powell - How To Train Your Dragon
• Theodore Shapiro - Severance: Season 2
• John Powell & Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
• Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot

Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

• Winner: Austin Wintory - Sword of the Sea
• Pinar Toprak - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires
• Wilbert Roget II - Helldivers 2
• Gordy Haab - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II - Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune

Best song written for visual media

• Winner: Huntr/x – Golden (From K-Pop Demon Hunters)
• Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be (From Tron: Ares)
• Miles Caton – I Lied To You (From Sinners)
• Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Never Too Late (From Elton John: Never Too Late)
• Jayme Lawson – Pale Pale Moon (From Sinners)
• Rod Wave – Sinners (From Sinners)

Best audiobook narration

• Winner: Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
• Kathy Garver - Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story
• Trevor Noah - Into The Uncut Grass
• Ketanji Brown Jackson - Lovely One: A Memoir
• Fab Morvan - You Know It's True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli

Best music video

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

Best music film

• Winner: John Williams - Music by John Williams
• Devo - Devo
• Raye - Live at the Albert Hall
• Diane Warren - Relentless
• Pharrell Williams - Piece By Piece

Jazz and classical

Best jazz vocal album

• Winner: Samara Joy – Portrait
• Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – Elemental
• Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025!
• Michael Mayo – Fly
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth - Live at Vic's Las Vegas

Best jazz instrumental album

• Winner: Sullivan Fortner feat Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore – Southern Nights
• Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Live)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging
• John Patitucci feat Chris Potter & Brian Blade – Spirit Fall
• Yellowjackets – Fasten Up

Best alternative jazz album

• Winner: Nate Smith – Live-Action
• Ambrose Akinmusire - Honey from a Winter Stone
• Robert Glasper - Keys To The City Volume One
• Brad Mehldau – Ride Into The Sun
• Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood

Best jazz performance

• Winner: Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Windows (Live)
• Lakecia Benjamin feat Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – Noble Rise
• Samara Joy - Peace Of Mind/Dreams Come True
• Michael Mayo – Four
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – All Stars Lead To You (Live)

Best musical theatre album

• Winner: Buena Vista Social Club
• Death Becomes Her
• Gypsy
• Just In Time
• Maybe Happy Ending

Best opera recording

• Winner: Heggie: Intelligence - Kwamé Ryan, conductor (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
• Huang Ruo: An American Soldier - Carolyn Kuan, conductor (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
• Kouyoumdjian - Adoration Alan Pierson, conductor (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
• O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead - Elaine Kelly (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O'Halloran)
• Tesori: Grounded - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)

Best orchestral performance

• Winner: Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie - Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)​
• Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From '24 Negro Melodies' - Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
• Ravel: Boléro - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
• Still & Bonds - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)