The 2026 Grammys delivered historic top-category victories, political moments onstage, and a packed night of performances at Crypto.com Arena. Hosted by Trevor Noah, the show’s biggest prizes went to Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, and Billie Eilish with Finneas — and each of those wins came with a milestone.
Bad Bunny took Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, becoming the first artist to win the Grammy’s top album prize with a Spanish-language project. During his acceptance, he spoke directly to people who have had to leave home to pursue their future and dedicated the moment to his community.
Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year for “Luther,” his tribute that features SZA. The win made him the first male artist and first rapper to take Record of the Year in back-to-back years. The announcement moment almost turned into a scramble when presenter Cher briefly appeared ready to move on before finishing the nominee read.
Earlier in the telecast, Lamar also won Best Rap Album for GNX. In the Premiere Ceremony, he added more trophies, including Best Rap Song for “tv off,” Best Melodic Rap Performance for “luther” with SZA, and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for “Big Fish.” With his latest haul, Lamar surpassed Jay-Z for the most career Grammys by a rapper.
Billie Eilish and Finneas won Song of the Year for “Wildflower,” setting a new Grammys record with their third Song of the Year win. They previously won the award for “Bad Guy” and “What Was I Made For?” Eilish used her speech to make a statement about immigration, saying no one is illegal on stolen land.
Olivia Dean won Best New Artist, presented by last year’s winner Chappell Roan. Dean spoke about her family’s immigrant roots, describing herself as the product of bravery and emphasizing the importance of community, continuing the recent stretch of solo women taking the category.
Bad Bunny also collected more wins beyond Album of the Year, picking up Best Música Urbana Album for Debí Tirar Más Fotos—his third time winning that category. In another moment that brought the arena to a roar, he referenced “ICE out,” then spoke about humanity and love being stronger than hate.
Several artists had major career nights. Jelly Roll won his first three Grammys, including Best Contemporary Country Album for Beautifully Broken, reflecting on past struggles and describing the album as something he wrote during a time when he didn’t believe he had a chance. Lady Gaga expanded her career total to 17 Grammys, winning Best Pop Vocal Album for Mayhem and using her speech to encourage women in music to fight for their ideas, their songs, and their place as producers in rooms where they aren’t always heard.
The broadcast opened with Rosé and Bruno Mars performing “Apt.” Sabrina Carpenter followed with an airport-themed performance of “Manchild,” complete with bleeped expletives. Justin Bieber later performed “Yukon” solo. Additional performances included sets from Lady Gaga, Tyler, The Creator, and Clipse, who closed the show with “So Far Ahead.”
The Best New Artist nominee performance block featured The Marías, Addison Rae, Katseye, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, Lola Young, Olivia Dean and Sombr, with Lola Young later winning Best Pop Solo Performance for “Messy.”
The In Memoriam segment included multiple tributes. Bruce Springsteen narrated a remembrance honoring Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson, calling him a genius who made generations of songwriters better. John Mayer performed in tribute to Bob Weir, and Reba McEntire delivered her first Grammy performance with Brandy Clark and Lukas Nelson.
Later, the show honored Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath with a “War Pigs” performance led by Post Malone, backed by Slash, Andrew Watt, Duff McKagan and Chad Smith. Lauryn Hill returned to the Grammys stage for her first performance since 1999, paying tribute to R&B icon D’Angelo before additional performers continued the tribute set.
Pharrell Williams received the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, presented by Q-Tip. Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Carlos Santana, Chaka Khan, Cher, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston. Trustees Awards went to Bernie Taupin, Eddie Palmieri and Sylvia Rhone, and John Chowning received the Technical Grammy Award.
During the Premiere Ceremony earlier in the day, Lady Gaga won Best Dance Pop Recording for “Abracadabra,” and Cirkut won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Leon Thomas won for Best R&B Song and Traditional R&B Performance, and Bad Bunny won Best Global Music Performance for “EoO.” Steven Spielberg joined the EGOT club as part of the Best Music Film-winning team for Music By John Williams.
Below is the complete winners list as provided in the original material.
2026 Grammys Winners List
BROADCAST WINNERS
Album of the Year
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
Record of the Year
“Luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
Song of the Year
“Wildflower” — Billie Eilish
Songwriters: Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell
Best Pop Solo Performance
Messy — Lola Young
Best Pop Vocal Album
Mayhem — Lady Gaga
Best Contemporary Country Album
Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
Best Música Urbana Album
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Best Rap Album
GNX — Kendrick Lamar
PRESHOW WINNERS
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ortiz: Dzonot — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Yanga — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano — Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos — Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama — Dalai Lama
Best Comedy Album
Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze
Best Children’s Music Album
Harmony — FYÜTCH & Aura V
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Brightside — ARKAI
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Dennehy: Land of Winter — Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
Best Choral Performance
Ortiz: Yanga — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Best Opera Recording
Heggie: Intelligence — Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
Best Orchestral Performance
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Big Fish” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring säje)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Super Mario Praise Break” — Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Best Instrumental Composition
“First Snow” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz
Producer of the Year, Classical
Elaine Martone
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down — Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
Best Regional Roots Music Album
A Tribute to the King Of Zydeco — (Various Artists)
Best Musical Theater Album
Buena Vista Social Club — Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Portrait — Samara Joy
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Nomadica — Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
Best Reggae Album
Blxxd & Fyah — Keznamdi
Best Global Music Album
Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia
Best African Music Performance
“Push 2 Start” — Tyla
Best Global Music Performance
“EoO” — Bad Bunny
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
A Matter of Time — Laufey
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Live-Action — Nate Smith
Best Latin Jazz Album
A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Without Further Ado, Vol 1 — Christian McBride Big Band
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Southern Nights — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
Best Jazz Performance
Windows – Live — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Roots Gospel Album
I Will Not Be Moved — Live — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed
Best Gospel Album
Heart of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Jason Bradley Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings & Brandon Lake, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Come Jesus Come” — CeCe Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
Best Folk Album
Wild and Clear and Blue — I’m With Her
Best Bluegrass Album
Highway Prayers — Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
Big Money — Jon Batiste
Best American Roots Song
“Ancient Light” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best Americana Performance
“Godspeed” — Mavis Staples
Best Historical Album
Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years — 1976-1980 — Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
Best Album Notes
Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings — Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Album Cover
Chromakopia — Tyler Okonma, art director (Tyler, The Creator)
Best Recording Package
Tracks II: The Lost Albums — Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Preacher Kids — Robert Randolph
Best Traditional Blues Album
Ain’t Done With The Blues — Buddy Guy
Best American Roots Performance
“Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples
Best Traditional Country Album
Ain’t In It For My Health — Zach Top
Best Country Song
“Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
Best Country Solo Performance
“Bad As I Used to Be” — From F1: The Movie — Chris Stapleton
Best Metal Performance
Birds — Turnstile
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Words For Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best Rap Song
“tv off” — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Best Rap Performance
“Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Album
MUTT — Leon Thomas
Best Progressive R&B Album
Bloom — Durand Bernarr
Best R&B Song
“Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
Best R&B Performance
“Folded” — Kehlani
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Cirkut
Best Immersive Audio Album
Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
That Wasn’t a Dream — Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Alternative Music Album
Songs of a Lost World — The Cure
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Alone” — The Cure
Best Rock Album
Never Enough — Turnstile
Best Rock Song
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
Best Rock Performance
“Changes” (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning — YUNGBLUD Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
Best Music Film
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
Best Music Video
Anxiety — Doechii; James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“Golden” — From KPop Demon Hunters — EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory, composer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Sinners — Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Sinners — (Various Artists); Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson & Serena Göransson, compilation producers; Niki Sherrod, music supervisor
Best Tropical Latin Album
Raíces — Gloria Estefan
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Palabra De To’s (Seca) — Carín León
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
PAPOTA — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Best Latin Pop Album
Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
Best Remixed Recording
Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix) — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
EUSEXUA — FKA twigs
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“End of Summer” — Tame Impala; Kevin Parker, producer; Kevin Parker, mixer
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
