2026 Grammy Winners

[JamesG]

ALBUM / ARTIST:


Album of the Year:

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




Record of the Year:

luther – Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA
DtMF – Bad Bunny
Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
Anxiety – Doechii
WILDFLOWER – Billie Eilish
Abracadabra – Lady Gaga
The Subway – Chappell Roan
APT. – ROSÉ w/ Bruno Mars




Song of the Year:

WILDFLOWER – Billie Eilish
Abracadabra – Lady Gaga
Anxiety – Doechii
APT. – ROSÉ w/ Bruno Mars
DtMF – Bad Bunny
luther – Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA
Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter






Best New Artist:

Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young







POP:


Best Pop Solo Performance:

Messy – Lola Young
DAISIES – Justin Bieber
Manchild –Sabrina Carpenter
Disease – Lady Gaga
The Subway – Chappell Roan




Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

Defying Gravity – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Gabriela – KATSEYE
APT. – ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
30 For 30 – SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar



Best Pop Vocal Album:

MAYHEM – Lady Gaga
SWAG – Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus
I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) – Teddy Swims



Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

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







DANCE / ELECTRONICA:


Best Dance/Electronic Recording:

End Of Summer - Tame Impala
No Cap - Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
Victory Lap - Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax
SPACE INVADER - KAYTRANADA
VOLTAGE - Skrillex




Best Dance Pop Recording:

Abracadabra - Lady Gaga
Bluest Flame - Selena Gomez & benny blanco
Midnight Sun - Zara Larsson
Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie) - Tate McRae
Illegal - PinkPantheress



Best Dance/Electronic Album:

EUSEXUA - FKA twigs
Ten Days - Fred again..
Fancy That - PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale - RÜFÜS DU SOL
F— U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 - Skrillex







ROCK / METAL / ALTERNATIVE:


Best Rock Performance:

Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning - YUNGBLUD featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
U Should Not Be Doing That - Amyl and The Sniffers
The Emptiness Machine - Linkin Park
NEVER ENOUGH - Turnstile
Mirtazapine - Hayley Williams




Best Metal Performance:

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




Best Rock Album:

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



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 Alternative Performance:

Alone - The Cure
Everything Is Peaceful Love - Bon Iver
SEEIN' STARS - Turnstile
mangetout - Wet Leg
Parachute - Hayley Williams



Best Alternative Music Album:

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








R&B:


Best R&B Performance:

Folded - Kehlani
YUKON - Justin Bieber
It Depends - Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller
MUTT — Live From NPR's Tiny Desk - Leon Thomas
Heart Of A Woman - Summer Walker



Best Traditional R&B Performance:

VIBES DON'T LIE - Leon Thomas
Here We Are - Durand Bernarr
UPTOWN - Lalah Hathaway
LOVE YOU TOO - Ledisi
Crybaby - SZA




Best R&B Album:

MUTT - Leon Thomas
BELOVED - GIVĒON
Why Not More? - Coco Jones
The Crown - Ledisi
Escape Room - Teyana Taylor




Best R&B Song:

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



Best Progressive R&B Album:

BLOOM - Durand Bernarr
Adjust Brightness - Bilal
LOVE ON DIGITAL - Destin Conrad
Access All Areas - FLO
Come As You Are - Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon







RAP:


Best Rap Performance:

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



Best Melodic Rap Performance:

luther - Kendrick Lamar w/ SZA
Proud Of Me - Fridayy featuring Meek Mill
Wholeheartedly - JID featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
WeMaj - Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat. Rapsody
SOMEBODY LOVES ME - PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake



Best Rap Album:

GNX - Kendrick Lamar
Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
GLORIOUS - GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly - JID
CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator



Best Rap Song:

tv off - Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay
Anxiety - Doechii
The Birds Don't Sing - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat. John Legend & Voices Of Fire
Sticky - Tyler, The Creator feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
TGIF - GloRilla







COUNTRY:


Best Country Solo Performance:

Bad As I Used To Be [From "F1® The Movie" -Chris Stapleton
Nose On The Grindstone - Tyler Childers
Good News - Shaboozey
I Never Lie - Zach Top
Somewhere Over Laredo - Lainey Wilson



Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

Amen - Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
A Song To Sing - Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
Trailblazer - Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
Love Me Like You Used To Do - Margo Price and Tyler Childers
Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame - George Strait and Chris Stapleton



Best Traditional Country Album:

Ain't In It For My Health - Zach Top
Dollar A Day - Charley Crockett
American Romance - Lukas Nelson
Oh What A Beautiful World - Willie Nelson
Hard Headed Woman - Margo Price




Best Contemporary Country Album:

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



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







NEW AGE:


Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album:

NOMADICA - Carla Patullo featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
Kuruvinda - Kirsten Agresta-Copely
According To The Moon - Cheryl B. Engelhardt, GEM, Dallas String Quartet
Into The Forest - Jahnavi Harrison
The Colors In My Mind - Chris Redding







INSTRUMENTAL:


Best Contemporary Instrumental Composition:

Brightside - ARKAI
Ones & Twos - Gerald Clayton
BEATrio - Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez
Just Us - Bob James & Dave Koz
Shayan - Charu Suri



Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:

Super Mario Praise Break - The 8-Bit Big Band
Be Okay - Cynthia Erivo
A Child Is Born - Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf
Fight On - The Westerlies



Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:

Big Fish - Nate Smith Featuring säje
How Did She Look? - Seth MacFarlane
Keep An Eye On Summer - Jacob Collier
Something In The Water — Acoustic-Ish - Lawrence
What A Wonderful World - Cody-Fry







JAZZ:


Best Jazz Vocal Album:

Portrait - Samara Joy
Elemental - Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap
We Insist 2025! - Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell
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:

Southern Nights - Sullivan Fortner featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
Trilogy 3 — Live - Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Belonging - Branford Marsalis Quartet
Spirit Fall - John Patitucci featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade
Fasten Up - Yellowjackets



Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

Without Further Ado, Vol 1 - Christian McBride Big Band
Orchestrator Emulator - The 8-Bit Big Band
Lumen - Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band
Basie Rocks - Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra
Lights on a Satellite - Sun Ra Arkestra
Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores - Kenny Wheeler Legacy featuring The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra



Best Alternative Jazz Album:

LIVE-ACTION - Nate Smith
honey from a winter stone - Ambrose Akinmusire
Keys To The City Volume One - Robert Glasper
Ride into the Sun - Brad Mehldau
Blues Blood - Immanuel Wilkins







GOSPEL / CHRISTIAN:


Best Gospel Performance/Song:

Come Jesus Come - Cece Winans feat. Shirley Caesar
Do It Again - Kirk Franklin
Church - Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend
Still Live - Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts
Amen - Pastor Mike Jr.




Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:

Hard Fought Hallelujah - Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
I Know A Name - Elevation Worship, Chris Brown, Brandon Lake
YOUR WAY'S BETTER - Forrest Frank
Headphones - Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.
Amazing - Darrel Walls, PJ Morton



Best Roots Gospel Album:

I Will Not Be Moved — Live - The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Then Came The Morning - Gaither Vocal Band
Praise & Worship: More Than A Hollow Hallelujah - The Isaacs
Good Answers - Karen Peck & New River
Back To My Roots - Candi Staton



Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

Coritos Vol. 1 - Israel & New Breed
CHILD OF GOD II - Forrest Frank
King Of Hearts - Brandon Lake
Reconstruction - Lecrae
Let The Church Sing - Tauren Wells



Best Gospel Album:

Heart Of Mine - Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Sunny Days - Yolanda Adams
Tasha - Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Live Breathe Fight- Tamela Mann
Only On The Road Live - Tye Tribbett








LATIN:


Best Latin Pop Album:

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



Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:

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



Best Latin Jazz Album:

A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole - Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
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
Mundoagua - Celebrating Carla Bley - Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard - Miguel Zenón Quartet



Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):

Palabra De To's [Seca] - Carín León
MALA MÍA - Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera
Y Lo Que Viene - Grupo Frontera
Sin Rodeos - Paola Jara
Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía - Por La Puerta Grande [En Vivo] - Bobby Pulido



Best Tropical Latin Album:

Raíces - Gloria Estefan
Fotografías - Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Clásicos 1.0 - Grupo Niche
Bingo - Alain Pérez
Debut y Segunda Tanda, Vol. 2 - Gilberto Santa Rosa







AMERICAN ROOTS / BLUES / FOLK:


Best American Roots Performance:

Beautiful Strangers - Mavis Staples
LONELY AVENUE - Jon Batiste feat. Randy Newman
Ancient Light - I'm With Her
Crimson And Clay - Jason Isbell
Richmond On The James - Alison Krauss & Union Station




Best Americana Performance:

Godspeed - Mavis Staples
Boom - Sierra Hull
Poison In My Well - Maggie Rose & Grace Potter
That's Gonna Leave A Mark - Molly Tuttle
Horses - Jesse Welles



Best American Roots Song:

Ancient Light - I'm With Her
BIG MONEY - Jon Batiste
Foxes In The Snow - Jason Isbell
Middle - Jesse Welles
Spitfire - Sierra Hull



Best Americana Album:

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 Bluegrass Album:

Highway Prayers - Billy Strings
Carter & Cleveland - Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter
A Tip Toe High Wire - Sierra Hull
Arcadia - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Outrun - The Steeldrivers




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:

Preacher Kids - Robert Randolph
Breakthrough - Joe Bonamassa
Paper Doll - Samantha Fish
A Tribute To LJK - Eric Gales
Family - Southern Avenue



Best Folk Album:

Wild And Clear And Blue - I'm With Her
What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow - Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
Crown Of Roses - Patty Griffin
Foxes In The Snow - Jason Isbell
Under The Powerlines April 24 – September 24 - Jesse Welles



Best Regional Roots Music Album:

A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco - Various Artists
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








WORLD MUSIC:



Best Global Music Performance:

EoO - Bad Bunny
Cantando en el Camino - Ciro Hurtado
JERUSALEMA - Angélique Kidjo
Inmigrante Y Que? - Yeisy Rojas
Shrini's Dream [Live] - Shakti
Daybreak Anoushka Shankar feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar



Best Global Music Album:

Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo - Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
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 feat. Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar




Best Reggae Album:

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



Best African Music Performance:

PUSH 2 START - Tyla
Love - Burna Boy
With You - Davido feat. Omar Ley
Hope & Love - Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
Gimme Dat - Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid









SPOKEN WORD / CHILDREN / COMEDY


Best Children's Album:

Harmony - FYÜTCH & Aura V
Ageless: 100 Years Young - Joanie Leeds & Joya
Buddy's Magic Tree House - Mega Ran
Herstory - Flor Bromley
The Music Of Tori And The Muses - Tori Amos



Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording:

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



Best Comedy Album:

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









SOUNDTRACK:


Best Musical Theater Album:

Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast)
Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast)
Gypsy (2024 Broadway Cast)
Just In Time (Original Broadway Cast)
Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast)



Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:

Sinners - Various Artists
A Complete Unknown - Timothée Chalamet
F1® The Album - Various Artists
KPop Demon Hunters - Various Artists
Wicked - Various Artists



Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:

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



Best Song Written For Visual Media:

Golden - EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick
KPop Demon Hunters

As Alive As You Need Me To Be - Nine Inch Nails
TRON: Ares

I Lied To You - Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq
Sinners

Never Too Late - Elton John, Brandi Carlile
Elton John: Never Too Late

Pale, Pale Moon - Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard
Sinners

Sinners - Rod Wave
Sinners



Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

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









PACKAGING / NOTES / HISTORICAL:


Best Recording Package:

Tracks II: The Lost Albums - Bruce Springsteen
And The Adjacent Possible - OK Go
Balloonerism - Mac Miller
Danse Macabre: De Lux - Duran Duran
Loud Is As - Tsunami
Sequoia - Various Artisits
The Spins — Picture Disc Vinyl - Mac Miller




Best Album Cover:

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



Best Album Notes:

Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings - Miles Davis
Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974 - Buck Owens And His Buckaroos
After The Last Sky - Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland
Árabe - Amanda Ekery
The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 - Sly & The Family Stone
A Ghost Is Born — 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - Wilco




Best Historical Album:

Joni Mitchell Archives - Volume 4: The Asylum Years — 1976-1980 - Joni Mitchell
The Making Of Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound Of Harare' Townships 1975-1980 — Analog Africa No.41 - Various Artists
Super Disco Pirata - De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 — Analog Africa No. 39 - Various Artists
You Can't Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos - Doc Pomus







PRODUCTION:


Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

That Wasn't A Dream - Pino Palladino, Blake Mills
All Things Light - Cam
Arcadia - Alison Krauss & Union Station
For Melancholy Brunettes & sad women - Japanese Breakfast




Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

Cirkut
Dan Auerbach
Dijon
Blake Mills
Soundwave



Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:

Abracadabra - Gesaffelstein Remix - Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein
Don't Forget About Us - Mariah Carey & KAYTRANADA
A Dreams A Dream - Ron Trent Remix - Soul II Soul)
Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake
Golden - David Guetta REM/X - HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI



Best Immersive Audio Album:

Immersed - Justin Gray
All American F—boy - Duckwrth
An Immersive Tribute To Astor Piazzolla — Live - Various Artists
Tearjerkers - Tearjerkers
Yule - Trio Mediæval







CLASSICAL:


Best Engineered Album, Classical:

Cerrone: Don't Look Down - Sandbox Percussion
Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 - Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District - Andris Nelsons
Standard Stoppages - Third Coast Percussion
Yule - Trio Mediæval



Producer Of The Year, Classical:

Elaine Martone
Blanton Alspaugh
Sergei Kvitko
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay




Best Orchestral Performance:

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites From '24 Negro Melodies - National Philharmonic
Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 - Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela
Still & Bonds - The Philadelphia Orchestra
Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements - San Francisco Symphony



Best Opera Recording:

Heggie: Intelligence - Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer
Huang Ruo: An American Soldier - American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang
Kouyoumdjian: Adoration - Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street
O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead - Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran
Tesori: Grounded - The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus



Best Choral Performance:

Ortiz: Yanga - Los Angeles Philharmonic and Chorus
Advena - Liturgies For A Broken World - Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes
Childs: In The Arms Of The Beloved - Grant Gershon
Lang: Poor Hymnal - Donald Nally
Requiem Of Light - Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir



Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:

Dennehy: Land Of Winter - Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
La Mer - French Piano Trios - Neave Trio
Lullabies For The Brokenhearted - Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon
Slavic Sessions - Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Standard Stoppages - Third Coast Percussion



Best Classical Instrumental Solo:

Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From '24 Negro Melodies - National Philharmonic
Hope Orchestrated - Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble
Inheritances - Adam Tendler
Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor - Malmö Opera Orchestra
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works - Boston Symphony Orchestra



Best Classical Vocal Solo:

Telemann: Ino - Opera Arias For Soprano - Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Alike - My Mother's Dream - National Symphonia Orchestra
Black Pierrot - Sidney Outlaw
In This Short Life - Devony Smith
Kurtág: Kafka Fragments - Susan Narucki
Schubert Beatles - Theo Hoffman




Best Classical Compendium:

Ortiz: Yanga - Gustavo Dudamel
Cerrone: Don't Look Down - Sandbox Percussion
The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II - Will Liverman
Seven Seasons - Janai Brugger
Tombeaux - Christina Sandsengen



Best Contemporary Classical Composition:

Ortiz: Dzonot - Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cerrone: Don't Look Down - Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion
Dennehy: Land Of Winter - Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
León: Raíces — Origins - Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Okpebholo: Songs In Flight - Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & Various Artists








MUSIC VIDEO:


Best Music Video:

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



Best Music Film:

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

[JO Sweet Heart]

Originally Posted by JamesG

Best American Roots Performance:

LONELY AVENUE - Jon Batiste feat. Randy Newman
Ancient Light - I'm With Her
Crimson And Clay - Jason Isbell
Richmond On The James - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Beautiful Strangers - Mavis Staples

Best Bluegrass Album:

Carter & Cleveland - Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter
A Tip Toe High Wire - Sierra Hull
Arcadia - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Outrun - The Steeldrivers
Highway Prayers - Billy Strings

May Alison Krauss and Union Station claim these two Grammys.

God bless you and AKUS always!!!

Holly (a fan of them since 1994)

P.S. If they win, Alison will then have 29 Grammys.

[JamesG]

^ Winners above in bold.

[JO Sweet Heart]

Has Alison Krauss seen her final Grammy award already? She had two nominations last night but was overlooked once again. Her last win was in 2012 for Best Bluegrass Album. She was nominated for that award again last night. She currently has 27 wins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...#Grammy_Awards

God bless you and Alison and the guys of Union Station always!!!

Holly (a fan of her since 1994)

P.S. I pray that the new member of Union Station isn't discouraged. His name is Russell Moore, and he sang lead on four of the ten songs from the new album named Arcadia.

[TMC]

Grammys and VMAs have swapped places: Sunday night’s Grammys showed how it’s become the more urgent awards show

The Grammys have become a relentlessly modern and timely award show, while the once-cooler VMAs continue to look further and further back.

[TMC]

How Did Billie Eilish Win a Grammy in 2026 for a 2024 Song?

Brian explains how Billie Eilish won a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2026 for a song that was on her 2024 album that was nominated for a Grammy LAST year.



Today, we look at how Billie Eilish won a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2026 for a song that was on her 2024 album that was nominated for a Grammy LAST year?

In Pop Culture Questions Answered, I answer whatever questions you folks might have about movies, TV, music or whatever (feel free to e-mail questions to me at brian@poprefs.com).

People were very confused as to how Billie Eilish won Song of the Year for “Wildflower,” which was a track off of her 2024 album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, despite Hit Me Hard and Soft being nominated for Album of the Year (and the hit song, “Birds of a Feather,” also off that same album, being nominated for Song of the Year) last year.

“Wildflower” was on the album that was nominated at LAST year’s Grammys, so how could it be nominated for THIS year’s Grammys?

As it turns out, so long as a song is released as a single later on, and released within the eligibility timeline of the FOLLOWING year, it still counts as a separate entity for nominations, and “Wildflower” wasn’t released as a single until early 2025, while the album came out in May 2024 (the cutoff date for the current Grammys was August 31, 2024 – August 30, 2025).

HOWEVER, there is one major exception. You can only get a Grammy nomination for a song off of an album if the album didn’t win a Grammy Award in the previous year. So had Hit Me Hard and Soft won any Grammys in last year’s Grammys, no song from it would be eligible for this year’s Grammys. However, Hit Me Hard and Soft was shutout last year, so that made “Wildflowers” eligible THIS year, and the Grammy voters obviously love them some Billie Eilish (this is the third Grammy for Song of the Year, the songwriting category, that she and her brother, Finneas, have picked up. Taylor Swift, amazingly enough, has NEVER won Song of the Year).