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The 2026 GRAMMY Award Winners Are…

todayFebruary 2, 2026

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What an epic show it was!! Here are your winners for this year:

 

RECORD OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: luther – Kendrick Lamar, SZA

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny

SONG OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: WILDFLOWER – Billie Eilish

BEST NEW ARTIST

  • WINNER: Olivia Dean

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

  • WINNER: Cirkut

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

  • WINNER: Amy Allen

 

POP & DANCE/ELECTRONIC CATEGORY

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Messy – Lola Young

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Defying Gravity – Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

  • WINNER: MAYHEM – Lady Gaga

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING

  • WINNER: End of Summer – Tame Impala

BEST DANCE POP RECORDING

  • WINNER: Abracadabra – Lady Gaga

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM

  • WINNER: EUSEXUA – FKA twigs

BEST REMIXED RECORDING

  • WINNER: Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix) – Lady Gaga

 

ROCK, METAL & ALTERNATIVE CATEGORY

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning – YUNGBLUD, Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: BIRDS – Turnstile

BEST ROCK SONG

  • WINNER: As Alive As You Need Me To Be – Nine Inch Nails

BEST ROCK ALBUM

  • WINNER: NEVER ENOUGH – Turnstile

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Alone – The Cure

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

  • WINNER: Songs Of A Lost Word – The Cure

 

R&B, RAP & SPOKEN WORK POETRY CATEGORY

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Folded – Kehlani

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: VIBES DON’T LIE – Leon Thomas

BEST R&B SONG

  • WINNER: Folded – Kehlani

BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM

  • WINNER: BLOOM – Durand Bernarr

BEST R&B ALBUM

  • WINNER: MUTT – Leon Thomas

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Chains & Wips – Clipse, Pusha T, Malice ft. Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams

BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: luther – Kendrick Lamar, SZA

BEST RAP SONG

  • WINNER: tv off – Kendrick Lamar, Lefty Gunplay

BEST RAP ALBUM

  • GNX – Kendrick Lamar

 

COUNTRY CATEGORY

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Bad As I Used To Be (F1 The Movie) – Chris Stapleton

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: Amen – Shaboozey, Jelly Roll

BEST COUNTRY SONG

  • WINNER: Bitin’ List – Tyler Childers

BEST TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ALBUM

  • WINNER: Ain’t In It For My Health – Zach Top

BEST CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY ALBUM

  • WINNER: Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll

 

OTHER POPULAR CATEGORIES

BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

  • WINNER: PUSH 2 START – Tyla

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

  • WINNER: Sinners – Various Artists

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA (INCLUDES FILM AND TELEVISION)

  • WINNER: Sinners – Ludwig Göransson

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

  • WINNER: Golden (KPop Demon Hunters) – HUNTR/X (EJAE, REI AMI, Audrey Nuna)

 

BILLIE FINALLY WON!!!!! I’ve been waiting for anything from Hit Me Hard And Soft to be Grammy recognised and here we are. 

I will say, I am SOOOOO happy Golden bagged one of the awards they were nominated for AND Olivia Dean for Best New Artist, because they definitely deserved it!

Chaka Khan also showed up and showed out by being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, alongside Cher, Whitney Houston, Fela Kuti, Carlos Santana and Paul Simon.

Just a big night filled with lots of recognition and admiration for all the hard work artists put in everything they do.

 

AND THAT WAS THE 68TH GRAMMY AWARDS 2026!

Written by: Yanika


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