The 68th Grammy Award Winners List – What You Need To Know

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The music industry was on high-alert, as was the public, regarding the recipients of the 68th Grammy Awards. The occasion took place on 1st February 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with some well-deserved winners and notable and eye-brow raising attendances.

Watch the entire 68th Grammy awards ceremony.

The show was presented by comedian and former The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, marking his sixth and final time hosting the ceremony.

Bad Bunny became the first artist to win an award for a Spanish-language album, while Kendrick Lamar surpassed his contemporary Jay-Z, becoming the most awarded rapper in hip-hop history.

Without beating around the bush, here are the winners from this year’s biggest music industry event in a street presentation of the facts.

68th Grammy Awards (2026) — Winners & Nominees


Winners in bold

Record of the Year

Watch: “luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA (Official Music Video)
  • “luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
  • “DtMF” — Bad Bunny
  • “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
  • “Anxiety” — Doechii
  • “WILDFLOWER” — Billie Eilish
  • “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
  • “The Subway” — Chappell Roan
  • “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

Album of the Year

Bad Bunny – Baile Inolvidable
  • 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

Song of the Year

 (Songwriters)

Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell except their reward for “Wildflower”
  • “WILDFLOWER” — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
  • “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
  • “Anxiety” — Doechii
  • “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
  • “DtMF” — Bad Bunny
  • “Golden” — Huntr/x
  • “luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
  • “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter

Best New Artist

Olivia Dean took the go for best new artist.
  • Olivia Dean
  • KATSEYE
  • The Marías
  • Addison Rae
  • sombr
  • Leon Thomas
  • Alex Warren
  • Lola Young

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Cirkut
  • Dan Auerbach
  • Dijon
  • Blake Mills
  • Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Amy Allen
  • Edgar Barrera
  • Jessie Jo Dillon
  • Tobias Jesso Jr.
  • Laura Veltz

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

Lola Young won ‘best pop performance’ for her smash track, “Messy”
  • “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
  • “Golden” — Huntr/x (EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
  • “Gabriela” — KATSEYE
  • “APT.” — ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
  • “30 For 30” — SZA with Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Vocal Album

Lady Gaga gives her acceptance speech at the 68th Grammy awards.
  • 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

Rock & Alternative

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
  • “Glum” — Hayley Williams
  • “Caramel” — Sleep Token
  • “Never Enough” — Turnstile
  • “Zombie” — Yungblud

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

Hip-Hop / Rap

Best Rap Album

Kendrick Lamar surpassed Jay-Z on the night to become hip-hop’s most awarded artist.
  • GNX — Kendrick Lamar
  • Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
  • Glorious — GloRilla
  • God Does Like Ugly — JID
  • CHROMAKOPIA — Tyler, The Creator

R&B

Best R&B Album

  • MUTT — Leon Thomas
  • Beloved — Givēon
  • Why Not More? — Coco Jones
  • The Crown — Ledisi
  • Escape Room — Teyana Taylor

Best Dance/Electronic Album

  • WINNER: FKA twigs: Eusexua
  • Fred Again..: Ten Days
  • PinkPantheress: Fancy That
  • Rüfüs Du Sol: Inhale / Exhale
  • Skrillex: F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3

Country

Best Contemporary Country Album

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

Global / Other

Best African Music Performance

  • Tyla

Best Reggae Album

  • Keznamdi

Best Latin Pop Album

  • Natalia Lafourcade

Best Music Video

Doechii – “Anxiety”
  • “Anxiety” — Doechii

Other Categories

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Cirkut
  • Sounwave
  • Dan Auerbach
  • Dijon
  • Blake Mills

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

  • Amy Allen
  • Edgar Barrera
  • Jessie Jo Dillon
  • Tobias Jesso Jr.
  • Laura Veltz

Best R&B Performance

  • Kehlani — “Folded”
  • Justin Bieber – “Yukon”
  • Chrison Brown ft Bryson Tiller – “It Depends”
  • Leon Thomas – “Mutt (Tiny Desk)”

Best Traditional R&B Performance

  • Leon Thomas – “Vibes Don’t Lie”
  • Durand Bernarr – “Here We Are”
  • Lalah Hathaway – “Uptown”
  • Ledisi – “Love You Too”
  • SZA – “Crybaby”

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

  • Tame Impala — “End of Summer”
  • Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – “No Cap”
  • Fred Again, Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax “Victory Lap”
  • Kaytranada: “Space Invader”
  • Skrillex: “Voltage”

Best Music Film

  • John Williams — Music by John Williams
  • “David Bowie: A Musical Legacy”
  • “Live at the O2” – Beyoncé
  • “Summer of Soul” – Questlove

Dr. Dre Global Impact Award

  • Pharrell Williams

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