Not like us? Extra like him: Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy Award nominations, introduced Friday.The rapper is up for 9 trophies at February’s ceremony: document, music and album of the yr – marking the third time he is had simultaneous nominations in these massive classes – in addition to pop duo/group efficiency, melodic rap efficiency, rap music and rap album. He is additionally nominated twice within the rap efficiency class.Lamar, who’s driving the success of final yr’s blockbuster “GNX” album, has 22 Grammy profession wins and 66 nominations. “GNX” is his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for album of the yr, one thing no different artist has ever carried out. If it wins, it is going to be his first win within the class. And it is going to be solely the third rap album to win the highest prize, following Outkast in 2004 for “Speakerboxxx/The Love Under” and Lauryn Hill in 1999 for “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.“Woman Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian document producer/songwriter Cirkut comply with Lamar with seven nominations every. Woman Gaga is up for music, document and album of the yr – her first time receiving nominations in all three classes concurrently. She may additionally rating potential wins within the pop solo efficiency, pop vocal album, dance pop recording and conventional pop vocal album classes.Antonoff is nominated within the document, album and music of the yr classes twice, for his work with Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter. He is additionally nominated for rap music for the primary time. That is for “television off” with Lamar, that includes Lefty Gunplay.Antonoff and Cirkut will face off within the producer of the yr, non-Classical class. If Antonoff wins, he’ll tie Babyface’s document of most profession wins within the class, with 4.That is not all. Cirkut is up for each document and music of the yr, twice – for Woman Gaga’s “Abracadabra” and Rose and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” – in addition to album of the yr and finest dance pop recording.Along with Woman Gaga’s “Mayhem” and Lamar’s “GNX,” the album of the yr class is rounded out by Carpenter’s “Man’s Finest Pal,” Unhealthy Bunny’s “Debi Tirar Mas Fotos,” Justin Bieber’s “Swag,” Clipse, Pusha T & Malice’s “Let God Kind Em Out,” Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” and Tyler, the Creator’s “Chromakopia.” That is the primary time three albums have been up for each rap album and album of the yr: “GNX,” “Let God Kind Em Out” and “Chromakopia.”Moreover, Unhealthy Bunny’s “Debi Tirar Mas Fotos” is simply the second time an all-Spanish language album has been nominated for the highest prize. The primary was additionally a Unhealthy Bunny launch – in 2023, for “Un Verano Sin Ti.” Harry Kinds’ “Harry’s Home” received that yr.Carpenter, Unhealthy Bunny, Leon Thomas and Serban Ghenea all boast six nominations. Andrew Watt, Clipse, Doechii, Sounwave, SZA, Turnstile and Tyler, the Creator have 5 every.Solely recordings commercially launched within the U.S. between Aug. 31, 2024 by Aug. 30, 2025 have been eligible for nominations. The ultimate spherical of Grammy voting, which determines its winners, will happen Dec. 12 by Jan. 5.In the perfect new artist class, world woman group Katseye, Olivia Dean, The Marias, Addison Rae, sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren and Lola Younger will all go head-to-head.The document of the yr class is made up of Unhealthy Bunny’s “DtMF,” Carpenter’s “Manchild,” Doechii’s “Anxiousness,” Billie Eilish’s “Wildflower,” Woman Gaga’s “Abracadabra,” Lamar and SZA’s “luther,” Chappell Roan’s “The Subway” and Rose and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” Rose, maybe finest often known as one-fourth of the juggernaut woman group BLACKPINK, is the primary Ok-pop artist to ever obtain a nomination within the document of the yr area.Some could also be stunned to see Eilish included within the bunch, as “Wildflower” was launched on her spring 2024 album, “Hit Me Exhausting and Tender,” forward of the eligibility window. Nonetheless, there’s a Recording Academy rule that enables albums launched through the earlier ceremony’s eligibility interval to be thought of, “supplied the identical tracks weren’t entered the earlier yr and the album didn’t win a Grammy,” with a couple of exceptions. By that rule, Eilish’s “Wildflower” – which was not beforehand entered – is eligible.Music of the yr – an award for a observe’s songwriters, which generally embrace the performer however not all the time – is made up of an nearly equivalent record to document of the yr, besides Roan is changed by “Golden” from the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack. “The Grammy Awards are our alternative to honor the individuals who make this neighborhood so vibrant and this yr’s nominees remind us of the unbelievable expertise that’s driving music ahead,” stated Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. in an announcement. “From rising expertise to influential icons, these nominees mirror at present’s broad and various musical panorama, and I’m excited to have fun them within the coming weeks forward.“There are a variety of first-time nominees as properly this yr, together with Tate McRae, Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress.The 2026 Grammy Awards will air Feb. 1 reside on CBS and Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles.