2026 Grammys winners revealed: full list

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The Grammy night delivered surprises, career milestones and several sweep moments that reshaped the awards landscape. Big names shared the spotlight with emerging talent, and genre-bending records scored major honors. Below is a streamlined guide to the winners and notable nominees from the ceremony, organized for quick reading and search visibility.

Headline trophies: Album, Record, Song and Breakout Artist

Pop, dance and electronic: charts, remixes and vocal albums

  • Best Pop Solo Performance: Lola Young — “Messy” (winner)
  • Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande — “Defying Gravity” (winner)
  • Best Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga — Mayhem (winner)
  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Tame Impala — “End of Summer” (winner)
  • Best Dance Pop Recording: Lady Gaga — “Abracadabra” (winner)
  • Best Dance/Electronic Album: FKA twigs — Eusexua (winner)
  • Best Remixed Recording: Lady Gaga & Gesaffelstein — “Abracadabra” (Gesaffelstein Remix) (winner)

Hip‑hop and rap: Kendrick Lamar’s night and standout collaborations

  • Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar — GNX (winner)
  • Best Rap Performance: Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice — “Chains & Whips” (winner)
  • Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay — “TV Off” (winner)
  • Best Melodic Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar & SZA — “Luther” (winner)

Rock, metal and alternative: bands and veteran acts honored

  • Best Rock Album: Turnstile — Never Enough (winner)
  • Best Rock Performance: Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt & Frank Bello Featuring Adam Wakeman & II — “Changes” (Live) (winner)
  • Best Metal Performance: Turnstile — “Birds” (winner)
  • Best Rock Song: Nine Inch Nails — “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” (winner)
  • Best Alternative Music Album: The Cure — Songs of a Lost World (winner)
  • Best Alternative Music Performance: The Cure — “Alone” (winner)

R&B and soul: vocal excellence and songwriting wins

  • Best R&B Performance: Kehlani — “Folded” (winner)
  • Best Traditional R&B Performance: Leon Thomas — “Vibes Don’t Lie” (winner)
  • Best R&B Song: Kehlani — “Folded” (winner)
  • Best Progressive R&B Album: Durand Bernarr — Bloom (winner)
  • Best R&B Album: Leon Thomas — Mutt (winner)

Country, Americana and roots: storytellers and crossover wins

  • Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton — “Bad as I Used to Be” (From F1® the Movie) (winner)
  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Shaboozey & Jelly Roll — “Amen” (winner)
  • Best Contemporary Country Album: Jelly Roll — Beautifully Broken (winner)
  • Best Americana Album: Jon Batiste — Big Money (winner)
  • Best American Roots Song: I’m With Her — “Ancient Light” (winner)
  • Best American Roots Performance: Mavis Staples — “Beautiful Strangers” (winner)

Latin, global and Caribbean categories: Bad Bunny and worldwide picks

  • Best Música Urbana Album: Bad Bunny — Debí Tirar Más Fotos (winner)
  • Best Latin Pop Album: Natalia Lafourcade — Cancionera (winner)
  • Best Tropical Latin Album: Gloria Estefan — Raíces (winner)
  • Best Global Music Performance: Bad Bunny — “EoO” (winner)
  • Best African Music Performance: Tyla — “Push 2 Start” (winner)
  • Best Global Music Album: Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia — Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo (winner)
  • Best Reggae Album: Keznamdi — Blxxd & Fyah (winner)

Jazz, classical and composition: instrumental excellence

  • Best Jazz Performance: Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade — “Windows” (Live) (winner)
  • Best Jazz Vocal Album: Samara Joy — Portrait (winner)
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Sullivan Fortner — Southern Nights (winner)
  • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Christian McBride — Without Further Ado, Vol 1 (winner)
  • Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Amanda Forsythe & collaborators — Telemann: Ino (winner)
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Yo‑Yo Ma & Andris Nelsons — Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos (winner)
  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Gabriela Ortiz — Dzonot (winner)
  • Best Orchestral Performance: Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra — Messiaen: Turangalîla‑Symphonie (winner)

Gospel, Christian and roots gospel: spiritual songs and choirs

  • Best Gospel Performance/Song: Cece Winans & Shirley Caesar — “Come Jesus Come” (winner)
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Brandon Lake & Jelly Roll — “Hard Fought Hallelujah” (winner)
  • Best Gospel Album: Darrel Walls & PJ Morton — Heart of Mine (winner)
  • Best Roots Gospel Album: The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir — I Will Not Be Moved (Live) (winner)

Film, television, games and media scores

  • Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Ludwig Göransson — Sinners (winner)
  • Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games: Austin Wintory — Sword of the Sea (winner)
  • Best Song Written for Visual Media: Huntr/x — “Golden” (winner)
  • Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Various Artists — Sinners (winner)
  • Best Music Film: John Williams — Music by John Williams (winner)

Technical, packaging and archival categories

  • Best Engineered Album, Non‑Classical: Pino Palladino & Blake Mills — That Wasn’t a Dream (winner)
  • Best Engineered Album, Classical: Sandbox Percussion — Cerrone: Don’t Look Down (winner)
  • Best Recording Package: Bruce Springsteen — Tracks II: The Lost Albums (winner)
  • Best Album Cover: Tyler, the Creator — Chromakopia (winner)
  • Best Historical Album: Joni Mitchell — Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976‑1980) (winner)
  • Best Album Notes: Miles Davis — Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings (winner)

Videos, comedy and spoken word highlights

  • Best Music Video: Doechii — “Anxiety” (winner)
  • Best Comedy Album: Nate Bargatze — Your Friend, Nate Bargatze (winner)
  • Best Spoken Word Poetry Album: Mad Skillz — Words for Days, Vol. 1 (winner)
  • Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording: Dalai Lama — Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (winner)

Special mentions: notable multiple winners and breakout stories

  • Kendrick Lamar collected four trophies, anchoring a dominant night in rap.
  • Bad Bunny earned Album of the Year and major Latin honors.
  • Artists like Lady Gaga, Turnstile and Leon Thomas also took home multiple awards.
  • New categories and design awards drew attention, including Best Album Cover.

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