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Kendrick Lamar won five awards at the 2025 ceremony.Credit: Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/p>\n
Lamar, who is riding the success of last year\u2019s blockbuster GNX album, has 22 Grammy career wins and 66 nominations. GNX is his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for album of the year, something no other artist has ever done.<\/p>\n
If it wins, it will be his first win in the category. And it will be only the third rap album to win the top prize, following OutKast in 2004 for Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below and Lauryn Hill in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.<\/p>\n
Lady Gaga is up for song, record and album of the year \u2013 her first time receiving nominations in all three categories simultaneously. She could also score potential wins in the pop solo performance, pop vocal album, dance pop recording and traditional pop vocal album categories.<\/p>\n
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Lady Gaga at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.Credit: AP<\/p>\n
Antonoff is nominated in the record, album and song of the year categories twice, for his work with Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter. He\u2019s also nominated for rap song for the first time, for TV Off with Lamar, featuring Lefty Gunplay.<\/p>\n
Antonoff and Cirkut are this year\u2019s leading producers. However, Antonoff will not face off with Cirkut in the producer of the year, non-classical category \u2013 though he\u2019s won it three times before.<\/p>\n
Cirkut is up for both record and song of the year twice \u2013 for Lady Gaga\u2019s Abracadabra and Ros\u00e9 and Bruno Mars\u2019 Apt \u2013 as well as album of the year and best dance pop recording.<\/p>\n
In addition to Lady Gaga\u2019s Mayhem and Lamar\u2019s GNX, the album of the year category is rounded out by Carpenter\u2019s Man\u2019s Best Friend, Bad Bunny\u2019s Debi Tirar Mas Fotos, Justin Bieber\u2019s Swag, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice\u2019s Let God Sort Em Out, Leon Thomas\u2019 Mutt, and Tyler, the Creator\u2019s Chromakopia.<\/p>\n
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Bad Bunny, seen performing in Puerto Rico in September 20, received six nominations.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n
This is the first time three albums have been up for both rap album and album of the year: GNX, Let God Sort Em Out and Chromakopia.<\/p>\n
Bad Bunny\u2019s Debi Tirar Mas Fotos is only the second all-Spanish language album to be nominated for the top prize. The first was also a Bad Bunny release \u2013 Un Verano Sin Ti in 2023. Harry Styles\u2019 Harry\u2019s House won that year.<\/p>\n
Carpenter, Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas and Serban Ghenea all boast six nominations. Andrew Watt, Clipse, Doechii, Sounwave, SZA, Turnstile and Tyler, the Creator have five each.<\/p>\n
There were also some significant snubs. Despite earning major chart success, musicians including Lorde, Gracie Abrams and Megan Moroney did not receive any nominations. Also overlooked was The Weeknd, who released his sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow, which was a critical and commercial success, debuting at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart. It also topped charts in 16 other countries.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the biggest surprise was Taylor Swift\u2019s name missing from the list of nominees. But The Life of a Showgirl was released in October – too late to be in the running. Only recordings commercially released in the United States between August 31, 2024, and August 30, 2025, were eligible for nominations. The final round of Grammy voting, which determines its winners, will take place from December 12 until January 5.<\/p>\n
In the best new artist category, global girl group Katseye, Olivia Dean, The Marias, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren and Lola Young will all go head-to-head.<\/p>\n
The record of the year category is made up of Bad Bunny\u2019s Debi Tirar Mas Fotos, Carpenter\u2019s Manchild, Doechii\u2019s Anxiety, Billie Eilish\u2019s Wildflower, Lady Gaga\u2019s Abracadabra, Lamar and SZA\u2019s Luther, Chappell Roan\u2019s The Subway and Ros\u00e9 and Bruno Mars\u2019 Apt.<\/p>\n
Some may be surprised to see Eilish included in the bunch as Wildflower was released on her 2024 album Hit Me Hard and Soft, ahead of the eligibility window. However, there is a Recording Academy rule that allows albums released during the previous ceremony\u2019s eligibility period to be considered, \u201cprovided the same tracks were not entered the previous year and the album did not win a Grammy\u201d, with a few exceptions. By that rule, Eilish\u2019s Wildflower \u2013 which was not previously entered \u2013 is eligible.<\/p>\n
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Timothee Chalamet, as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, is up for best compilation soundtrack for visual media.Credit: <\/p>\n
Song of the year \u2013 an award for a track\u2019s songwriters, which sometimes include the performer but not always \u2013 is made up of an almost identical list to record of the year, except Roan is replaced by Golden from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe Grammy Awards are our opportunity to honour the people who make this community so vibrant and this year\u2019s nominees remind us of the incredible talent that is driving music forward,\u201d said Recording Academy chief executive Harvey Mason Jr in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom emerging talent to influential icons, these nominees reflect today\u2019s broad and diverse musical landscape and I am excited to celebrate them in the coming weeks ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are a number of first-time nominees as well this year, including Tate McRae, Zara Larsson, PinkPantheress, JID and Timothee Chalamet. Yes, you read that correctly: the actor is up for best compilation soundtrack for visual media for A Complete Unknown, for his work covering the great Bob Dylan. But competition is stiff: he\u2019ll have to beat out Wicked, KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners and F1: The Album.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Grammy Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 1.<\/p>\n
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