The Fame. The Fame Monster. Born This Way. Love for Sale. Despite four nominations in the category across an already decorated career, 14-time Grammy winner Lady Gaga has never taken home the award for Album of the Year.
But if Gold Derby’s predictions for the top category ahead of the nominations announcement tomorrow morning, that could very well be about to change.
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Jennie Kim attends the Chanel Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 28, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 05: Lizzo attends the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 05, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 09: Teyana Taylor attends the 2023 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for ESSENCE)
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 20: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Zach Top attends The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Music City Center on November 20, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 14: (L-R) Alex Kapranos and Audrey Tait of Franz Ferdinand performs onstage during The 33rd Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024 at The Kia Forum on December 14, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Audacy)
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 07: (L-R) Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Blount of The War and Treaty attend the 2023 BMI Country Awards at BMI Nashville on November 07, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 09: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY IN RELATION TO EVENT) Black Country, New Road attend the Hyundai Mercury Music Prize 2021 at Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on September 09, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 17: Rapper Amine performs onstage at MTV’s “Wonderland” LIVE Show on November 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for MTV)
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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 18: Nao attends the MOBO Awards 2025 at the Utilita Arena on February 18, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Euan Cherry/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 12: Singer-songwriter Bob Mould attends Kiehl’s LifeRide Finale Event on August 12, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Kiehl’s)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 02: Damiano David attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 06: Ela Minus attends the Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 06, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julien M. Hekimian/Getty Images For Chanel)
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LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 02: Joe Jonas attends The Fashion Awards 2024 presented by Pandora at the Royal Albert Hall on December 02, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for BFC)
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 18: (L-R) Rebecca Lovell and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe attend the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 18, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – FEBRUARY 16: Team Stephen A. Coach Lil Wayne poses for a photo during the first half against Team Shannon during the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 16, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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COLOGNE, GERMANY – JUNE 05: Musician and author Nick Cave gestures during lit.COLOGNE Spezial: Nick Cave & Seán O’Hagan: „Faith, Hope and Carnage” at Theater am Tanzbrunnen on June 05, 2023 in Cologne, Germany. Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 26: Michael Alden Hadreas performs as Perfume Genius at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever on September 26, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
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NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT – JUNE 11: Jarvis Cocker of Pulp performs live on the main stage during day two of the Isle of Wight Festival 2011 at Seaclose Park on June 11, 2011 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: (L-R) Kevin Xu, Lizza Monet Morales, Rufus Wainright attend the GRAMMY Gift Lounge during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Tom’s Watch Bar on February 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 03: Sharon Van Etten attends A New Way Of Life, women re-entry program, gala hosted by Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on December 03, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 19: Tunde Adebimpe attends the Los Angeles Premiere of A24’s “OPUS” at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on February 19, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 18: Van Morrison and Michael Buble attend Songwriters Hall Of Fame 46th Annual Induction And Awards at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 18, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
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PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 19: Yung Lean attends the Acne Studios Menswear Spring Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 19, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Vanni Bassetti/Getty Images for Acne Studios)
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INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 20: BigXthaPlug attends YouTube + Coachella 2025 at Empire Polo Club on April 20, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for YouTube Music)
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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 29: Mariah the Scientist attends the 2025 Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater on March 29, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
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After leading predictions essentially since they launched, Lady Gaga and her sixth studio album Mayhem are closing out the period of time ahead of nominations atop Album of the Year, ahead of tough competition like one of last year’s big winners Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, and Sabrina Carpenter.
Clinching a nomination tomorrow would set Gaga on a path that could result in her finally achieving an accomplishment that has eluded her for 15 years. Her first nod in Album of the Year came all the way back in 2010, when The Fame secured a spot in the category and both Gaga and Beyonce lost to Taylor Swift’s Fearless.
Gaga wouldn’t have to wait long for another shot at the award, as her next nod came just the following year, with the reissue of an album she had already been nominated for: The Fame Monster.
She then made it three in a row the year after with Born This Way, which also managed to make it into Album of the Year. That streak has only been bested by Gaga’s primary competition this year, Kendrick Lamar, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, and The Beatles (who were nominated for Album of the Year in five consecutive years).
It would be ten years before Gaga re-entered the category with 2022’s Love for Sale, which she recorded with Tony Bennett.
An Album of the Year homecoming for Gaga — which looks likely at this point — would be a major statement, reaffirming the singer’s return to form and her importance to pop music for the last two decades.