Kendrick Lamar won the Grammy for best rap album. VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Music's biggest night is here. Most of the genre categories were already announced for the 68th Grammy Awards during the pre-telecast Sunday afternoon, and heading into the main ceremony, the biggest storyline is who will come away with hardware in the general field. Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter all have nominations for album of the year, record of the year and song of the year, and all have history on the line. Others in contention in the general field include superstars Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Doechii. Related Stories Music Sabrina Carpenter Wows Grammy Crowd With Theatrical "Manchild" Performance Music Kendrick Lamar Shatters Jay-Z's Record as Rapper With Most Grammy Awards For a running winners list that will be updated throughout the night, click here. Bad Bunny won his first Grammy of the evening for best música urbana album with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, giving the most impassioned and political speech of the night so far, beginning his speech by saying "ICE Out." Lamar, who came into tonight's show as the top nominee with nine nominations overall, started the night strong, winning the first award of the night for best rap album with GNX, beating out Clipse's Let God Sort Em Out and Tyler, the Creator's Chromakopia. All three rap albums are up for album of the year. Before the telecast, Lamar already won two other awards for best melodic rap performance and best rap song. Clipse, meanwhile, took home a Grammy during the pre-telecast for best rap performance with "Chains and Whips," which featured Lamar as well. Lamar is now the most awarded rapper in Grammy history, breaking Jay-Z's previous record. Olivia Dean won out for best new artist, beating out a group of budding stars that also included Leon Thomas, Addison Rae, Sombr, KATSEYE, The Marias, fellow Brit Lola Young and Alex Warren. During her acceptance speech, the "Man I Need" singer called herself "a granddaughter of immigrants," offering a message of support amid widespread criticism toward ICE. "I'm a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated," Dean said. "We're nothing without each other." While Thomas didn't win for best New Artist, he won two Grammys earlier Sunday for best traditional R&B performance and best R&B album, and his album Mutt is up for album of the year. There'still plenty of performances left for the evening. Rosé and Bruno Mars opened the show with global smash "Apt," and Carpenter followed soon after with an instant classic "Manchild" performance that had Carpenter playing the role of pilot running through an airport. All eight best new artist nominees took the stage for a segment as well. Justin Bieber, who hasn't performed at the Grammys since 2022, returned to the stage Sunday night, playing his Swag hit "Yukon." Bieber's vocals were impeccable, and he played the song completely on his own, with little more than a guitar looper by his side. Tyler, Gaga and Clipse will all take the stage later tonight. Lauryn Hill, Reba McEntire and Post Malone will honor the likes of D'Angelo, Roberta Flack and Ozzy Osbourne for an in memoriam segment. Lamar, who swept record and song last year with "Not Like Us," could finally win his first album of the year after getting nominated in the category four times. Gaga is waiting for her first-ever win in the general field after nearly a dozen previous nominations, and Bad Bunny hopes to become the first-ever artist to win album of the year for a non-English-language album. The Latin superstar won't perform tonight but will play next in a widely anticipated Super Bowl halftime show, which garnered conservative backlash. Gaga, meanwhile, entered today's awards in second place with seven nominations, while Bad Bunny and Carpenter both earned six. Gaga won for best pop dance recording during the pre-telecast for Mayhem hit "Abracadabra." 2026 could be a banner year for K-pop too, as Rosé is contending for record of the year with "Apt" while KPop Demon Hunters smash hit "Golden" is up for song of the year. Sunday's show marks Trevor Noah's sixth and final time serving as emcee after he first took the reins back in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. He's hosted every show since then. It's also the last time the Grammys are airing on decades-long partner CBS before the show is set to move to Disney next year. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Olivia Dean Olivia Dean Wins Coveted Best New Artist Award: "I'm Up Here As a Granddaughter Of an Immigrant" music Grammy Awards: Winners List (Updating Live) Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter Wows Grammy Crowd With Theatrical "Manc