The official nominations list for the 2026 Grammy Awards proves the ceremony will certainly be one to remember. A lineup of former Grammy winners, nominees and special guests - including Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Karol G, Lizzo, Sam Smith, and Mumford & Sons - announced the 2026 nominees for the 95 categories during a Friday, November 7, livestream. The nominations included two new categories this year: Best Album Cover and Best Traditional Country Album. According to the Recording Academy, the Best Album Cover category "recognizes excellence in cover art for albums of recordings in any genre of music and honors the art directors whose craft shapes a record's story and vision." Meanwhile, the former Best Country Album category has been renamed Best Contemporary Country Album, while a new Best Traditional Country Album category - which adheres to "more traditional sound structures of the country genre," using instruments such as fiddle, banjo, mandolin and the like - has been added. Which of Music's Biggest Stars Have Surprisingly Never Won a Grammy? Earlier this year, the move to split the country category was met with some backlash from fans who believed the Recording Academy did so due to Beyoncé's 2025 win for Best Country Album. However, Shelly Maree, an awards manager at the Recording Academy, claimed in an interview published on Monday, November 3, that the change had already been coming for three years. "We've been hearing from artists for a long time," Maree told MusicRow. "They didn't feel fully reflected in the categories as they stood, neither in the existing country categories nor in the American Roots field. So this came from them: the creators, the voting members. It's been in the works for a while." The 2026 Grammy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, February 1, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The broadcast will air live on CBS and Paramount+. Scroll through the list below to see all of the 2026 Grammy nominations: Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Amy Allen Tobias Jesso Jr. Edgar Barrera Jessie Jo Dillon Laura Veltz Producer of the Year Dan Auerbach Cirkut Dijon Blake Mills Sounwave Best Pop Vocal Album Swag, Justin Bieber Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus Mayhem, Lady Gaga I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2), Teddy Swims Best Pop Solo Performance "Daisies," Justin Bieber "Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter "Disease," Lady Gaga "The Subway," Chappell Roan "Messy," Lola Young Best New Artist Olivia Dean Katseye The Marías Addison Rae Sombr Leon Thomas Alex Warren Lola Young Record of the Year "DTMF," Bad Bunny "Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter "Anxiety," Doechii "Wildflower," Billie Eilish "Abracadabra," Lady Gaga "Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA "The Subway," Chappell Roan "Apt.," Rosé and Bruno Mars Album of the Year Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Bad Bunny Swag, Justin Bieber Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse Mayhem, Lady Gaga GNX, Kendrick Lamar Mutt, Leon Thomas Chromakopia, Tyler, The Creator Best Contemporary Country Album Patterns, Kelsea Ballerini Snipe Hunter, Tyler Childers Evangeline vs. the Machine, Eric Church Beautifully Broken, Jelly Roll Postcards From Texas, Miranda Lambert Best Traditional Country Album Dollar a Day, Charley Crockett American Romance, Lukas Nelson Oh What a Beautiful World, Willie Nelson Hard Headed Woman, Margo Price Ain't in It for My Health, Zach Top Best Musical Theater Album Buena Vista Social Club Gypsy Death Becomes Her Just in Time Maybe Happy Ending Best Spoken Word Poetry Album A Hurricane in Heels: Healed People Don't Act Like That (Partially Recorded Live @City Winery & Other Places), Queen Sheba Black Shaman, Marc Marcel Pages, Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople, Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends Words for Days Vol. 1, Mad Skillz Best R&B Album Beloved, Givēon Why Not More?, Coco Jones The Crown, Ledisi Escape Room, Teyana Taylor Mutt, Leon Thomas Best Rap Album Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse Glorious, GloRilla God Does Like Ugly, JID GNX, Kendrick Lamar Chromakopia - Tyler, The Creator Best Rock Album Private Music, Deftones I Quit, Haim From Zero, Linkin Park Never Enough, Turnstile Idols, Yungblud Best Metal Performance "Night Terror," Dream Theater "Lachryma," Ghost "Emergence," Sleep Token "Soft Spine," Spiritbox "Birds," Turnstile Song of the Year "Abracadabra," Lady Gaga "Apt.," Rosé and Bruno Mars "DTMF," Bad Bunny "Golden," Huntrix "Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA "Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter "Wildflower," Billie Eilish Best Pop Duo/Group Performance "Defying Gravity," Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande "Golden," Huntrix "Gabriela," Katseye "Apt.," Rosé and Bruno Mars "30 for 30," SZA With Kendrick Lamar Best Dance/Electronic Recording "No Cap," Disclosure & Anderson .
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