The 2026 Grammy Awards are underway Sunday in Los Angeles, starting a full day of awards-giving by the Recording Academy to honor the past year’s best in music achievement.
Grammys will be awarded in a total of 95 categories, beginning with the Premiere Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT, where the majority of trophies will be bestowed. The marquee awards will be handed out during the primetime show beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT at the Crypto.com Arena in L.A. airing live on CBS and Paramount+. Trevor Noah hosts.
Follow along below for Deadline’s winners list as they are announced.
Already, Sinners, the record-breaking leader in the Oscar nominations, has won for Ludwig Göransson’s Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media and Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s anthem “Defying Gravity” from Wicked won for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, topping in the category among others the four-Grammy-nominated Kpop Demon Hunters, which eventually picked up its own Grammy for Best Song Written For Visual Media, becoming the first K-pop song to do so.
Among other notable wins so far, The Cure took Best Alternative Music Performance for “Alone” and Best Alternative Music Album for Songs of a Lost World. Frontman Robert Smith sent thanks on behalf of the band, which couldn’t attend as they are at the funeral of their guitarist Perry Bamonte, who died in December.
Other double winners include Kehlani, for R&B song and performance, and Leon Thomas for Best R&B Song and Traditional R&B Performance; he’s up later for Best New Artist among six total noms.
Overall today, Kendrick Lamar tops this year’s Grammy nominations with nine, including in the marquee Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year categories that will be awarded during the primetime ceremony. He has a chance to eclipse Jay-Z for the most Grammys by a rapper today.
Lady Gaga and her Mayhem album’s co-producer Cirkut follow with seven noms apiece, the same number as producer Jack Antonoff. Sabrina Carpenter and R&B newcomer/Best New Artist nominee Leon Thomas have six noms as does Bad Bunny, who after the Grammys will headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show next Sunday.
Lady Gaga has already picked up a win today, with “Abracadabra” taking Best Dance Pop Recording, while Cirkut won for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
Below is the 2026 Grammys winners list. Keep checking back as more are revealed.
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“luther”
Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Best Rap Performance
“Chains & Whips”
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Album
MUTT
Leon Thomas
Best Progressive R&B Album
Bloom
Durand Bernarr
Best R&B Song
“Folded”
Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Vibes Don’t Lie”
Leon Thomas
Best R&B Performance
“Folded”
Kehlani
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Cirkut
Best Immersive Audio Album
Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
That Wasn’t a Dream
Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Alternative Music Album
Songs of a Lost World
The Cure
Best Alternative Music Performance
“Alone”
The Cure
Best Rock Album
Never Enough
Turnstile
Best Rock Song
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
Best Rock Performance
“Changes” (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning
YUNGBLUD Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Abracadabra”
Lady Gaga
Best Music Film
Music By John Williams
John Williams
Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Best Music Video
Anxiety
Doechii
James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“Golden” — From KPop Demon Hunters
EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Sword of the Sea
Austin Wintory, composer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Sinners
Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Sinners
(Various Artists)
Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson & Serena Göransson, compilation producers; Niki Sherrod, music supervisor
Best Tropical Latin Album
Raíces
Gloria Estefan
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Palabra De To’s (Seca)
Carín León
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
PAPOTA
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Best Latin Pop Album
Cancionera
Natalia Lafourcade
Best Remixed Recording
Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)
Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
EUSEXUA
FKA twigs
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“End of Summer”
Tame Impala
Kevin Parker, producer; Kevin Parker, mixer
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Defying Gravity” – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
