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The 68th Annual Grammy Awards take place on Sunday, February 1,2026 at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah is hosting again this year.
Special Grammy pre-show celebrations and honors have taken place during the week leading up to Sunday's biggest night in music. Music Cares person of the year is Mariah Carey. She was celebrated for her philanthropy and career achievements at their annual gala that was held on January 30, 2026. Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Footnote Fighters and Charlie Puth were among the artists who participated in a beautiful song tribute, re-imagining her songs in their own styles.
In her speech Mariah encouraged artists and the puublic to continue giving to the Music Cares foundation because artists need care and they need community. She also stated "Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be here with all these magnificent artists singing my songs back to me, infusing them with their own artistry and giving them all new life. This has given me life.”
Two new award categories were established this year, Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.
Some of the nominations in popular categories are listed below:
Best R&B Song
For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings
Heart Of A Woman
Summer Walkerst R&B Song
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Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan
Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit
Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
Heart Of A Woman
David Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)
It Depends
Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller)
Overqualified
James John Abrahart Jr, Durand
Bernarr, John Derisme, Egberto "Budda" Foster, Amaire Johnson, Frank
Moka, Cary Singer & Chase Worrell songwriters (Durand Bernarr)
YES IT IS
Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo,
Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon
Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)
Best R&B Performance
For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.
YUKON
Justin Bieber
It Depends
Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
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Kehlani
MUTT — Live From NPR's Tiny Desk
Leon Thomas
Heart Of A Woman
Summer Walker
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Song Of The Year
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Anxiety
Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
APT
Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét
Chahayed,Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron
Thomas & Henry Walter, songwriters (ROSÉ, Bruno Mars)
DtMF
Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich,
Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención
Sanabria, Tyler Spry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad
Bunny)
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)
Luther
Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha,
Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána
Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick
Lamar With SZA)
Manchild
Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)
WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
You can locate a complete list of nominations in all 95 categories, too extensive to list, on the Grammy website at this link.
