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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1762566542346481958925_1180487520099554_4810812559164248255_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kendrick Lamar. <em>Lamar/Facebook</em></span></span></span></div><p>Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards with nine, the Recording Academy announced Friday — fresh off winning five golden gramophones at the last gala honoring the best in music.</p><p>Lady Gaga ranked second among performers with seven nods for her &quot;Mayhem&quot; album, followed by a trio of artists tied at six -- Bad Bunny, pop princess Sabrina Carpenter, and R&amp;B singer-songwriter Leon Thomas.</p><p>Lamar will vie for album, record and song of the year honors at the 68th Grammys, which will take place in Los Angeles on February 1.</p><p>Also competing for the coveted best album award are: Gaga; Bad Bunny; Carpenter; Thomas; Tyler, the Creator; hip-hop duo Clipse (Pusha T and Malice); and pop superstar Justin Bieber -- with his first studio effort in four years.</p><p>Lamar, 38, dominated the Grammys in February with five awards for the wildly infectious &quot;Not Like Us,&quot; his viral diss track targeting fellow rapper Drake.</p><p>A week later, the Pulitzer Prize winner commanded one of the world&#x27;s most high-profile stages as the Super Bowl&#x27;s halftime show headliner, performing a string of classics -- including the knockout blow in his battle with his Canadian rival.</p><p>But the song did not feature on his most recent album &quot;GNX&quot; -- the source of his nominated material this time out.</p><p>Lady Gaga, 39, made a splashy comeback to touring with &quot;Mayhem,&quot; her collection of full-on pop bangers with a dark edge that embraces her dramatic side.</p><p>She also will compete for album, record and song of the year, as will Bad Bunny.</p><p>The 31-year-old superstar, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, also has a pile of nods for next week&#x27;s Latin Grammys and will headline the next Super Bowl halftime show in February.</p><p>He completed a three-month residency in his native Puerto Rico this year and hosted the season opener of &quot;Saturday Night Live.&quot;</p><p>He is set to open a world tour in support of &quot;Debi Tirar Mas Fotos&quot; (I Should Have Taken More Photos) later this month in the Dominican Republic.</p><p>Other artists in the mix are rapper Doechii and R&amp;B artist SZA, each with five nominations.</p><p>&quot;Golden,&quot; the massive hit song from Netflix&#x27;s animated smash &quot;KPop Demon Hunters,&quot; earned three Grammy nods -- including one for song of the year.</p><p>And up for best new artist are Alex Warren, girl group Katseye, Britain&#x27;s Olivia Dean, TikTok dancer-turned-singer Addison Rae, The Marias, sombr, Lola Young and Thomas -- who was already a Grammy winner two years ago for producing a song by SZA.</p><p>Producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut each earned seven nominations.</p><p>There will be two new categories at the 2026 gala -- best album cover and best traditional country album. The existing best country album category is now called best contemporary country album.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>More diverse?</strong></div><p>Industry watchers will be dissecting the full list of nominees in all 95 categories to see if changes made by the Recording Academy, which hands out the awards, have addressed concerns about diversity.</p><p>More than 3,800 new members were admitted to the academy, greatly expanding the number of eligible Grammy voters.</p><p>Half of those new members are age 39 or younger, and 58 percent of them are people of color, the academy announced earlier this week.</p><p>Invitations were also offered to all members of the Latin Recording Academy, which will hand out the Latin Grammys next week in Las Vegas.</p><p>&quot;This year&#x27;s class reflects the vibrancy of today&#x27;s diverse music landscape,&quot; Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr said in a statement.</p><p>So why is Taylor Swift not in the Grammys mix? After all, Swift&#x27;s &quot;The Life of a Showgirl&quot; has been ubiquitous since its release in October.</p><p>But it is not eligible for the 2026 Grammys -- the window closed on August 30.</p><p>Look for the pop megastar to be front and center in the 2027 edition.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Key nominees </strong></div><p>Here is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 68th annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Album of the Year</strong></div><p>&quot;Debi Tirar Mas Fotos&quot; - Bad Bunny</p><p>&quot;Swag&quot; - Justin Bieber</p><p>&quot;Man&#x27;s Best Friend&quot; - Sabrina Carpenter</p><p>&quot;Let God Sort Em Out&quot; - Clipse (Pusha T &amp; Malice)</p><p>&quot;Mayhem&quot; - Lady Gaga</p><p>&quot;GNX&quot; - Kendrick Lamar</p><p>&quot;Mutt&quot; - Leon Thomas</p><p>&quot;Chromakopia&quot; - Tyler, The Creator</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Record of the Year, recognizing overall performance on a song</strong></div><p>&quot;DtMF&quot; - Bad Bunny</p><p>&quot;Manchild&quot; - Sabrina Carpenter</p><p>&quot;Anxiety&quot; - Doechii</p><p>&quot;Wildflower&quot; - Billie Eilish</p><p>&quot;Abracadabra&quot; - Lady Gaga</p><p>&quot;luther&quot; - Kendrick Lamar with SZA</p><p>&quot;The Subway&quot; - Chappell Roan</p><p>&quot;APT.&quot; - Rose and Bruno Mars</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Song of the Year, recognizing songwriting<br/></strong></div><p>&quot;Abracadabra&quot; - Lady Gaga, Henry Walter &amp; Andrew Watt, songwriters (Lady Gaga)</p><p>&quot;Anxiety&quot; - Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)</p><p>&quot;APT.&quot; - Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Roget Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park, Theron Thomas &amp; Henry Walter, songwriters (Rose, Bruno Mars)</p><p>&quot;DtMF&quot; - Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo Rene Sencion Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry &amp; Roberto Jose Rosado Torres, songwriters (Bad Bunny)</p><p>&quot;Golden [From &#x27;KPop Demon Hunters&#x27;]&quot; - EJAE &amp; Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)</p><p>&quot;luther&quot; - Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solana Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears &amp; Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar with SZA)</p><p>&quot;Manchild&quot; - Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff &amp; Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)</p><p>&quot;Wildflower&quot; – Billie Eilish O&#x27;Connell &amp; Finneas O&#x27;Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best New Artist</strong></div><p>Olivia Dean</p><p>KATSEYE</p><p>The Marias</p><p>Addison Rae</p><p>sombr</p><p>Leon Thomas</p><p>Alex Warren</p><p>Lola Young</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Pop Solo Performance</strong></div><p>&quot;Daisies&quot; - Justin Bieber</p><p>&quot;Manchild&quot; - Sabrina Carpenter</p><p>&quot;Disease&quot; - Lady Gaga</p><p>&quot;The Subway&quot; - Chappell Roan</p><p>&quot;Messy&quot; - Lola Young</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Pop Duo/Group Performance</strong></div><p>&quot;Defying Gravity&quot; - Cynthia Erivo &amp; Ariana Grande</p><p>&quot;Golden [From &#x27;KPop Demon Hunters&#x27;]” - HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI</p><p>&quot;Gabriela&quot; - KATSEYE</p><p>&quot;APT.&quot; - Rose, Bruno Mars</p><p>&quot;30 For 30&quot; - SZA with Kendrick Lamar</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Pop Vocal Album</strong></div><p>&quot;Swag&quot; - Justin Bieber</p><p>&quot;Man&#x27;s Best Friend&quot; - Sabrina Carpenter</p><p>&quot;Something Beautiful&quot; - Miley Cyrus</p><p>&quot;Mayhem&quot; - Lady Gaga</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)&quot; - Teddy Swims</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Rap Album</strong></div><p>&quot;Let God Sort Em Out&quot; - Clipse (Pusha T &amp; Malice)</p><p>&quot;Glorious&quot; - GloRilla</p><p>&quot;God Does Like Ugly&quot; - JID</p><p>&quot;GNX&quot; - Kendrick Lamar</p><p>&quot;Chromakopia&quot; - Tyler, The Creator</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Rap Performance</strong></div><p>&quot;Outside&quot; - Cardi B</p><p>&quot;Chains &amp; Whips&quot; - Clipse (Pusha T &amp; Malice), featuring Kendrick Lamar &amp; Pharrell Williams</p><p>&quot;Anxiety&quot; - Doechii</p><p>&quot;tv off&quot; - Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay</p><p>&quot;Darling, I&quot; - Tyler, The Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Music Video</strong></div><p>&quot;Manchild&quot; - Sabrina Carpenter</p><p>&quot;So Be It&quot; - Clipse</p><p>&quot;Anxiety&quot; - Doechii</p><p>&quot;Love&quot; - OK Go</p><p>&quot;Young Lion&quot; - Sade</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Best Global Music Album</strong></div><p>&quot;Sounds Of Kumbha&quot; - Siddhant Bhatia</p><p>&quot;No Sign of Weakness&quot; Burna Boy</p><p>&quot;Eclairer le monde - Light the World&quot; - Youssou N&#x27;Dour</p><p>&quot;Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live)&quot; - Shakti</p><p>&quot;Chapter III: We Return to Light&quot; - Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan &amp; Sarathy Korwar</p><p>&quot;Caetano e Bethania Ao Vivo&quot; - Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethania</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Artists with Most Nominations</strong></div><p>Kendrick Lamar - 9</p><p>Lady Gaga - 7</p><p>Bad Bunny - 6</p><p>Leon Thomas - 6</p><p>Sabrina Carpenter - 6</p>

<p>Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards with nine, the Recording Academy announced Friday — fresh off winning five golden gramophones at the last gala honoring the best in music.</p>

Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards with nine, the Recording Academy announced Friday — fresh off winning five golden gramophones at the last gala honoring the best in music.

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Kendrick Lamar leads Grammy nominations with 9

Agence France-Presse

Published November 08, 2025 09:57 AM PHT

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Updated November 14, 2025 11:29 PM PHT

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