American rapper Kendrick Lamar, who had already dominated the 2025 edition with five titles won, is nominated nine times for the next one. The 2026 edition of the Grammy Awards will take place on February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles. Singer Lady Gaga follows with seven nominations.
Published on: 07/11/2025 - 19:21
American rapper Kendrick Lamar, nominated 9 times on Friday November 7, is at the top of the nominations for the 68th edition of the Grammy Awards, the American music awards which will be awarded on February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles.
Followed by the American singer Lady Gaga (with seven nominations) or the Puerto Rican prince of Latin rap and reggaeton Bad Bunny, the new American pop star Sabrina Carpenter and the American R&B singer Leon Thomas (6 each).
Kendrick Lamar, 38, dominated the 2025 edition with “Not Like Us”, his viral track against Canadian rapper Drake. This time, it's his album "GNX" and the song "Luther", with the American R&B singer SZA, which have the honors.
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After a stint in the cinema, Lady Gaga, at 39, made a spectacular comeback with her album "MAYHEM", a collection of pop hits with a dark and dramatic touch.
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Bad Bunny, 31, will have a busy month of February, since he will also perform the prestigious halftime show at the Super Bowl, the final of the American football championship, which sparked the fury of supporters of President Donald Trump.
They accuse the Puerto Rican artist of regularly criticizing the federal immigration police, of singing exclusively in Spanish and of blurring the boundaries between genders with his clothes or his makeup.
Neither Taylor Swift nor Rosalia
Other names appearing in the nominations announced by the Recording Academy, which awards the prestigious awards: the duo formed by Korean pop star (K-pop) ROSÉ and the American Bruno Mars for the hit "APT.", the American Billie Eilish for her song "Wildflower" or the Canadian Justin Bieber for his first album in four years, "SWAG".
With Sabrina Carpenter, 26, Justin Bieber, 31, will be on the bill at the prestigious Coachella festival, in the Californian desert, in April.
The soundtrack of the Netflix animated film "KPop Demon Hunters", which became a global phenomenon this summer, also stands out with three nominations for its flagship title "Golden".
American superstar Taylor Swift, on the other hand, will have to wait until 2027 for a probable new shower of nominations for her 12th opus “The Life of a Showgirl”.
The album was in fact released in October, outside the eligibility window for the 2026 edition, which closed on August 30.
The same goes for the Spanish Rosalia, whose 4th album “Lux” was released on Friday.
The Recording Academy welcomed 3,800 new members this year, with the aim of “reflecting the vitality of today’s diverse musical landscape”, in the words of its director Harvey Mason Jr, in a press release.
Half of these new members are aged 39 or younger and 58% are people of color, the academy said.
Also invited were members of the Latin Recording Academy, which will present its Latin Grammys on Thursday in Las Vegas, with Bad Bunny among the favorites.
With AFP
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