Here, find everything we know so far about the 2026 Grammy Awards —from the date to the ceremony’s two new categories and all the major nominees. The 68th Grammy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, February 1, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The show will be broadcast live on CBS and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

Louisiana nominees sweep one 2026 Grammy Awards category; several New Orleans musicians are first-time nominees

The 2026 Grammy nominations highlighted the rise of Indian and Indian-origin artists, including Anoushka Shankar and Siddhant Bhatia, recognized for their contributions to global music.

With Recording Academy darlings like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé out of the running, this year’s race feels refreshingly free of foregone conclusions.

The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are nearly here. The nominees for the biggest awards in the music industry are set to be announced in a livestream by some of the biggest names in pop music. Recordings commercially released in the U.S. between 31 August 2024 and 30 August 2025 are eligible for nominations.

There are three types of Recording Academy memberships: Grammy U, professional and voting memberships. The latter includes performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, instrumentalists and beyond. Those are the members who determine Grammy winners each year.

The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has previously spoken out about his disdain for the Recording Academy. Back in 2020, his critically acclaimed album “After Hours” was shut out of the award show, despite also achieving huge commercial success.