Grammy Awards 2026: Dit zijn de grote winnaars

Grote winnaar

Kendrick Lamar was tijdens deze editie van de Grammy's de grootste kanshebber. De rapper had maar liefst negen nominaties bemachtigd. Lady Gaga en producers Cirkut en Jack Antonoff hadden elk zeven nominaties. Ook Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas en Sabrina Carpenter mochten zichzelf grote kanshebbers noemen, met maar liefst zes nominaties.

Kendrick Lamar is de grote winnaar van de avond. De artiest ging met vijf awards naar huis én heeft geschiedenis geschreven. Hij is nu officieel de rapper met de meeste Grammy's ooit op zijn naam: 27. Ook Billie Eilish en haar broer Finneas mogen zichzelf grote winnaars noemen. Zij gingen er voor de derde keer met grammofoonbeeldje voor Song of the Year vandoor. Daarmee zijn zij de eerste songwriters ooit die deze prijs drie keer hebben gewonnen.

Krachtige speeches

Veel winnaars van een beeldje, stonden in hun dankwoord stil bij de problematiek rondom de Amerikaanse immigratiedienst ICE aan. Zo ook Billie Eilish. "Niemand is illegaal op gestolen land", sprak ze. "Het is echt moeilijk om te weten wat je nu moet zeggen en doen. Ik denk dat we gewoon moeten blijven vechten en protesteren. Onze stemmen doen er echt toe, en de mensen doen ertoe."

Olivia Dean – die de award voor Best New Artist in ontvangst nam – had een krachtige speech. "Ik sta hier als kleindochter van een immigrant", deelde ze op het podium. "Ik ben het resultaat van moed en vind dat die mensen geprezen moeten worden.”

De volledige lijst: alle winnaars van de Grammy Awards 2026 op een rij

Album of the Year

• DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bunny - WINNAAR
• SWAG - Justin Bieber
• Man's Best Friend - Sabrina Carpenter
• Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
• MAYHEM - Lady Gaga
• GNX - Kendrick Lamar
• MUTT - Leon Thomas
• CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, The Creator

Record of the Year

• DtMF - Bad Bunny
• Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter
• Anxiety - Doechii
• WILDFLOWER - Billie Eilish
• Abracadabra - Lady Gaga
• Luther — Kendrick Lamar with SZA - WINNAAR
• The Subway - Chappell Roan
• APT. - ROSÉ, Bruno Mars

Song of the Year

• Abracadabra - Henry Walter, Lady Gaga & Andrew Watt - Lady Gaga
• Anxiety - Jaylah Hickmon - Doechii
• APT. - Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park en Theron Thomas - ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
• DtMF - Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich,, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria en Tyler Thomas Spry - Bad Bunny
• Golden - EJAE en Mark Sonnenblick - HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
• Luther - Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew, Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe en Kamasi Washington - Kendrick Lamar met SZA
• Manchild - Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff en Sabrina Carpenter - Sabrina Carpenter
• WILDFLOWER - Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell - (Billie Eilish) - WINNAAR

Best New Artist

• Olivia Dean - WINNAAR
• KATSEYE
• The Marias
• Addison Rae
• Sombr
• Leon Thomas
• Alex Warren
• Lola Young

Producer of the Year, non-classical

• Dan Auerbach
• Cirkut - WINNAAR
• Dijon
• Blake Mills
• Sounwave

Songwriter of the Year, non-classical

Amy Allen - WINNAAR
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Laura Veltz

Best Pop Solo Performance

• DAISIES - Justin Bieber
• Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter
• Disease - Lady Gaga
• The Subway - Chappell Roan
• Messy - Lola Young - WINNAAR

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Defying Gravity - Cynthia Erivo en Ariana Grande - WINNAARS
• Golden - HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
• Gabriela - KATSEYE
• APT. - ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
• 30 For 30 - SZA with Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Vocal Album

• SWAG - Justin Bieber
• Man's Best Friend - Sabrina Carpenter
• Something Beautiful - Miley Cyrus
• MAYHEM - Lady Gaga - WINNAAR
• I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) - Teddy Swims

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• No Cap - Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
• Victory Lap - Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax
• SPACE INVADER - KAYTRANADA
• VOLTAGE - Skrillex
• End of Summer - Tame Impala - WINNAAR

Best Dance Pop Recording

• Bluest Flame - Selena Gomez en Benny Blanco
• Abracadabra - Lady Gaga - WINNAAR
• Midnight Sun - Zara Larsson
• Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie) - Tate McRae
• Illegal - PinkPantheress

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• EUSEXUA - FKA twigs
• Ten Days - Fred again..
• Fancy That - PinkPantheress
• Inhale / Exhale - RÜFÜS DU SOL
• F*** U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 — Skrillex

Best traditional pop vocal album

• Laufey - A Matter Of Time - WINNAAR
• Laila Biali - Wintersongs
• Jennifer Hudson - The Gift Of Love
• Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels?
• Lady Gaga - Harlequin
• Barbra Streisand - The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2

Best Latin pop album

• Natalia Lafourcade - Cancionera - WINNAAR
• Rauw Alejandro - Cosa Nuestra
• Andrés Cepeda - Bogotá (Deluxe)
• Karol G - Tropicoqueta
• Alejandro Sanz - ¿Y ahora qué?

Best música urbana album

• Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - WINNAAR
• J Balvin - Mixteip
• Feid - Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado
• Nicki Nicole - Naiki
• Trueno - Eub Deluxe
• Yandel - Sinfónico (En Vivo)

Best rock performance

• Yungblud ft Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II - Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning - WINNAAR
• Amyl and The Sniffers - U Should Not Be Doing That
• Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine
• Turnstile - Never Enough
• Hayley Williams - Mirtazapine

Best rock song

• Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be - WINNAAR
• Sleep Token - Caramel
• Hayley Williams - Glum
• Turnstile - Never Enough
• Yungblud - Zombie

Best rock album

• Turnstile - Never Enough - WINNAAR
• Deftones - Private Music
• Haim - I Quit
• Linkin Park - From Zero
• Yungblud - Idols

Best alternative music album

• The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World - WINNAAR
• Bon Iver - Sable, Fable
• Tyler, The Creator - Don't Tap the Glass
• Wet Leg - Moisturizer
• Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party

Best alternative music performance

• The Cure - Alone - WINNAAR
• Bon Iver - Everything Is Peaceful Love
• Turnstile - Seein' Stars
• Wet Leg - Mangetout
• Hayley Williams - Parachute

Best metal performance

• Turnstile - Birds - WINNAAR
• Dream Theater - Night Terror
• Ghost - Lachryma
• Sleep Token - Emergence
• Spiritbox - Soft Spine

Best rap performance

• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams - Chains & Whips - WINNAAR
• Cardi B - Outside
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay - TV Off
• Tyler, The Creator feat Teezo Touchdown - Darling, I

Best melodic rap performance

• Kendrick Lamar with SZA - Luther - WINNAAR
• Fridayy feat Meek Mill - Proud Of Me
• JID feat Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack - Wholeheartedly
• Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat Rapsody - WeMaj
• Partynextdoor & Drake - Somebody Loves Me

Best rap song

• Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay - TV Off - WINNAAR
• Doechii - Anxiety
• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat John Legend & Voices of Fire - The Birds Don't Sing
• Tyler, The Creator feat GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne - Sticky
• GloRilla - TGIF

Best rap album

• Kendrick Lamar - GNX - WINNAAR
• Clipse, Pusha T & Malice - Let God Sort Em Out
• GloRilla - Glorious
• JID - God Does Like Ugly
• Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia

Best country solo performance

• Chris Stapleton - Bad As I Used To Be - WINNAAR
• Tyler Childers - Nose On The Grindstone
• Shaboozey - Good News
• Zach Top - I Never Lie
• Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo

Best country duo/group performance

• Shaboozey & Jelly Roll - Amen - WINNAAR
• Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton - A Song To Sing
• Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson - Trailblazer
• Margo Price & Tyler Childers - Love Me Like You Used To Do
• George Strait & Chris Stapleton - Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame

Best country song

• Tyler Childers - Bitin' List - WINNAAR
• Shaboozey - Good News
• Zach Top - I Never Lie
• Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo
• Chris Stapleton - A Song To Sing

Best contemporary country album

• Jelly Roll - Beautifully Broken - WINNAAR
• Kelsea Ballerini - Patterns
• Tyler Childers - Snipe Hunter
• Eric Church - Evangeline vs The Machine
• Miranda Lambert - Postcards From Texas

Best R&B performance

• Kehlani - Folded - WINNAAR
• Justin Bieber - Yukon
• Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller - It Depends
• Leon Thomas - Mutt (Live From NPR's Tiny Desk)
• Summer Walker - Heart Of A Woman

Best R&B song

• Kehlani - Folded - WINNAAR
• Summer Walker - Heart Of A Woman
• Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller - It Depends
• Durand Bernarr - Overqualified
• Leon Thomas - Yes It Is

Best R&B album

• Leon Thomas - Mutt - WINNAAR
• Giveon - Beloved
• Coco Jones - Why Not More?
• Ledisi - The Crown
• Teyana Taylor - Escape Room

Best African music performance

• Tyla - Push 2 Start - WINNAAR
• Burna Boy - Love
• Davido feat Omah Lay - With You
• Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin - Hope & Love
• Ayra Starr feat Wizkid - Gimme Dat

Best comedy album

• Nate Bargatze - Your Friend, Nate Bargatze - WINNAAR
• Bill Burr - Drop Dead Years
• Sarah Silverman - PostMortem
• Ali Wong - Single Lady
• Jamie Foxx - What Had Happened Was

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

• Sinners - WINNAAR
• A Complete Unknown
• F1 The Album
• K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Wicked

Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)

• Ludwig Göransson - Sinners - WINNAAR
• John Powell - How To Train Your Dragon
• Theodore Shapiro - Severance: Season 2
• John Powell & Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
• Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot

Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

• Austin Wintory - Sword of the Sea - WINNAAR
• Pinar Toprak - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Secrets of the Spires
• Wilbert Roget II - Helldivers 2
• Gordy Haab - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II - Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate's Fortune

Best song written for visual media

• Huntr/x – Golden (From K-Pop Demon Hunters) - WINNAAR
• Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be (From Tron: Ares)
• Miles Caton – I Lied To You (From Sinners)
• Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Never Too Late (From Elton John: Never Too Late)
• Jayme Lawson – Pale Pale Moon (From Sinners)
• Rod Wave – Sinners (From Sinners)

Best audiobook narration

• Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama - WINNAAR
• Kathy Garver - Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story
• Trevor Noah - Into The Uncut Grass
• Ketanji Brown Jackson - Lovely One: A Memoir
• Fab Morvan - You Know It's True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli

Best music video

• Doechii – Anxiety - WINNAAR
• Sade – Young Lion
• Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
• Clipse – So Be It
• OK Go - Love

Best music film

• John Williams - Music by John Williams - WINNAAR
• Devo - Devo
• Raye - Live at the Albert Hall
• Diane Warren - Relentless
• Pharrell Williams - Piece By Piece

Best jazz vocal album

• Samara Joy – Portrait - WINNAAR
• Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – Elemental
• Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025!
• Michael Mayo – Fly
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth - Live at Vic's Las Vegas

Best jazz instrumental album

• Sullivan Fortner feat Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore – Southern Nights - WINNAAR
• Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Live)
• Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging
• John Patitucci feat Chris Potter & Brian Blade – Spirit Fall
• Yellowjackets – Fasten Up

Best alternative jazz album

• Nate Smith – Live-Action - WINNAAR
• Ambrose Akinmusire - Honey from a Winter Stone
• Robert Glasper - Keys To The City Volume One
• Brad Mehldau – Ride Into The Sun
• Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood

Best jazz performance

• Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Windows (Live) - WINNAAR
• Lakecia Benjamin feat Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – Noble Rise
• Samara Joy - Peace Of Mind/Dreams Come True
• Michael Mayo – Four
• Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – All Stars Lead To You (Live)

Best musical theatre album

• Buena Vista Social Club - WINNAAR
• Death Becomes Her
• Gypsy
• Just In Time
• Maybe Happy Ending

Best opera recording

• Heggie: Intelligence - Kwamé Ryan, conductor (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer) - WINNAAR
• Huang Ruo: An American Soldier - Carolyn Kuan, conductor (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
• Kouyoumdjian - Adoration Alan Pierson, conductor (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
• O'Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead - Elaine Kelly (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O'Halloran)
• Tesori: Grounded - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)

Best orchestral performance

• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie - Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) - WINNAAR
• Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From '24 Negro Melodies' - Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
• Ravel: Boléro - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
• Still & Bonds - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
• Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements - Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)