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Eventually, the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were held on Sunday, Feb. 1, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with South African comedian Trevor Noah hosting the ceremony for the sixth consecutive time.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande kicked off the evening with a Best Pop/Duo Group Performance win for Defying Gravity.
Kehlani won her first-ever Grammy, clinching the Best R&B Performance with Folded. The song also won the Best R&B Song category.
Consequently, the trio of Nigerian singers, Davido, Ayra Starr and Burna Boy lost out to South African singer, Tyla in the Best African Music Performance category.
American superstars, Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga, shone bright with multiple wins.
2026 Grammy Winners:
Best Dance Pop Recording: Abracadabra – Lady Gaga
Best Music Video: Anxiety – Doechii
Best Rap Song: tv off – Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay
Best Melodic Rap Performance: luther – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
Best Pop/Duo Group Performance:
Defying Gravity – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Best R&B Performance: Folded – Kehlani
Best Music Film: Music By John Williams – John Williams
Best Dance/Electronic Recording: End Of Summer – Tame Impala
Best Dance/Electronic Album: EUSEXUA – FKA twigs
Best Rap Performance: Chains & Whips – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice, Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Song: Folded – Kehlani
Best Global Music Performance: EoO – Bad Bunny
Best Global Music Album: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo – Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia
Best African Music Performance: PUSH 2 START – Tyla
Best Reggae Album: BLXXD & FYAH – Keznamdi
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Portrait – Samara Joy
Best Musical Theatre Album: Buena Vista Social Club
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Vibes Don’t Lie – Leon Thomas
Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical: Amy Allen
Best Country Solo Performance: Bad As I Used To Be [From “F1® The Movie”] – Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Amen – Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
Best Country Song: Bitin’ List – Tyler Childers
Best Traditional Country Album: Ain’t In It For My Health – Zach Top
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical Winner: Cirkut
Best Alternative Music Album: Songs Of A Lost World – The Cure
Best Remixed Recording: Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix) – (Lady Gaga & Gesaffelstein)
Best R&B Album: MUTT – Leon Thomas
Best Progressive R&B Album: BLOOM – Durand Bernarr
Best American Roots Performance: Beautiful Strangers – Mavis Staples
Best Americana Album: Big Money – Jon Batiste
Best Americana Performance: Godspeed – Mavis Staples
Best Bluegrass Album: Highway Prayers – Billy Strings
Best Folk Album: Wild and Clear and Blue – I’m With Her
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Hard Fought Hallelujah – Brandon Lake & Jelly Roll
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Coritos Vol. 1 – Israel & New Breed
Best Traditional Blues Album: Ain’t Done with the Blues – Buddy Guy
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Winner: A Matter of Time – Laufey
Best Recording Package: Tracks II: The Lost Albums (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Cover: CHROMAKOPIA (Tyler, The Creator)
Best Latin Pop Album: Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade
Best Immersive Audio Album: Immersed (Justin Gray)
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: PAPOTA – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano): Palabra De To’s (Seca) – Carín León
Best Tropical Latin Album: Raíces – Gloria Estefan
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Sinners
Best Score Soundtrack: Sinners
Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games and Other Interactive Media: Sword of the Sea
Best Song Written For Visual Media: Golden [“KPop Demon Hunters”]
Best Rock Song: As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Nine Inch Nails)
Best Rock Album: NEVER ENOUGH – Turnstile
Best Alternative Music Performance: Alone – The Cure
Best Rock Performance: Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning – YUNGBLUD with Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Latin Jazz Album: A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Super Mario Praise Break – (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: That Wasn’t A Dream (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Metal Performance: BIRDS – Turnstile
Best Historical Album: Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976–1980)
