peermusic 2026 GRAMMY Awards Nominees

Nov 7, 2025
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Announcement

peermusic is pleased to announce the nominees of the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The award show will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, broadcast on CBS/Paramount+ Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 at 8PM ET/PT (7PM CT) preceded by a one-hour pre-show starting at 7PM ET/PT (6PM Central). Final round of voting begins December 12, 2025. Stream all our nominated music here.

 

GENERAL FIELD

2. Album of the Year

Artist: Bad Bunny
Album: DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS
We control:
“NUEVAYoL” contains a sample from “Un Verano en Nueva York” (Justi Barreto)
(Rimas Entertainment LLC)

5. Producer Of the Year, Non-Classical

Blake Mills
For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (Japanese
Breakfast) (A)
Forever Is A Feeling (Lucy Dacus) (A)
Glory (Perfume Genius) (A)
That Wasn't A Dream (Pino Palladino And Blake Mills)
(A)

Field 3: R&B, Rap & Spoken Word Poetry

23. Best Progressive R&B Album

Artist: Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
Album: Come As You Are
(Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)

 

24. Best R&B Album

Artist: GIVĒON
Album: BELOVED
We control:
“GOOD BAD UGLY” (Poo Bear)
(Epic Records)

Artist: Coco Jones
Album: *Why Not More?**
We control:
“On Sight” (Larrance Dopson)
“Why Not More? (feat. YG Marley)” (Poo Bear)
(Def Jam)

Artist: Teyana Taylor
Album: Escape Room
We control:
“Shut Up” (Larrance Dopson)
(Taylormade Enterprises/Def Jam)

Artist: Leon Thomas
Album: MUTT
We control:
“FEELINGS ON SILENT” (feat. Wale) contains a sample of "The Hands of Time" (FML)
(EZMNY Records/Motown Records)

 

26. Best Melodic Rap Performance

Artist: Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon ft Rapsody
"WeMaj" (Terrace Martin)
(Sounds of Crenshaw/EMPIRE)

 

Field 4: Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater

34. Best Latin Jazz Album

Artist: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
Album: A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole
We control:
"Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon)
"Preferí Perderte" (Ángel Lores Jiménez)
"Fiebre de Ti" (Juan Arrondo)
"Quizás, Quizás, Quizás (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)" (Osvaldo Farrés)
"Camarera de Mi Amor" (José Dolores Quiñones)
"Smile" (Charles Chaplin/John Turner/Geoffrey Parsons)
(Calveiro Entertainment)

 

36. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Artist: Jennifer Hudson
Album: The Gift Of Love
We control:
"Almost Christmas" (James Poyser)
(Interscope Records)

38. Best Musical Theater Album

Artist: V/A
Album: Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
We control:
"El Carretero" (Jose Guillermo Castillo)
"El Cumbanchero (Rehearsal)" (Rafael Hernandez)
"Qué Bueno Baila Usted" (Benny More)
"Bruca Maniguá" (Arsenio Rodríguez)
"Murmullo" (Electo Rosell)
"El Cumbanchero (Tropicana)" (Rafael Hernandez)
"Dos Gardenias" (Isolina Carrillo)
"El Cuarto de Tula" (Sergio Eulogi Gonzalez Y Siaba)
"La Negra Tomasa" (Fiffe Rodríguez)
"Silencio" (Rafael Hernandez)
"Lágrimas Negras" (Miguel Matamoros, Sr.)
"Bruca Maniguá (Reprise)" (Arsenio Rodríguez)
"Silencio" (Instrumental) (Rafael Hernandez)
(World Circuit)

Field 6: Gospel & Contemporary Christian Music

56. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Artist: Lecrae
Album: Reconstruction
We control:
"Better Sober" ft Madison Ryann Ward (Madison Ryann Ward)
(Reach Records)

Field 7: Latin, Global, Reggae & New Age, Ambient, or Chant

58. Best Latin Pop Album

Artist: KAROL G
Album: Tropicoqueta
We control:
"Tropicoqueta" (contains a sample of “Mambo No. 5”) (Perez Prado)
(Interscope Records)

Artist: Natalia Lafourcade
Album: Cancionera
We control:
“El Coconito” (Lorenzo Barcelata)
(Sony Music Entertainment México S.A. de C.V.)

 

59. Best Música Urbana Album

Artist: Bad Bunny
Album: DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS
We control:
“NUEVAYoL” (contains a sample from “Un Verano en Nueva York” (Justi Barreto)
(Rimas Entertainment LLC)

 

60. Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Artist: Fito Páez
Album: Novela
We control:
All songs composed by: Fito Páez
“Universidad Prix”
“El Amor”
“Brujas Salem de Prix”
“Maldivina y Turbialuz”
“Cuando El Circo Llega al Pueblo”
“Nana / La Siesta”
“Cruces de Gin en Sal”
“Jimmy Jimmy”
“Nobody Knows”
“Miss Understood”
“Balas y Flores”
“Superextraño”
“Herencia”
“Modo Carrie”
“Love is Falling Over My Heart”
”Argentina es Una Trampa”
“Infierno en la Tierra”
 “El Vuelo”
“Aceptémoslo”
“El Ultimo Apagón”
“El Triunfo del Amor”
“Los Corazones Necesit
‘Sale El Sol”
“Esperanzas y Tormentas”
(Sony Music Entertainment España S.L.)

 

65. Best Global Music Album

Artist: Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia
Album: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
We control:
"Sozinho" (Peninha)
(Sony Music Brasil)

Field 8: Children’s, Comedy, Audio Books, Visual Media & Music Video/Film

71. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Artist: V/A
Album: KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix film)
We control:
“Strategy” by TWICE (Earattack/Woo)
(VISVA Records/Republic Records)

 

Field 10: Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement

81. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Artist: Japanese Breakfast
Album: For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

Blake Mills, Engineer
(Dead Oceans)

Artist: Pino Palladino, Blake Mills
Album: That Wasn't A Dream

Blake Mills, Engineer/Mastering Engineer
(Verve)

Field 11: Classical

95. Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: León: Raíces — Origins

Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra)

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