Every Single Thing Happening at the 2026 Grammys

Bruno Mars and Rosé open the show with a performance of ‘APT.’

Chaka Khan on who she’s excited to see at the ceremony: ‘Everybody knows who I am but I can’t remember them.’

The only appropriate reaction to losing to The Cure.

Oh my God, the cutest girl in the world is on the stage.

Aura V and her father, Fyütch, recently won a Grammy for their children’s music album, Harmony. Fyütch announced during their acceptance speech that Aura V is now the youngest person to ever win a Grammy as an individual artist.

Here are all the awards Dave Koz just presented.

Here’s a rundown of recent award winners: Samara Joy won Best Jazz Vocal Album for Portrait. The Best Musical Theater Album went to the Buena Vista Social Club original Broadway cast, produced by Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek. A Tribute to the King of Zydeco by Various Artists was named Best Regional Roots Music Album. In classical music, Cerrone: Don’t Look Down by Sandbox Percussion, with engineering by Mike Tierney and mastering by Alan Silverman, earned Best Engineered Album. Blanton Alspaugh was recognized as Producer of the Year, Classical.

The Best Instrumental Composition was “First Snow” by Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz, composed by Remy Le Boeuf. The 8-Bit Big Band’s arrangement of “Super Mario Praise Break” won Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, credited to Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker. Nate Smith featuring säje’s “Big Fish” took Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, with arrangements by Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by Andris Nelsons, won Best Orchestral Performance for Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie. Best Opera Recording went to Heggie: Intelligence by Houston Grand Opera and Gene Scheer, conducted by Kwamé Ryan and featuring soloists Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger, produced by Blanton Alspaugh. Ortiz: Yanga by Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and with chorus master Grant Gershon, earned Best Choral Performance. Finally, Dennehy: Land Of Winter by Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound was named Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.

The prerecorded nominee announcer is crushing the name pronunciations.

Darren Criss sounds so annoyed to still be here.

Please look at my winner.

Three hours in, an “abolish ICE.”

From Mike Tierney, accepting Best Engineered Album, Classical for Cerrone: Don’t Look Down.

Gypsy losing Best Musical Theater Album feels nuts.

The award went to Buena Vista Social Club.

“You guys are so quiet this year … Chappell really started a movement!” — Sabrina Carpenter to the Grammys red-carpet photographers.

Here are all the awards Dee Dee Bridgewater just presented.

Here are some recent award winners: Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade won Best Jazz Performance for “Windows – Live.” Sullivan Fortner, Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore’s Southern Nights received the award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. Christian McBride Big Band won Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album with Without Further Ado, Vol 1. Nate Smith’s Live-Action was named Best Alternative Jazz Album. Laufey’s A Matter of Time took home the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In the global music categories, Bad Bunny’s “Eoo” won Best Global Music Performance, and Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia’s Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo was awarded Best Global Music Album. Tyla’s “Push 2 Start” won Best African Music Performance, Keznamdi’s Blxxd & Fyah won Best Reggae Album, and Carla Patullo featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality’s Nomadica won Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album.

Laufey wins her first Grammy, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for A Matter of Time.

Steven Spielberg gets his EGOT.

So, Spielberg just completed the EGOT! I found out tonight he won a Grammy for producing the Music by John Williams documentary. As Vulture pointed out, that means he now has all four major entertainment awards. Let me break it down: he’s got four Emmys – for things like The Pacific, Band of Brothers, and even a Pinky & The Brain Christmas special! Then there are his three Oscars – two for the incredible Schindler’s List and one for Saving Private Ryan. And finally, he snagged a Tony for A Strange Loop. Seriously, what hasn’t this guy won?

Here are all the awards Trombone Shorty just presented.

Okay, let’s talk about some truly exceptional music! Mavis Staples absolutely blew me away with her performance – easily the best Americana I’ve heard in ages. And I’m With Her really dominated the roots scene, taking home the award for Best American Roots Song with “Ancient Light” and also winning Best Folk Album with Wild and Clear and Blue. Jon Batiste’s Big Money is a fantastic record and rightfully earned the title of Best Americana Album. If you’re a bluegrass fan, Billy Strings’ Highway Prayers is a must-listen – it’s a phenomenal album. On the gospel side, CeCe Winans and Shirley Caesar’s collaboration on “Come Jesus Come” was incredibly moving. And for contemporary Christian music, Brandon Lake’s duet with Jelly Roll on “Hard Fought Hallelujah” is a powerful track. Darrel Walls and PJ Morton delivered a beautiful album with Heart of Mine, claiming Best Gospel Album, while Israel & New Breed’s Coritos Vol. 1 took the Contemporary Christian Music Album prize. Finally, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir’s live recording, I Will Not Be Moved — Live, is a stunning Roots Gospel Album. A really strong year for these genres, overall!

I’m on the Grammys red carpet, where Nic arrived sans Olandria.

Jelly Roll is two for three so far.

Jason Isbell also shut out.

I need Love Island USA’s Leah and Miguel both back on TV ASAP.

Darren Criss, proving once and for all that he is straight, is incapable of pronouncing Eusexua, by FKA Twigs.

Joni Mitchell reflected fondly on when David Geffen let her put up a billboard with “a horse’s ass” on Sunset Blvd. during her acceptance speech for Best Historical Album.

People are still leaving rude or unpleasant comments about others on social media, specifically targeting the popular restaurant Saddle Ranch Chop House, a frequent hangout for members of the Hype House.

Here’s every award Sierra Hull just presented.

Here’s a rundown of some of the winners: Turnstile took home the award for Best Metal Performance with their song “Birds.” In the country category, Chris Stapleton won Best Country Solo Performance for “Bad As I Used to Be,” Shaboozey and Jelly Roll won Best Country Duo/Group Performance with “Amen,” and Tyler Childers’ “Bitin’ List” was named Best Country Song. Zach Top’s album Ain’t in It for My Health won Best Traditional Country Album. Mavis Staples earned Best American Roots Performance for “Beautiful Strangers.” Buddy Guy’s Ain’t Done With the Blues was recognized as Best Traditional Blues Album, while Robert Randolph’s Preacher Kids won Best Contemporary Blues Album. Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II: The Lost Albums won Best Recording Package, and Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia took home the award for Best Album Cover. Buck Owens and His Buckaroos’ Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964–1974 won Best Album Notes. Finally, Joni Mitchell’s Joni Mitchell Archives − Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) was named Best Historical Album.

How does one get a gig writing album notes?

Feels very right for Tyler, the Creator to win the first-ever award for Best Album Cover.

One of her best fits.

Lainey Wilson shut out.

Why do I feel kinda bad that Willie Nelson didn’t win Best Traditional Country Album?

Shaboozey crying is cute.

I was so moved watching him accept the award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Amen” with Jelly Roll! His speech was truly incredible – so heartfelt and genuine.

The Grammys love Chris Stapleton a bit too much.

Here’s every award Jimmy Jam just presented.

Here are some of the winners: Cirkut was named Producer of the Year (Non-Classical), and Amy Allen took home the award for Songwriter of the Year (Non-Classical). In R&B, Kehlani’s “Folded” won Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song. Leon Thomas won Best Traditional R&B Performance with “Vibes Don’t Lie” and Best R&B Album with Mutt. Durand Bernarr’s Bloom was recognized as Best Progressive R&B Album. In the Rap category, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams won Best Rap Performance for “Chains & Whips”, while Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Luther” earned Best Melodic Rap Performance. Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay won Best Rap Song for “TV Off”. Finally, Mad Skillz’s Words for Days Vol. 1 was awarded Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.

I’m surprised nobody wants to stage another boycott about stuffing everything in the preshow.

It’s pretty flagrant now.

You’ve really got these artists fighting for R&B to not be ignored and the Recording Academy is like, “Welp, you can be on the preshow.”

Durand Bernarr easily had the best speech of the night so far, for Best Progressive R&B Album — he accepted it alongside his parents, who “guide me forward … never straight!”

And Kehlani just said “Fuck ICE” while accepting her Grammy.

It’s the first time the broadcast acknowledged the protest.

Kehlani wins her first Grammy, Best R&B Performance, for “Folded.”

This really deserved to be on the main show.

Here’s the latest batch of winners, presented by Jesse Welles.

Here are some of the winners: Lady Gaga won Best Dance Pop Recording for “Abracadabra.” Yungblud, featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, and II of Sleep Token, took home the award for Best Rock Performance with “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning.” Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails won Best Rock Song for “As Alive As You Need Me to Be.” Turnstile’s Never Enough was named Best Rock Album.

The Cure won both Best Alternative Music Performance for “Alone” and Best Alternative Music Album for Songs of a Lost World. Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, along with engineers Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, and mastering engineer Patricia Sullivan, won Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for That Wasn’t a Dream. Finally, Immersed by Justin Gray, with Justin Gray as the immersive mix engineer, Michael Romanowski handling immersive mastering, and Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg as immersive producers, won Best Immersive Audio Album.

Justin Vernon wore a whistle with his “ICE Out” pin and spoke on the red carpet about how deeply Alex Pretti’s killing unnerved him.

He admitted to The Hollywood Reporter that he initially doubted he had the energy to travel to Los Angeles and participate in events. However, he said the people of Minneapolis motivated him to use the Grammys as a platform to recognize and support their protests.

Yungblud won Best Rock Performance for a cover of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Changes,” which he performed at the father of metal’s final concert.

Presenting the award during an emotional singalong is a nice gesture, but it overshadows genuinely innovative music. While the performance was technically excellent – and it’s great that musicians like Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, and Adam Wakeman received Grammys – there were many other artists who better represent the future of rock music.

Preshow host should be a bit of a maniac, and this is not hitting for me on those grounds.

ZARA LARSSON VOCALS ALERT.

This really deserved the main stage.

Here’s everything that just got awarded by presenter Edgar Barrera.

Here are the winners of several Latin Grammy awards: Natalia Lafourcade won Best Latin Pop Album for Cancionera. Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso took home Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album with Papota, and Carín León won Best Musica Mexicana Album (including Tejano) for Palabra de To’s (Seca). Gloria Estefan was awarded Best Tropical Latin Album for Raíces.

The soundtrack Sinners received two awards: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (credited to Various Artists, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Serena Göransson, and Nikki Sherod) and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Ludwig Göransson). Austin Wintory won Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games with Sword of the Sea. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were recognized for Best Song Written for Visual Media with “As Alive As You Need Me to Be” from Tron: Ares. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” was named Best Music Video, and the film Devo, by Devo, won Best Music Film.

I got smoke with the band.

Kanye West accused Doechii of being manufactured by the music industry, and he noticed the band plays his song “All of the Lights” whenever Doechii achieves an award. This raises the question: who’s really calling the shots here?

Kehlani continues to make her politics clear.

She admitted she initially wanted to make a very strong statement against ICE, but decided to tone it down. ‘I can be a bit rough around the edges,’ she told The Hollywood Reporter, ‘and sometimes I’m not very polite.’

In an alternate universe, we’re talking about a Timmy EGOT.

A Complete Unknown lost Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media to Sinners.

If you’d told me a long time ago that the guy who produced Childish Gambino’s Camp would go on to be so successful, I’m not sure I’d believe it.

To be fair, I think they met because Ludwig did the music for Community.

Imagine if Sinners didn’t win a Grammy.

The most Oscar-nominated movie of all time wins Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

Important: Joni Mitchell arrives on the Grammy red carpet.

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical goes to “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix).”

Darren Criss, accepting award after award on behalf of other artists, must feel like he’s in that Twilight Zone episode where the guy keeps winning at a casino and realizes he’s in hell.

FKA Twigs receives her first-ever Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album for Eusexua.

Best Dance/Electronic Recording goes to “End of Summer,” by Tame Impala.

“Defying Gravity” winning a pop award is so funny.

The Grammys and Oscars have been snubbing Ari left and right, and this is where they reward her?

First Grammy of the night goes to Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Defying Gravity.”

They’re wasting time on all this yapping.

Eighteen minutes in, and not a single award has been given out.

The Premiere Ceremony is about to award 86 categories, and winners will only get 45 seconds to give their speech.

The Premiere Ceremony opened with Israel Houghton, Lila Ike, Grace Potter, Maggie Rose, and Trombone Shorty performing Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Shining Star.”

Grammy preshow seems like the only place in life where you could catch both Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Spiritbox performing.

Grammy Sunday starts with the Premiere Ceremony.