The 2026 Grammy Awards are underway, with top artistes across the world competing for honours in 95 categories at the ceremony organised by the Recording Academy.
While only a handful of awards will be presented during the main ceremony, the majority of the categories are being decided at the pre-telecast premiere event, with winners emerging throughout the ceremony.
Despite a strong presence in key categories, Nigeria did not win a single Grammy at the 2026 awards. Nigerian stars Burna Boy, Davido, Omah Lay, Ayra Starr, and Wizkid all fell short, leaving the country without a trophy for the year.
South Africa’s Tyla won Best African Music Performance for Push 2 Start, beating Burna Boy’s Love, Davido and Omah Lay’s With You, and Ayra Starr and Wizkid’s Gimme Dat.
In the Best Global Music Album category, Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia took home the award for Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo, leaving Burna Boy’s No Sign of Weakness empty-handed.
This marks Tyla’s second win in the category since its introduction in 2024, when she first clinched the award with Water, making her the inaugural recipient. Her repeat victory underscores her growing influence on the global African music stage.
Winners
Best New Artist
WINNER: Olivia Dean
Katseye
The Marias
Addison Rae
Sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Best African Music Performance
WINNER: “Push 2 Start” — Tyla
“With You” — Davido Featuring Omah Lay
“Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
“Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr Featuring Wizkid
“Love” — Burna Boy
Best Global Music Album
Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia
No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy
Eclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour
Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) — Shakti
Chapter III: We Return to Light — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy
Korwar
WINNER: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
Best Rap Album
WINNER: GNX – Kendrick Lamar
Glorious – GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly – JID
Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator
Best R&B Performance
WINNER: “Folded” – Kehlani
“It Depends” – Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
“Yukon” – Justin Bieber
“Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” – Leon Thomas
“Heart of a Woman” – Summer Walker
Best Global Music Performance
WINNER: “EoO” — Bad Bunny
Cantando en el Camino — Ciro Hurtado
JERUSALEMA — Angélique Kidjo
Inmigrante Y Que? — Yeisy Rojas
Shrini’s Dream (Live) — Shakti
Daybreak — Anoushka Shankar Featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
WINNER: Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed
Child of God II — Forrest Frank
King Of Hearts — Brandon Lake
Reconstruction — Lecrae
Let The Church Sing — Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
WINNER: I Will Not Be Moved (Live) — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Then Came The Morning — Gaither Vocal Band
Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah — The Isaacs
Good Answers — Karen Peck & New River
Back To My Roots — Candi Staton
Best Gospel Album
WINNER: Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann
Only On The Road (Live) — Tye Tribbett
Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams
Best Melodic Rap Performance
WINNER: “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA“
“Wholeheartedly” — JID Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
Proud of Me” — Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill
“WeMaj” — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody
“Somebody Loves Me” — Partynextdoor & Drake
Best Rap Song
WINNER: “TV Off” —Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean“
“The Birds Don’t Sing” — Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices of Fire)
“Sticky” — Aaron Bolton, Dudley Alexander Duverne, Gloria Woods, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Janae Wherry, Tyler Okonma & Rex Zamor, songwriters (Tyler, the Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)
“TGIF” — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims & Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (GloRilla)
Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Best R&B Album
Why Not More? — Coco Jones
The Crown — Ledisi
Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
Beloved— Giveon
Best Rap Performance
WINNER: “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams“
Outside” — Cardi B
“Anxiety” — Doechii
“TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay
“Darling, I” — Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown
Best R&B Song
WINNER: “Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani Parrish, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
“Heart of a Woman” — David Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)
“It Depends” — Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring
Bryson Tiller)
“Overqualified” — James John Abrahart Jr & Durand Bernarr, songwriters (Durand Bernarr)
“Yes It Is” — Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Bluest Flame” – Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
WINNER: “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
“Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson
“Just Keep Watching (From “F1 The Movie”)”
“Illegal” – PinkPantheress
Best Dance Pop Recording
“Bluest Flame” – Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
WINNER: “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
“Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson
“Just Keep Watching (From “F1 The Movie”)”
“Illegal” – PinkPantheress
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Dan Auerbach
WINNER: Cirkut
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
WINNER: Amy Allen
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Laura Veltz
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: “Defying Gravity” – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
“Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]” – HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami
“Gabriela” – Katseye
“APT.” – Rosé, Bruno Mars
“30 for 30” – SZA With Kendrick Lamar
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
WINNER: “End of Summer” — Tame Impala
“Victory Lap” — Fred Again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax
“Space Invader” — Kaytranada
“Voltage” — Skrillex
“No Cap” — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
Best Dance/Electronic Album
WINNER: 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 Music Video
“Young Lion” — Sade
Sophie Muller, video director; Sade & Aaron Taylor Dean, video producers
“Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia, video directors; Aiden Magarian, Nathan Scherrer & Natan Schottenfels, video producers
“So Be It” — Clipse
Producer Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video
WINNER: “Anxiety” — Doechii
James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
“Love” — OK Go
Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
Best Album Cover
WINNER: Chromakopia — Shaun Llewellyn & Luis “Panch” Perez, art directors (Tyler, the Creator)
The Crux — William Wesley II, art director (Djo)
Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, art director (Bad Bunny)
Glory — Cody Critcheloe & Andrew J.S., art directors (Perfume Genius)
Moisturizer — Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, Matt de Jong, Jamie-James Medina, Joshua Mobaraki & Rhian Teasdale, art directors (Wet Leg)
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