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Wizkid, Burna Boy, Omah Lay lead Nigeria’s charge at 2026 Grammys (Full List)
Nigerian music star Omah Lay has earned his first-ever Grammy Award nomination.
The Recording Academy unveiled the nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards on Friday, with several Nigerian artistes making the prestigious list.
Omah Lay was nominated in the ‘Best African Music Performance’ category for his collaborative single ‘With You’ featuring Davido.
The song will compete against Burna Boy’s ‘Love’, Wizkid and Ayra Starr’s ‘Gimme Dat’, South Africa’s Tyla with ‘Push 2 Start’, and Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo alongside Mehran Matin for ‘Hope & Love’.
Burna Boy also secured a second nomination for his eighth studio album ‘Signs of Weakness’, which made the ‘Best Global Music Album’ category, going head-to-head with global legends like Youssou N’Dour, Shakti, and Anoushka Shankar.
Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations with nine, followed by Lady Gaga with seven.
Also Read: Burna Boy sets record with fifth Grammy Album nomination
The 2026 Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on February 1, 2026.
Below is the full list:
Song of the year
- Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – ‘APT’
- Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’
- Hunter/x – ‘Golden’
- Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – ‘Luther’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’
- Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’
Record of the year
- Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’
- Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’
- Kendrick Lamar feat SZA – ‘Luther’
- Chappell Roan – ‘The Subway’
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – ‘APT’
Album of the year
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- Bad Bunny – ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’
- Justin Bieber – ‘Swag’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Man’s Best Friend’
- Clipse – ‘Let God Sort Em Out’
- Lady Gaga – ‘Mayhem’
- Kendrick Lamar – ‘GNX’
- Leon Thomas – ‘Mutt’
- Tyler, the Creator – ‘Chromakopia’
Best new artist
- Olivia Dean
- Katseye
- The Marias
- Addison Rae
- Sombr
- Leon Thomas
- Alex Warren
- Lola Young
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Dan Auerbac
- Cirkut
- Dijon
- Blake Mills
- Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
- Amy Allen
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Tobias Jesso Jr.
- Laura Veltz
Best Pop Solo Performance
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- ‘Daisies’ — Justin Bieber
- ‘Manchild’ — Sabrina Carpenter
- ‘Disease’ — Lady Gaga
- ‘The Subway’ — Chappell Roan
- ‘Messy’ — Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- ‘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 Pop Vocal Album
- ‘Swag’ – Justin Bieber
- ‘Man’s Best Friend’ – Sabrina Carpenter
- ‘Something Beautiful’ – Miley Cyrus
- ‘Mayhem’ – Lady Gaga
- ‘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
Best Dance Pop Recording
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- “Bluest Flame” – Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
- “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
- “Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson
- “Just Keep Watching (From ‘F1 The Movie’)
- “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 Remixed Recording
- “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
- “Don’t Forget About Us” — Kaytranada, remixer (Mariah Carey & Kaytranada)
- “A Dreams A Dream – Ron Trent Remix” — Ron Trent, remixer (Soul II Soul)
- “Galvanize” — Chris Lake, remixer (The Chemical Brothers & Chris Lake)
- “Golden – David Guetta REM/X” — David Guetta, remixer (HUNTR/X: EJAE, AudreyNuna, Rei Ami)
Best Rock Performance
- “U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers
- “The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park
- “Never Enough” — Turnstile
- “Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams
- “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Metal Performance
- “Night Terror” — Dream Theater
- “Lachryma” — Ghost
- “Emergence” — Sleep Token
- “Soft Spine” —Spiritbox
- “Birds” — Turnstile
Best Rock Song
- “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
- “Caramel” – Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)
- “Glum” – Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
- “Never Enough” – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
- “Zombie” – Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)
Best Rock Album
- Private Music — Deftones
- I Quit — Haim
- From Zero — Linkin Park
- Never Enough — Turnstile
- Idols — Yungblud
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- “Proud of Me” — Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill
- “Wholeheartedly” — JID Featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
- “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
- “WeMaj” — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody
- “Somebody Loves Me” — Partynextdoor & Drake
Best Rap Song
- “Anxiety” — Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)
- “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
- “TGIF” — Lucas Alegria, Dillon Brophy, Yakki Davis, Gloria Woods, Jess Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Mario Mims & Jorge M. Taveras, songwriters (GloRilla)
- “TV Off” —Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters
Best Rap Album
- Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
- Glorious – GloRilla
- God Does Like Ugly – JID
- GNX – Kendrick Lamar
- Chromakopia – Tyler, the Creator
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
- A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don’t act like that (partially recorded live @City Winery & other places) — Queen Sheba
- Black Shaman — Marc Marcel
- Pages — Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton
- Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at Treepeople — Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends
- Words for Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best Jazz Performance
- “Noble Rise” — Lakecia Benjamin Featuring Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield
- “Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
- “Peace of Mind / Dreams Come True” — Samara Joy
- “Four” — Michael Mayo
- “All Stars Lead to You – Live” — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim,Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Elemental — Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap
- We Insist 2025! — Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell
- Portrait — Samara Joy
- Fly — Michael Mayo
- Live at Vic’s Las Vegas — Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim,Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Trilogy 3 (Live) — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
- Southern Nights — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
- Belonging — Branford Marsalis Quartet
- Spirit Fall — John Patitucci Featuring Chris Potter & Brian Blade
- Fasten Up — Yellowjackets
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Orchestrator Emulator — The 8-Bit Big Band
- Without Further Ado, Vol 1 — Christian McBride Big Band
- Lumen — Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band
- Basie Rocks! — Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra
- Lights on a Satellite — Sun Ra Arkestra
- Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores — Kenny Wheeler Legacy Featuring the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra & Frost Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
- La Fleur de Cayenne — Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band
- The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring Pedrito Martinez, Daymé Arocena, Jon Faddis, Donald Harrison & Melvis Santa
- Mundoagua – Celebrating Carla Bley — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
- A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
- Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard — Miguel Zenón Quartet
Best Alternative Jazz Album
- Honey From a Winter Stone — Ambrose Akinmusire
- Keys to the City Volume One — Robert Glasper
- Ride into the Sun — Brad Mehldau
- Live-Action — Nate Smith
- Blues Blood — Immanuel Wilkins
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Wintersongs — Laila Biali
- The Gift of Love — Jennifer Hudson
- Who Believes in Angels? — Elton John & Brandi Carlile
- Harlequin — Lady Gaga
- A Matter of Time — Laufey
- The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2 — Barbra Streisand
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Brightside — ARKAI
- Ones & Twos — Gerald Clayton
- BEATrio — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez
- Just Us — Bob James & Dave Koz
- Shayan —Charu Suri
Best Musical Theater Album
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Death Becomes Her
- Gypsy
- Just In Time
- Maybe Happy Ending
Best Country Solo Performance
- “Nose on the Grindstone” – Tyler Childers
- “Good News” – Shaboozey
- “Bad as I Used to Be [From “F1 The Movie”]”
- “I Never Lie” – Zach Top
- “Somewhere Over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- “A Song to Sing” — Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
- “Trailblazer” — Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
- “Love Me Like You Used to Do” — Margo Price & Tyler Childers
- “Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
- “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame” — George Strait, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Song
- “Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
- “Good News” — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & Jacob Torrey, songwriters (Shaboozey)
- “I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top, songwriters (Zach Top)
- “Somewhere Over Laredo” — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson)
- “A Song to Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
Best Traditional Country Album
- Dollar a Day — Charley Crockett
- American Romance — Lukas Nelson
- Oh What a Beautiful World — Willie Nelson
- Hard Headed Woman — Margo Price
- Ain’t in It for My Health — Zach Top
Best Americana Album
- Big Money – Jon Batiste
- Bloom – Larkin Poe
- Last Leaf on the Tree – Willie Nelson
- So Long Little Miss Sunshine – Molly Tuttle
- Middle – Jesse Welles
Best Bluegrass Album
- Carter & Cleveland — Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter
- A Tip Toe High Wire — Sierra Hull
- Arcadia — Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Outrun —The Steeldrivers
- Highway Prayers — Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Ain’t Done With the Blues — Buddy Guy
- Room on the Porch — Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
- One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey — Maria Muldaur
- Look Out Highway — Charlie Musselwhite
- Young Fashioned Ways — Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Breakthrough — Joe Bonamassa
- Paper Doll — Samantha Fish
- A Tribute to LJK — Eric Gales
- Preacher Kids — Robert Randolph
- Family — Southern Avenue
Best Folk Album
- What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow — Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
- Crown of Roses — Patty Griffin
- Wild and Clear and Blue — I’m With Her
- Foxes in the Snow — Jason Isbell
- Under the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24) — Jesse Welles
Best Regional Roots Music Album
- Live at Vaughan’s — Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet
- For Fat Man — Preservation Brass & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Church of New Orleans — Kyle Roussel
- Second Line Sunday — Trombone Shorty and New Breed Brass Band
- A Tribute to the King of Zydeco (Various Artists)
Best Global Music Performance
- 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 African Music Performance
- “Love” — Burna Boy
- “With You” — Davido Featuring Omah Lay
- “Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
- “Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr Featuring Wizkid
- “Push 2 Start” — Tyla
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
- Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia
Best Reggae Album
- Treasure Self Love — Lila Iké
- Heart & Soul — Vybz Kartel
- BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi
- From Within — Mortimer
- No Place Like Home — Jesse Royal
Producer Of The Year, Classical
- Blanton Alspaugh
- Sergei Kvitko
- Morten Lindberg
- Dmitriy Lipay
- Elaine Martone
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