Music’s biggest night—the Grammy Awards—was held on February 1, 2026. Now in its 68th ceremony, the Recording Academy continues to honour and celebrate creative and technical excellence across the global music industry. South African comedian Trevor Noah hosted the event for the sixth consecutive year, with the ceremony taking place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
American rapper Kendrick Lamar emerged as the big winner of the night for the second consecutive year with five wins: Record of the Year and Best Melodic Rap Performance for the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “luther” with SZA, Best Rap Song for “tv off” featuring Lefty Gunplay, Best Rap Performance for his contribution to the Clipse song “Chains & Whips,” and Best Rap Album for GNX. He dominated the rap category this year, taking the four trophies in the four categories in a single historic sweep.
With these wins, he surpasses Jay Z as the rapper with the most career wins at the Grammy Awards with 26 trophies.
Bad Bunny also made an impressive showing at the ceremony, including an unprecedented win in one of the Big Four categories—Album of the Year—for his sixth solo studio album Debi Tirar Mas Fotos. It makes history as the first non-English album to win at the Grammy Awards.
He is also the first artiste to win Album of the Year at both the Latin Grammys and the Grammy Awards, an impressive feat for the Puerto Rican American rapper who has been championing the Latin community on the global stage. In addition, the recent Super Bowl headliner picked up trophies for Best Musicana Urbana Album for Debi Tirar Mas Fotos and Best Global Music Performance for “con EOO.”
Lady Gaga may have lost out in the Big Four categories but she walked away with two awards, bringing her career total to 14 Grammy Awards. She won Best Dance Pop Recording for “Abracadabra” and Best Pop Vocal Album for Mayhem.
Olivia Dean became the newest Best New Artist winner in what proved to be one of the toughest races of the night. She beat fellow nominees including KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, The Marias, and Alex Warren. This marks Dean’s first Grammy win and first nomination in what has been an exciting run for the breakout artiste who found fame thanks to songs like “Man I Need,” and “Nice to Each Other” gaining virality. She also mints herself in the history books as only female artistes have won Best New Artist throughout the 2020s so far.
Despite some controversy surrounding its nomination, Billie Eillish’s “Wildflower” won Song of the Year. This makes the 24-year-old star a 10-time Grammy winner, with three of those wins coming in the Song of the Year category. She now makes history as the artiste with the most wins in that category.
“Wildflower” was the fourth track from Eilish’s 2024 album “Hit Me Hard and Soft” (which was nominated for Album of the Year last year) but was officially released as a single in February 2025, thus making it eligible for the 2026 ceremony.
Another history maker was legendary American filmmaker Steven Spielberg who won Best Music Film as a credited producer on the documentary Music by John Williams. The win completes his EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), making him the 22nd person to achieve the rare feat.
Netflix’s global sensation KPop Demon Hunters also picked up an award, winning Best Song Written for Visual Media for the global smash hit “Golden.” The song has already won at the Critics Choice and the Golden Globes in the same category, and now becomes the first K-pop song to win a Grammy Award.
Other winners of the night were Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo for Best Pop/Duo Group Performance for “Defying Gravity” from the Wicked Soundtrack, Lola Young for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Messy,” Tyler the Creator’s Chromakopia for the inaugural Best Album Cover award, and Kehlani, who won both Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance for “Folded.”
View the full list of winners here.