2026 Grammy Nominations: R&B Breakdown |

The Recording Academy revealed the nominations for the 68th Grammy Awards on Friday morning (Nov. 7).

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Within the R&B Area, which consists of 5 classes, Leon Thomas leads the pack with 4 nominations, together with Greatest R&B Album for MUTT. The latter can be nominated within the Basic Area for Album of the Yr.

Durand Bernarr is the second-most nominated within the R&B subject with three nods, together with for Greatest Progressive R&B Album for BLOOM.

The R&B subject consists of the next classes: Greatest R&B Efficiency, Greatest Conventional R&B Efficiency, Greatest R&B Track, Greatest R&B Album, and Greatest Progressive Album. Every class ensures no less than 5 nominees.

Leon Thomas. (Photograph Credit score: Raymond Alva)

Final yr, the Recording Academy amended its standards for the Conventional R&B Efficiency class “to extra precisely signify recordings that embody the basic parts of R&B/soul music, distinguishing them from up to date interpretations of the style.”

New this yr, the Academy has launched two new classes: Greatest Album Cowl and Greatest Conventional Nation Album. “The Academy’s prime precedence is to signify the music people who we serve annually,” stated Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. “That entails listening fastidiously to our members to verify our guidelines and tips mirror in the present day’s music and permit us to precisely acknowledge as many deserving creators as doable.”

To be thought of for a 2026 Grammy nomination, recordings needed to have been launched between Aug. 31, 2024, and Aug. 30, 2025.

See a partial listing of nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards under.

File Of The Yr

Award to the Artist(s), Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), and/or Mixer(s), and Mastering Engineer(s) if apart from the artist.

DtMF
Unhealthy Bunny
Scotty Dittrich, Hydra Hitz, La Paciencia, JULiA LEWiS, MAG & Tyler Spry, producers; Antonio Caraballo, Josh Gudwin, Roberto Rosado & Tyler Spry, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer

Manchild
Sabrina Carpenter
Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, producers; Jack Antonoff, Bryce Bordone, Jozef Caldwell, Serban Ghenea, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Michael Riddleberger & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineer

Nervousness
Doechii
Doechii, producer; Jayda Love, engineer/mixer; Nicolas De Porcel, mastering engineer

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
FINNEAS, producer; Jon Castelli, FINNEAS & Aron Forbes, engineers/mixers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer

Abracadabra
Woman Gaga
Cirkut, Woman Gaga & Andrew Watt, producers; Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea & Paul LaMalfa, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

luther
Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Jack Antonoff, Bridgeway, M-Tech, roselilah, Sounwave & Kamasi Washington, producers; Jack Antonoff, Ray Charles Brown Jr., Hector Castro, Oli Jacobs, Jack Manning, Sean Matsukawa, Dani Perez, Tony Shepperd, Laura Sisk & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineer

The Subway
Chappell Roan
Daniel Nigro, producer; Chris Kaysch, Mitch McCarthy & Daniel Nigro, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

APT.
ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
Rogét Chahayed, Cirkut, Omer Fedi & Bruno Mars, producers; Serban Ghenea

Album Of The Yr

Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of recent materials, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s) credited with 20% or extra taking part in time of the album.)

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
Unhealthy Bunny
Huge Jay, La Paciencia, MAG & Tainy, producers; Antonio Caraballo, Josh Gudwin, Luis Amed Irizarry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, engineers/mixers; Benito Antonio Ocasio Martinez, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Jay Anthony Nuñez & Marcos Efrain Masis, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer

SWAG
Justin Bieber
Eddie Benjamin, Justin Bieber, Daniel Chetrit, Dijon, Carter Lang & Dylan Wiggins, producers; Felix Byrne & Josh Gudwin, engineers/mixers; Eddie Benjamin, Justin Bieber, Daniel Chetrit, Dijon Duenas, Tobias Jesso Jr., Carter Lang, Jackson Lee Morgan & Dylan Wiggins, songwriters; Dale Becker, mastering engineer

Man’s Greatest Pal
Sabrina Carpenter
Jack Antonoff, Sabrina Carpenter & John Ryan, producers; Zem Adu, Jack Antonoff, Bryce Bordone, Jozef Caldwell, Serban Ghenea, Jeff Gunnell, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Oli Jacobs, Jack Manning, Joey Miller, Michael Riddleberger, John Ryan, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, engineers/mixers; Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, Sabrina Carpenter & John Ryan, songwriters; Nathan Dantzler & Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineers

Let God Kind Em Out
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Pharrell Williams, featured artist; Pharrell Williams, producer; Mike Larson, Manny Marroquin, Rob Ulsh & Pharrell Williams, engineers/mixers; Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton & Pharrell Williams, songwriters; Zach Pereyra, mastering engineer

MAYHEM
Woman Gaga
Cirkut, Gesaffelstein, Woman Gaga & Andrew Watt, producers; Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea & Paul LaMalfa, engineers/mixers; Henry Walter, Mike Lévy, Woman Gaga, Michael Polansky & Andrew Watt, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

GNX
Kendrick Lamar
Jack Antonoff & Sounwave, producers; Jack Antonoff, Ray Charles Brown Jr., Jozef Caldwell, Oli Jacobs, Jack Manning, Dani Perez, Laura Sisk & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Matthew Bernard & Mark Anthony Spears, songwriters; Ruairi O’Flaherty, mastering engineer

MUTT
Leon Thomas
Freaky Rob, Peter Lee Johnson, D. Phelps & Leon Thomas, producers; Jean-Marie Horvat, engineer/mixer; Lazaro Andres Camejo, Freaky Rob, Peter Lee Johnson, D. Phelps & Leon Thomas, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

CHROMAKOPIA
Tyler, The Creator
Tyler, The Creator, producer; NealHPogue, Tyler Okonma & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers; Tyler Okonma, songwriter; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer

Track Of The Yr

A Songwriter(s) Award. A track is eligible if it was first launched or if it first achieved prominence through the Eligibility Yr. (Artist names seem in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks solely.

Abracadabra
Woman Gaga, Henry Walter & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Woman Gaga)

Nervousness
Jaylah Hickmon, songwriter (Doechii)

APT.
Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Younger Park, Theron Thomas & Henry Walter, songwriters (ROSÉ, Bruno Mars)

DtMF
Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Hugo René Sención Sanabria, Tyler Thomas Spry & Roberto José Rosado Torres, songwriters (Unhealthy Bunny)

**Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]**
EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X:EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)

luther
Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Ink, Kendrick Lamar, Solána Rowe, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar With SZA)

Manchild
Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff & Sabrina Carpenter, songwriters (Sabrina Carpenter)

WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Greatest New Artist

This class acknowledges an artist whose eligibility-year launch(s) achieved a breakthrough into the general public consciousness and notably impacted the musical panorama.

Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Younger

Greatest R&B Efficiency

For brand spanking new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.

YUKON
Justin Bieber

It Relies upon
Chris Brown That includes Bryson Tiller

Folded
Kehlani

MUTT (Reside From NPR’s Tiny Desk)
Leon Thomas

Coronary heart Of A Girl
Summer season Walker

Greatest Conventional R&B Efficiency

For brand spanking new vocal or instrumental conventional R&B recordings.

Right here We Are
Durand Bernarr

UPTOWN
Lalah Hathaway

LOVE YOU TOO
Ledisi

Crybaby
SZA

VIBES DON’T LIE
Leon Thomas

Greatest R&B Track

A Songwriter(s) Award. A track is eligible if it was first launched or if it first achieved prominence through the Eligibility Yr. (Artist names seem in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks solely.

Folded
Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)

Coronary heart Of A Girl
David Bishop & Summer season Walker, songwriters (Summer season Walker)

It Relies upon
Nico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown That includes 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)