American rapper Kendrick Lamar and pop star Lady Gaga belong to the artists who they can get the most awards in the current year of the music awards ceremony Grammy. The nominations were published on Friday, according to TASR, according to the DPA and AFP agencies.
Lamar has already won 22 Grammy awards during his career. He is nominated in nine categories including record of the year (Luther, along with singer SZA), album of the year (GNX), song of the year (Luther), rap album or rap song.
Lady Gaga has seven nominations, among other things also for record and song of the year (Abracadabra) and album of the year (Mayhem). The trio of artists follows six nominations – Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenterová and Leon Thomas.
An American rapper is also fighting for the song of the year Doechii (Anxiety), Bruno Mars a Rose (APT), a song Golden z filmu KPop Demon Hunters, Sabrina Carpenterová (Manchild), Bad Bunny (DtMF) a Billie Eilish a Finneas (Wildflower).
Price for album of the year they can get in addition to Lady Gaga and Lamar Bad Bunny (I Should Have Shot More Photos), Justin Bieber (Swag), Sabrina Carpenterová (Man’s Best Friend), hiphopové duo Clipse (Let God Sort Em Out), Leon Thomas (Mutt) a Typer, The Creator (Chromakopia).
In the category best new artist in addition to representatives from the USA, they also received nominations two British stars – Lola Young and Olivia Dean.
Only music recordings could be nominated, that were commercially released in the United States between August 31, 2024 and August 30, 2025. That’s why Taylor Swift, whose album is conspicuously absent this year The Life of a Showgirl didn’t come out until October, AFP explains.
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1, 2026 at the multipurpose Crypto.com Arena, formerly known as the Staples Center. It will almost decide the winners in a total of 96 categories 15,000 voting members of The Recording Academy.
The Grammy Awards take the form of a golden record player on a black background and they have been awarded since 1959 for exceptional achievements in the music industry. It belongs to the most important music awards in the world and is considered to be the equivalent of the film Oscars.