Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga on Sunday are among the early Grammy award winners as music’s biggest night got under way in Los Angeles with dozens of prizes handed out before the televised marquee event.
Lamar jumped out to an early lead with three trophies in the rap categories, while Lady Gaga won for best dance pop recording and Bad Bunny snapped up a gramophone for best global music performance.
All three are angling to make history by taking home the gala’s most coveted award, Album of the Year, for the first time.
Lamar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, had nine nominations going into Sunday, the most of any artist, on the strength of his album “GNX.”
The 38-year-old California native, who won five Grammys last year thanks to his smash diss track “Not Like Us,” is also up for Record and Song of the Year for “Luther” featuring R&B artist SZA.
Pop chameleon Lady Gaga and Puerto Rico’s Bad Bunny also are competing in all three top categories.
Also nominated for Album of the Year are: pop princess Sabrina Carpenter; R&B singer-songwriter Leon Thomas; Tyler, the Creator; hip-hop duo Clipse (Pusha T and Malice); and pop superstar Justin Bieber — with his first studio effort in four years.
Lady Gaga, Bieber, Carpenter and Bruno Mars are set to lead a starry list of performers that also includes Lauryn Hill and a tribute to late rocker Ozzy Osbourne featuring Post Malone.
The majority of the 95 awards are handed out at a pre-gala ceremony before the televised broadcast.
“Golden” from the Netflix animated smash hit “KPop Demon Hunters” won the prize for best song written for visual media, and top Oscar nominee “Sinners” won two soundtrack awards.
Joni Mitchell — one of several attendees wearing an “ICE OUT” pin in protest at US President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown — took a prize for best historical album before the main event begins at 5:00 pm (0100 GMT Monday).
Best dance/electronic recording
Winner: Tame Impala – End Of Summer
Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – No Cap
Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax – Victory Lap
Kaytranada – Space Invader
Skrillex – Voltage
Best dance/electronic album
Winner: FKA Twigs – Eusexua
Fred again.. – Ten Days
PinkPantheress – Fancy That
Rüfüs Du Sol – Inhale / Exhale
Skrillex – F*** U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!! <3
Best dance/pop recording
Winner: Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Bluest Flame
Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun
Tate McRae – Just Keep Watching
PinkPantheress – Illegal
Best traditional pop vocal album
Winner: Laufey – A Matter Of Time
Laila Biali – Wintersongs
Jennifer Hudson – The Gift Of Love
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Who Believes In Angels?
Lady Gaga – Harlequin
Barbra Streisand – The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume 2
Latin
Best Latin pop album
Winner: Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra
Andrés Cepeda – Bogotá (Deluxe)
Karol G – Tropicoqueta
Alejandro Sanz – ¿Y ahora qué?
Best música urbana album
Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
J Balvin – Mixteip
Feid – Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado
Nicki Nicole – Naiki
Trueno – Eub Deluxe
Yandel – Sinfónico (En Vivo)
Rock and metal
Best rock performance
Winner: Yungblud ft Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning
Amyl and The Sniffers – U Should Not Be Doing That
Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine
Turnstile – Never Enough
Hayley Williams – Mirtazapine
Best rock song
Winner: Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be
Sleep Token – Caramel
Hayley Williams – Glum
Turnstile – Never Enough
Yungblud – Zombie
Best rock album
Winner: Turnstile – Never Enough
Deftones – Private Music
Haim – I Quit
Linkin Park – From Zero
Yungblud – Idols
Best alternative music album
Winner: The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
Bon Iver – Sable, Fable
Tyler, The Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass
Wet Leg – Moisturizer
Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Best alternative music performance
Winner: The Cure – Alone
Bon Iver – Everything Is Peaceful Love
Turnstile – Seein’ Stars
Wet Leg – Mangetout
Hayley Williams – Parachute
Best metal performance
Winner: Turnstile – Birds
Dream Theater – Night Terror
Ghost – Lachryma
Sleep Token – Emergence
Spiritbox – Soft Spine
Rap
Best rap performance
Winner: Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams – Chains & Whips
Cardi B – Outside
Doechii – Anxiety
Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
Tyler, The Creator feat Teezo Touchdown – Darling, I
Best melodic rap performance
Winner: Kendrick Lamar with SZA – Luther
Fridayy feat Meek Mill – Proud Of Me
JID feat Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack – Wholeheartedly
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon feat Rapsody – WeMaj
Partynextdoor & Drake – Somebody Loves Me
Best rap song
Winner: Kendrick Lamar feat Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
Doechii – Anxiety
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice feat John Legend & Voices of Fire – The Birds Don’t Sing
Tyler, The Creator feat GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne – Sticky
GloRilla – TGIF
Best rap album
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out
GloRilla – Glorious
JID – God Does Like Ugly
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia
Country
Best country solo performance
Winner: Chris Stapleton – Bad As I Used To Be
Tyler Childers – Nose On The Grindstone
Shaboozey – Good News
Zach Top – I Never Lie
Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
Best country duo/group performance
Shaboozey & Jelly Roll – Amen
Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton – A Song To Sing
Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson – Trailblazer
Margo Price & Tyler Childers – Love Me Like You Used To Do
George Strait & Chris Stapleton – Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame
Best country song
Winner: Tyler Childers – Bitin’ List
Shaboozey – Good News
Zach Top – I Never Lie
Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo
Chris Stapleton – A Song To Sing
Best contemporary country album
Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns
Tyler Childers – Snipe Hunter
Eric Church – Evangeline vs The Machine
Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken
Miranda Lambert – Postcards From Texas
R&B and Afrobeats
Best R&B performance
Winner: Kehlani – Folded
Justin Bieber – Yukon
Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller – It Depends
Leon Thomas – Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)
Summer Walker – Heart Of A Woman
Best R&B song
Winner: Kehlani – Folded
Summer Walker – Heart Of A Woman
Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller – It Depends
Durand Bernarr – Overqualified
Leon Thomas – Yes It Is
Best R&B album
Winner: Leon Thomas – Mutt
Giveon – Beloved
Coco Jones – Why Not More?
Ledisi – The Crown
Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
Best African music performance
Winner: Tyla – Push 2 Start
Burna Boy – Love
Davido feat Omah Lay – With You
Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin – Hope & Love
Ayra Starr feat Wizkid – Gimme Dat
Production and songwriting
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Winner: Cirkut (Lady Gaga, Rosé, Jade)
Dan Auerbach
Dijon
Blake Mills
Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Winner: Amy Allen (Rosé, Jennie, Sabrina Carpenter)
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Tobias Jesso Jr
Laura Veltz
Film and TV
Best comedy album
Bill Burr – Drop Dead Years
Sarah Silverman – PostMortem
Ali Wong – Single Lady
Jamie Foxx – What Had Happened Was
Nate Bargatze – Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
Winner: Sinners – Various artists
A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet
F1 The Album – Various artists
K-Pop Demon Hunters – Various artists
Wicked – Various artists
Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and televison)
Winner: Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
John Powell – How To Train Your Dragon
Theodore Shapiro – Severance: Season 2
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media
Winner: Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires
Wilbert Roget II – Helldivers 2
Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Cody Matthew Johnson & Wilbert Roget II – Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune
Best song written for visual media
Winner: Huntr/x – Golden (From K-Pop Demon Hunters)
Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be (From Tron: Ares)
Miles Caton – I Lied To You (From Sinners)
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Never Too Late (From Elton John: Never Too Late)
Jayme Lawson – Pale Pale Moon (From Sinners)
Rod Wave – Sinners (From Sinners)
Best audiobook narration
Kathy Garver – Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story
Trevor Noah – Into The Uncut Grass
Ketanji Brown Jackson – Lovely One: A Memoir
Dalai Lama – Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Fab Morvan – You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli
Best music video
Winner: Doechii – Anxiety
Sade – Young Lion
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Clipse – So Be It
OK Go – Love
Best music film
Winner: John Williams – Music by John Williams
Devo – Devo
Raye – Live at the Albert Hall
Diane Warren – Relentless
Pharrell Williams – Piece By Piece
Jazz and classical
Best jazz vocal album
Winner: Samara Joy – Portrait
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – Elemental
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025!
Michael Mayo – Fly
Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – Live at Vic’s Las Vegas
Best jazz instrumental album
Winner: Sullivan Fortner feat Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore – Southern Nights
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 3 (Live)
Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging
John Patitucci feat Chris Potter & Brian Blade – Spirit Fall
Yellowjackets – Fasten Up
Best alternative jazz album
Winner: Nate Smith – Live-Action
Ambrose Akinmusire – Honey from a Winter Stone
Robert Glasper – Keys To The City Volume One
Brad Mehldau – Ride Into The Sun
Immanuel Wilkins – Blues Blood
Best jazz performance
Winner: Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Windows (Live)
Lakecia Benjamin feat Immanuel Wilkins & Mark Whitfield – Noble Rise
Samara Joy – Peace Of Mind/Dreams Come True
Michael Mayo – Four
Nicole Zuraitis, Dan Pugach, Tom Scott, Idan Morim, Keyon Harrold & Rachel Eckroth – All Stars Lead To You (Live)
Best musical theatre album
Winner: Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
Best opera recording
Winner: Heggie: Intelligence – Kwamé Ryan, conductor (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
Huang Ruo: An American Soldier – Carolyn Kuan, conductor (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
Kouyoumdjian – Adoration Alan Pierson, conductor (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead – Elaine Kelly (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)
Tesori: Grounded – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
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