2026 Grammy Nominations Are IN

[tremonthustler1]

 

[Maximus Rex]

 

[semicko82]

Lefty gunplay got a Grammy nomination

The K dot stimulus package

 

[tremonthustler1]

may be the best list for AOTY that I can remember.

 

[Ziggiy]

Three Rap albums getting nominated for Album of The Year is going to make it harder for Kendrick due to vote splitting.

Clipse deserve their nomination though.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Off top, my picks:

AOTY:
Should be: Kendrick
will be: Kendrick
wouldn't be mad if: Bad Bunny won

Record of the Year:
Should be: Bad Bunny
will be: Rose /Bruno Mars
wouldn't be mad if: Kendrick won

Song of the Year:
Should be: Bad Bunny
will be: Billie Eilish
wouldn't be mad if: Kendrick won

Best Rap Album
Should be: Kendrick
will be: Kendrick
wouldn't be mad if: Clipse won

Best Rap Performance:
Should be: Kendrick/Lefty Gunplay
will be: Kendrick/Lefty Gunplay
wouldn't be mad if: Clipse/Kendrick won

Best Rap Song:
Should be: Clipse
will be: Doechii
wouldn't be mad if: GloRilla won (and she shoulda got the nod over Cardi)

Best Melodic Rap Performance:
Should be: Kendrick/SZA
will be: Kendrick/SZA
wouldn't be mad if: JID won

side note: shout outs to 9th Wonder always sneaking in Rapsody in the nominations. She should have a Grammy outfit every year for the rest of her life.

 

[Pure Water]

I don't really trip about Album of the Year. It's different genres of music on there that I don't listen to, so it's really hard for me to say if an album is worthy of AOTY or not.

It's much easier to put my biases aside for Song of the Year or Record of the Year, because a hit is a hit. But for albums, I'm judging the whole project. It's just a much more difficult thing to do.

 

[Theo Penn]

Birds Don’t Sing gonna win Best Rap Song

 

[semicko82]

Clipse got in for AOTY

 

[Reality Check]

Lefty gunplay got a Grammy nomination

The K dot stimulus package

Actually 2 nominations (one for Best Rap Song and one for Best Rap Performance)

Which is one more than Drayoncé received for that album with PND.

 

[tremonthustler1]

aside from the glaring omission of Alfredo 2, not even that mad at the nominees.

TGIF shoulda got a Grammy nod over Cardi B's outside. Besides that, it really does seem like they had smarter people in the room for this. I just wish Alchemist had gotten a Producer of the Year nomination. He's been on fire this year

 

[OJ Simpsom]

Best Album Cover

 

[tremonthustler1]

Actually 2 nominations (one for Best Rap Song and one for Best Rap Performance)

Which is two more than Drayoncé received for that album with PND.

He was nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance (surprising, I thought he didn't submit his stuff for consideration anymore)

 

[tremonthustler1]

Best Album Cover

Something for Westside Gunn to strive for

 

[Reality Check]

He was nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance (surprising, I thought he didn't submit his stuff for consideration anymore)

Thanks for pointing that out, Must have missed that when going through the nominees