68th Annual Grammy Awards

The 68th Annual Grammy Awards are an upcoming music awards show set to honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from August 31, 2024, to August 30, 2025, as chosen by the members of The Recording Academy, on February 1, 2026. In its 23rd year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+.^[1][2] A host for the ceremony is yet to be announced.

On June 12, 2025, the Recording Academy announced several changes for different categories and updates on eligibility rules for the 2026 ceremony.^[3][4][5]

• Two new categories – Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover. There are now 95 categories total.
• Best Country Album has been renamed Best Contemporary Country Album.
• Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package will be merged back into the Best Recording Package category.

• Artists who were previously featured on a record nominated for Album of the Year are now eligible to be nominated for Best New Artist if their contributions to the album were 20 percent or less.
• Composers and lyricists/librettists are now eligible for Grammy recognition in selected categories in the Classical Field (Best Orchestral Performance, Best Choral Performance, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, Best Classical Instrumental Solo, and Best Classical Solo Vocal Album). Previously, only the album's artist/s, producers, and engineers would receive recognition.
• The maximum number of principal vocalist(s) who may be awarded in the Best Musical Theater Album category is increased from four to six.
• The physical product eligibility requirement for Best Recording Package, Best Album Notes, and Best Historical Album has been expanded to be more representative of today’s marketplace to ensure that physical album packages sold directly to fans through an artist’s or label’s website are now eligible for Grammy consideration.
• The Craft Committee serving the Package, Notes & Historical field is switching from a regional to a national model.
• Minor description updates to the Best Regional Roots Music Album, Best Progressive R&B Album, Best Dance Pop Recording, Best American Roots Performance, and Best American Roots Song categories.

First round voting will take place from October 3 to October 15, 2025. The nominees are set to be announced on November 7 in a livestream on the official Grammy YouTube channel. Final round voting will then take place from December 12, 2025 to January 5, 2026 ahead of winners being revealed during the Grammy Premiere Ceremony and telecast on February 1.^[6]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

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