At the Grammy Awards 2026Album of the year was undoubtedly the most coveted category of the night.
Bad Bunny he got emotional while winning the award I should have taken more pictures during the ceremony on Sunday, February 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The singer delivered most of his speech in Spanish, speaking directly to his native Puerto Rico.
“There is nothing we cannot achieve,” he told the crowd, according to a translation. “Thank you to God, thank you to the Academy, and thank you to all the people who have believed in me throughout my career. To all the people who worked on this album. Thank you, Mami, for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico. I love you!”
The other nominees in the category Album of the year were Justin Bieber’s Swag, Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s best friendfrom Clipse May God order them, by Lady Gaga chaos, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX, Leon Thomas Mutt i Tyler, the creator Chromacopy.
“I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their land, their country, to follow their dreams,” Bad Bunny said in English, before continuing in Spanish.
“For all the people who have lost a loved one and even then had to keep going and keep going so strong, this award is for all of you. Thank you for so much love. I love you,” he concluded. “To all Latinos around the world and to all the artists who came before and deserved to be on this stage collecting this award, thank you very much.”
Among the nominees for album of the year, Lamar, 38, led the pack with nine overall nominations at the 2026 awards show. His wins include record of the year, song of the year and best melodic rap performance for “Luther.” SZA (which won), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “30 for 30” featuring SZA, Best Rap Performance for “TV Off” featuring Lefty Gunplay and “Chains and Whips” with Clipse and Pharrell Williams (which won), Best Rap Song for “TV Off” (which won), and Best Rap Album GNX (which won).
Gaga, 39, followed closely behind with seven nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Dance Recording for “Abracadabra” (which she won), Best Pop Solo Performance for “Disease,” Best Pop Vocal Album for chaos (which won) and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Harlequin.
Bad Bunny, 31, Carpenter, 26, Thomas, 32, and Tyler, The Creator, 34, took six spots in total each.
Bad Bunny won Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “DtMF,” Best Urban Music Album (which he won), and Best Album Cover for I should have taken more pictures and Best Overall Music Performance for “EoO” (which she won), while Carpenter took home Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Music Video for “Manchild” and Best Pop Vocal Album for Man’s best friend.
The stars came out to celebrate music’s biggest night at the Grammys 2026. The 68th annual awards ceremony, held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1, honored the best music released between August 31, 2024 and August 30, 2025. Kendrick Lamar led the pack with nine nominations, while Lady (…)
Thomas earned nominations for Best New Artist, Best R&B Performance for “Mutt — Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk,” Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Vibes Don’t Lie,” Best R&B Song (which he won) for “Yes It Is,” and Best R&B Album for Mutt (which won).
Tyler, The Creator, meanwhile, was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album for Do not touch the glassBest Rap Performance for “Darling, I” w Teezo TouchdownBest rap song for “Sticky” with GloRilla, sexy red i lil wayne and Best Rap Album and Best Album Cover for Chromacopy (which won).
Meanwhile, Clipse, formed by Pull up T i malice — earned five total nominations, including best rap performance for “Chains and Whips” with Lamar and Williams (who won), best rap song for “The Birds Don’t Sing” with John Legend and Voices of Fire, Best Rap Album for May God order them and Best Music Video for “So Be It.”
As for Bieber, 31, he earned four nominations for best pop solo performance for “Daisies,” best pop vocal album for Swag and Best R&B Performance for “Yukon”.
Before the 2026 ceremony, seven of the nominees for Album of the Year were already Grammy winners, with 22 previous awards for Lamar, 14 for Gaga, three for Bad Bunny, two for Bieber, Carpenter and Tyler, The Creator and one for Thomas.