The 2026 Grammy Awards are officially in progress, bringing together the biggest names in global music as the Recording Academy hands out honours across 95 competitive categories.
As is tradition, only a select number of awards will be presented during the televised main ceremony. However, the majority of Grammy categories are being decided during the pre-telecast Premiere Ceremony, with winners announced gradually throughout the day.
Bizwatch Nigeria is tracking the ceremony in real time and will continue updating this page as new winners are confirmed.
Nigeria at the 2026 Grammys
Nigeria has a strong presence at this year’s Grammys, with several of the country’s most influential artistes earning nominations across major categories. Among the Nigerian stars recognised by the Recording Academy are Burna Boy, Davido, and Ayra Starr, underscoring the continued global rise of Afrobeats and African music.
Grammy Awards 2026 Winners (Updating Live)
Best African Music Performance
- “Love” — Burna Boy
- “With You” — Davido featuring Omah Lay
- “Hope & Love” — Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin
- “Gimme Dat” — Ayra Starr featuring Wizkid
- WINNER: “Push 2 Start” — Tyla
Best Global Music Album
- Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia
- No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy
- Éclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour
- Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) — Shakti
- Chapter III: We Return to Light — Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
- WINNER: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia
Best Rap Album
- Let God Sort Em Out — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
- Glorious — GloRilla
- God Does Like Ugly — JID
- WINNER: GNX — Kendrick Lamar
- Chromakopia — Tyler, the Creator
Best Song Written for Visual Media
- “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” (Tron: Ares) — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
- WINNER: “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters) — EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick
- “I Lied to You” (Sinners) — Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq
- “Never Too Late” (Elton John: Never Too Late) — Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt
- “Pale, Pale Moon” (Sinners) — Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard
- “Sinners” (Sinners) — Leonard Denisenko et al.
Best R&B Performance
- “Yukon” — Justin Bieber
- “It Depends” — Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller
- WINNER: “Folded” — Kehlani
- “Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” — Leon Thomas
- “Heart of a Woman” — Summer Walker
Best Global Music Performance
- WINNER: “EoO” — Bad Bunny
- “Cantando en el Camino” — Ciro Hurtado
- “Jerusalema” — Angélique Kidjo
- “Inmigrante Y Que?” — Yeisy Rojas
- “Shrini’s Dream (Live)” — Shakti
- “Daybreak” — Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- Child of God II — Forrest Frank
- WINNER: Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed
- King of Hearts — Brandon Lake
- Reconstruction — Lecrae
- Let the Church Sing — Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
- WINNER: I Will Not Be Moved (Live) — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
- Then Came the Morning — Gaither Vocal Band
- Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah — The Isaacs
- Good Answers — Karen Peck & New River
- Back to My Roots — Candi Staton
Best Gospel Album
- Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams
- Tasha — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
- Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann
- Only on the Road (Live) — Tye Tribbett
- WINNER: Heart of Mine — Darrel Walls & PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
- “I Know a Name” — Elevation Worship & Brandon Lake
- “Your Way’s Better” — Forrest Frank
- WINNER: “Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
- “Headphones” — Lecrae, Killer Mike & T.I.
- “Amazing” — Darrel Walls & PJ Morton
Best Gospel Performance/Song
- “Do It Again” — Kirk Franklin
- “Church” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard & John Legend
- “Still (Live)” — Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts
- “Amen” — Pastor Mike Jr.
- WINNER: “Come Jesus Come” — CeCe Winans featuring Shirley Caesar
Best Rap Song
- “Anxiety” — Doechii
- “The Birds Don’t Sing” — Clipse featuring John Legend
- “Sticky” — Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
- “TGIF” — GloRilla
- WINNER: “TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- “Proud of Me” — Fridayy featuring Meek Mill
- “Wholeheartedly” — JID featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
- WINNER: “Luther” — Kendrick Lamar with SZA
- “WeMaj” — Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon featuring Rapsody
- “Somebody Loves Me” — PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake
Best R&B Album
- Beloved — Giveon
- Why Not More? — Coco Jones
- The Crown — Ledisi
- Escape Room — Teyana Taylor
- WINNER: Mutt — Leon Thoma
Best Rap Performance
- “Outside” — Cardi B
- WINNER: “Chains & Whips” — Clipse featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
- “Anxiety” — Doechii
- “TV Off” — Kendrick Lamar
- “Darling, I” — Tyler, the Creator featuring Teezo Touchdown
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
- A Hurricane in Heels — Queen Sheba
- Black Shaman — Marc Marcel
- Pages — Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton
- Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople — Saul Williams
- WINNER: Words for Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best R&B Song
- WINNER: “Folded” — Kehlani
- “Heart of a Woman” — Summer Walker
- “It Depends” — Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller
- “Overqualified” — Durand Bernarr
- “Yes It Is” — Leon Thomas
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- “Here We Are” — Durand Bernarr
- “Uptown” — Lalah Hathaway
- “Love You Too” — Ledisi
- “Crybaby” — SZA
- WINNER: “Vibes Don’t Lie” — Leon Thomas
Best Dance Pop Recording
- “Bluest Flame” — Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
- WINNER: “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
- “Midnight Sun” — Zara Larsson
- “Just Keep Watching” (F1 The Movie)
- “Illegal” — PinkPantheress
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Dan Auerbach
- WINNER: Cirkut
- Dijon
- Blake Mills
- Sounwave
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
- WINNER: Amy Allen
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Tobias Jesso Jr.
- Laura Veltz
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- WINNER: “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
- “Golden” — HUNTR/X
- “Gabriela” — Katseye
- “APT.” — Rosé & Bruno Mars
- “30 for 30” — SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- “No Cap” — Disclosure & Anderson .Paak
- “Victory Lap” — Fred Again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax
- “Space Invader” — Kaytranada
- “Voltage” — Skrillex
- WINNER: “End of Summer” — Tame Impala
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- WINNER: Eusexua — FKA Twigs
- Ten Days — Fred Again..
- Fancy That — PinkPantheress
- Inhale / Exhale — Rüfüs Du Sol
- F** U Skrillex…* — Skrillex
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- A Complete Unknown
- F1 The Album
- K-Pop Demon Hunters
- WINNER: Sinners
- Wicked
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- How to Train Your Dragon — John Powell
- Severance: Season 2 — Theodore Shapiro
- WINNERS:
- Sinners — Ludwig Göransson
- Wicked — John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
- The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers
Best Music Video
- “Young Lion” — Sade
- “Manchild” — Sabrina Carpenter
- “So Be It” — Clipse
- WINNER: “Anxiety” — Doechii
- “Love” — OK Go
Best Comedy Album
- Drop Dead Years — Bill Burr
- PostMortem — Sarah Silverman
- Single Lady — Ali Wong
- What Had Happened Was… — Jamie Foxx
- WINNER: Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
- Elvis, Rocky & Me — Kathy Garver
- Into the Uncut Grass — Trevor Noah
- Lovely One — Ketanji Brown Jackson
- WINNER: Meditations — The Dalai Lama
- You Know It’s True — Fab Morvan
Best Album Cover
- WINNER: Chromakopia — Tyler, the Creator
- The Crux — Djo
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos — Bad Bunny
- Glory — Perfume Genius
- Moisturizer — Wet Leg
