Grammys 2026: Hip-hop and R&B winners revealed
The 2026 Grammys took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, over the weekend.
Hosted by Trevor Noah on February 1st, the awards show celebrated some of the best music released between August 31st, 2024, and August 30th, 2025.
Kendrick Lamar won five awards on the night for his GNX album and individual songs that appeared on the project.
He was the biggest winner for the second year in a row, having been nominated a total of nine times for the 2026 ceremony.
Speaking on stage, Kendrick said, “Hip-hop is gonna always be right here. We gon’ be in these suits, we gon’ be looking good. We gon’ be having our folks with us. We gon’ be having the culture with us.”
Clipse, the duo of Pusha T and Malice, picked up their first Grammy award for a track on their comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out.
Tyler, The Creator also won the first-ever ‘Best Album Cover’ award, beating out major projects from the past year.
Outside of hip-hop, Leon Thomas, Kehlani, and Durand Bernarr earned big awards in their respective R&B categories.
Below, check out the full list of winners in categories that included hip-hop and R&B artists.
Hip-hop and R&B winners at the 2026 Grammys:
‘Best Rap Album’
- Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
- GloRilla – Glorious
- JID – God Does Like Ugly
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX – WINNER
- Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia
‘Best Rap Song’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Clipse ft. John Legend and Voices of Fire – ‘The Birds Don’t Sing’
- Tyler, The Creator f. GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne – ‘Sticky’
- GloRilla – ‘TGIF’
- Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay – ‘TV Off’ – WINNER
‘Best Rap Performance’
- Cardi B – ‘Outside’
- Clipse ft. Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell – ‘Chains and Whips’ – WINNER
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay – ‘TV Off’
- Tyler, The Creator ft. Teezo Touchdown – ‘Darling, I’
‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’
- Fridayy ft. Meek Mill – ‘Proud of Me’
- JID ft. Ty Dolla $ign and 6LACK – ‘Wholeheartedly’
- Kendrick Lamar ft. SZA – ‘Luther’ – WINNER
- Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon ft. Rapsody – ‘WeMaj’
- PARTYNEXTDOOR AND Drake – ‘SOMEBODY LOVES ME’
‘Best R&B Album’
- Giveon – Beloved
- Coco Jones – Why Not More?
- Ledisi – The Crown
- Teyana Taylor – Escape Room
- Leon Thomas – Mutt – WINNER
‘Best R&B Performance’
- Justin Bieber – ‘Yukon’
- Chris Brown ft Bryson Tiller – ‘It Depends’
- Kehlani – ‘Folded’ – WINNER
- Leon Thomas – ‘Mutt’ (Live from NPR’s Tiny Desk)
- Summer Walker – ‘Heart of a Woman’
‘Best Progressive R&B Album’
- Durand Bernarr – BLOOM – WINNER
- Bilal – Adjust Brightness
- Destin Conrad – LOVE ON DIGITAL
- FLO – Access All Areas
- Terrace Martin and Kenyon Dixon – Come As You Are
‘Album of the Year’
- Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TïRAR Más FOToS – WINNER
- Justin Bieber – Swag
- Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
- Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
- Lady Gaga – Mayhem
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX
- Leon Thomas – Mutt
- Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia
‘Song of the Year’
- Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Rosé ft. Bruno Mars – ‘Apt.’
- Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’
- Huntr/X – ‘Golden’
- Kendrick Lamar ft. SZA – ‘Luther’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’
- Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’ – WINNER
‘Record of the Year’
- Bad Bunny – ‘DtMF’
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Manchild’
- Doechii – ‘Anxiety’
- Billie Eilish – ‘Wildflower’
- Kendrick Lamar ft. SZA – ‘Luther’ – WINNER
- Lady Gaga – ‘Abracadabra’
- Chappell Roan – ‘The Subway’
- Rosé ft. Bruno Bars – ‘Apt.’
‘Best Album Cover’
- Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia – WINNER
- Djo – The Crux
- Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TïRAR Más FOToS
- Perfume Genius – Glory
- Wet Leg – Moisturizer