Justin Bieber will perform at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Sunday, the Recording Academy confirmed. This marks his first public solo performance since he had to cancel his 2022 concert tour. The singer is nominated for four awards this year: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for , Best R&B Performance for "Yukon," and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Daisies."
Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar's wife, Thelma, announced the death to the Jamaica Gleaner. Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare Sly & Robbie, also known as The Riddim Twins played on reggae classics by Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh and would garner attention far from Jamaica, from the likes of Grace Jones and the Rolling Stones.
Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Super Bowl LX halftime performer Bad Bunny led the list of artists announced Friday as Grammy Awards nominees. The nominees across all 95 Grammy categories for the 2026 awards show were announced from Los Angeles by past Grammy winners including Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter. Read below to see the full list of nominees. When are the 2026 Grammys?
After " Not Like Us" swept every category in which it was nominated at the 2025 Grammys (including Song of the Year), Lamar is eyeing back-to-back wins with his SZA duet " Luther." Mars has also become a hot commodity, appearing among last year's nominees on Lady Gaga's " Die With a Smile" and this year alongside Rosé on "Apt.,", from the Blackpink member's solo debut, . Lady Gaga herself is recognized for her single " Abracadabra."
For the first time since she was still a teenager, Taylor Swift won't be competing for a nomination at the 68th annual Grammy Awards. This is for the simple reason that the pop superstar didn't release any music during the eligibility window, which ran from August 31st, 2024, to August 30th, 2025. Her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, and its lead single, "The Fate of Ophelia," were both released this past Friday, October 3rd, missing the cutoff date by more than a month.
Less than a month after January's Southern California wildfires destroyed his Altadena studio and musical instruments, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes stood on the Grammy Awards stage to sing a revised version of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A." At the Feb. 2 ceremony, Goldsmith and his brother, Griffin - Dawes' drummer who lost his home in the fires - led an all-star band that included John Legend on piano.
