The nominees for the 2026 Grammy Award for Album of the Year have been announced. Justin Bieber’s Swag, Lady Gaga’s Mayhem, and Kendrick Lamar’s GNX all have a chance to clinch their artists’ first wins in the category after multiple prior nominations.

The 2026 Grammy Award nominees are here, and who else but Kendrick Lamar leads this year's crop with nine nods on the strength of 2024's “GNX?”

This is the first time since 2006 that Taylor Swift hasn't been eligible for the Grammys.