My Predictions for the 2026 Grammys

Record of the Year
Bad Bunny – DTMF (prediction)
Billie Eilish – Wildflower
Chappell Roan – The Subway (my pick)
Doechii – Anxiety
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Album of the Year
Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos (prediction)
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out (my pick)
Justin Bieber – Swag
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Lady Gaga – Mayhem
Leon Thomas – Mutt
Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia

Song of the Year
Bad Bunny – DTMF
Billie Eilish – Wildflower
Doechii – Anxiety
Huntr/x – Golden
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther (my pick and prediction)
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Best New Artist
Addison Rae
Alex Warren
Katseye
Leon Thomas
Lola Young
The Marías
Olivia Dean (my pick and prediction)
Sombr

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Blake Mills
Cirkut
Dan Auerbach
Dijon (my pick and prediction)
Sounwave

Best Pop Solo Performance
Chappell Roan – The Subway (my pick)
Justin Bieber – Daisies
Lady Gaga – Disease
Lola Young – Messy
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild (prediction)

Best Pop/Duo Group Performance
Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity (prediction)
Huntr/x – Golden
Katseye – Gabriela
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
SZA With Kendrick Lamar – 30 for 30 (my pick)

Best Pop Vocal Album
Justin Bieber – Swag
Lady Gaga – Mayhem (prediction)
Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful (my pick)
Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
Teddy Swims – I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure & Anderson .Paak – No Cap
Fred Again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax – Victory Lap (my pick)
Kaytranada – Space Invader
Skrillex – Voltage
Tame Impala – End of Summer (prediction)

Best Contemporary Country Album
Eric Church: Evangeline vs. the Machine
Jelly Roll: Beautifully Broken (prediction)
Kelsea Ballerini: Patterns
Miranda Lambert: Postcards From Texas
Tyler Childers: Snipe Hunter (pick)

Best Dance Pop Recording
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra (my pick and prediction)
PinkPantheress – Illegal
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – Bluest Flame
Tate McRae – Just Keep Watching (From F1® the Movie)
Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

Best Dance/Electronic Album
FKA twigs – Eusexua (my pick and prediction)
Fred Again.. – Ten Days
PinkPantheress – Fancy That
Rüfüs Du Sol – Inhale / Exhale
Skrillex – F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3

Best Rock Performance
Amyl and the Sniffers – U Should Not Be Doing That
Hayley Williams – Mirtazapine (prediction)
Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine
Turnstile – Never Enough (my pick)
Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt & Frank Bello Featuring Adam Wakeman & II – Changes (Live From Villa Park / Back to the Beginning)

Best Metal Performance
Dream Theater – Night Terror
Ghost – Lachryma
Sleep Token – Emergence
Spiritbox – Soft Spine (my pick)
Turnstile – Birds (prediction)

Best Rock Song
Hayley Williams – Glum
Nine Inch Nails – As Alive as You Need Me to Be
Sleep Token – Caramel
Turnstile – Never Enough (my pick and prediction)
Yungblud – Zombie

Best Rock Album
Deftones – Private Music (my pick)
Haim – I Quit
Linkin Park – From Zero
Turnstile – Never Enough (prediction)
Yungblud – Idols

Best Alternative Music Performance
Bon Iver – Everything Is Peaceful Love
The Cure – Alone
Hayley Williams – Parachute (my pick and prediction)
Turnstile – Seein’ Stars
Wet Leg – Mangetout

Best Alternative Music Album
Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World (my pick)
Hayley Williams – Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Tyler, the Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass (prediction)
Wet Leg – Moisturizer

Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller – It Depends
Justin Bieber – Yukon (prediction)
Kehlani – Folded
Leon Thomas – Mutt (Live from NPR’s Tiny Desk) (my pick)
Summer Walker – Heart of a Woman

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Durand Bernarr – Here We Are
Lalah Hathaway – Uptown
Ledisi – Love You Too
Leon Thomas – Vibes Don’t Lie (prediction)
SZA – Crybaby (pick)

Best R&B Album
Coco Jones – Why Not More?
Giveon – Beloved (my pick)
Ledisi – The Crown
Leon Thomas – Mutt (prediction)
Teyana Taylor – Escape Room

Best Rap Performance
Cardi B – Outside
Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice – Chains & Whips (my pick and prediction)
Doechii – Anxiety
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay – TV Off
Tyler, the Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown – Darling, I

Best Melodic Rap Performance
Fridayy & Meek Mill – Proud of Me
JID, Ty Dolla $ign & 6lack – Wholeheartedly
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther (my pick and prediction)
PartyNextDoor & Drake – Somebody Loves Me
Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody – WeMaj

Best Rap Song
Clipse, John Legend, Voices of Fire, Pusha T & Malice – The Birds Don’t Sing (my pick)
Doechii – Anxiety
Glorilla – TGIF
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay – TV Off (prediction)
Tyler, the Creator Featuring Glorilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne – Sticky

Best Rap Album
Clipse, Pusha T & Malice – Let God Sort Em Out (my pick)
Glorilla – Glorious
JID – God Does Like Ugly
Kendick Lamar – GNX (prediction)
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires (prediction)
Wilbert Roget, II – Helldivers 2 (my pick)
Wilbert Roget, II & Cody Matthew Johnson – Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune

Best Song Written for Visual Media
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Never Too Late (From the Film “Elton John: Never Too Late”)
Huntr/x – Golden (prediction)
Jayme Lawson – Pale, Pale Moon
Miles Caton – I Lied to You (my pick)
Nine Inch Nails – As Alive as You Need Me to Be
Rod Wave – Sinners

Best Music Video
Clipse – So Be It (my pick)
Doechii – Anxiety (prediction)
OK Go – Love
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
Sade – Young Lion

Best Album Cover
Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos (my pick and prediction)
Djo – The Crux
Perfume Genius – Glory
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
Wet Leg – Moisturizer

I plan on updating my scores after the Grammys end, so stay tuned! Hopefully I can manage to get more than half of my picks right, but given how the Grammys have gone in recent years, I wouldn’t be surprised if I am horribly inaccurate. If you managed to guess the winners more accurately than I do, feel free to send me a scathing review, or if you go to Villanova, to tell me in person. Happy watching!

Update (02/02): I somehow went 20/29 in my picks, which is outrageous. I’ve decided that I’m going to buy a lottery ticket to commemorate my fantastic luck. Never doubt me again!