{"id":160942,"date":"2025-11-03T19:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/160942\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T19:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:01:17","slug":"8-albums-most-likely-to-receive-2026-grammy-nods-for-album-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/160942\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Albums Most Likely to Receive 2026 Grammy Nods for Album of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA couple of recent news items from the Recording Academy may give us some hints about what to expect when the Grammy nominations are announced on Friday Nov. 7.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Monday (Nov. 3), the academy announced that they have added approximately 2,900 new voting members this year as part of their years-long effort to diversify the voting body. Of the newly-admitted members, 49% are age 39 and under, 60% are people of color and 30% identify as women.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso, for the first time, invitations to join the Recording Academy were extended to all voting members of the Latin Recording Academy. Many accepted the offer. That\u2019s a strong indicator that Bad Bunny<\/a> could be headed for his second album of the year nod for Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos. He was already a likely nominee in that category, especially since Sept. 28, when he was announced as next year\u2019s Super Bowl halftime headliner. Now, he seemingly can\u2019t miss. The influx of Latin Recording Academy members also puts Karol G, who is entered with Tropicoqueta, in the album of the year conversation.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast Thursday, the academy announced the names<\/a> of the celebrities who will participate in Friday\u2019s nominations livestream, including several artists who are vying for nods \u2013 Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, Chappell Roan, Brandi Carlile<\/a>, Doechii, Jon Batiste and the aforementioned Karol G. Just because someone has been invited to announce some nominees on the livestream doesn\u2019t automatically mean they\u2019re going to be nominated, but if you\u2019re looking for every conceivable hint and clue (and we are!), it\u2019s a positive sign. Would the academy really ask an A-lister like Carpenter to participate in their livestream if she was shut out in the nominations? (That would be \u201cManchild\u201d behavior.)<\/p>\n

\n\tKendrick Lamar<\/a> (GNX) and Lady Gaga<\/a> (MAYHEM) are probably this year\u2019s surest bets for album of the year nods. It would be the fifth nomination in the category as lead (or co-lead) artists for both artists. Neither has ever won in the category. If Lamar is nominated, he\u2019ll become the first solo artist in Grammy history to receive album of the year nods for five consecutive studio albums.<\/p>\n

\n\tElton John<\/a> and Coldplay could be headed for their fourth nods in the category \u2013 John for his collab with Carlile, Who Believes in Angels?; Coldplay for Moon Music. Carlile, Batiste (Big Money) and Justin Bieber (Swag) could be headed for their third nods in the category.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe could see history made on Friday, if three rap albums are nominated for album of the year. There have never been more than two rap albums nominated in any one year. Lamar\u2019s GNX seems a lock for a nomination. Clipse<\/a>\u2019s Let God Sort Em Out and Tyler, the Creator<\/a>\u2019s CHROMAKOPIA also have a good shot.<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo soundtracks are strong contenders \u2013 KPop Demon Hunters, which has been an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon, and Wicked, which stars a major pop star (Ariana Grande) as well as a near-EGOT (Cynthia Erivo). But in the last 30 years, just three soundtracks have been nominated for album of the year \u2013 and all three were linked to a top-name producer \u2013 Waiting to Exhale (Babyface), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (T Bone Burnett) and Black Panther (Kendrick Lamar).<\/p>\n

\n\tDebut or breakthrough albums often make the album of the year finals. Leon Thomas\u2019 second album, Mutt, and debut releases by Alex Warren (You\u2019ll Be Alright, Kid) and sombr (I Barely Know Her) are contenders this year. Olivia Dean\u2019s breakthrough album, The Art of Loving, was released after the end of the eligibility period (Aug. 31, 2024, to Aug. 30, 2025). It will be eligible here next year, though Dean is eligible for best new artist this year, and is among the front-runners in that category.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther albums, not already mentioned, that are strong contenders include The Weeknd<\/a>\u2018s Hurry Up Tomorrow, Tate McRae\u2019s So Close to What, Laufey\u2019s A Matter of Time, Bon Iver\u2019s SABLE, fABLE, Jelly Roll\u2019s Beautifully Broken, HAIM\u2019s I Quit, Lorde\u2019s Virgin and Kali Uchis\u2019 Sincerely.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the eight albums most likely to be nominated for album of the year. They are listed in alphabetical order by artist, as they will appear on the official Grammy nominations list. We show you how many album of the year nominations the artist has previously received as a lead artist and how high this album placed on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n


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