2026 Grammy Nominations

The 68th Annual Grammy Nominations have been introduced on Friday, November seventh, 2025 recognizing excellent achievement within the music business. Congratulations to the Tisch alumni, former college students, school, and pals nominated for a prestigious award!

This 12 months, 15 Tisch alumni, former college students, and college acquired 34 nominations throughout 20 classes for his or her work on 18 initiatives. This consists of 8 nominations for former scholar, Lady Gaga, and 5 nominations for Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music alumna & former scholar, EJAE ’14 and Audrey Nuna from OkayPop Demon Hunters.

The awards ceremony will happen on Sunday, February 1, 2026 and can be broadcast stay on CBS and accessible on demand on Paramount+. See under for the Tisch nominees, and click here for the full list of nominations.

Record Of The Year

Abracadabra
Lady Gaga (Drama), Producer
Andrew Watt (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Producer

Album of the Year

MAYHEM
Lady Gaga (Drama)
Andrew Watt (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Producer

Song of the Year

Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]
EJAE ’14 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter
Audrey Nuna (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter

Abracadabra
Lady Gaga (Drama), Songwriter
Andrew Watt (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter

Best Pop Solo Performance

Disease
Lady Gaga (Drama)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]
EJAE ’14 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music)
Audrey Nuna (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music)

Best Pop Vocal Album

MAYHEM
Lady Gaga (Drama)

Best Dance Pop Recording

Abracadabra
Lady Gaga (Drama)
Andrew Watt (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Producer

Best Remixed Recording

Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)
Lady Gaga (Drama)

Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]
EJAE ’14 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music)
Audrey Nuna (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music)

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends At Treepeople
Saul Williams ’97 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Performer

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Harlequin
Lady Gaga (Drama)

Best Musical Theater Album

Maybe Happy Ending
Deborah Abramson ’99 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing), Producer
Will Aronson ’07 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing), Producer, Composer & Lyricist

Death Becomes Her
Sean Patrick Flahaven ’97 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing), Producer

Gypsy
George C. Wolfe ’84 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), Tisch Dean’s Council Member, Producer

Best Comedy Album

PostMortem Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman (Drama)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

OkayPop Demon Hunters (Various Artists)
EJAE ’14 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter & singer
Audrey Nuna (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter & singer

A Complete Unknown
Monica Barbaro ’10 (BFA, Dance), Actor & singer

Wicked
Idina Menzel ’93 (BFA, Drama), Singer

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Golden [From “KPop Demon Hunters”]
EJAE ’14 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter & singer
Audrey Nuna (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter & singer

Never Too Late, from Elton John
Andrew Watt (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), Songwriter

Best Music Film

Music By John Williams
Justin Wilkes ’99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Producer

Best Album Notes

Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings
Ashley Kahn (Visiting Arts Professor, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), album notes author

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Cerrone: Don’t Look Down
Alan Silverman (Adjunct Faculty, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), mastering engineer

Special Recognition

In addition, three alumni and one scholar contributed to initiatives or collaborated with performers that acquired nominations:

• Kaleb “KQuick” Rollins ’10 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) (Best Americana Album, BIG MONEY Jon Batiste, Immersive Mix Engineer, Additional Engineer)
• Carlián Tamara ’23 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) (Best Música Urbana Album, Mixteip J Bavlin, songwriter contribution)
• Sam Everett ’13 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) and present scholar Mitchell Prewitt ’27 (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) play within the band with Best New Artist nominee, sombr.

*Please observe: Our record of official nominees is unique to the people and teams listed by identify on the 2026 Full Nominations List. We apologize for any omissions. Please ship edits or additions to [email protected]