The 69th Annual Grammy Awards are pulling up, and the music world is buzzing hard right now. The official nominations drop Monday, November 16, 2026, and the ceremony goes down February 7, 2027, live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

This year is different though. Brand new broadcast deal. New categories. Rule changes. And a stacked roster of artists going for Grammy gold.

Here’s the full rundown.

When and Where It All Goes Down

The nominations get unveiled on November 16 via a star-studded livestream at 9 AM ET. Pharrell Williams, Kehlani, Olivia Dean, David Guetta, YUNGBLUD, Ziggy Marley, and a whole squad of Grammy winners and nominees are handling the announcements.

The ceremony itself airs live on ABC, Disney+, and Hulu on February 7, 2027. That’s a massive shift, because this is the first time Grammys land on ABC since 1972, and the first-ever simulcast on Disney+ and Hulu. A brand new ten-year deal between the Recording Academy and Walt Disney Company made it happen. CBS is out of the picture after hosting the 68th ceremony.

New Categories Shaking Things Up

The Recording Academy added fresh categories this year, and they’re long overdue:

• Best Asian Pop Music Performance – a huge moment for Asian artists on the global stage
• Best R&B Collaboration or Duo/Group Performance – spotlighting R&B team-ups that deserve their own lane
• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance – classic vocal artistry getting its own recognition
• Best Latin Song – a major addition to the Latin, Global, Reggae & New Age field, bringing the total to 11 categories in that field alone

Eligibility Window and the Numbers

The eligibility period ran from August 31, 2025, through August 28, 2026. A total of 683 albums landed on the Album of the Year eligibility list alone, and the Recording Academy received over 20,000 individual entries across all categories. For the fourth year running, eight nominees will fill each of the general field categories.

Album of the Year Predictions

This is the big one, the most prestigious Grammy category, and Billboard’s predictions are loaded with heavyweights:

• Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl – spent 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and a nomination here would be her eighth in this category, more than anyone in Grammy history for strictly solo albums
• Olivia Rodrigo, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love – peaked at No. 1 for four weeks, and a nod here makes her the first artist nominated with her first three studio albums since Billie Eilish
• Ella Langley, Dandelion – peaked at No. 1 for three weeks, and this could be the first core country album nominated here since Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour won in 2019
• Noah Kahan, The Great Divide: The Last of the Bugs – his first Billboard 200 chart-topper, co-produced with Aaron Dessner
• Bruno Mars, The Romantic – hit No. 1, co-produced with D’Mile, and a nod here would be his first album to both top the charts and get an AOTY nomination
• Rosalía, LUX (Complete Works) – peaked at No. 4, and she could become the first woman to land an AOTY nod with a Spanish-language album
• Don Toliver, Octane – his first No. 1 album, spawned two top 20 Hot 100 hits in “Body” and “E85,” and looks like the strongest rap contender this cycle
• Olivia Dean, The Art of Loving – the reigning Best New Artist winner, peaked at No. 3, already won best British album at the Brit Awards

On the bubble: Phoebe Bridgers (Lost Weekend), Charli xcx (Music, Fashion, Film), Ariana Grande (Petal), Kehlani (Kehlani), Steve Lacy (Oh yeah?), Madonna (Confessions II), Paul McCartney (The Boys of Dungeon Lane), Kacey Musgraves (Middle of Nowhere), RAYE (This Music May Contain Hope.), Harry Styles (Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.), Tame Impala (Deadbeat)

Biggest Storylines to Watch

• Ella Langley could sweep four general field categories. Thanks to a rule change allowing artists to be entered four times instead of three for Best New Artist, Langley could land nods in Album, Record, Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist. If that happens, she becomes the first country crossover artist to pull that off since Bobbie Gentry in 1968.
• Taylor Swift is chasing history again. A nomination makes her just the second artist ever, after Kendrick Lamar, to be nominated with five consecutive studio albums.
• Paul McCartney is going for a record-extending 10th career AOTY nod. He was last nominated here in 2006 for Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.
• Rosalía could break ground for Spanish-language music. Last year, Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS became the first Spanish-language album to win AOTY. Now Rosalía could become the first woman to even get nominated here with a Spanish-language project.

Drake Sits Out Again

The biggest name not in the mix is Drake. He dropped three albums on the same day this year, Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour, but did not submit any of them. On the closing track of Iceman, he rapped: “This album, I’m never submittin’ it ’cause I know that they’ll never consider it.” This extends his pattern of sitting out the Grammys since his 2017 album More Life was eligible.

Here’s the twist though. Drake might still catch a nomination anyway. Karol G submitted their collaboration “Ahi” in the Best Latin Song category. So he could win a Grammy without even trying.

Global, Reggae, and African Categories Are Stacked

The international categories are loaded this cycle:

Best Global Music Album predictions:

• Anitta, Equilibrium
• Tems, Love Is a Kingdom
• Angélique Kidjo, Hope!!!
• Matt B & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alkebulan III: The Water Remembers
• Davido, Oriadé

Best Global Music Performance frontrunner:

• Shakira & Burna Boy, “Dai Dai” – the official 2026 FIFA World Cup anthem that spent seven non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Global 200

Best Reggae Album dark horse:

• Destin Conrad, Roadrunner – an R&B star crossing into reggae territory with a love letter to his Jamaican heritage, peaked at No. 5 on Reggae Albums

Best African Music Performance favorites:

• Tems, “Big Daddy”
• MOLIY & Tyla, “Body Go”
• Wizkid & Asake, “Jogodo”
• Angélique Kidjo & Ayra Starr, “Aye Kan (Are You Coming Back?)”

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