The nominees for the 2026 Grammy Award for Tune of the Yr have been introduced. Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, and Sabrina Carpenter are all nominated for the second yr operating, as are Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars for his or her respective collaborations with SZA and Rosé. Rounding out the class are Bad Bunny, Doechii, and the songwriters behind the KPop Demon Hunters hit “Golden.” See the entire 2026 Grammy nominations here.
After “Not Like Us” swept each class during which it was nominated at the 2025 Grammys (together with Song of the Year), Lamar is eyeing back-to-back wins together with his SZA duet “Luther.” Mars has additionally turn into a sizzling commodity, showing amongst final yr’s nominees on Woman Gaga’s “Die With a Smile” and this yr alongside Rosé on “Apt.,” from the Blackpink member’s solo debut, Rosie. Woman Gaga herself is acknowledged for her Mayhem single “Abracadabra.”
Eilish, in the meantime, extends a now-three-year streak of Tune of the Yr nominations, which started with “What Was I Made For?”, her contribution to the Barbie soundtrack, and continued with the one “Birds of a Feather” from her 2024 album, Hit Me Hard and Soft. Eilish’s 2026 entry, “Wildflower” additionally seems on Hit Me Exhausting and Gentle—which got here out out in March 2024, exterior of this yr’s eligibility window—however was re-released as a single earlier this yr.
Carpenter shares each of her Tune of the Yr nods thus far—for “Please Please Please” on the 2025 Grammys and now for “Manchild,” the lead single from Man’s Best Friend—with co-writer Jack Antonoff. Each first-time nominees within the class, Unhealthy Bunny is nominated for the title track off his album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, and Doechii for her one-off single “Anxiousness,” which incorporates a outstanding pattern of 2013 Document of the Yr winner Gotye’s “Anyone That I Used to Know.”
On the 2025 Grammys, the Song of the Year category included Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ’Em,” Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” and others. Lamar’s “Not Like Us” beat out the competition, making it the Compton rapper’s fifth victory of the night time for the Drake diss monitor, following his wins for Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Music Video.
The 2026 Grammy Awards will air reside, on Sunday, February 1, 2026, from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Enviornment. Follow along with all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2026 Grammy Awards, and revisit “Who Should Be Nominated at the 2026 Grammy Awards.”
Tune of the Yr
Unhealthy Bunny – DTMF
Billie Eilish – Wildflower
Doechii – Anxiousness
Huntr/x – Golden
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – Luther
Woman Gaga – Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars – Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
