LOS ANGELES — The 68th annual Grammy Awards will happen Sunday with a dramatically completely different tone than final 12 months.

The 2025 award present was utterly reimagined and refocused to aid efforts following the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. In 2026, focus has been positioned as soon as once more on the music, the place Kendrick Lamar, Girl Gaga, Unhealthy Bunny and extra will go head-to-head.

Comic Trevor Noah will host for a sixth and ultimate 12 months and historical past may very well be made when a number of the greatest names in music collect. Right here’s some key issues to know forward of Sunday’s present on the Crypto.com Enviornment.

The principle present will air reside on CBS starting at 8 p.m. Jap on Feb. 1.

The Grammys can be watched by way of reside TV streaming providers that embody CBS of their lineup, like Hulu + Stay TV, YouTube TV and FuboTV.

Paramount+ premium plan subscribers will be capable of stream the Grammys reside; Paramount+ important subscribers may have on-demand entry the subsequent day.

The premiere ceremony will happen simply forward of the Grammys’ ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Jap, 12:30 p.m. Pacific on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. It may be streamed on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel and on reside.GRAMMY.com.

The Related Press will stream a four-hour crimson carpet present with interviews and vogue footage. It is going to be streamed on YouTube and APNews.com forward of the Grammys on Sunday.

Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy Award nominations with 9. Girl Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian document producer/songwriter Cirkut observe with seven nominations every.

Sabrina Carpenter, Unhealthy Bunny, Leon Thomas and Serban Ghenea all boast six nominations. Andrew Watt, Clipse, Doechii, Sounwave, SZA, Turnstile and Tyler, the Creator have 5 every.

Doechii, Harry Kinds, Carole King, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Jeff Goldblum, Karol G, Lainey Wilson, Marcello Hernández, Nikki Glaser, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah and Teyana Taylor will current on the 2026 Grammys.

Performers embody Justin Bieber, Clipse, Pharrell Williams, Sabrina Carpenter Bruno Mars, Rosé, Tyler, the Creator, Girl Gaga and all eight of the this 12 months’s greatest new artist nominees: Leon Thomas, Olivia Dean, international woman group Katseye, The Marías, Addison Rae, sombr, Alex Warren and Lola Younger.

Reba McEntire, Brandy Clark and Lukas Nelson will take the stage for the in memoriam. Ms. Lauryn Hill can pay tribute to D’Angelo and Roberta Flack. Put up Malone, Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan and Slash will honor Ozzy Osbourne.

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