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2026 GRAMMY Awards

2026 GRAMMY Awards
2026 GRAMMY Awards
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Y'all, 38 artists and 70 GRAMMY nominations is BONKERS!! Our MAX/SET artist partners absolutely crushed it this year.

Legit, my shoulder is a little sore after putting this blog post together.

So don't let my pain be in vain - check out our artist partners nominated for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards below and tune in on Sunday February 1, 2026, to watch the ceremony live on CBS and Paramount+.

 


Alison Krauss & Union Station

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2025

2026 Nominations:

  • Best American Roots Performance - “Richmond on the James” - Alison Krauss & Union Station
  • Best Bluegrass Album - Arcadia - Alison Krauss & Union Station
  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Arcadia; Neal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
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Anthony Hamilton

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
AARP

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Spoken Word Poetry Album - Pages - Omari Hardwick & Anthony Hamilton
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ASTROPICAL

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2025

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album - ASTROPICAL - Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, & ASTROPICAL
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Billy Strings

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2025

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Bluegrass Album - Highway Prayers - Billy Strings
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Bobby Pulido

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Dr Pepper
Ford

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) - Bobby Pulido & Friends Una Tuya Y Una Mía - Por La Puerta Grande [En Vivo] - Bobby Pulido
2026-GRAMMY_Bobby Pulido

Brandi Carlile

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2022

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Who Believes In Angels? - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  • Best Song Written For Visual Media - “Never Too Late” — From Elton John: Never Too Late; Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt, songwriters (Elton John, Brandi Carlile)
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Chris Stapleton

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2024

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Country Solo Performance - “Bad As I Used To Be” (from F1®, the movie) - Chris Stapleton
  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “A Song To Sing” - Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame” - George Strait, Chris Stapleton
  • Best Country Song - “A Song To Sing” - Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton)
2026-GRAMMY_Chris-Stapleton

Clipse

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2025

2026 Nominations:

  • Album Of The Year - Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice; Pharrell Williams, featured artist; Pharrell Williams, producer; Mike Larson, Manny Marroquin, Rob Ulsh & Pharrell Williams, engineers/mixers; Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton & Pharrell Williams, songwriters; Zach Pereyra, mastering engineer
  • Best Rap Performance - “Chains & Whips” - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
  • Best Rap Song - “The Birds Don't Sing” - Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices Of Fire)
  • Best Rap Album - Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
  • Best Music Video - “So Be It” - Clipse; Hannan Hussain, video director; Daniel Order, video producer    
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Coco Jones

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Spectrum
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best R&B Album - Why Not More - Coco Jones
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Davido

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2024

2026 Nominations:

  • Best African Music Performance - “With You” - Davido Featuring Omah Lay
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Feid

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Lexus

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Música Urbana Album - FERXXO VOL X: Sagrado - Feid
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Ghost

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2024

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Metal Performance - “Lachryma” - Ghost
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Japanese Breakfast

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2024

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - For Melancholy Brunettes & sad women; Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast)
2026-GRAMMY_Japanese-Breakfast

Jelly Roll

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2022

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “Amen” - Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
  • Best Contemporary Country Album - Beautifully Broken - Jelly Roll
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song - “Hard Fought Hallelujah” - Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Jason Bradley Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings & Brandon Lake, songwriters
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John Legend

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Rap Song - “The Birds Don't Sing” - Gene Elliott Thornton Jr., Terrence Thornton, Pharrell Williams & Stevie Wonder, songwriters (Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices Of Fire)
  • Best Gospel Performance/Song - “Church” - Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend; Anthony S. Brown, Brunes Charles, Annatoria Chitapa, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonas Myrin, songwriters
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Jon Batiste

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Lincoln

2026 Nominations:

  • Best American Roots Performance - “LONELY AVENUE” - Jon Batiste Featuring Randy Newman
  • Best American Roots Song - “BIG MONEY” - Jon Batiste, Mike Elizondo & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
  • Best Americana Album - BIG MONEY - Jon Batiste
2026-GRAMMY_Jon-Batiste

Jonathan McReynolds

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2025

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Gospel Performance/Song - “Still Live” - Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts; Britney Delagraentiss, Jonathan McReynolds, David Lamar Outing III, Orlando Joel Palmer & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
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Kelsea Ballerini

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2024

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Contemporary Country Album - Patterns - Kelsea Ballerini
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Traditional Blues Album - Young Fashioned Ways - Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush
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Kirk Franklin

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
AARP
SET® Tools user since 2022

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Gospel Performance/Song - “Do It Again” - Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
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Lainey Wilson

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Ford
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Country Solo Performance - “Somewhere Over Laredo” - Lainey Wilson
  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “Trailblazer” -  Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
  • Best Country Song - “Somewhere Over Laredo” - Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson, songwriters (Lainey Wilson)
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Lalah Hathaway

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
AARP

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance - “UPTOWN” - Lalah Hathaway
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Larkin Poe

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Americana Album - Bloom - Larkin Poe
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Lawrence

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2022

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals - “Something In The Water — Acoustic-Ish” - Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence)
2026-GRAMMY_Lawrence

Lecrae

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
USMC (x3)
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song - “Headphones” - Lecrae, Killer Mike, T.I.; Bongo ByTheWay, Clifford Harris, William Roderick Miller, Lecrae Moore, Michael Render & Tyshane Thompson, songwriters
  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - Reconstruction - Lecrae
2026-GRAMMY_Lecrae

Ledisi

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2025

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance - “LOVE YOU TOO” - Ledisi
  • Best R&B Album - The Crown - Ledisi
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Leon Thomas

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2024

2026 Nominations:

  • Album Of The Year - MUTT - Leon Thomas; Freaky Rob, Peter Lee Johnson, D. Phelps & Leon Thomas, producers; Jean-Marie Horvat, engineer/mixer; Lazaro Andres Camejo, Freaky Rob, Peter Lee Johnson, D. Phelps & Leon Thomas, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
  • Best New Artist - Leon Thomas
  • Best R&B Performance - “MUTT — Live From NPR's Tiny Desk” - Leon Thomas
  • Best Traditional R&B Performance - “VIBES DON'T LIE” - Leon Thomas
  • Best R&B Song - “YES IT IS” - Jariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)
  • Best R&B Album - MUTT - Leon Thomas    
2026-GRAMMY_Leon-Thomas

Maggie Rose

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Americana Performance - “Poison In My Well” - Maggie Rose & Grace Potter
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Mega Ran

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Coors Light (x2)

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Children's Music Album - Buddy's Magic Tree House - Mega Ran
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Miranda Lambert

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2022

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “A Song To Sing” - Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton
  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “Trailblazer” - Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson
  • Best Country Song - “A Song To Sing” - Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton)
  • Best Contemporary Country Album - Postcards From Texas - Miranda Lambert
2026-GRAMMY_Miranda-Lambert

OK Go

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Dr Pepper

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Music Video - “Love” - OK Go; Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada & Damian Kulash Jr., video directors; Petra Ahmann, video producer
  • Best Recording Package - And The Adjacent Possible; Hà Trinh Quoc Bao, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose & Yuri Suzuki, art directors (OK Go)
2026-GRAMMY_OK-Go

Patty Griffin

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2025

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Folk Album - Crown Of Roses - Patty Griffin
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PJ Morton

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Ford

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song - “Amazing” - Darrel Walls, PJ Morton; PJ Morton & Darrel Walls,songwriters
  • Best Gospel Album - Heart Of Mine - Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
2026-GRAMMY_PJ-Morton

Rawayana

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
Motel 6

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album - ASTROPICAL - Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL

2026-GRAMMY_Rawayana

Samantha Fish

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2024

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Contemporary Blues Album - Paper Doll - Samantha Fish
2026-GRAMMY_Samantha-Fish

Southern Avenue

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2023

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Contemporary Blues Album - Family - Southern Avenue
2026-GRAMMY_Southern-Avenue

Trombone Shorty

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
AARP

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Regional Roots Music Album - Second Line Sunday - Trombone Shorty And New Breed Brass Band
2026-GRAMMY_Trombone-Shorty

Tyler Childers

MAX/SET Partnership Details:
SET® Tools user since 2022

2026 Nominations:

  • Best Country Solo Performance - “Nose On The Grindstone” - Tyler Childers
  • Best Country Duo/Group Performance - “Love Me Like You Used To Do” - Margo Price & Tyler Childers
  • Best Country Song - “Bitin’ List” - Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
  • Best Contemporary Country Album - Snipe Hunter - Tyler Childers
2026-GRAMMY_Tyler-Childers

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