12/11/2025
BMG congratulates all of its artists, songwriters, and partners for their 2026 GRAMMY nominations 👏 👏
The Recording Academy / GRAMMYs have announced the nominees for the 68th GRAMMY Awards with BMG artists, songwriters, and partners scoring 20 direct nominations while contributing to an additional 21 GRAMMY nominated works.
The 41 overall nominations span multiple genres across the General Field; Rock, Metal & Alternative; R&B, Rap & Spoken Word Poetry; Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater; Country & American Roots; Gospel & Contemporary Christian; and Children’s, Comedy, Audio Books, Visual Media & Music Video Film.
In recordings, Lainey Wilson, Ledisi, and Jelly Roll led the pack of BMG nominees with Wilson’s “Somewhere Over Laredo” landing Best Solo Country Performance and Best Country Song, while she also received a nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance; Ledisi received nominations for Best Traditional R&B Performance (“LOVE YOU TOO”) and Best R&B Album (The Crown); while Jelly Roll is nominated for Best Contemporary Country Album (Beautifully Broken) and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song (“Hard Fought Hallelujah”), as well as a nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
Additional standouts include Spiritbox landing a third consecutive nomination in the Best Metal Performance category with “Soft Spine” and the Buena Vista Social Club (Original Broadway Cast) recording receiving a nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.
In publishing, BMG clients scored three nominations for the coveted Song of the Year with “APT." (Bruno Mars), “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Maisie Anthems/Netflix), and “luther” (roselilah, Kamasi Washington), with both “APT.” and “luther” also receiving nominations for Record of the Year.
Additional BMG songwriter nominations include Best Rap Song for PopLord (“TGIF”), Nevrmind (“Sticky”), and Kamasi Washington (“tv off”); Best Country Song for RØMANS (“Good News”); Best American Roots Song for Aoife O’Donovan (“Ancient Light”); Best Gospel Performance Song for John Legend (“Church”); and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for Jelly Roll (“Hard Fought Hallelujah”). BMG publishing clients also received nominations for Best Music Film including Diane Warren and Devo, with the DEVO documentary marking BMG’s third Grammy nominated film.
See the full list: www.bmg.com/news/bmg-artists-songwriters-and-partners-score-over-40-grammy-nominations