2026 Grammys: How to Watch the Grammy Awards

Sabrina Carpenter performs onstage at the 67th annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

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Calling all music fans: It's time to celebrate the tracks that powered 2025. The 68th Annual Grammy Awards are just days away, with "music's biggest night" returning to celebrate an...interesting year in pop culture. Of course, the Grammys are still a can't-miss event, as our favorite recording artists gather for the most unpredictable red carpet of the year.

This year's nominees include the biggest pop girlies, rappers, and R&B singers, with Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Leon Thomas among the frontrunners. Read on for everything you need to know about the 2026 Grammys, including how to watch the ceremony live and which pop divas will be performing.

When are the 2026 Grammys?

The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will air live on CBS on Sunday, February 1, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The event will take place at its regular venue, Crypto.com Arena in L.A.

In addition to the main ceremony, the Grammy Premiere Ceremony—which features the un-televised wins and additional performances not shown during the main broadcast—will stream before the main show on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel and live.GRAMMY.com, starting at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Beyonc&eacute; accepts the Album of the Year award for 'COWBOY CARTER'; onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. — Beyoncé wins Album of the Year at the 2025 Grammys.

How to watch the 2026 Grammys:

Viewers with cable can tune into their local CBS channel or use their cable login to watch on a computer, phone, or tablet via CBS's website or app.

The Grammys will also stream on the Paramount+ app in the U.S. only. However, the ceremony will only air live on the Paramount+ Premium tier, which starts at $13/month and offers a seven-day free trial. The following day, the full event will stream on demand for all subscribers, including those with the Paramount+ Essential tier (at $8/month).

If you don't have cable or a Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscription, there are a few other ways to tune into the Grammys online. Live streaming TV services like Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, and YouTube Live provide access to CBS (and offer free trials).

How to watch the 2026 Grammys red carpet:

The official "GRAMMY Live From The Red Carpet" special will air ahead of the live ceremony, with the exact start time to be announced. Last year, the special streamed on live.GRAMMY.com, as well as the Recording Academy's YouTube and TikTok accounts.

Who is hosting the 2026 Grammys?

Trevor Noah will return to host the Grammys for the sixth year in a row. In the announcement, the Recording Academy confirmed that this will be the former Daily Show host's final year hosting.

Chappell Roan performs "Pink Pony Club" at the 2025 Grammys. — Chappell Roan performs at the 2025 Grammys.

Who is performing at the 2026 Grammys?

The Recording Academy has been announcing performers in batches. Sabrina Carpenter was the first confirmed act, set to return after her comedy-tinged Grammys debut last year. And the pop diva who's up for Album of the Year isn't the only major nominee to take the stage: Clipse and Pharrell Williams will perform tracks from their release Let God Sort 'Em Out; Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, will belt it out as well; Tyler, the Creator is set to perform for the first time since 2020; ROSÉ will make history as the first K-pop star to perform solo; and Bruno Mars may perform a single off his upcoming album. Meanwhile, Justin Bieber will return to the Grammys stage for the first time since 2022; while his live shows have been few and far between in recent years, he is gunning for some major trophies and set to headline Coachella later this year.

Meanwhile, the Grammys are bringing back their Best New Artist performance segment, with all eight nominees—Addison Rae, Alex Warren, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, SOMBR, and The Marías—gracing the stage.

We also know who will appear in the In Memoriam segment. Honoring D'Angelo and Roberta Flack is Ms. Lauryn Hill, while an epic Ozzy Osbourne tribute will be performed by an ensemble featuring Post Malone, Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, and Slash. Reba McEntire, Brandy Clark, and Lukas Nelson are also said to team up to recognize others lost in the musical community in the past year.

The lineup is already looking stacked for Sunday, but you can bet The Recording Academy will announce more performers closer to the show.

Who is nominated at the 2026 Grammys?

Kendrick Lamar leads this year's nominees with nine nods, including Album of the Year for his post-"Not Like Us" victory lap, GNX, and Record and Song of the Year for his latest duet with SZA, "Luther." Right on his tail is Lady Gaga with eight nominations, breaking her previous record of six nods in 2010.

Other artists leading the nominations include Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, and Leon Thomas, each with six noms; and Doechii, Clipse, SZA, and Tyler, the Creator with five each. (For any Taylor Swift fans wondering, The Life of a Showgirl came out after the eligibility period ended. Should it receive any future nominations, that would be for the 2027 Grammys.)

In addition to GNX and Let God Sort 'Em Out, nominees for album of the year include Bad Bunny for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Justin Bieber for Swag, Sabrina Carpenter for Man’s Best Friend, Lady Gaga for Mayhem, Leon Thomas for Mutt, and Tyler the Creator for Chromakopia.

As for Song of the Year, nominees include Bad Bunny's "DtMF," Billie Eilish's "Wildflower," Carpenter's "Manchild," Doechii's "Anxiety," Lamar and SZA's "Luther," ROSÉ and Bruno Mars's "APT.," and "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters. The Record of the Year category includes all the same songs, with one exception: Chappell Roan's "The Subway" takes over the "Golden" slot.

Finally, some notable stats: 2026 marks the first year that three rap albums—GNX, Let God Sort 'Em Out, and Chromokopia—are nominated for Album of the Year. Bad Bunny is the first Spanish-language artist to be nominated in Album, Record, and Song of the Year simultaneously. Meanwhile, "Golden" and "APT." are the first K-pop songs to be nominated in the Song and Record of the Year categories.

Who is presenting at the 2026 Grammys?

We know several names presenting at this Sunday's awards show—and they're big ones. The Recording Academy began announcing presenters about a week before the ceremony, with fan-favorite stars Harry Styles and Doechii as the first two set to take the stage. Other stars confirmed to present include Carole King, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Jeff Goldblum, KAROL G, Lainey Wilson, Marcello Hernández, Nikki Glaser, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah, and Teyana Taylor.

Also, the Academy has been teasing an "additional surprise presenter." One popular guess floating around: Beyoncé could show up to present Album of the Year, the year after her own win. We'll have to wait and see.

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Quinci LeGardye is a Culture Writer at Marie Claire. She currently lives in her hometown of Los Angeles after periods living in NYC and Albuquerque, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology from The University of New Mexico. In 2021, she joined Marie Claire as a contributor, becoming a full-time writer for the brand in 2024. She contributes day-to-day-content covering television, movies, books, and pop culture in general. She has also written features, profiles, recaps, personal essays, and cultural criticism for outlets including Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Vulture, The A.V. Club, Catapult, and others. When she isn't writing or checking Twitter way too often, you can find her watching the latest K-drama, or giving a concert performance in her car.