Ahead of the 68th annual Grammy Awards, which will take place on the 1st of February 2026, over 50 records could be broken at the ceremony.

VegasInsider.com reports that Kendrick Lamar could break Jay-Z’s record (25 awards) and become the most awarded rapper of all time, and that he could also tie Michael Jackson and Santana’s record for the most Grammys won in one night (current record: eight awards).

Additionally, Lady Gaga could break Adele and Beyoncé’s record for the most Grammys won in one night by a female artist (current record: six wins); Bruno Mars (nominated for APT.) could become the first artist to ever win four times in the Record Of The Year category, while Billie Eilish (nominated for WILDFLOWER) could become the first woman to ever win three times in the Record Of The Year category.

Last but not least, Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos could become the first Spanish-language album to win in the Album Of The Year category, while DTMF could become the first Spanish song to win in the Record & Song Of The Year categories, and only the second foreign language song to win since 1959’s Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare), which was in Italian.

Other stars predicted to break records on the evening include Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Wet Leg and Haim. The annual Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, 1st February at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Grammy Awards 2026: Records That Could Be Broken

Overall Records

• Kendrick Lamar could break Jay-Z’s record and become the most awarded rapper of all time at the Grammys. Currently, Jay-Z has won 25 Grammys while Lamar has 22. He is nominated for nine more awards in 2026, so by winning four or more, he would surpass Jay-Z.

• Kendrick Lamar could also tie Michael Jackson and Santana’s record for the most Grammys won in a single night. Jackson won eight awards at the 1984 Grammys, Santana won eight at the 2000 ceremony, and Lamar is nominated for nine awards in 2026. However, two of his nominations are in the same category, meaning he can win a maximum of eight unless there is an unprecedented tie.

• Lady Gaga could break Adele and Beyoncé’s record for the most Grammys won in one night by a female artist. Both Adele and Beyoncé have previously won six awards in a single night; Gaga is nominated for seven in 2026.

• Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, or Lady Gaga could join eight other artists who have won Record, Song and Album of the Year in one evening.

• Jack Antonoff could join Christopher Cross, Billie Eilish and Adele to become only the fourth individual to win all four major categories at the Grammys. He previously won Best New Artist as a member of the group Fun, Song of the Year for co-writing Fun’s “We Are Young”, and Album of the Year three times for co-producing Taylor Swift’s 1989, folklore and Midnights. He has two chances to win Record of the Year at the 2026 Grammys for co-producing Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Luther” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild”.

General Field Categories

Record of the Year

• Bad Bunny (“DTMF”) could become the first Spanish-language song to win Record of the Year, and only the second foreign-language song to win since 1959’s “Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)” (Italian).

• Bruno Mars (“APT.”) could become the first artist to win four times in Record of the Year, having previously won for “Uptown Funk”, “24K Magic” and “Leave The Door Open”.

• Billie Eilish (“WILDFLOWER”) could become the first woman to win three times in Record of the Year, having won for “bad guy” and “Everything I Wanted”.

• Kendrick Lamar (“Luther”) could become the first male artist to win consecutively in Record of the Year, the first rapper to do so, and the first rapper to win twice; he won last year for “Not Like Us”.

• Doechii (“Anxiety”) could become the first female rapper to win Record of the Year.

• Rosé (“APT.”) could become the first K-Pop act to win Record of the Year.

Album of the Year

• Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos could become the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year.

• Kendrick Lamar (GNX) or Tyler, the Creator (Chromakopia) could become the first solo male rapper to win Album of the Year.

Song of the Year

• Billie Eilish & Finneas (“WILDFLOWER”) or Bruno Mars & Brody Brown (“APT.”) could become the first songwriters to win three times in Song of the Year. Fourteen songwriters have won twice, but none have won three. Mars & Brown previously won for “That’s What I Like” and “Leave The Door Open”; Eilish & Finneas won for “bad guy” and “What Was I Made For”.

• Kendrick Lamar (“Luther”) could become only the second songwriter to win Song of the Year in consecutive years (after D’Mile) and the first rapper to win twice; he won last year for “Not Like Us”.

• Bad Bunny (“DTMF”) could become the first Spanish-language song to win Song of the Year and only the second foreign-language song since 1959’s “Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)”.

• Doechii (“Anxiety”) could become the first female rapper to win Song of the Year.

• Rosé (“APT.”) could become the first K-Pop act to win Song of the Year.

• “APT.” or “Luther” could break the record for the most writers on a Song of the Year-winning track. The current record is held by Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like” with eight co-writers; “APT.” has nine, “Luther” has ten, and “DTMF” could tie with eight.

Best New Artist

• Olivia Dean, Addison Rae or Lola Young could continue an eight-year streak of solo female winners in Best New Artist.

• Katseye could become the first all-female group to win Best New Artist. If successful, members Sophia Laforteza, Yoonchae Jengae and Manon Bannerman would also be the first Filipino, South Korean and Swiss winners in the category.

Pop Categories

Best Pop Solo Performance

• Sabrina Carpenter (“Manchild”) could become only the second artist to win consecutively in Best Pop Solo Performance, after Adele (she won last year for “Espresso”).

• Carpenter or Lady Gaga (“Disease”) could join Adele and Ed Sheeran as the third artist to win multiple times in this category.

Best Pop/Duo Group Performance

• SZA (“30 for 30”) or Bruno Mars (“APT.”) could tie Lady Gaga’s record of three wins; both currently have two wins each.

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Lady Gaga (Mayhem) or Sabrina Carpenter (Man’s Best Friend) could tie the record for most wins, currently held by Taylor Swift, Adele and Kelly Clarkson.

• Carpenter could become the first artist to win consecutively in this category; she won last year for Short ‘n Sweet.

Rap Categories

Best Rap Album

• GloRilla (Glorious) could become the first female rapper to win consecutively in Best Rap Album; Doechii won last year for Alligator Bites Never Heal.

Best Rap Song

• Doechii (“Anxiety”) could become the first solo female songwriter to win Best Rap Song, as the sole credited writer.

Best Rap Performance

• Kendrick Lamar (“TV Off” and “Chains & Whips”) could extend his record for most wins in Best Rap Performance; he has seven previous wins.

• Doechii or Cardi B (“Outside”) could become the first solo female rapper to win Best Rap Performance.

Country Categories

Best Country Solo Performance

• Chris Stapleton (“Bad As I Used To Be”) could extend his record with six wins, and become the first artist to win three consecutive years in the category.

Best Country Song

• Chris Stapleton (“A Song to Sing”) could extend his record to four wins, breaking his tie with Kacey Musgraves, Josh Kear and Lori McKenna.

R&B Categories

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Lalah Hathaway (“Uptown”) could break her tie with Beyoncé to become the sole holder of four wins in this category.

Dance Categories

Best Dance/Electronic Album

• Skrillex (F U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3*) could break his tie with The Chemical Brothers to become the sole holder of four wins.

Best Remixed Recording (Non-Classical)

• David Guetta (“Golden” remix) could break his tie with Jacques Lu Cont and Skrillex to become the sole holder of three wins.

Alternative & Rock Categories

Best Alternative Music Performance

• Wet Leg (“Mangetout”) or Hayley Williams (“Parachute”) could become the first artists to win multiple times in this category.

Best Rock Album

• Haim (I Quit) could become the first all-female band to win Best Rock Album.

Songwriting Categories

Songwriter of the Year

• Amy Allen or Tobias Jesso Jr. could become the first songwriters to win multiple times.

Musical Theatre Categories

Best Musical Theatre Album

• Stephen Sondheim could (posthumously) break his tie with Thomas Z. Shepard to become the sole holder of seven wins; he is credited as lyricist on Gypsy (2024 Broadway cast recording).

American Roots & Bluegrass Categories

Best American Roots Song

• Jason Isbell (“Foxes in the Snow”) could extend his record to four wins.

Best Bluegrass Album

• Alison Krauss (Arcadia with Union Station) could extend her record to seven wins.

Christian & Gospel Categories

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Lecrae (Resconstruction) could tie the record for most wins if he secures his second trophy.

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• Lecrae (“Headphones”) could break the tie for most wins with three.

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• Kirk Franklin (“Do It Again”) could extend his record to seven wins.

Latin Music Categories

Best Música Urbana Album

• Bad Bunny (Debí Tirar Más Fotos) could extend his record to three wins.

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Rubén Blades (Fotografías) could extend his record to six wins.

Best Latin Pop Album

• Alejandro Sanz (¿Y Ahora Qué?) could break his tie with José Feliciano to become the sole holder of five wins.

African Music Categories

Best African Music Performance

• Tyla (“Push 2 Start”) could become the first artist to win multiple times.

Jazz Categories

Best Jazz Performance

• Chick Corea (“Windows - Live”) could extend his record to eight wins.

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Chick Corea (Trilogy 3 - Live) could extend his record to fourteen wins.

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Arturo O’Farrill (Mundoagua - Celebrating Carla Bley) could tie Chucho Valdés for most wins if he secures his fifth trophy.