2026 Canadian Grammy Awards Nominations

Canadian made a great showing in the 2026 Grammy Award nomination list.

Below is a complete list of Canadian nominees.

Click here for the full list of all nominations.

Album of the Year:

• Justin Bieber, Swag (Bieber, Tobias Jesso Jr. for songwriting)
• Lady Gaga, Mayhem (Cirkut for production)
• Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend (Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)

Best Alternative Music Album:

• Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:

• Sinners, (Peter Dreimanis from July Talk performs on Pick Poor Robin Clean)
• F1 the Album (Tate McRae, Just Keep Watching)
  
  
  
  Links: Tate McRae, More Tate McRae Stories, Video above courtesy of Tate McRae

Best Contemporary Country Album:

• Tyler Childers, Snipe Hunter (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Country Solo Performance:

• Tyler Childers, Nose on the Grindstone (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording:

• Kaytranada, Space Invader

Best Dance Pop Recording: 

• Tate McRae, Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie)
• Lady Gaga, Abracadabra (Cirkut for production, Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering) 

Best Historical Album:

• Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) 
  
  
  
  Links: Joni Mitchell, More Joni Mitchell Stories, Playlist courtesy of Bliskitunhe

Best Immersive Audio Album:

• Justin Gray, Immersed (Drew Jurecka for production)

Best Melodic Rap Performance: 

• PartyNextDoor and Drake, Somebody Loves Me

Best Metal Performance:

• Spiritbox, Soft Spine

Best Opera Recording: 

• Tesori: Grounded, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and George Brant (Yannick Nézet-Séguin for conducting, Emily D’Angelo for production)
• Kouyoumdjian: Adoration, Silvana Quartet and the Choir Of Trinity Wall Street (Miriam Khalil for production) 

Best Orchestral Performance:

• Still & Bonds, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Pop Solo Performance: 

• Justin Bieber, Daisies

Best Pop Vocal Album:

• Justin Bieber, Swag 

Best R&B Performance: 

• Justin Bieber, Yukon

Best Remixed Recording:

• Mariah Carey and Kaytranada, Don’t Forget About Us

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

• Laila Biali, Wintersongs
  
  
  
  Links: Video above courtesy of Laila Biali

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: 

• Cirkut (Lady Gaga, Abracadabra, Mayhem and Disease, Coco Jones, AEOMG; Rosé and Bruno Mars Apt.; The Weeknd, Big Sleep and Red Terror; Ed Sheeran, A Little More)

Record of the Year:

• Lady Gaga, Abracadabra (Cirkut for production, Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)
• Rosé and Bruno Mars Apt (Cirkut for production)
• Sabrina Carpenter, Manchild (Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)

Songwriter of the Year:

• Tobias Jesso Jr. (Justin Bieber: Daisies, Go Baby, Walking Away / Dijon: Another Baby, Baby / Bon Iver: From / Miley Cyrus: Golden Burning Sun / Olivia Dean: Man I Need / Haim: Relationships) 

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories

---

Previous (Throwback Thursday: Blues With a Feeling 2009) - - - Next (Throwback Thursday: Roadkill Bill Passes)

Canadian Grammy Winners 2025

There was a lot of Canadian content at the 67th GRAMMY Awards that took place at the Crypto.com Arena (LA) on Sunday, February 2 and was broadcast live on CBS.

Here is the televised ceremony:

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories, Video above courtesy of Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

Hamilton Bluesman Steve Strongman attended as a nominee. Below is his commentary

Links: Steve Strongman, More Steve Strongman Stories, Video above courtesy of Steve Strongman Music

Below is a complete list of Canadian winners. Click here for the complete list

• Best Traditional Blues Album: The Taj Mahal Sextet  - Live at The Church in Tulsa (released through Waterdown Canada’s Stony Plain Records)
• Lowell: Album of the Year/Best Country Album (Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter, co-writer on some tracks)
  
  
  
  Links: Lowell, More Lowell Stories, Beyonce, More Beyonce Stories, Video above courtesy of rauhlren
  
  
• Daniel Caesar: Best Reggae Album: (Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By the Film ft the song Waiting In Vain)
  
  
  
  Links: Daniel Caesar, More Daniel Caesar Stories, More Bob Marley Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Stereohearts R&B
  
  
• Shawn Everett: Album of the Year/Best Country Album (Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter, production and mixing) / Best Country Song: (Kacey Musgraves - The Architect, production and mixing)
  
  
• Dave Hamelin:  Album of the Year/Best Country Album (Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter, producer)
  
  
• Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein with London Symphony Orchestra and Bradley Cooper)
  
  
• Jessie Reyez: Best Reggae Album: Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By the Film ft the song Is This Love)
  
  
  
  Links: Jessie Reyez, More Jesse Reyez Stories, Video above courtesy of Jessie Reyez
  
  
• Scott Zhang aka Monsune: Best R&B Song (SZA - Saturn, songwriter)
  
  
  
  Links: Monsune, More Monsune Stories, SZA, More SZA Stories, Video above courtesy of SZA

---

Previous (Honouring the Day the Music Died) - - - Next (Throwback Thursday: Lee Harvey Osmond Videos)

CONGRATS! Canadian Grammy Winners

Montreal's Kaytranada with his two Grammys

The 2021 Grammys were handed out on Sunday, March 14 and luckily, a handful of talented Canadian artists brought home the hardware! 

Click here for the CBC Story.

Here's the list of Canadian winners

• Best Dance Recording: Kaytranada - 10% (ft Kali Uchis)
  
  
  
  Links: Kaytranada, More Kaytranada Stories, Kali Uchis, Video above courtesy of KAYTRANADA
  
  
• Best Dance or Electronic Album:  Kaytranada - Bubba 
  
  
• Best Country Duo or Group Performance: Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours (w Dan and Shay)
  
  
  
  Links: Justin Bieber, More Justin Bieber Stories, Dan and Shea, Video above courtesy of Dan And Shay
  
  
• Best New Age Album: Jim (Kimo) West - More Guitar Stories
  
  
  
  Links: Jim Kimo West, Video above courtesy of Jim Kimo West
  
  
• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Beck - Hyperspace (engineered by Canadian Shawn Everett)
  
  
  
  Links: Beck, Video above courtesy of Beck
  
  
• Best Musical Theatre Album: Jagged Little Pill (based on Canadian Alanis Morissette's album)
  
  
  
  Links: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette, More Alanis Morissette Stories, Video above courtesy of Jagged Little Pill

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Links: Grammys, More Grammy Stories

---

Previous (2021 Juno Nominees)