And the Grammy milestone goes to...

The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards were announced by the Recording Academy on Nov. 7 and while the award ceremony won’t take place until February, several artists have already won big.

Take Kendrick Lamar , for example. With his nomination for Album of the Year for GNX , he is now the first rapper to receive five nominations in this category as a lead artist. What’s more is he is also the first solo artist ever to be nominated for this award with five consecutive studio albums.

Kendrick, who topped the list of nominees with nine nods total, also made Grammy history in a different way as for the first time, three albums were nominated for both Best Rap Album and Album of the Year. And joining GNX in that feat were Clipse , Pusha T

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