2026 Grammy Rock Nominees
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2026 Grammy Rock Nominees

The 2026 Grammys will take place Sunday, February 1st, and broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Best Rock Performance For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative Rock recordings. U Should Not Be Doing ThatAmyl and The Sniffers The Emptiness MachineLinkin Park Never EnoughTurnstile MirtazapineHayley Williams Who Should Win: Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine Who Will Win: Yungblud – Changes Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The BeginningYUNGBLUD Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II Best Metal Performance For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative Metal recordings. Night TerrorDream Theater LachrymaGhost EmergenceSleep Token BirdsTurnstile Soft SpineSpiritbox Who Should Win: Ghost – Lachryma Who Will Win: Ghost – Lachryma Best Rock Song A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) As Alive As You Need Me To BeTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails) CaramelVessel & II, songwriters (Sleep Token) ZombieDominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (YUNGBLUD) Never EnoughDaniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile) Who Should Win: Yungblud – Zombie (w/ Billy Corgan) Who Will Win: Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be GlumDaniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams) Best Rock Album For albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings. Private MusicDeftones I QuitHAIM From ZeroLinkin Park Never EnoughTurnstile IdolsYUNGBLUD Who Should Win: Linkin Park – From Zero Who Will Win: Yungblud – Idols After nominations have been determined and announced, Academy voting members cast their ballots to determine the winners. To ensure the quality of voting, members are directed to vote only in those Fields in which they are peers of the nominees. ### The post 2026 Grammy Rock Nominees appeared first on RockinTown.