Grammy Awards 2026: Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar mark historic wins

This year's Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny took home album of the year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Should Have Taken More Photos).

Amidst an effusive and emotional acceptance speech in Spanish, the Puerto Rican superstar said in English, "I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country to follow their dreams."

Earlier in the show, Bad Bunny won for best música urbana album, and took a moment on stage to make a political statement, starting with a declaration of "ICE out," which was met with extended, lengthy applause.

"We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans," Bad Bunny continued. "I also want to say to the people, I know it’s tough not to hate on these days and I was thinking, sometimes we get contaminados…. The hate get more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. If we don’t hate them, we love our people. We love our family and that’s the way to do it. Don't forget that please."

Another pre-show winner included last year's Super Bowl halftime show headliner Kendrick Lamar, who took home three Grammys before the show even started, nabbing another in the first hour of the telecast. With it, he broke the record previously held by Jay-Z and became the most awarded rapper in Grammys history. His wins this weekend included one for best rap album, for GNX, as well as record of the year alongside SZA for 'luther'.

Like Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish – winner for song of the year for 'Wildflower' – also made unfiltered statements about ICE while accepting a Grammy.

Standing on stage alongside her brother and producing partner Finneas O’Connell, Eilish, who has been an outspoken critic of actions made by ICE officials in recent weeks, said "no one is illegal on stolen land".

Eilish’s final statement on stage was bleeped by television censors, but according to video footage posted online by those in attendance, she said, "F*** ICE".

Going into Sunday's show, Lamar led with nine nominations, including for album of the year for his GNX.

Feted filmmaker Steven Spielberg clinched a Grammy before the show as well, joining the elite ranks of EGOTs (winners of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award) when he was awarded a statuette for best music film for the documentary Music by John Williams, which he coproduced alongside Ron Howard and many others.

Performances included the likes of Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter and all eight best new artist nominees – Addison Rae, Alex Warren, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, SOMBR and The Marías.

Below is a partial list of nominees, with the winners denoted in bold: