2026 Grammy Award Guide: Country Music Nominees
Find out the top nominees, performers, how to watch, and more!
Written by Amanda Tempel
Published: December 11, 2025
Everything You Need To Know About the 2026 Grammy Awards:
Tyler Childers, Miranda Lambert, and Chris Stapleton lead the country Grammy nominations with a total of four each. The 68th Annual Grammy Awards air live on Sunday, February 1, 2026, on CBS.
Performers for the Grammy Awards will be announced in the weeks leading up the show. Check back soon!
Best Country Solo Performance Grammy
Nominees:
Lainey Wilson - “Somewhere Over Laredo”
Zach Top - “I Never Lie”
Chris Stapleton - “Bad As I Used To Be” (From F-1 The Movie)
Shaboozey - Good News
Tyler Childers - Nose on the Grindstone
Best Country Duo/Group Grammy
Nominees:
George Strait and Chris Stapleton - “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”
Shaboozey and Jelly Roll - “Amen”
Margo Price and Tyler Childers - “Love Me Like You Used To”
Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and Lainey Wilson - “Trailblazer”
Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton - “A Song To Sing”
Best Country Song Grammy
Nominees:
“A Song To Sing”
Written By: Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert, and Chris Stapleton
Performed By: Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
“Somewhere Over Laredo”
Written By: Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, and Lainey Wilson
Performed By: Lainey Wilson
“I Never Lie”
Written By: Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, and Zach Top
Performed By: Zach Top
“Good News”
Written By: Sean Cook, Collins Obinna Chibueze, Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman, Nevin Sastry, and Jacob Torrey
Performed By: Shaboozey
“Bitin’ List”
Written By: Tyler Childers
Performed By: Tyler Childers
Best Traditional Country Album Grammy
Nominees:
Ain’t In It For My Health - Zach Top
Hard Headed Woman - Margo Price
Oh What A Beautiful World - Willie Nelson
American Romance - Lukas Nelson
Dollar A Day - Charley Crockett
Best Contemporary Country Album Grammy
Postcards From Texas - Miranda Lambert
Beautifully Broken - Jelly Roll
Evangeline Vs. The Machine - Eric Church
Snipe Hunter - Tyler Childers
Patterns - Kelsea Ballerini
Country nominations in all-genre categories:
Songwriter of the Year (Non-Classical)
Laura Veltz (Songs recorded by Maren Morris, Bailey Zimmerman, Tucker Wetmore, Josh Ross, Blessing Offor, and more)
Jessie Jo Dillon (Songs recorded by Kelsea Ballerini, Morgan Wallen, Megan Moroney, HARDY, Jelly Roll, Russell Dickerson, Jake Worthing, Miranda Lambert, and more)
Best Album Notes
“Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long - On Stage 1964-1974”
Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Buck Owens And His Buckaroos)
2026 Grammy Nominations By The Numbers
Tyler Childers, Miranda Lambert, and Chris Stapleton - 4 Nominations
Shaboozey, Zach Top, and Lainey Wilson - 3 Nominations
Jelly Roll and Margo Price - 2 Nominations
Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Kelsea Ballerini, Sean Cook, Carson Chamberlain, Eric Church, Charley Crockett, Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Reba McEntire, Tim Nichols, Lukas Nelson, Willie Nelson, Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman, Nevin Sastry, George Strait, Jacob Torrey, and Dallas Wilson - 1 Nomination
The host for the 2026 Grammy Awards has not be announced.
Every Grammy Award Show Host:
2021-2025 - Trevor Noah
2019-2020 - Alicia Keys
2017-2018 - James Corden
2012-2016 - LL Cool J
2005 - Queen Latifah
2001-2002 - Jon Stewart
1999-2000 - Rosie O’Donnell
1998 - Kelsey Grammer
1996-1997 - Ellen DeGeneres
1995 - Paul Reiser
1990-1991, 1993-1994 - Gary Shandling
1992 - Whoopi Goldberg
1987-1989 - Billy Crystal
1980, 1986 - Kenny Rogers
1978-1979, 1982-1985 - John Denver
1981 - Paul Simon
1971-1977 - Andy Williams
1970 - Bill Cosby, Regis Philbin, Jack Palance, Ray Stevens, Steve Alaimo
1968 - Stan Freberg
1966 - Jerry Lee Lewis
1963 - Frank Sinatra
1959 - Meredith Wilson
1958 - Mort Sahl
The Grammy’s did not have hosts during the following years: 1961-1962, 1964-1965, 1967, 1969, 2003-2004, and 2006-2011.
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