Album of the Year:
Bad Bunny won album of the year with his hit album “DeBÍ TiRAR Más FOToS,” surpassing 8.2 billion streams by late December 2025, and his most-streamed song “DTMF” accumulated over 1.35 billion streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Album of the Year:
“CHROMAKOPIA” by Tyler, The Creator
“MUTT” by Leon Thomas
“GNX” by Kendrick Lamar
“MAYHEM” by Lady Gaga
“Let God Sort Em Out” by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
“Man’s Best Friend” by Sabrina Carpenter”SWAG” by Justin Bieber
Record of the Year:
Kendrick Lamar won record of the year with the song “Luther” ft. SZA with over 1.3 billion streams on Spotify from his album “GNX” with 2.98 billion to 4 billion streams on Spotify as of early 2026.
Nominees for Record of the Year:
– “APT.” by ROSÉ ft. Bruno Mars
– “The Subway” by Chappell Roan
– “Abracadabra” by Lady Gaga
-“WILDFLOWER” by Billie Eilish
-“Anxiety” by Doechii
-“Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter
– “DtMF” by Bad Bunny
Song of the Year:
Billie Eilish won the Song of the year with “Wildflower” which reached over 1.84 billion streams on Spotify, the song came from her album “Hit Me Hard and Soft” which has over 9.7 billion streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Song of the Year:
“Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter
“Luther” by Jack Antonoff
“Golden [From \”KPop Demon Hunters\”]” by EJAE
“DtMF” by Bad Bunny
“APT.” by Amy Allen
“Anxiety” by Doechii
“Abracadabra” by Cirkut
Best New Artist:
Olivia Dean won Best New Artist after her song “Man I Need” garnered 600 million streams and had over 5 million daily streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Best New Artist:
Lola Young
Alex Warren
Leon Thomas
Sombr
Addison Rae
The Marías
KATSEYE
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Cirkut won the Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical. He produced many hit songs such as, “Abracadabra” by Lady Gaga which won Best Dance Pop Recording, “APT.” by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars which was nominated for song of the year, and “Red Terror” – The Weeknd.
Nominees for the Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Sounwave
Blake Mills
Dijon
Dan Auerbach
Best Pop Solo Performance:
Lola Young won the Best Pop Solo Performance with Lola performing her song “Messy” live at the ceremony, showcasing her vocal style.
Nominees for Best Pop Solo Performance:
“The Subway” by Chappell Roan
“Disease” by Lady Gaga
“Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter
“DAISIES” by Justin Bieber
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Defying Gravity” by Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande won the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance after their song played in their movie “Wicked”. The song gained over 200 million streams on Spotify.
Nominees for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“30 For 30” by SZA With Kendrick Lamar
“APT.” by ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
“Gabriela” by KATSEYE
“Golden [From \”KPop Demon Hunters\”]” by HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
Best Pop Vocal Album:
Lady Gaga won the Best Pop Vocal Album award for her album “Mayhem,” which has had over 5.4 billion streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Best Pop Vocal Album:
“I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)” by Teddy Swims
“Something Beautiful” by Miley Cyrus
“Man’s Best Friend” by Sabrina Carpenter
“SWAG” by Justin Bieber
Best Dance/Electronic Recording:
“End Of Summer” by Tame Impala won the Best Dance/Electronic Recording with the song hitting 46 million streams.
Nominees for Best Dance/Electronic Recording:
“VOLTAGE” by Skrillex
“SPACE INVADER” by KAYTRANADA
“Victory Lap” by Fred again.., Skepta, & PlaqueBoyMax
“No Cap” by Disclosure & Anderson.Paak
Best Dance Pop Recording:
“EUSEXUA” by FKA twigs won Best Dance Pop Recording making her the youngest recipient of NME’s Godlike Genius Award. Her song debuted with over 5.7 million streams on Spotify in its first full day.
Nominees for Best Dance Pop Recording:
“F*** U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3” by Skrillex
“Inhale / Exhale” by RÜFÜS DU SO
“Fancy That” by PinkPantheress
“Ten Days” by Fred again..
Best Rock Album:
“NEVER ENOUGH” by Turnstile won the Best Rock Album gaining up to 12.8 million on-demand U.S. streams in its first week of release. The album achieved 87,000 equivalent album units within two months of its June 6 release
Nominees of Best Rock Album:
“Idols” by YUNGBLUD
“From Zero” by Linkin Park
“I quit” by HAIM
“private music” by Deftones
Best Alternative Music Performance:
“Alone” by The Cure won the Best Alternative Music Performance, reaching over 17.8 million streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Best Alternative Music Performance:
“Parachute” by Hayley Williams
“Mangetout” by Wet Leg
“SEEIN’ STARS” by Turnstile
“Everything Is Peaceful Love” by Bon Iver
Best Alternative Music Album:
“Songs Of A Lost World” by The Cure won Best Alternative Music Album gaining approximately 5.02 million streams on spotify
Nominees of Best Alternative Music Album:
“Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party” by Hayley Williams
“Moisturizer” by Wet Leg
“DON’T TAP THE GLASS” by Tyler, The Creator
“SABLE, FABLE” by Bon Iver
Best R&B Performance:
“Folded” by Kehlani won the Best R&B Performance with her hit song having 351 million streams on Spotify, with daily streams averaging over 1.7 million. Her song then peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2026
Nominees for Best R&B Performance:
“Heart Of A Woman” by Summer Walker
“MUTT (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk)” by Leon Thomas
“It Depends” by Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller
“YUKON” by Justin Bieber
Best Rap Performance:
“Chains & Whips” by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams won Best Rap Performance with their performance of their song “Chains & Whips” having over 1.42 million streams on Spotify its opening day, debuting at #157 on the global chart, and having over 37 million streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Best Rap Performance:
“Darling, I” by Tyler, The Creator Featuring Teezo Touchdown
“tv off” by Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay
“Anxiety” by Doechii
“Outside” by Cardi B
Best Melodic Rap Performance:
“Luther” by Kendrick Lamar With SZA won Best Melodic Rap Performance with the song coming off Kendricks album GNX hitting over 1.37 billion streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Best Melodic Rap Performance:
“SOMEBODY LOVES ME” by PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake
“WeMaj” by Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon Featuring Rapsody
“Wholeheartedly” by JID featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 6Lack
“Proud Of Me” by Fridayy Featuring Meek Mill
Best Rap Song:
“tv off” by Kendrick Lamar Ft Lefty Gunplay won the Best Rap Song with the song surpassing 500 million Spotify streams by April of 2025 and reached over 600 million streams by June of 2025. Now the track has over 800 million streams on Spotify.
Nominees for Best Rap Song:
“TGIF” by Lucas Alegria
“Sticky” by Aaron Bolton
“The Birds Don’t Sing” by Malice
“Anxiety” by Doechi
Best Rap Album:
“GNX” by Kendrick Lamar Won the Best Rap Album. The Album set records with 363–379 million opening-week streams, marking the biggest rap debut of 2024 and becoming one of the fastest rap albums to reach 2 billion streams. Now in 2026 the Album has surpassed 4 billion total streams on Spotify
Nominees for Best Rap Album:
“CHROMAKOPIA” by Tyler, The Creator
“God Does Like Ugly” by JID
“GLORIOUS” by GloRilla
“Let God Sort Em Out” by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
