The list of country music nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards features a wide spread of artists, both in terms of style and age.
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Several hot newcomers (Zach Top) fill categories alongside country veterans (Miranda Lambert). A change in the country album category also allows for unheralded names to get some love in February.
Overall, Tyler Childers leads all country nominees with nominations in all but one of the following categories. Top, Shaboozey and Lainey Wilson are also having a good morning this morning (Nov. 7).
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Sadly, country music earned no nominations in the four major all-genre categories for 2026.
The 2026 Grammy Awards air on CBS on Feb. 1.
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2026 Grammy Awards Nominees (Country):
Best Country Solo Performance
Tyler Childers, “Nose On the Grindstone”
Shaboozey, “Good News”
“Bad As I Used To Be” (From F1 The Movie)
Zach Top, “I Never Lie”
Lainey Wilson, “Somewhere Over Laredo”
Best Traditional Country Album:
Charley Crockett, Dollar a Day
Lukas Nelson, American Romance
Willie Nelson, Oh What a Beautiful World
Margo Price, Hard Headed Woman
Zach Top, Ain’t in It for My Health
Best Contemporary Country Album:
Kelsea Ballerini, Patterns
Tyler Childers, Snipe Hunter
Eric Church, Evangeline vs. the Machine
Jelly Roll, Beautifully Broken
Miranda Lambert, Postcards From Texas
Best Country Duo / Group Performance
Miranda Lambert And Chris Stapleton, “A Song to Sing”
Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, “Trailblazer”
Margo Price and Tyler Childers, “Love Me Like You Used to Do”
Shaboozey and Jelly Roll, “Amen”
George Strait, Chris Stapleton, “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”
Best Country Song (Awarded to Songwriters)
“Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (by Tyler Childers)
“Good News” — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman and Jacob Torrey, songwriters (by Shaboozey)
“I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top, songwriters (by Zach Top)
“Somewhere Over Laredo” — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson, songwriters (by Lainey Wilson)
“A Song to Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (by Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
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Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes
