The Cure has won Best Alternative Music Album for Songs of a Lost World at the 2026 Grammys. They beat out the category’s other nominees Bon Iver (SABLE, fABLE), Hayley Williams (Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party), Tyler, the Creator (Don’t Tap the Glass), and Wet Leg (Moisturizer).
The Cure have been nominated exclusively in the Best Alternative Music Album category over the years until now, but never won; this year, they brought their Grammy nominations count up to four with an extra nod for Best Alternative Music Performance for “Alone.”
This was one of four Grammy nominations behind Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party for Williams; if you tally up her past music with Paramore, she’s gotten 11 nods in total over the years. Meanwhile, Tyler, the Creator got a whopping six nominations this year, including Album of the Year for Chromakopia, bringing his total count to 11 nods and two past wins. As for Wet Leg, they’re also up for Best Alternative Music Performance this year with “Mangetout”; they have six nominations in their Grammys career and three wins.
In 2025, St. Vincent won the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy Award for All Born Screaming. During her acceptance speech, Annie Clark thanked her collaborators and family—revealing that she’s both happily married and a mother, now raising a daughter—and waxed poetic about how wild it is to create an album at all.
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