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Bad Bunny appeared to be stunned Sunday evening when Harry Styles announced his album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, as the album of the year at the Grammys 2026. He remained seated for several long seconds, hand over his eyes, apparently overcome with emotion, before springing to his feet and heading to the stage. He turned around and saw his own face projected on the screen behind him, massive, then spun back to the crowd and flashed a thumbs-up before beginning his speech in Spanish.

“Believe me when I say that we are much bigger than 100 by 35 [note: Puerto Rico is approximately 100 miles long by 35 miles wide], and there is nothing that we can’t accomplish,” the artist, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said. “Thank you God, thank you to the Academy, thank you to everyone that believed in me throughout my career. [Thank you] to everyone who worked on this album, and thank you, Mom, for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico. I love you.”

This is the first time in Grammys history that a Spanish-language album has won album of the year.

Earlier in the evening, upon winning best música urbana album, Bad Bunny used his acceptance speech to condemn ICE’s anti-immigrant activities. The musician, who gamely participated in bits throughout the night with host Trevor Noah and eventually sang a snippet of his own song at Noah’s urging, was nominated for six total awards this year, and won three. (The first win, for best global music performance, was not televised.) He now has six Grammys total to his name.

Of course, Bad Bunny won’t be absent from our television screens for long: Though it’s unlikely that he’ll use the occasion to rewear the corseted Schiaparelli tuxedo that earned him a place on Vanity Fair’s 2026 Grammys best-dressed list, he’s headlining the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show on Sunday, February 8. The gig has riled Donald Trump and the MAGA right for months since the NFL announced him as the sporting event’s marquee performer, with Trump vowing not to attend, and Turning Point USA announcing that they’d put on their own “All-American Halftime Show,” though with days to go, no details have been announced.

Yes, the chiffon frock was suspended from two nipple piercings. Except that, upon closer inspection, these appeared to be prosthetics applied onto Roan’s chest, and understandably so. The dress is a contemporary recreation by Castro Freitas of a haute couture set that the late Manfred Thierry Mugler showed on the runway for his eponymous label back in 1998. On that runway, the silk slip was suspended from the models’ very real nipple rings. It is a classic Mugler piece that made a splash back then, which it did once more tonight.

Interestingly enough, last year, when Castro Freitas showed another iteration of the gown on his debut runway show for the label, the dress caused much backlash online and from critics.

The New York Times referred to it as “out of touch,” and much of the internet labeled the design as misogynistic, without knowing, perhaps, that it was a recreation from a Mugler original. The reissue detail was mostly inconsequential. The dress did look out of place in today’s sartorial context as a remnant of a va-va-voom era of fashion that has, for better or for worse, expired. Today, in the era post #MeToo and at a time when fashion on the runway has become less about gimmick, statement, or scandal and increasingly more about wearability and commerciality, a style like that, presented by a male designer, came across as dated at best and mostly male gaze-y. It was, above all, a great example of what fashion’s obsession with nostalgia has done to it as a cultural instrument—our collective obsession as an industry for romancing and recreating the past has meant that designers don’t always speak to the future.

Mugler, haute couture Spring/Summer 1998.

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Mugler, Spring/Summer 2026.

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Oddsmakers and analysts say the winners of the Grammys 2026 are too close to call. Will Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, or Kendrick Lamar take home Album of the Year? Will ubiquitous Kpop Demon Hunters anthem “Golden” take home yet another trophy for Song of the Year? Is Olivia Dean‘s presumed lock on Best New Artist guaranteed?

We won’t know until Sunday, February 1, when—starting at 8 p.m.—this year’s awards will be distributed. The ceremony, will be hosted by former Daily Show host Trevor Noah, will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+. Vanity Fair is also liveblogging every moment, and will update this page every time a winner is announced.

So read on for the full list of Grammys 2026 winners below, and don’t miss Vanity Fair’s coverage of the night’s best-dressed stars, every red carpet look, and much more.

Best R&B Performance

WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani

• “Yukon,” Justin Bieber
• “It Depends,” Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller
• “Mutt (Live From NPR’s Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
• “Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker

Best R&B Album

WINNER: Mutt, Leon Thomas

• Beloved, Giveon
• Why Not More?, Coco Jones
• The Crown, Ledisi
• Escape Room, Teyana Taylor

Best Rock Album

WINNER: Never Enough, Turnstile

• Private Music, Deftones
• I Quit, Haim
• From Zero, Linkin Park
• Idols, Yungblud

Best Rock Performance

WINNER: “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning,” Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, and Adam Wakeman, and II

• “U Should Not Be Doing That,” Amyl and the Sniffers
• “The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park
• “Never Enough,” Turnstile
• “Mirtazapine,” Hayley Williams

Best Rock Song

WINNER: “As Alive as You Need Me to Be,” Nine Inch Nails

For the second year in a row, Kendrick Lamar, with nine nominations, is poised to dominate at Grammys 2026, after winning record and song of the year in 2025 for “Not Like Us.” His sixth studio album, GNX, is in competition for best album of the year with fellow past and soon-to-be future Super Bowl headliners Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny, whose albums Mayhem and Debí Tirar Más Fotos (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”) are up for seven and six nominations, respectively.

The heated rivalry in that category isn’t the only reason for watching the Grammys live. Among the snubs and surprises of the 2026 Grammy nominations was the inclusion of Justin Bieber’s four-time-nominated surprise summer album, Swag, songs from which he’ll perform at his first Grammys in four years. Joining Bieber on the Grammys stage, although presumably not at the same time, will be all eight of the best new artist nominees: Olivia Dean, Katseye, the Marías, Addison Rae, Sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, and Lola Young.

Speaking of fresh blood, a pair of new categories are coming to the Grammys: best traditional country album—where nominees range from Willie Nelson to Margo Price—and best album cover, which could go to Bad Bunny, Tyler the Creator, Perfume Genius, Djo, or the British indie pop group Wet Leg.

But some traditions remain: the Grammys 2026 will be hosted by former Daily Show host Trevor Noah, who returns for his sixth and—as the Recording Academy confirmed—final stint as emcee. During last year’s well-received telecast, the Grammys raised funds for the California wildfires, but has yet to announce a philanthropic cause for this year’s show.

With that, it’s time to make like Addison Rae and put your headphones on in preparation for music’s biggest night. Ahead, a breakdown of where to watch the Grammys 2026 and which A-list musicians are expected to make a splash on stage.

How to Watch the Grammys

The 2026 Grammys air live on Sunday, February 1, on CBS and Paramount+. This year’s broadcast will also be available to stream online at cbs.com, through the CBS app, or via the Recording Academy’s social channels. Streaming options for those without a cable login include Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, DirectTV Stream, Sling TV, and FuboTV, many of which come with free-trial periods.

If you’re interested in watching the Grammys live, you may also want to tune in to the annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, where the first and majority of awards are handed out. This event will stream live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles hours before the proper show at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel and on live.grammy.com. Glee alum Darren Criss will host the ceremony and perform with his costar in Broadway’s Maybe Happy Ending, Helen J. Shen, with more performances from artists such as Zara Larsson and nominated musician Grace Potter.

Who Is Performing at the Grammys?

Sabrina Carpenter enters the 2026 Grammys with a half-dozen nods, including for album, record, and song of the year—all three of the night’s biggest awards—and was the first artist to join the awards show’s stacked performer lineup. She’ll be joined by Bieber, Gaga, the best new artist slate, and Let God Sort ‘Em Out collaborators Clipse and Pharrell Williams.