News about Asian American Grammy Nominations for 2026: there are a lot of them! I can’t think of another year that nominated so many Asian Americans. There is definitely a K-Pop influence with KPop Demon Hunters Huntr/X song Golden getting three nominations. The Golden remix by David Guetta (included above) with David Guetta qualified for a remix nomination. The KPop Demon Hunters album was also nominated for best compilation album.
Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT received three nominations. The nominations include Record of the year, Song of the Year, and for Pop Duo/Group performance. They will be going up against Huntr/X in that last category.
The group Katseye, produced by Korean music juggernaut Hybe and which has an Asian American in it, got two nominations. One of those was for best new artist and another for Pop Duo/Group performance for their song Gabriella. Anderson .Paak got a nomination for best Dance/EDM song No Cap. The musical Maybe Happy Ending even got one for a Musical Theatre Album! Darren Criss could be one step closer to EGOT, as he already has an Emmy and a Tony award.
You can see all of the 2026 Grammy Nominations here. The awards ceremony will be held on February 1 and shown on CBS and Paramount+.
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