John Billings, Billings Artworks, has two cases of stunt Grammy statues that he will take with him for the upcoming awards show in his studio in Ridgway Colorado January 12, 2019. Stunt statues are used for props in various situations in the show after after parties. (Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
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First-round voting for the upcoming 2027 Grammy Awards opens Monday, October 12, and Recording Academy members have until the 22nd to narrow the field for nominations at music’s biggest night.
With eligible releases spanning from August 31, 2025 through August 28, 2026 on the ballot, nearly every major music star — as well as the massive songwriters, producers, comedians and voice actors — is contending for recognition at the next year’s Grammys.
Beyond the marquee names, some of this cycle’s biggest storylines have been about who isn’t competing. Drake did not submit Iceman, Habibti or Maid of Honour, the three albums he released on the same day this year. A five-time Grammy winner, Drizzy is also not submitting any individual songs from them, following through on a vow seemingly made about the award show on Iceman closing track “Make Them Know” where he rapped: “This album, I’m never submittin’ it ‘cause I know that they’ll never consider it / This might be the one year I won ‘cause I know how they like to position it.” The move extends his pattern of sitting out the Grammys since his 2017 album More Life was eligible.
Two of the biggest K-pop acts in the U.S. are also absent. BTS announced in July they would not submit ARIRANG, their long-awaited comeback album behind the No. 1 single “SWIM.” Their statement came weeks after the Academy unveiled its new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category with the group sharing they hoped that their music could be “heard and loved for what it is, rather than being categorized by region or language.” (Interestingly enough, BTS is referenced on Drake’s opening Iceman track, “Make Them Cry,” where he shouts out the group’s road to international fame: “I’m feeling like BTS ‘cause it took the whole career for me to be so discovered.”) Stray Kids followed this month, with JYP Entertainment confirming the group did not submit before the Aug. 21 deadline, even though all eight members are now Academy voters.
Still, it will be an exciting race for recognition at this year’s Grammys. Below is a running look at what artists submitted for the 2027 Grammy Awards and where, updated as information becomes available. If an artist has only shared they have been submitted for consideration and not publicly specified a release or category, only the artist’s name is listed.
Stay tuned for further updates and submissions as they are revealed.
2027 Grammy Award Submissions
Alabama Shakes
Alessia Cara
Alex Warren
- Record of the Year: “Emerald Eyes”
- Album of the Year: WILDCHILD
- Song of the Year: “Fever Dream”
- Best Pop Vocal Album: WILDCHILD
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “Fever Dream”
Andrew Watt
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: “The Dead Dance” (Written by Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt & Henry Russell Walter)
Ariana Grande
Arya Starr
Baby Keem
Bella Kay
- Best New Artist
- Record of the Year: “iloveitiloveitiloveit”
- Album of the Year: My Reckless Abandon
- Song of the Year: “iloveitiloveitiloveit”
- Best Pop Vocal Album: My Reckless Abandon
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “iloveitiloveitiloveit”
- Best Alternative Music Performance: “The Sick”
- Best Americana Performance: “A Father’s Lament”
- Best American Roots Song: “A Father’s Lament”
Beyoncé
Bilmuri
Brandon Flowers
Bring Me the Horizon
Bruce Springsteen
Bruno Mars
- Record of the Year: “I Just Might”
- Album of the Year: The Romantic
- Song of the Year: “Risk It All”
- Best Pop Vocal Album: The Romantic
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “Risk It All”
- Best R&B Song: “Dance With Me”
- Best R&B Solo Performance: “Why You Wanna Fight?”
- Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Dance With Me”
- Best Music Video: “I Just Might”
Bryce Dessner
- Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Train Dreams
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: “Train Dreams” (Written by Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner)
Cannons
Cardi B
- Record of the Year: “Errtime”
- Album of the Year: Am I the Drama?
- Song of the Year: “Errtime”
- Best Rap Album: Am I the Drama?
- Best Rap Song: “Errtime”
- Best Rap Performance: “Errtime”
- Best Melodic Rap Performance: “Safe (feat. Kehlani)”
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Pick It Up (feat. Selena Gomez)”
Carín León
Charley Crockett
- Best Traditional Country Album: Clovis
- Best Country Song: “Country Music”
- Best Country Solo Performance: “Country Music”
Charli XCX
- Record of the Year: “Camera”
- Album of the Year: Music, Fashion, Film
- Song of the Year: “Camera”
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “Dying for You”
- Best Rock Song: “House (feat. John Cale)”
- Best Rock Performance: “House (feat. John Cale)”
- Best Alternative Music Album: Music, Fashion, Film
- Best Alternative Music Performance: “No One Lasts Forever (feat. David Cronenberg”
- Best Music Video: “Rock Music”
- Best Music Film: Charli XCX Presents Music, Fashion, Film (Full Film)
- Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Wuthering Heights
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: “House (feat. John Cale)”
Charlie Puth
- Record of the Year: “Changes”
- Album of the Year: Whatever’s Clever!
- Song of the Year: “Changes”
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Whatever’s Clever!
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance: “Love in Exile (feat. Michael Mcdonald & Kenny Loggins)”
- Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “The Star Spangled Banner – Live”
Chloë
Coco Jones
Conan Gray
Daniel Caesar
Dave Chapelle
- Best Comedy Album: The Unstoppable…
Dexter & The Moon Rocks
Depeche Mode
Dom Dolla
Dominic Fike
Don Toliver
- Best New Artist
- Record of the Year: “E85”
- Album of the Year: OCTANE
- Song of the Year: “E85”
- Best Rap Album: OCTANE
- Best Rap Song: “E85”
- Best Rap Performance: “Body”
- Best Melodic Rap Performance: “E85”
- Best Rap Performance: “Body”
Ella Langley
Ella Mai
- Record of the Year: “Might Just”
- Album of the Year: Do You Still Love Me?
- Song of the Year: “1oo”
- Best R&B Solo Performance: “Might Just”
- Best Traditional R&B Performance: “1oo”
- Best R&B Album: Do You Still Love Me?
- Best Music Video: “Might Just”
Elmiene
Fetty Wap
- Record of the Year: “Fool for You”
- Album of the Year: Zavier
- Song of the Year: “White Roses (feat. Divinity & Ymanie)”
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “White Roses (feat. Divinity & Ymanie)”
- Best Rap Album: Zavier
- Best Rap Song: “I Remember/Dear Zavier (feat. G Herbo)”
- Best Rap Performance: “I Remember/Dear Zavier (feat. G Herbo)”
- Best R&B Solo Performance: “Fool for You”
Finneas O’Connell
- Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Beef
FLO
Forrest Frank
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: DAWN PATROL (Forrest Frank & PARTY WAVE)
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “OKAY!”
Fridayy
G Herbo
‘GOAT’ Soundtrack
Halle
‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ – The Full-Cast Audio Edition
- Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Harry Styles
Henry Russell Walter
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: “The Dead Dance” (Written by Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt & Henry Russell Walter)
Hermanos Espinoza
Hilary Duff
- Record of the Year: “Mature”
- Album of the Year: luck…or something
- Song of the Year: “Mature”
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “Mature”
Illenium
Jai’len Josey
Jay Chou
JENNIE
Jessie Reyez
Jimmy Fallon
Justin Bieber
Kashus Culpepper
Kehlani
- Record of the Year: “Out the Window”
- Album of the Year: Kehlani
- Song of the Year: “Out the Window”
- Best R&B Album: Kehlani
- Best R&B Song: “Out the Window”
- Best R&B Solo Performance: “Out the Window”
- Best R&B Collaboration or Duo/Group Performance: “Sweet Nuthins (feat. Leon Thomas)”
Kevin Hart
- Best Comedy Album: Acting My Age
Key Glock
Kirk Franklin
Koe Wetzel
Kylie Minogue
- Best Music Film: Kylie
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: “Light Up” (Written by Lady Gaga, Richard Stannard, Duck Blackwell, Luke Fitton, Chris Martin)
Labrinth
Lady Gaga
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: “The Dead Dance” (Written by Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt & Henry Russell Walter)
Lainey Wilson
- Best Music Film: Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool
Leon Bridges
Leven Kali
Little Big Town
Lola Young
Ludacris
Madonna
Magnus Ferrell
Malcolm Todd
Maren Morris
Megan Moroney
Melanie Martinez
- Record of the Year: “THE VATICAN”
- Album of the Year: HADES
- Song of the Year: “THE VATICAN”
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “THE VATICAN”
- Best Pop Vocal Album: HADES
Mico
Miles Caton
Monaleo
Motionless in White
- Best Rock Album: Decades
- Best Rock Song: “R.I.P. (feat. Skylar Grey)”
- Best Rock Performance: “R.I.P. (feat. Skylar Grey)”
- Best Metal Performance: “Afraid of the Dark”
Muse
- The Wow! Signal
- “Be With You”
- “Cryogen”
Nick Cave
- Best Song Written for Visual Media: “Train Dreams” (Written by Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner)
Ninjarachi
Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux
- Best Historical Album: PROLIFIC
Noah Kahan
- The Great Divide
- Best Music Film: Noah Kahan: Out of Body
Olivia Dean
Olivia Rodrigo
- Record of the Year: “the cure”
- Album of the Year: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
- Song of the Year: “the cure”
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “the cure”
- Best Pop Vocal Album: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
- Best Rock Performance: “what’s wrong with me (with Robert Smith)”
- Best Rock Song: “what’s wrong with me (with Robert Smith)”
- Best Music Video: “the cure”
- Best Recording Pacakage: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
PARTY WAVE
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: DAWN PATROL (Forrest Frank & PARTY WAVE)
Pharrell
Q Mardsen
Ravyn Lenae
- Record of the Year: “Handle”
- Album of the Year: Blue Island
- Song of the Year: “Handle”
- Best Pop Solo Performance: “Handle”
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Reputation (feat. Dominic Fike)”
- Best Progressive R&B Album: Blue Island
- Best R&B Song: “Never Let Me Go”
- Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Never Let Me Go”
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Best Music Film: The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
Ricky Gervais
- Best Comedy Album: Mortality
Rosalía
SB19
- Best Asian Pop Music Performance: “VISA”
Shinedown:
- Record of the Year: “Searchlight”
- Album of the Year: EI8HT
- Song of the Year: “Searchlight”
- Best Rock Album: EI8HT
- Best Rock Song: “Safe and Sound”
- Best Rock Performance: “Safe and Sound”
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Searchlight”
Silva Bumpa
Selena y Los Dinos
- Best Music Film: Selena y Los Dinos Documentary
Skrillex
- Best Dance/Electronic Album: SOMA
- Best Dance Pop Recording: “Duro (With Young Miko)”
- Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “Smoke (With ISOxo, Cristale & TeeZandos)”
Slayyyter
Sombr
- “Homewrecker”
- “Undressed”
- “12-to-12”
Stella Lefty
- Best New Artist
- Record of the Year: “Boston”
- Album of the Year: Long Way Home
- Song of the Year: “Boston”
- Best Country Song: “Boston”
- Best Country Solo Performance: “Boston”
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Something to Lose (With Vincent Mason)”
Sublime
- Album of the Year: Until the Sun Explodes
- Best Rock Album: Until the Sun Explodes
- Best Rock Song: “Until the Sun Explodes”
- Best Rock Performance: “Until the Sun Explodes”
Tame Impala
Taylor Swift
- The Life of a Showgirl
- “I Knew It, I Knew You” -From “Toy Story 5”
Teddy Swims
The Chainsmokers
The War and Treaty
- Best Americana Album: The Story of Michael & Tanya
- Best Americana/Roots Song: “You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore”
- Best Americana Performance: “Reclaim All of Your Time (feat. Valerie June & Wynonna)”
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “It’ll Hurt Me More Than It’ll Hurt You”
- Best R&B Song: “Don’t Say Goodbye”
- Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Don’t Say Goodbye”
- Best R&B Collaboration or Duo/Group Performance: “Shouldn’t Have”
Train
Trevor Noah
- Best Comedy Album: Joy in the Trenches
Twenty One Pilots
- Record of the Year: “Drag Path”
- Album of the Year: Breach
- Song of the Year: “Drag Path”
- Best Rock Song: “Drag Path”
- Best Rock Performance: “Drag Path”
- Best Music Video: “Drag Path”
Ty Myers
U2
- Record of the Year: “Song of the Future”
- Album of the Year: Days of Ash (EP)
- Song of the Year: “American Obituary”
- Best Rock Performance: “American Obituary”
- Best Rock Song: “American Obituary”
- Best Music Video: “Street of Dreams”
Wanda Skyes
- Best Comedy Album: Legacy
‘Wicked: For Good’ Movie Cast
- Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack
YG
- Record of the Year: “OMG (feat. Pusha T)”
- Album of the Year: The Gentlemen’s Club
- Best Rap Song: “Hitman”
- Best Rap Performance: “Hitman”
- Best Melodic Rap Performance: “Simon Says (feat. Isaiah Falls, Odeal & Sasha Keable)”
Stay tuned for further updates and submissions to the Grammy nominations 2027 as they are revealed.
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