Cardi B, Shaboozey, Yungblud and More React to 2026 Grammys Nominations

The 2026 Grammy Awards nominees are celebrating!

After the Recording Academy announced the full list of nominees on Friday, Nov. 7, artists began expressing their gratitude for the honor on social media.

Yungblud shared a video of his raw reaction to the announcement on Instagram. The rocker earned three nominations total for Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album.

“MY FIRST 3 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS!!! They’ve nominated ‘ZOMBIE’ for best rock song, ‘IDOLS’ for best rock album and ‘CHANGES at Villa Park’ for best rock performance,” Yungblud wrote in the caption. “I’m with my best friends watching the nominations on a laptop an hour before I go on stage. I’m so lucky to do this. This community and this genre means everything to me. Thank you all. Thank you @recordingacademy.”

Kehlani — who was nominated for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance — shared screenshots of the nominations on her Instagram.

“BY THE GRACE OF GOD. 🤲🏼 RNB!!!!!!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥,” she wrote.

Laufey, who received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, shared a sweet photo of herself holding a display of the nomination on her phone.

“a matter of time is a grammy nominated album!!! thank you thank you thank you i love you!! 🕰️🖤 @recordingacademy,” she wrote on Instagram.

Alex Warren shared a subtle reaction on his Instagram Stories after earning a nomination for Best New Artist. The “Ordinary” singer shared a screenshot of his face and wrote over it: “I love you guys. Thank you so much.”

Kelsea Ballerini reposted a video by the Recording Academy on her Instagram Stories and wrote: “OH. MY. GOODNESS. PATTERNS IS NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY!!!!!!”

Ballerini also shared a video detailing her feelings on her Instagram Stories. “I made Patterns with four women that I just love and respect so much… to have a woman-made record full of big feelings and being vulnerable… be nominated for Contemporary Country Album of the Year is so sick.”

Jason Isbell shared screenshots of his three nominations on Instagram and expressed his joy in the caption: “Grammy noms! Thank you @recordingacademy and congrats to all the buddies,” he wrote.

Zara Larsson, who received her first-ever nomination on Friday for Best Dance Pop Recording, shared her excitement on her Instagram Stories. Alongside an expressive up-close photo of her face, Larsson wrote: “Bitch I’m a Grammy nominated artist!!!!!!!”

ROSÉ, who was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, shared a video of her raw reaction on a group FaceTime call on her Instagram Stories. Written over the video was “UNREALLLLL.”

Girl group KATSEYE shared a video of previous Best New Artist winner Chappell Roan, who announced their nomination. On their Instagram Stories, they wrote, “so honored to be nominated and in this company.”

Teyana Taylor shared a post announcing her Best R&B Album nomination on her Instagram Stories. She captioned the post with happy tear emojis.

Puerto Rican star Rauw Alejandro shared his nomination for Best Latin Pop Album on his Instagram Stories — and he simply reacted by sharing a heart hands emoji and a blue heart emoji.

Cardi B shared a post announcing the nominees for Best Rap Performance on her Instagram Stories — and she captioned it “all I had was 16 dollars and a dream.”

Shaboozey shared a black-and-white photo of himself covering his face on his Instagram Stories — after receiving nominations for Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Country Song.

The country singer captioned the post: “Woke up to 3 Grammy nominations!”

Chappell Roan, who was nominated for Record of the Year and Pop Solo Performance, simply thanked the Recording Academy on her Instagram Stories.

Hip-hop duo Clipse shared their five nominations in an Instagram post. The brothers — who are nominated for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance and Best Music Video — captioned the post “5.”

Tyler, The Creator, shared a screenshot of a series of texts he received about his nominations in an Instagram Stories post. The rapper and singer earned five nominations.

Lainey Wilson expressed her gratitude for three nominations in a sweet video shared to her Instagram Stories.

“Grammys we comin’ for ya!” she said while flying on a private plane, captioning the clip “thank you. thank you. thank you.”