{"id":43455,"date":"2026-02-02T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=43455"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:31:24","slug":"grammy-winners-2026-bad-bunny-kendrick-lamar-and-ice-criticism-arts-and-culture-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=43455","title":{"rendered":"Grammy winners 2026: Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar and ICE criticism | Arts and Culture News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"238\">Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny has won the coveted Album of the Year honour at the Grammy Awards, while Kendrick Lamar and SZA took home Record of the Year for \u201cLuther\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"363\">Among other notable wins, Olivia Dean was named on Sunday Best New Artist, and siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas earned Song of the Year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"402\">The main broadcast was hosted by comedian Trevor Noah.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"670\">Bad Bunny, who is due to headline the Super Bowl LX half-time show next week, also used his acceptance speech to voice criticism of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"788\">Accepting his award for Best Album, he started by saying, \u201cBefore I thank God, I want to say: ICE out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"906\">\u201cWe\u2019re not savages, we\u2019re not animals, we\u2019re not aliens. We are human beings, and we are Americans,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1109\">Billie Eilish also referenced ICE during the ceremony. While accepting Song of the Year, Eilish, who has previously criticised ICE policies, said, \u201cno one is illegal on stolen land\u201d, in an apparent reference to how the US was built on occupying land that originally belonged, in many cases, to Native American communities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1220\">Just before Bad Bunny won his first televised award, he and Noah also engaged in a conversation touching on ICE and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1222\" data-end=\"1317\">\u201cIf things keep getting worse in America, can I come live with you in Puerto Rico?\u201d Noah asked. \u201cTrevor, I have some news for you. Puerto Rico is part of America,\u201d Bad Bunny replied.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1222\" data-end=\"1317\">Several artists, including Kehlani and Gloria Estefan, took the opportunity to voice support for immigrant communities. On the red carpet, many celebrities made a statement wearing \u201cICE out\u201d pins, including Justin and Hailey Bieber and Joni Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1503\">Beyond the political moments of the night, here is a list of the winners from the Grammys 2026:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Album of the Year<br \/><\/strong>Debi tirar mas fotos (I should have taken more photos) \u2013 Bad Bunny<\/p>\n<p><strong>Record of the Year<\/strong><br \/>Luther \u2013 Kendrick Lamar with SZA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Rap Album<\/strong><br \/>GNX \u2013 Kendrick Lamar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Latin Urban Album<\/strong><br \/>Debi tirar mas fotos \u2013 Bad Bunny<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best New Artist<\/strong><br \/>Olivia Dean<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Pop Vocal Album<\/strong><br \/>Mayhem \u2013 Lady Gaga<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Pop Solo Performance<\/strong><br \/>Messy \u2013 Lola Young<\/p>\n<p><strong>Song of the Year (Songwriter\u2019s award)<\/strong><br \/>Wildflower \u2013 Billie Eilish O\u2019Connell and Finneas O\u2019Connell<\/p>\n<p>Billie Eilish and Finneas, wearing ICE Out pins, pose with the Song of the Year award for \u2018Wildflower\u2019 [Mike Blake\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Dance\/Electronic Album<\/strong><br \/>EUSEXUA \u2013 FKA twigs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance<\/strong><br \/>Defying Gravity \u2013 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Rock Album<\/strong><br \/>Never Enough \u2013 Turnstile<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary Country Album<\/strong><br \/>Beautifully Broken \u2013 Jelly Roll<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best R&amp;B Album<\/strong><br \/>Mutt \u2013 Leon Thomas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album<\/strong><br \/>A Matter of Time \u2013 Laufey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Latin Pop Album<\/strong><br \/>Cancionera \u2013 Natalia Lafourcade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Mexican Music Album<\/strong><br \/>Palabra De To\u2019s (Seca) \u2013 Carin Leon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media<\/strong><br \/>Sinners \u2013 Various artists<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (composer\u2019s award)<\/strong><br \/>Sinners \u2013 Ludwig Goransson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Gospel Album<br \/><\/strong>Heart of Mine \u2013 Darrel Walls, PJ Morton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary Christian Music Album<br \/><\/strong>Coritos Vol 1 \u2013 Israel &amp; New Breed<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Song Written for Visual Media<br \/><\/strong>Golden from KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Jazz Vocal Album<br \/><\/strong>Portrait \u2013 Samara Joy<\/p>\n<p>Samara Joy accepts the Best Jazz Vocal Album award for \u2018Portrait\u2019 during the premiere ceremony of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles [Daniel Cole\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Jazz Instrumental Album<br \/><\/strong>Southern Nights, Sullivan Fortner featuring Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best African Music Performance<br \/><\/strong>Push 2 Start \u2013 Tyla<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Reggae Album<br \/><\/strong>BLXXD &amp; FYAH \u2013 Keznamdi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Music Video<\/strong><br \/>Anxiety \u2013 Doechii<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Music Film<\/strong><br \/>Music by John Williams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Alternative Music Album<\/strong><br \/>Songs of a Lost World \u2013 The Cure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Songwriter of the Year<\/strong><br \/>Amy Allen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer of the Year, Nonclassical<\/strong><br \/>Cirkut<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Comedy Album<\/strong><br \/>Your Friend \u2013 Nate Bargatze<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording<\/strong><br \/>Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness The Dalai Lama \u2013 Dalai Lama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Spoken Word Poetry Album<\/strong><br \/>Words for Days Vol 1 \u2013 Mad Skillz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Album Cover<\/strong><br \/>Chromakopia<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dr Dre Global Impact Award<\/strong><br \/>Pharrell Williams<\/p>\n<p>Pharrell Williams performs during the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles [Daniel Cole\/Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny has won the coveted Album of the Year honour at the Grammy Awards, while Kendrick Lamar and SZA took home Record of the Year for \u201cLuther\u201d. Among other notable wins, Olivia Dean was named on Sunday Best New Artist, and siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas earned Song of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[955,1295,8264,6948,956,7258,2466,3303,9173,150,2949],"class_list":{"0":"post-43455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-bad","10":"tag-bunny","11":"tag-criticism","12":"tag-culture","13":"tag-grammy","14":"tag-ice","15":"tag-kendrick","16":"tag-lamar","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-winners"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}