Kendrick Lamar already has 22 Grammys and more could be coming his way as the rapper leads the 2026 Grammy Award nominations, which were announced Friday.

Lamar is up for nine trophies at February’s ceremony: record, song and album of the year — marking the third time he has had simultaneous nominations in those big categories — as well as pop duo/group performance, melodic rap performance, rap song and rap album. He is also nominated twice in the rap performance category.

Last year’s blockbuster "GNX" is his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for album of the year, something no other artist has ever done. If it wins, it will be his first win in the category. And it will be only the third rap album to win the top prize, following Outkast in 2004 for "Speakerboxxx/The Love Bel

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