{"id":149754,"date":"2025-04-11T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/11\/kendrick-lamar-could-set-these-records-at-2026-grammys\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:15:25","slug":"kendrick-lamar-could-set-these-records-at-2026-grammys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/11\/kendrick-lamar-could-set-these-records-at-2026-grammys\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Could Set These Records at 2026\u00a0Grammys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tKendrick Lamar<\/a> had a big night<\/a> at the 2025 Grammys on Feb. 2, winning in all five categories he was nominated in with his smash single and video \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d Lamar could be headed for another big Grammy night next year. He could become the first solo male rapper to win album of the year, for his sixth solo studio album, GNX<\/em>. The only rap artists to win in that category to date are Lauryn Hill<\/a>, in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill<\/em>, and OutKast<\/a>, in 2003 for Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIf Lamar wins three Grammys, he would tie Jay-Z <\/a>for the most career Grammys won by a rapper (25). If he wins four, he\u2019ll set a new record (unless Jay also adds to his Grammy collection). The standings among rappers are currently: Jay-Z (25), Ye, formerly Kanye West<\/a> (24) and Lamar (22).<\/p>\n

\n\tAs we noted in a previous post<\/a>, if Lamar wins record<\/a> and\/or song of the year<\/a> for either \u201cLuther\u201d or \u201cSquabble Up,\u201d coming on the heels of his wins in those categories with \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d he\u2019ll make history. He would become the fourth artist to win back-to-back awards for record of the year, following Roberta Flack<\/a>, U2<\/a> and Billie Eilish<\/a>, and just the second songwriter to win back-to-back awards for song of the year. D\u2019 Mile<\/a> won in 2021 for co-writing H.E.R.<\/a>\u2019s \u201cI Can\u2019t Breathe\u201d and in 2022 for co-writing Silk Sonic<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLeave the Door Open.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIf Lamar wins best rap performance, that would be his eighth<\/em> victory in that category, extending his lead as the artist with the most wins there.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut Lamar could make history even before the Grammys are presented next year. If GNX<\/em> is simply nominated <\/em>for album of the year \u2013 which seems almost certain \u2013 Lamar would make Grammy history. He would set these records. (The years shown are the years of the Grammy ceremonies.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\tFirst Rapper to Land Five Album of the Year Nods as a Lead Artist<\/strong>\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tLamar was nominated for album of the year for good kid. m.A.A.d. city <\/em>(2014), To Pimp a Butterfly <\/em>(2016), DAMN.<\/em>(2018) and Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers <\/em>(2023). If he is nominated for a fifth time, he would pull ahead of Ye, who has received four album of the year nods as a lead artist \u2013 for The College Dropout <\/em>(2005), Late Registration <\/em>(2006), Graduation<\/em> (2008) and Donda<\/em> (2022).<\/p>\n

\n\t\tFirst Black Male Artist to Land Five Album of the Year Nods as a Lead Artist<\/strong>\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tIf he is nominated for a fifth time, he would become only the second Black artist to receive five album of the year nods as a lead artist. Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> was nominated for I Am\u2026Sasha Fierce<\/em> (2010), Beyonc\u00e9 <\/em>(2015), Lemonade <\/em>(2017), Renaissance <\/em>(2023) and Cowboy Carter<\/em> (2025), winning for the latter album. This would obviously make Lamar the first Black male artist to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs noted, Ye has received four album of the year nods as a lead artist. Black or biracial artists who have received three album of the year nods as a lead artist are Ray Charles<\/a>, Stevie Wonder<\/a>, Michael Jackson<\/a>, Whitney Houston<\/a>, Mariah Carey<\/a>, H.E.R. <\/a>and Andr\u00e9\u00a03000<\/a> (counting two albums with OutKast).<\/p>\n

\n\t\tFirst Solo Artist to Be Nominated for Album of the Year With Five Consecutive Studio Albums<\/strong>\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tLamar would become the first solo artist \u2013 from any genre \u2013 to be nominated for album of the year with five consecutive studio albums. Donald Fagen<\/a> was nominated for album of the year with five consecutive studio albums \u2014 but that combined solo albums and albums he recorded as half of Steely Dan<\/a>. He was nominated with Steely Dan\u2019s\u00a0Aja<\/em>\u00a0(1978) and\u00a0Gaucho<\/em>\u00a0(1982), then his first two solo albums,\u00a0The Nightfly<\/em>\u00a0(1983) and\u00a0Kamikiriad<\/em>\u00a0(1994), and finally Steely Dan\u2019s Two Against Nature<\/em> (2001), which won. He issued no other studio albums in those years, so these five nominated albums were consecutive releases.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe need to quickly add that album release patterns were very different in the 1960s. Artists often had multiple albums in one year. In that era, it\u2019s best to look at consecutive years with an album of the year nomination instead of consecutive studio albums to be nominated.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Beatles<\/a> are the only act in Grammy history to receive a Grammy nomination for album of the year in five consecutive years. They were nominated for the\u00a0Help!<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack (1966),\u00a0Revolver<\/em>\u00a0(1967),\u00a0Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>\u00a0(1968, which won), the\u00a0Magical Mystery Tour<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack (1969) and\u00a0Abbey Road<\/em>\u00a0(1970).<\/p>\n

\n\tBarbra Streisand<\/a> was nominated for album of the year in four consecutive years. She was a contender for\u00a0The Barbra Streisand Album<\/em>\u00a0(1964, which won),\u00a0People<\/em>\u00a0(1965),\u00a0My Name Is Barbra<\/em>\u00a0(1966) and\u00a0Color Me Barbra<\/em>\u00a0(1967). People<\/em>\u00a0competed in 1965 with the original cast album from Streisand\u2019s Broadway triumph,\u00a0Funny Girl<\/em>. (That nomination went to the composers of the score.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kendrick Lamar had a big night at the 2025 Grammys on Feb. 2, winning in all five categories he was nominated in with his smash single and video \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d Lamar could be headed for another big Grammy night next year. He could become the first solo male rapper to win album of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}