{"id":194265,"date":"2025-10-13T18:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/13\/2026-grammys-best-rap-album-front-runners-kendrick-lamar-clipse-tyler-the-creator-3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:11:50","slug":"2026-grammys-best-rap-album-front-runners-kendrick-lamar-clipse-tyler-the-creator-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/13\/2026-grammys-best-rap-album-front-runners-kendrick-lamar-clipse-tyler-the-creator-3\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Grammys Best Rap Album Front-Runners: Kendrick Lamar, Clipse & Tyler, the\u00a0Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tClipse<\/a> has earned just one single Grammy nomination (best rap\/sung collaboration for their turn on Justin Timberlake\u2019s 2002 debut solo single, \u201cLike I Love You\u201d) in its two-decade-long career \u2014 could the brother duo of Pusha T <\/a>and Malice take home their first trophy for best rap album at the 2026 ceremony with Let God Sort Em Out<\/em>?<\/p>\n

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\n\tClipse joins Kendrick Lamar<\/a> (GNX<\/em>) and Tyler, the Creator<\/a> (Chromakopia<\/em>) as the closest things to a lock for a best rap album nomination at next year\u2019s Grammys. While Let God Sort Em Out<\/em> soundtracked a triumphant comeback for Clipse, GNX<\/em> cemented Lamar\u2019s post-\u201cNot Like Us\u201d victory lap with additional Billboard Hot 100<\/a> No. 1s (\u201cSquabble Up\u201d and the SZA-assisted \u201cLuther\u201d) and the highest-grossing co-headlining tour of all time<\/a>. As for Tyler, Chromakopia<\/em> became his third consecutive Billboard 200<\/a> No. 1 album, earning him his first two Hot 100 top 10 hits (\u201cNoid\u201d and \u201cSticky,\u201d both at No. 10) and marking the beginning of his biggest year yet. It\u2019s also worth noting that Lamar has won this category three times, and Tyler has triumphed twice.<\/p>\n

\n\tOutside of those three near-sure bets, who else is in contention? GloRilla<\/a> could become the eighth woman to earn a nomination for best rap album thanks to her debut studio album, Glorious<\/em>. After earning her first Grammy nod in 2023 (best rap performance for \u201cF.N.F.\u201d), Glo earned two more in 2025 with \u201cYeah Glo!\u201d (best rap performance and song). Armed with a pair of Mainstream R&B\/Hip-Hop Airplay No. 1s (\u201cTGIF\u201d and the Sexyy Red-featuring \u201cWhatchu Kno Bout Me\u201d) and a successful headlining tour, Glorilla could very well reap her first Grammy nod for best rap album.<\/p>\n

\n\tPlayboi Carti <\/a>(Music<\/em>), Gunna<\/a> (The Last Wun<\/em>) and BigXThaPlug<\/a> (Take Care<\/em>) are three other rappers who scored sizable radio and streaming hits during the eligibility period. Carti\u2019s idiosyncratic style helped birth a generation of rage rap artists, and his latest studio album, which spent three weeks atop the Billboard 200<\/a>, could finally convince Grammy voters to give him his due. Notably, Carti will also be on the ballot with \u201cTimeless,\u201d his smash collaboration with The Weeknd, who\u2019s making his Grammy comeback after a five-year boycott<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Gunna is a four-time nominee who has yet to win, and his infectious Burna Boy collaboration, \u201cWGFT,\u201d is taking off just in time for first-round voting. For what it\u2019s worth, Gunna reaped zero bids in 2024 for A Gift & a Curse<\/em>, widely considered one of his best LPs, and \u201cFukumean,\u201d his highest-peaking solo song on the Hot 100 (No. 4). Finally, BigXThaPlug appears across the rap, country and general field ballots this cycle, and his \u201cThe Largest\u201d is a song to keep an eye out for in best rap performance. The Dallas MC could leverage his nostalgic sound, current commercial momentum, and cross-genre relationships to a nomination for best rap album.<\/p>\n

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