{"id":202973,"date":"2025-11-07T18:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/07\/leon-thomas-teases-new-album-while-celebrating-2026-grammy-nominations-im-gonna-continue-working-harder\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:13:44","slug":"leon-thomas-teases-new-album-while-celebrating-2026-grammy-nominations-im-gonna-continue-working-harder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/07\/leon-thomas-teases-new-album-while-celebrating-2026-grammy-nominations-im-gonna-continue-working-harder\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Thomas Teases New Album While Celebrating 2026 Grammy Nominations: \u2018I\u2019m Gonna Continue Working\u00a0Harder\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIt\u2019s a dog-eat-dog world, and Leon Thomas<\/a> leads the pack.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Friday, the singer woke up to a whopping six 2026 Grammy nominations, including album of the year, for his breakthrough sophomore album Mutt<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThank you God, my team, every collaborator, every producer, family, friends and most especially my fans, I couldn\u2019t have done it without you,\u201d he wrote in an Instagram caption for a graphic listing his nominations. \u201cI got a show tonight and I\u2019m gonna continue working harder on this next album.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to album of the year, Thomas \u2014 who won his first Grammy in 2023 thanks to his production contributions to SZA\u2019s \u201cSnooze\u201d \u2014 also earned a nomination for best new artist. Poetically, his two general field nominations come 15 years after Victorious<\/em>, the television series that established him as a Gen Z child star, premiered on Nickelodeon. Thomas earned his first Grammy nod back in 2020 in the best rap song category for his work on Rick Ross and Drake\u2019s \u201cGold Roses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMutt<\/em> also earned a nomination for best R&B album, while several tracks were individually recognized, including \u201cYes It Is\u201d (best R&B song), \u201cVibes Don\u2019t Lie\u201d (best traditional R&B performance), and the NPR Tiny Desk live version of \u201cMutt\u201d (best R&B performance).<\/p>\n

\n\tSix Grammy nominations cap a whirlwind breakthrough year for Thomas. Outside of earning his first Hot 100 top 10 hit as a performer with \u201cMutt\u201d (No. 10), the multi-hyphenate also won best new artist at the BET Awards, made his late night TV debut on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em>, and shared a new funk-forward EP titled PHOLKS<\/em>. Last week, he played Austin City Limits and kicked off his headlining Mutts Don\u2019t Heel Tour at Dallas\u2019 House of Blues. The R&B star\u2019s new trek will visit venues across the U.S., Europe and Australia, before concluding on April 19 at Perth\u2019s Metro City.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Thomas\u2019 Billboard<\/em> cover story<\/a>, his manager, Jonathan Azu, remarked, \u201cI hope he\u2019s the guy with the Lauryn Hill photo [holding multiple trophies]. Every year, there\u2019s somebody and I hope it\u2019s him. He is a man of his peers, and I think over the past year he has proven to them that he\u2019s here to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLooks like Leon Thomas is one step closer to re-creating that iconic photograph. Check out the \u201cMutt\u201d singer\u2019s reaction to his 2026 Grammy nominations below.<\/p>\n

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