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Here’s Who’s Representing Country Music at Tonight’s Grammys

Feb 1, 2026, 11:26 AM

Tonight’s 68th Annual Grammy Awards kick off at 6 p.m., hosted by Trevor Noah. Country music will be well represented across several major categories, and here’s your complete guide to where the genre shows up on Grammy night.

Best Country Solo Performance

  • Tyler Childers — “Nose on the Grindstone”

  • Shaboozey — “Good News”

  • “Bad As I Used to Be” (from F1: The Movie)

  • Zach Top — “I Never Lie”

  • Lainey Wilson — “Somewhere Over Laredo”

Best Contemporary Country Album

  • Kelsea Ballerini — Patterns

  • Tyler Childers — Snipe Hunter

  • Eric Church — Evangeline vs. the Machine

  • Jelly Roll — Beautifully Broken

  • Miranda Lambert — Postcards From Texas

Best Country Duo / Group Performance

  • Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton — “A Song to Sing”

  • Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson — “Trailblazer”

  • Margo Price & Tyler Childers — “Love Me Like You Used to Do”

  • Shaboozey & Jelly Roll — “Amen”

  • George Strait & Chris Stapleton — “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”

Best Country Song (Songwriters Award)

  • “Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers (songwriter)

  • “Good News” — Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman & Jacob Torrey (by Shaboozey)

  • “I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top (by Zach Top)

  • “Somewhere Over Laredo” — Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson (by Lainey Wilson)

  • “A Song to Sing” — Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton (by Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton)

Country music is also well represented in the Songwriter of the Year category, with nominations including Nashville hitmakers Laura Veltz behind songs for Dan + Shay, Mitchell Tenpenny, and more, along with Jesse Jo Dillon, whose credits include work with Morgan Wallen, Old Dominion, Megan Moroney, and others.

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Here’s Who’s Representing Country Music at Tonight’s Grammys