The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards have been announced today (November 07) with Sleep Token, YUNGBLUD and Turnstile among the potential winners.

In the rock categories, Deftones, Haim, Linkin Park, Turnstile and YUNGBLUD will compete for Best Rock Album.

Best Rock Album

Private Music — Deftones
I Quit — Haim
From Zero — Linkin Park
Never Enough — Turnstile
Idols — YUNGBLUD

YUNGBLUD and Turnstile are also nominated in the Best Rock Song category for ‘Zombie’ and ‘Never Enough’ respectively. That category also sees Sleep Token up for ‘Caramel’, as well as nods to Hayley Williams‘ ‘Glum’ and Nine Inch Nails‘ ‘As Alive As You Need Me To Be’.

Best Rock Song

“As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
“Caramel” – Vessel1 & Vessel2, songwriters (Sleep Token)
“Glum” – Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
“Never Enough” – Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
“Zombie” – Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (Yungblud)

Linkin Park, Turnstile, Hayley Williams and YUNGBLUD (featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman & II) are also up for Best Rock Performance alongside Amyl And The Sniffers.

Best Rock Performance

“U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers
“The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park
“Never Enough” — Turnstile
“Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams
“Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II

In the Best Metal Performance category, Sleep Token have been nominated for another award, this time for ‘Emergence. Turnstile, Spiritbox, Ghost and Dream Theater round out the nominees.

Best Metal Performance

“Night Terror” — Dream Theater
“Lachryma” — Ghost
“Emergence” — Sleep Token
“Soft Spine” —Spiritbox
“Birds” — Turnstile

Finally, the Best Alternaitve Music Performance category sees Turnstile and Hayley Williams take on Bon Iver, The Cure and Wet Leg.

The 68th annual Grammy Awards ceremony will take place February 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It will air on CBS and Paramount Plus.