Lady Gaga reigned supreme at the 2026 Grammy Awards, securing even more trophies to add to her shelf.
The pop star, 39, won two of the seven categories in which she was nominated during the Sunday, February 1, awards show at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
“I’ve been making music since I was a little girl, and every time I’m here, I still feel like I need to pinch myself,” she said during her acceptance speech. “I respect everybody in this room so much.”
Gaga went on to thank her fiancé, Michael Polansky, and other women in music. She also performed during the telecast, taking the stage for a rock rendition of “Abracadabra.”
Ahead of the 2026 Grammys, Gaga racked up seven nominations: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Dance Pop Recording for “Abracadabra,” Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Mayhem, Best Pop Solo Performance for “Disease” and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Harlequin.
Each of the categories was stacked with talent. For Record of the Year, Gaga went up against Bad Bunny’s “DtMF,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild,” Doechii’s “Anxiety,” Billie Eilish’s “Wildflower,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” (which won the Grammy), Chappell Roan’s “The Subway” and Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “Apt.”
As for the Song of the Year contenders, Gaga faced “Anxiety,” “Apt.,” “DtMF,” “Luther,” “Manchild,” “Wildflower” and Huntr/x’s “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters. “Wildflower” took home the prize.
In the Best Dance Pop Recording category, Gaga won against Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s “Bluest Flame,” Zara Larsson’s “Midnight Sun,” Tate McRae’s “Just Keep Watching” and PinkPantheress’ “Illegal.”
Gaga vied for Album of the Year against Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos (which won), Justin Bieber’s Swag, Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend, Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out, Lamar’s GNX, Leon Thomas’ Mutt and Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia.
For Best Pop Vocal Album, Gaga came out on top against Swag, Man’s Best Friend, Miley Cyrus’ Something Beautiful and Teddy Swims’ I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy — Part 2.
In the Best Pop Solo Performance category, Gaga competed against “Manchild,” “The Subway,” Bieber’s “Daisies” and Lola Young’s “Messy,” the latter of which received the Grammy.
As for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Gaga went head-to-head with Laila Biali’s Wintersongs, Jennifer Hudson’s The Gift of Love, Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s Who Believes in Angels, Laufey’s A Matter of Time and Barbra Streisand’s The Secrets of Life: Partners, Volume 2. A Matter of Time won the award.
Prior to the 2026 awards show, Gaga was already a 14-time Grammy winner. Her past accolades include Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Cheek to Cheek in 2015 and Love for Sale in 2022 as well as Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Shallow” in 2019, “Rain on Me” in 2021 and “Die With a Smile” in 2025.
Gaga also previously racked up trophies for Best Electronic/Dance Album for The Fame and Best Dance Recording for “Poker Face” in 2010, Pop Vocal Album for The Fame Monster and Music Video/Short Form and Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Bad Romance” in 2011, Best Song Written for Visual Media for “Shallow” and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)” in 2019 and Best Song Written for Visual Media for “I’ll Never Love Again” and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for A Star Is Born in 2020.
