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Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Clipse among performers at 2026 Grammy Awards

Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during 2024 New Year's celebration on Times Square in New York on December 31^ 2023.

Justin Bieber will perform at the 2026 Grammy Awards, airing live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, hosted by Trevor Noah, on February 1st. The two-time Grammy winner is up for four Grammy Awards this year for Album Of The Year for Swag, Best Pop Solo Performance for “Daisies,” Best Pop Vocal Album for Swag, and Best R&B Performance for “Yukon.”

The Recording Academy announced that all of the Best New Artist nominees will perform at the 2026 Grammys: Addison Rae, Alex Warren, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, The Marías, SOMBR, Olivia Dean, and Lola Young.   The nominees will perform in a special ‘Best New Artist’ segment during the ceremony.

In addition, organizers announced that hip-hop duo Clipse (brothers Gene “Malice” and Terrence “Pusha T” Thornton) and 13-time Grammy winner Pharrell Williams will take the stage at the 2026 Grammys.  Clipse are up for five Grammy Awards this year: Album Of The Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, and Best Music Video; while Pharrell is up for four Grammy Awards this year: Album Of The Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Film.

Sabrina Carpenter was the first confirmed artist set to perform at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Carpenter is nominated for six Grammys this year, including record of the year, song of the year, and best pop solo performance for “Manchild.” Her album Man’s Best Friend is nominated for album of the year and best pop vocal album, and “Manchild” is also up for best music video.

Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations this year with nine, followed by Cirkut, Jack Antonoff, and Lady Gaga (with seven each), Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas, Sabrina Carpenter, and Serban Ghenea with six apiece, and Andrew Watt, Clipse, Doechii, Sounwave, SZA, Turnstile, and Tyler, The Creator each with five nods.

The 2026 Grammy Awards will broadcast live on Sunday, February 1st, at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

For the full list of nominees head HERE.

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