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JID, Teddy Swims among 2026 Grammy Award nominees with Georgia ties
The Marias and Lecrae also received nods.
The 68th Grammy awards will be held Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP 2022)
By Yvonne Zusel
1 hour agoThe 2026 Grammy Award nominees were announced Friday, and several artists and songwriters with Georgia ties are in the running for the big prize.
The 68th Grammy Awards ceremony will be held Feb. 1, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Georgia nominees include the following:
Ink's song “Luther,” which she co-wrote with Kendrick Lamar, SZA and Sam Dew, was nominated for record of the year and song of the year. (Courtesy of Matty Vogel)
- Songwriter Atia Chade Boggs, known professionally as INK, grew up in Columbus and got her musical start busking on the streets of Atlanta. “Luther,” the song she co-wrote with Kendrick Lamar, SZA and Sam Dew, was nominated for record of the year and song of the year.
The Marías, an LA-based band that includes Atlanta-raised lead singer María Zardoya, is nominated for best new artist. (Courtesy of Nice Life/Atlantic Records 2024)
- Los Angeles-based band The Marias was nominated in the best new artist category. Lead singer María Zardoya was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Atlanta.
Chart-topper Teddy Swims, whose real name is Jaten Dimsdale, is a Conyers native, nominated in the best pop vocal album category for “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)." (Courtesy of Claire Marie Vogel)
- Conyers native Teddy Swims is a nominee in the best pop vocal album category for his sophomore album, “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).”
Atlanta-born rapper JID is nominated in the best rap album category for "God Does Like Ugly,” and in the best melodic rap performance category for “Wholeheartedly.” (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
- Atlanta resident GloRilla and Atlanta native JID were both nominated in the best rap album category for their albums “Glorious” and “God Does Like Ugly,” respectively.
GloRilla was nominated twice in the best rap song category for “TGIF” and “Sticky,” as well as for her album "Glorious." (Ryan Fleisher for the AJC)
JID was also nominated in the best melodic rap performance category for “Wholeheartedly” featuring Ty Dolla $ign and 6Lack and GloRilla was nominated twice in the best rap song category for “TGIF” and “Sticky.”
Summer Walker received two Grammy nominations for “Heart Of A Woman." (Tyson Horne/AJC)
- Atlanta native Summer Walker was nominated in the best R&B performance and best R&B song categories for “Heart Of A Woman.”
- Atlanta poet Queen Sheba was nominated for best spoken word poetry album.
Lecrae got two Grammy nominations in the contemporary Christian music category. (Jason Getz/AJC)
- Atlanta gospel artist Lecrae was nominated in the best contemporary Christian music performance/song category and best contemporary Christian music album categories.
About the Author
Yvonne Zusel has been with the AJC since 2010. She worked on the digital news and food and dining teams before joining the arts & entertainment team.
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