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Trevor Noah Hosting Grammys for the 6th Time—But There's a Catch
Trevor Noah has always hosted music's biggest night to the beat of his own drum.
Serving as emcee for the sixth and final time, the comedian opened the 2026 Grammys Feb. 1 with a monologue that may have been light on zingers but packed with cheer and reverence for all the talent in the building at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Area. (See all the stars in attendance at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.)
And when he stopped at Justin Bieber's table, he called the Album of the Year nominee nothing less than a hero. Which Hailey Bieber found hilarious.
"Justin Bieber is back in the house—look at this!" Noah raved. "This man has done so many amazing things. His album Swag nominated, four Grammy nominations. And I think, better than any Grammy, he's come back as a new dad. Congratulations to both of you!"
But welcoming son Jack Blues Bieber wasn't the heroic part.
"My personal favorite thing Justin Bieber has done over the past year is," Noah explained, "he told Apple to move the dictation button on the keyboard. Hero, Justin. Now I just need you to tell them to make a new feature where, when you search on your phone, it finds things. Please, Justin, we need you."
Hailey promptly cracked up.
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"And by the way, Hailey," Noah added, addressing the Rhode Beauty founder, "do you have a discount code for the lip tint? I just need—you know, it's fine, we'll talk later."
If Hailey and Pharrell Williams, who's currently creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear, come through on those codes, Noah will be ending his tenure in real style.
The 41-year-old former Daily Show host—and a four-time Grammy nominee himself, including this year in the Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording category for Into the Uncut Grass—has never gone the full roast route when it comes to acknowledging the star power inside Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena. Rather, while weaving in the occasional crack about politics or world events, he's more inclined to find the fun in the artists' most lofty accomplishments, last year calling Taylor Swift fans "an army of Kendrick Lamars" as a testament to their power.
“I am 1,000 percent a fan, and what I love about the Grammys is that I become a fan of a new artist every single time,” Noah told Billboard in 2022. “What many people don't realize is how much work goes into the performances. Getting every single key right, every lighting cue perfect, choreographing all the moves between the cameras and the artists. You don't truly appreciate it until you get behind the scenes, and I think that's what makes me enjoy the show even more.”
While Swift isn't in the mix this time, The Life of a Showgirl's Oct. 3 release date making it eligible for next year's Grammys, Kendrick Lamar leads all comers in 2026 with nine nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for GNX, Record and Song of the Year (with SZA) for "Luther," Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for his role in SZA's "30 for 30," and Best Rap Song for "tv off," featuring Lefty Gunplay.
Meanwhile, according to Grammys executive producer Ben Winston, 2025 almost marked Noah's final year in the role, as the Born a Crime author said he planned on being in South Africa when the 2026 Grammys were due to take place.
"'I'm going to be home for a bit, so I definitely can't do it,'" Winston said on CBS Mornings Jan. 30, recalling what Noah told him a year ago. "'So, five years now, and I've loved it.' And I went, 'I really appreciate it, I'm gutted.' 'Cause I love making it with him. He's smart, he's funny, he's intelligent." (And, not least, Winston noted, Noah copes really well when the producer is animatedly shouting directions into his earpiece.)
Winston said that he met with a few other people—"I went on a few dates," he quipped—"and I just didn't feel great. And I just looked at this lineup, and it was just before Christmas, and I sent him a video from my house. I had the whole lineup, I said, 'Look who's on the show.'"
"I said, 'The only thing's missing is, I need you,'" the 13-time Emmy winner continued. "It felt like the bubbles on my phone were going for like 20 minutes."
Obviously, Noah allowed himself to be wooed back to the final ceremony being broadcast by Paramount's CBS before Disney's ABC takes over in 2027 (and he really only took about 30 seconds to respond), but under the condition that this year be his last hurrah.
"I'm so delighted," Winston said, "because he just gives you something that you so need on a night like this."
Aside from the show itself, see who else is a winner already at the 2026 Grammys:
Best Music Video
WINNER: “Anxiety,” Doechii
“Love,” OK Go
“So Be It,” Clipse
“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Young Lion,” Sade
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
WINNER: Sinners
A Complete Unknown
F1 The Album
KPop Demon Hunters
Wicked
Best Song Written For Visual Media
WINNER: "Golden," KPop Demon Hunters
"As Alive As You Need Me to Be," Tron: Ares
"I Lied to You," Sinners
"Never Too Late," Elton John: Never Too Late
"Pale, Pale Moon," Sinners
"Sinners," Sinners
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: "Defying Gravity," Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
"Golden (From KPop Demon Hunters)," HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
"Gabriela," KATSEYE
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
"30 for 30," SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Solo Performance
WINNER: "Bad As I Used to Be," Chris Stapleton
"Nose on the Grindstone," Tyler Childers
"Good News," Shaboozey
"I Never Lie," Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo," Lainey Wilson
Best Latin Pop Album
WINNER: Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro
BOGOTÁ DELUXE, Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta, Karol G
Y Ahora Qué?, Alejandro Sanz
Best Rock Performance
WINNER: “Changes Back to the Beginning,” YungBlud
“Mirtazapine,” Hayley Williams
“Never Enough,” Turnstile
“The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park
“U Should Not Be Doing That,” Amyl and the Sniffers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
WINNER: EUSEXUA, FKA Twigs
Ten Days, Fred again..
Fancy That, PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale, Rüfüs du Sol
F*** U SKRILLEX U THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3, Skrillex
Best Dance Pop Recording
WINNER: “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
“Illegal”, PinkPantheress
“Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie),” Tate McRae
“Midnight Sun,” Zara Larsson
“Bluest Flame,” Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER: Songs of a Lost World, The Cure
SABLE, fABLE, Bon Iver
DON'T TAP THE GLASS, Tyler, The Creator
moisturizer, Wet Leg
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, Hayley Williams
Best Music Film
WINNER: "Music by John Williams," John Williams
"Devo," Devo
"Live at the Royal Albert Hall," Raye
"Relentless," Diane Warren
"Piece by Piece," Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Song
WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani
“Yes it Is,” Leon Thomas
“Overqualified,” Durand Bernarr
“It Depends,” Chris Brown
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
Best R&B Album
WINNER: Mutt, Leon Thomas
Beloved, Givéon
Why Not More?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Never Enough, Turnstile
Private Music, Deftones
I Quit, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
Idols, Yungblud
Best Rap Performance
WINNER: "Chains & Whips," Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
"Outside," Cardi B
"Anxiety," Doechii
"tv off," Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay
"Darling, I," Tyler, The Creator ft. Teezo Touchdown
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
WINNER: A Matter of Time, Laufey
Wintersongs, Laila Biali
The Gift of Love, Jennifer Hudson
Who Believes in Angels?, Elton John & Brandi Carlile
Harlequin, Lady Gaga
The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, Barbra Streisand
Best Country Song
WINNER: "Bitin' List," Tyler Childers
"Good News," Shaboozey
"I Never Life," Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo," Lainey Wilson
"A Song to Sing," Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: “Amen,” Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame,” George Strait, Chris Stapleton
“Love Me Like You Used to Do,” Margo Price & Tyler Childers
“Trailblazer,” Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson
“A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton
Best Americana Album
WINNER: BIG MONEY, Jon Batiste
Bloom, Larkin Poe
Last Leaf on the Tree, Willie Nelson
So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle
Middle, Jesse Welles
Best R&B Performance
WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
“MUTT (NPR Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
“It Depends,” Chris Brown
“Yukon,” Justin Bieber
Best Rap Song
WINNER: "tv off," Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay
"Anxiety," Doechii
"The Birds Don't Sing," Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices Of Fire
"Sticky," Tyler, The Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
"TGIF," GloRilla
Record of the Year
"DtMF," Bad Bunny
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Anxiety," Doechii
"Wildflower," Billie Eilish
"Abracadbra," Lady Gaga
"Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"The Subway," Chappell Roan
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
Album of the Year
DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS, Bad Bunny
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Chromakopia, Tyler, The Creator
Song of the Year
"Abracadbra," Lady Gaga
"Anxiety," Doechii
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
"DtMF," Bad Bunny
"Golden (From KPop Demon Hunters)," HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
"Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Wildflower," Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
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Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Best Pop Vocal Album
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
I've Tried Everything But Therapy [Part 2], Teddy Swims
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Daisies," Justin Bieber
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Disease," Lady Gaga
"The Subway," Chappell Roan
"Messy," Lola Young
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Glorious, GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly, Jid
WINNER: GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia, Tyler, The Creator
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers, composer
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
WINNER: Sinners, Ludwig Göransson, composer
Severance: Season 2, Theodore Shapiro, composer
How To Train Your Dragon, John Powell, composer
Best Musical Theater Album
WINNER: Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
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