Grammy Shockers: Jamie Foxx and Ali Wong’s Wild Nominations—Which Celeb Will Defy the Stars in 2026?
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Several Hollywood stars are among those nominated at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, with nominations being revealed by the Recording Academy on Friday.
Jamie Foxx received a nomination in the best comedy album category for his Netflix special What Had Happened Was… His nomination marks his 10th Grammy nod, while he previously won best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for his 2008 collaboration with T-Pain “Blame It.”
Ali Wong earned her first ever Grammy nomination in the best comedy album category for her Netflix special Single Lady, while Nate Bargatze is also a first time nominee in the category for the Netflix special Your Friend, Nate Bargatze.
Sarah Silverman was also nominated for best comedy album for the Netflix special PostMortem. Silverman has previously been nominated in the category three times, while she also earned a nod in the spoken word album category for The Bedwetter in 2011.
The final comedian included in the best comedy album category is Bill Burr for his Hulu special Drop Dead Years. Burr was previously nominated in the same category at the 2021 awards show for the Netflix special Paper Tiger.
Additionally, actor Omari Hardwick and singer Anthony Hamilton are nominated for their collaborative project Pages in the best spoken word category. The duo are up against singer Marc Marcel for Black Shaman, musicians Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends for Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends At Treepeople, rapper Mad Skillz for Words For Days Vol. 1 and musician Queen Sheba for A Hurricane in Heels: healed people don’t act like that.
Timothée Chalamet is another actor who scored a Grammy nomination this year, earning his first nod in the best compilation soundtrack for visual media category for his performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. Chalamet is up against various artists from F1 The Album, KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners and Wicked.
Sinners and Wicked were also included in the best score soundtrack for visual media category, which includes film and television, where the music from those films will compete against How To Train Your Dragon, Severance and The Wild Robot.
Trevor Noah earned his fourth Grammy nomination at the 2026 awards show in the best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording category for his children’s book Into The Uncut Grass. The Dalai Lama is also nominated in the category for Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, as well as Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for Lovely One: A Memoir. Meanwhile, actress Kathy Garver is nominated for Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story and singer Fab Morvan earned a nod for You Know It’s True: The Real Story Of Milli Vanilli.
The 68th Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
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