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Justin Bieber to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards

The pop star has long been a favorite of Grammy voters, with 27 nominations since the 2011 ceremony.

Justin Bieber to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards

Justin Bieber at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3rd, 2022, in Las Vegas.

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Justin Bieber has joined the lineup of performers for the 2026 Grammy Awards. Bieber has long been a favorite of Grammy voters, with 27 nominations since the 2011 ceremony. He has four nominations this year, including his third career nod for album of the year for Swag, following nods in the category for Purpose in 2017 and the deluxe edition of Justice in 2022.

He is nominated for both best pop solo performance (“Daisies”) and best R&B performance (“Yukon”), as well as best pop vocal album for Swag. Moreover, he is the first artist to land nominations in both those performance categories in the same year since he did it in 2022 with “Anyone” for pop solo performance and “Peaches” (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) for R&B performance.


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For all his nominations, Bieber has won just two Grammys to date, and neither was in the pop field. He won best dance recording in 2016 for “Where Are Ü Now,” a collab with Skrillex and Diplo, and best country duo/group performance in 2021 for “10,000 Hours,” a collab with Dan + Shay.

On Tuesday (Jan. 27), it was announced that Bieber co-leads the 2026 Juno Awards nominations with Tate McRae. Both artists received a career-best six nominations. Bieber has tallied 32 career Juno nominations and has won eight Junos.

Sabrina Carpenter was the first performer announced for this year’s show, followed by news that all eight best new artist nominees would perform for the second year in a row. This year’s best new artist nominees are Addison Rae, Alex Warren, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, sombr and The Marías.

The third performer announcement focused on Clipse and Pharrell Williams, who share three nominations this year — album of the year for Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out (which Williams produced), best rap performance for “Chains & Whips” and best rap song for “The Birds Don’t Sing.”

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The 68th annual Grammy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Trevor Noah is set to host the show for the sixth consecutive — and final — year. The comedian will be the first person to host six consecutive Grammy telecasts since crooner Andy Williams hosted the first seven live telecasts from 1971 to 1977.

The 2026 Grammy Awards will be produced by Fulwell Entertainment for the Recording Academy. Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor, Jesse Collins and Noah are executive producers.

Additional performers will be announced in the coming days.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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