Sabrina Carpenter will take the stage at the 2026 Grammy Awards, marking her second consecutive year performing at the ceremony. The pop star is nominated for six awards, including Album of the Year for her latest release, Man's Best Friend. This follows her standout 2025 performance and two wins from the previous year.
The Recording Academy has announced that Sabrina Carpenter will perform at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, scheduled for February 1, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. This comes after her memorable appearance at the 2025 Grammys, where she delivered a Goldie Hawn-inspired production of her singles “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” from her breakthrough album Short n' Sweet. That year, she received six nominations and secured two victories: Best Pop Vocal Album for Short n' Sweet and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Espresso.”
Carpenter's nominations for 2026 highlight her latest album, Man's Best Friend, which earned nods for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. The single “Manchild” from the album is contending in Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Music Video categories. Man's Best Friend debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, marking Carpenter's second chart-topping album after Short n' Sweet. Following its success, she shared her gratitude on social media: “Thank you for listening (top to bottom!!!),” and added, “And thank you for bringing this album into your lives and having such a damn good time with it, I’m having fun too.”
In a Rolling Stone cover story last summer, Carpenter described the album as containing “some of the most honest work I’ve ever had,” noting it “wasn’t written from a place of ‘How do I one-up myself?’ or ‘How do I re-create something else?’” Last month, she released the bonus track “Such a Funny Way” from Man's Best Friend as a gift to fans. She is the first performer announced for the 2026 ceremony, with more expected in the coming days.
