Artist

Kendrick Lamar

Wins

Nominations

About Kendrick Lamar

“I learned when I look in the mirror and tell my story that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing. … If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.”

Born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth on June 17, 1987, in Compton, California.
Kendrick Lamar broke through with his 2012 album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Lamar earned his first Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist and Album Of The Year for Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, in 2013. He won his first Grammys for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for “I” in 2014. Lamar made his GRAMMY stage debut alongside Imagine Dragons at the 56th GRAMMYs, performing a mashup of his “m.A.A.d City” and their “Radioactive.”
Did you know? Lamar attended Centennial High School in Compton — the same school as Dr. Dre.
For the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016, Lamar shot a short film with the Recording Academy celebrating his hometown of Compton and his Grammy-winning song “Alright.”
Lamar has donated to Compton-area school districts to support their extracurricular, music, and afterschool programs.
Lamar currently holds 27 Grammy wins and has received 66 Grammy nominations. After winning five Grammy Awards at the 2026 Grammys, Kendrick Lamar set the record as the rapper with the most Grammy wins.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations:
Kendrick Lamar

Year	Category	Artists	Title	All Nominees
2026	Best Rap Performance	Terrence Thornton, Malice	Chains & Whips	All Nominees
2026	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, SZA	luther	All Nominees
2026	Best Rap Album	Kendrick Lamar	GNX	All Nominees
2026	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, Lefty Gunplay	tv off	All Nominees
2026	Best Rap Song	Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Sounwave, Kamasi Washington	tv off	All Nominees
2026	Best Pop Duo/Group Performance	SZA, Kendrick Lamar	30 For 30	All Nominees
2026	Record Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar, SZA	luther	All Nominees
2026	Album Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	GNX	All Nominees
2026	Song Of The Year	Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, M-Tech, Atia Boggs, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, SZA, Kamasi Washington	luther	All Nominees
2025	Best Rap Song	Kendrick Lamar, Kobe "BbyKobe" Hood, Metro Boomin, Future	Like That	All Nominees
2025	Best Music Video	Kendrick Lamar	Not Like Us	All Nominees
2025	Best Rap Song	Kendrick Lamar	Not Like Us	All Nominees
2025	Best Rap Performance	Future, Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar	Like That	All Nominees
2025	Song Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	Not Like Us	All Nominees
2025	Record Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	Not Like Us	All Nominees
2025	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar	Not Like Us	All Nominees
2024	Best Rap Performance	Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar	The Hillbillies	All Nominees
2024	Best Music Film	Kendrick Lamar	Live From Paris, The Big Steppers Tour	All Nominees
2024	Best Music Video	Kendrick Lamar	Count Me Out	All Nominees
2023	Best Rap Song	Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar, Matt Schaeffer	The Heart Part 5	All Nominees
2023	Best Music Video	Kendrick Lamar	The Heart Part 5	All Nominees
2023	Best Rap Album	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers	All Nominees
2023	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, Blxst, Amanda Reifer	Die Hard	All Nominees
2023	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar	The Heart Part 5	All Nominees
2023	Album Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers	All Nominees
2023	Record Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	The Heart Part 5	All Nominees
2023	Song Of The Year	Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar, Matt Schaeffer	The Heart Part 5	All Nominees
2022	Best Rap Performance	Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar	Family Ties	All Nominees
2022	Best Rap Song	Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Baby Keem, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Cardo, Dominik Patrzek	Family Ties	All Nominees
2019	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Alexander Shuckburgh, Sounwave, A. Tiffith	All The Stars	All Nominees
2019	Song Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Alexander Shuckburgh, Sounwave, A. Tiffith	All The Stars	All Nominees
2019	Best Rap Song	Kendrick Lamar, Samuel Gloade, James Blake, Jay Rock, Axel Morgan, Sounwave, Travis Walton, Future, Michael L. Williams II	King's Dead	All Nominees
2019	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, James Blake	King's Dead	All Nominees
2019	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, SZA	All The Stars	All Nominees
2019	Best Rap Song	Kendrick Lamar, Anderson Hernandez, Jay Rock, Matthew Samuels, C. Thompson	Win	All Nominees
2019	Record Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar, SZA	All The Stars	All Nominees
2019	Album Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, Matt Schaeffer, Mike Bozzi	Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By	All Nominees
2018	Best Rap Album	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	All Nominees
2018	Best Rap Song	Kendrick Lamar, Asheton Hogan, Michael L. Williams II, A. Tiffith	HUMBLE.	All Nominees
2018	Album Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	All Nominees
2018	Best Music Video	Kendrick Lamar	HUMBLE.	All Nominees
2018	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna	LOYALTY.	All Nominees
2018	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar	HUMBLE.	All Nominees
2018	Record Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	HUMBLE.	All Nominees
2017	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Beyoncé Knowles, Kendrick Lamar	Freedom	All Nominees
2017	Album Of The Year	Beyoncé Knowles	Lemonade	All Nominees
2016	Song Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar, Kawan Prather, Sounwave, Pharrell Williams	Alright	All Nominees
2016	Best Rap Song	Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, P Diddy, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kingdom, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Ché Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans, Cydel Young	All Day	All Nominees
2016	Best Rap Song	Kendrick Lamar, Kawan Prather, Sounwave, Pharrell Williams	Alright	All Nominees
2016	Album Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	To Pimp A Butterfly	All Nominees
2016	Best Dance/Electronic Recording	Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar	Never Catch Me	All Nominees
2016	Best Music Video	Kendrick Lamar	Alright	All Nominees
2016	Best Rap Album	Kendrick Lamar	To Pimp A Butterfly	All Nominees
2016	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, Bilal, Anna Wise, Thundercat	These Walls	All Nominees
2016	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar	Alright	All Nominees
2016	Best Pop Duo/Group Performance	Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar	Bad Blood	All Nominees
2016	Best Music Video	Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar	Bad Blood	All Nominees
2015	Best Rap Song	Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Isley, Rahki	I	All Nominees
2015	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar	I	All Nominees
2014	Best Rap Song	Tauheed Epps, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers, Noah "40" Shebib	F***in' Problems	All Nominees
2014	Best New Artist	Kendrick Lamar		All Nominees
2014	Album Of The Year	Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City	All Nominees
2014	Best Rap Album	Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City	All Nominees
2014	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige	Now Or Never	All Nominees
2014	Best Rap Performance	Kendrick Lamar	Swimming Pools (Drank)	All Nominees
2014	Best R&B Solo Performance	Miguel, Kendrick Lamar	How Many Drinks?	All Nominees