Kendrick Lamar and SZA Won The Record of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards
- Wanjiru Waweru
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Wanjiru Waweru, Jadetimes Contributor
W. Waweru is a Jadetimes News Reporter Covering Entertainment News
Kendrick Lamar and SZA won Record of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Their duet Luther sampled Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn’s If This World Were Mine. Beat out favorites Bad Bunny (“DTMF”), Billie Eilish (“Wildflower”), Chappell Roan (“The Subway”), Doechii (“Anxiety”), Lady Gaga (“Abracadabra”), Rosé and Bruno Mars (“Apt.”), and Sabrina Carpenter (“Manchild”).
Lamar and SZA had both accepted the award, along with GNX producers Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, and Kamasi Washington. Cher presented Record of the Year, and she mistook it as Luther Vandross prior to correcting herself as she announced the winner.
“This is what music is about,” said Lamar. “Luther Vandross. This is special. I gotta take my time cause it’s one of my favorite artists of all time, and they granted us the privilege to do our version of it. When we got that clearance, I promise you we all damn near dropped a tear, because we know how much young miss Cheryl Lynn poured into that record. And being able to put our vocals on it, it proves that we were somewhat worthy to be just as great as them individuals. They granted us that. They said ‘No cursing though. Can’t curse on it.’ That was our only thing, right? And we said ‘You know what, we're gonna do just that. No cursing. We’re gonna make sure that this song represents love.’”
SZA extended, “I just wanna say thank you to Kendrick for lifting me up. I just am a small part of this record, but what I really wanted to say is please don’t fall into despair. I know that right now is a scary time. I know the algorithms tell us that it’s so scary, and all is lost. There’s been world wars, there’s been plagues, and we have gone on. We can go on. We need each other, we need to trust each other and trust ourselves, trust your heart. We’re not governed by the government, we’re governed by god, and I thank you so much.”
Lamar won the Grammy last year. So far, he has received 27 Grammy Awards throughout his career, and SZA’s seventh as well.
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