David Gilmour and The Cure consolidated their legacies with impeccable albums, while Wet Leg, Yungblud and MGK records illustrated the many rock layers
On the eve of the announcement of indications to Grammy 2026 on November 7, 2025, Rolling Stone It is analyzing 10 different categories. In each one, we are predicting the nominees, just like who goes (and who should) win on the night of the awards.
This year, the Grammy will not have an easy life in choosing the nominees for Best Rock Albumsince long -time favorite names like Foo Fighters, U2, Pearl Jam, Metallic, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dave Matthews Band They did not throw new albums. There was nothing of recent winners either Rolling Stones, Paramore, Ozzy Osbourne, The Strokes or Cage the Elephant. This means that we will probably see a relatively eclectic mixture – by the standards of the Grammy – of albums that are difficult to predict, with recognition to artists who have been going on, although some stadiums have been lots for decades.
Best Rock Album – Our forecasts
- David Gilmour – Luck and Strange
- The Cure – Songs of a Lost World
- Wet Leg – Moisturizer
- Machine Gun Kelly – Lost American
- Yungblud – Idols
Who will win?
David Gilmour – Luck and Strange
David Gilmour makes music and runs the world on tours since he entered the Pink Floydin 1967. But the only Grammy In your bookcase is that of Best Instrumental Performanceby “Marooned”, 1995 RANGE OF THE Pink Floyd. (Yes, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you were here, The Wall And all the rest of the discography of the Floyd They yielded exactly nothing. And yes, the only Grammy From the band was for perhaps the most obscure song of their catalog.)
THE Grammy treated the Stones with a similar level of disrespect until granting them Best Rock Album last year, for Hackney Diamonds. We believe that something similar can happen now with Gilmour. It will be a recognition that Luck and Strange is one of the best albums of your solo career and an amazing showcase for your daughter, Romany “But also a way to repair past mistakes.” (In terms of cinema, it’s like when Martin Scorsese finally took the Oscar of Best director put The infiltratesafter being ignored for decades.)
“Probably the Mr. Gilmour It will win, ”he says Jason SquiresProgramming Director of Kfrr In Fresno, California. “It’s a very good album, he will receive his flowers and a victory lap. It will be a prize for his career arc.”
Who should win?
Wet Leg – Moisturizer
The line between Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Album It is very faint in the world of Grammy. In 2023, the British Indie-Rock Group Wet Leg won in Best Alternative Album by the name of the homonymous debut. The successor, Moisturizerit is an even more solid effort.
“If you thought they would suffer from the second album syndrome, they were wrong,” he wrote Rob Sheffieldfrom the Rolling Stonein a four -star review. “They increase the battery beat, enough to suspect that they are frequenting some very decaying rock clubs today, looking for a sound for the track.”
If the gods of Grammy put them in Best Rock Album this time, repeating the move they made with Beckthey deserve to win. “I love these girls,” he says Justin KadeDj da Siriusxm specializing in rock and alternative. “They have a great sense of humor, know rockar and still have a nostalgic footprint that resembles some 90s female bands, as Belly and The Breeders. ”
“Mangout‘It’s a great track of this record. I have no idea what they are talking about, but it’s funny. If they are indicated, it will be very deserved. ”
The scenario
The Cure was treated even worse by the voters of the Grammy than the Pink Floyd or Rolling Stones. They have two nominations Best Alternative Album and no victory. But Songs of a Lost World It’s an impressive work – and their first album in 16 years. “It came out in November 2024 and reflected exactly how the world was at that time,” he says Kade. “It’s dark, melancholy and beautifully elaborated.”
The other extreme is American Lostfrom Machine Gun Kelly. Your 2023 album, MAINSTREAM SELLOUTwas nominated for Best Rock Album. Does he win this time? “I think his moment has passed,” he says Kade. “He had a good time during the pandemic, when there was not much happening, but now there seems to be a reaction against him.”
A much cooler face is Yungblud. In recent months alone, he performed at the farewell show of the Black Sabbath and released an EP with the Aerosmith. This puts your album Idols in good position this year. “He was embraced by the rock audience more solidly than guys like Machine Gun Kelly or Grande“, it says Kade. “This guy sells tickets. There is already a passion for him. Keep an eye as we walk to 2026.”
In 2024, Paramore surpassed giants like Metallic, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age to take Best Rock Album with This is why. The vocalist Hayley Williams released the excellent solo album Ego death at the bachelorette party just two days before closing the window Grammy This year. She is also a strong prize candidate – not discard it.
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Source: Rollingstone
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